Good Example
Let’s look at a good example of what life can offer if you set a destination for life and strive to reach it: DKUU5SFC9QEE
Jay was born into a big but poor family. He learned from an early age if he wanted anything it was up to him, and him alone, to get it. First he decided what he wanted out of life, listed out all his goals, then rolled up his sleeves and went to work.
Jay wanted to be involved in business, and realized to do that, he needed an education, to help him be they type of person he needed to be. He applied to attend a university and was accepted. Working late nights, he supported his young family and paid his way through, still he studied and achieved good grades. More than that, he learned the principles he’d need to know to be successful in business.
After graduating, he could have gone to work for any number of big corporations. He decided instead to work for a small, but growing company where he could buy out one of the partner’s interests and become part owner. Having ownership in a company was another of his goals. It was a big risk at the time because he had to borrow the money, and he didn’t really know if the company would be successful over the long term. Still, he figured he would be part of the management. If the company didn’t survive, it would partly be his fault. On the other hand, if he could help make the company successful, he would benefit from that as an owner. Jay was willing to do whatever it took, since he was working towards what he really wanted.
The company went through some rocky times. Instead of complaining and thinking about how easy it would have been to do something else, he remained focused on his goals. He worked long and hard, and continued to strive. Jay knew things would turn around, and turn around they did. The company expanded; then expanded again; and yet again.
Now Jay leads the company to annual multimillion dollar profits.
Jay had made a list of goals when he first entered college. He pulled out the old, worn sheet, carefully unfolded it, and read them to me: being financially independent by age thirty five; amassing assets worth $1 million dollars by the time he’d reached age thirty; being an owner of a profitable company; and many others, each either fulfilled or was in the process of being fulfilled, now that he’d reached the ripe old age of forty five.
The feeling of satisfaction and growth you’ll get from actually striving for and achieving an important goal will be an experience from which you’ll always gather joy and strength. It’s the striving which makes you who are.
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