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Making Your First Million
Develop the ability to see beyond how things are now to how they might be. To create
real wealth we need to tap into the power of synergy where the whole is greater than the
sum of the parts. There is no lack, no shortage in this world, no insuperable problems,
just opportunities. Fear will block us if we let it. Learn to ignore fear. Mostly it's mindless
yapping and will go away if we don't feed it. Fears rarely eventuate and never happen the
way we expect, so learn to avoid the wasted energy of worry. Set your fear threshold
higher. Respect reality but keep it in balance. Trust in your own ability to manage risk.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Keep your eyes on the goal and dream big.
With a little creative thought that worthless chunk of over-priced swampy land that's been
on the market for 8 years can become a prestige development with a central lake.
Strategically placed plants, fences, gateways or an hour's bulldozing can change the view
and add 20% to the perceived value of the property. The greatest asset you have is your
imagination. Look imaginatively at what is and imagine what might be. If you lack
imagination, develop it. Practice. Whatever you lack, intuition, wisdom, integrity,
courage, imagination, creativity you can develop with practice. Look around you and ask
yourself: "Is there a better way?" Some years ago I was visiting a Taipei watch factory
and remarked on the pile of festering cardboard boxes littering the alley.
"How long have they been there?"
"Always since I start ten years. Maybe nobody take it away."
Within 2 years a friend of Tony's had a contract with the Taiwan government to recycle
cardboard, opening up a huge business opportunity. In the US they burn garbage. The ash
is a disposal problem. In Siberia they have spent coal-mines. Chris, an expatriate
Englishman in Hong Kong, who financed Adam's publishing venture, now has a contract
to ship ash to Siberia, returning with lumber to San Francisco. Keep your eyes open and
ask questions.
How are you going to nurture and develop this belief in yourself? How are you going to
feel confident in your ability when all you've experienced in the past is rejection and
failure? Let me give you a suggestion. If all you've ever known is failure you're either
doing things wrong, or you're doing the wrong things. Again, take your folding chair and
go sit on the sidelines. Examine the scene before you. Look at all the others chasing the
ball. Now, take your eyes off the players and start focusing on the game itself. Ask
yourself: "Is it my technique that's wrong or am I playing on the wrong field?" That's an
important question. So often we commit to playing a game which is not of our own
choosing and we find we're poorly suited. When I left school I enrolled in Engineering at
Sydney University for no other reason than I knew it would please my family. I know
now that I'm temperamentally unsuited to exactitude (I've never been one to spoil a good
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