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Quick Decisions
A
game warden noticed how a particular fellow
named Sam consistently caught more fish than anyone else, whereas the
other guys would only catch three or four a day. Sam would come in off the
lake with a boat full. Stringer after stringer was always packed with
freshly caught trout. The warden, curious, asked Sam his secret. The
successful fisherman invited the game warden to accompany him and observe.
So the next morning the two met at the dock and took off in Sam's boat.
When they got to the middle of the lake, Sam stopped the boat, and the
warden sat back to see how it was done.
Sam's approach was simple.
He took out a stick of dynamite, lit it, and threw it in the air. The
explosion rocked the lake with such a force that dead fish immediately
began to surface. Sam took out a net and started scooping them up.
Well you can imagine the
reaction of the game warden. When he recovered from the shock of it all,
he began yelling at Sam. "You can't do this! I'll put you in jail, buddy!
You will be paying every fine there is in the book!" Sam, meanwhile, set
his net down and took out another stick of dynamite. He lit it and tossed
it in the lap of the game warden with these words, "Are you going to sit
there all day complaining, or are you going to fish?"
The poor warden was left
with a fast decision to make. He was yanked, in one second, from an
observer to a participant. A dynamite of a choice had to be made and be
made quickly! Life is like that. Few days go by without our coming face to
face with an uninvited, unanticipated, yet unavoidable decision. Like a
crashing snow bank, these decisions tumble upon us without warning. Quick.
Immediate. Sudden. No council, no study, no advice. Pow!
Food For Thought
You have within you the power and ability to solve every
problem and deal with every challenge that life presents.
Your mind is a powerful tool that is always working to make your world
the place you expect it to be. If you expect to be lonely, and sick,
and without money -- then your mind will find a way for that to
happen. And when you expect to be healthy, prosperous and loved, then
your mind will find a way for it to happen.
Is what you expect for yourself the same as what you want for
yourself? The people whom we view as successful, are those who fully
expect to get what they want, whatever that may be. And they find a
way to get it.
Do you even know what you want? Most people have a general idea of
what they would like (more money, a bigger house, interesting
friends). But it's impossible to focus your mind to achieve
generalities. Your mind must have specific goals in order to reach
them. Not just "a bigger house" but specifically what house, on what
street, in what neighborhood, how many bedrooms, what color carpet?
Know what you want, fully expect to get it, and take the necessary
actions to bring it about. Know that there will be obstacles, and that
you will find a way through them. You can do it. |
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