Category: Education

Just a few ideas I got from reading books for more than 40 years.

Do you own a library?

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Most homes valued at over $250 000 have a library. What does that tell you? Is there a secret in self study? I assume that there must be a secret. Is there a secret to self study? I believe there must be. If I could give the school system credit for one thing, it would be for teaching me to read. Reading means, “I can learn anything.”

If you read just two books on any subject, you will probably know more about that subject than 99% of the people around you. Applying the knowledge you gain through reading can take you places.

3 Things to think about

  • If you can read but choose not to, you are no better off than someone who has never learned to read.
  • Reading will equip you with ideas and tools that you can use in everyday life.
  • Read about a completely new subject.

Have an awesome week!

Regards

Barry

Did you know

Did you know that you can be the first person in your family to earn a degree, start a business, become a salesperson, own more than one property, create jobs for others, or create something you can sell online?

No one can devalue you or determine your worth. Start today. Maybe someone placed a negative label on you, and you started believing what they said. Well, it’s time to break free from that belief.

3 things to think about

  • Don’t let anyone devalue you – you know yourself better than anyone else
  • Start by reading the book, “The Greatest Salesman in the World” by OG Mandino
  • Create a daily plan that you can follow – small, consistent actions can change the direction of your life.

Go out and be the change you want to see.

Regards

Barry

Have you ever been bitten by an elephant?

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Now, that’s a funny question! The odds are very small that you’ve ever been bitten by an elephant. Now another question. Have you ever been bitten by a mosquito? The chances are high that you’ve been bitten by a mosquito before.

We can learn an amazing lesson from these two questions. It’s not always the big things in life that bite us, but the little things. And in the end, all those little things add up to something big. Little things can be: not getting enough sleep, eating that extra sweet doughnut every day, paying for a monthly subscription that you no longer use, or not exercising.

3 things to think about.

  1. What are your little mosquitoes?
  2. What mosquitoes are you planning to activate that looks like needs?
  3. Be constantly on the lookout for mosquitoes.

Have a great week!

Barry

Your first ANYTHING will be bad

The master of anything was once a beginner. Your first workout might be bad. Your first speech might be bad; your first podcast might be bad. Your first attempt at almost anything will be bad. You must first learn to crawl before you can walk.

There is a huge lesson in this. You never gave up when you fell down while learning to walk. So why do you want to give up so easily now?

Perhaps people labelled you and over time, you accepted that label as your own. Well, it’s time to break free. You didn’t give up when you were learning to walk – so why give up now. Now is your time to get going!

3 things to think deeply about this week:

  • You can’t win if you quit
  • What will be the next adventure you decide to start?
  • Get coaching in any field, and you will progress faster.

Have an awesome week.

Regards

Barry

Prime the pump.

A classic and excellent short clip by Zig Ziglar is named “Prime the pump“.

You can’t expect to be rewarded before the work is done. You have to keep pumping – studying, growing, attending, writing etc. Once the water starts flowing, you only need a steady rhythm to keep it flowing.

3 things to think about this week

  • keep pumping – intensity in the beginning; consistency in the future
  • Start exploring a completely new field. New opportunities are often found in places you have never looked before.
  • You might be standing on acres of diamonds while searching for them far away. sometimes the opportunity you are looking for is already right in front of you.

Go out and make a difference!

Regards

Barry

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