Preparation – A Key To Success

From the Bob Proctor Network

It was J.B. Matthews who wrote, “Unless a person has trained him or herself for their chance, the chance will only make them look ridiculous.  A great occasion is worth to a person exactly what their preparation enables them to make of it.”

Any winner will be quick to tell you that preparation is the key to success in any endeavor.  You should make up your mind to become so good, so competent at what you are doing you will actually force opportunities to come your way.

Take a serious look at your industry and ask yourself where you think your industry will be insofar as growth is concerned over the next ten years.  If you can see no limit to the growth of your industry, then it is only reasonable to say there is no limit to your own opportunity for growth within your industry in the same time frame.

There are people in your industry that can write their own ticket. They have developed something inside that expressed itself through their behavior.  It is called confidence.  They are affecting life in their industry rather than just being affected by it.  They take thirty minutes or so every day to think of how they can put more into their job, how to be more creative, to provide a greater service.  Rather than just giving their time, they give all they’ve got.

In a period of five years or less, you can become an acknowledged expert in your particular industry.  Surveys indicate that the great majority of people look at their job as being as far as they will go.  They should realize that an expanding, dynamic industry not only needs but seeks the uncommon person to share in its growth and will richly reward the person of vision and action.

Give everything you’ve got for the next ninety days.  Your industry will give you everything you want for the rest of your life.