Greatness is in the doing of things

It is great to do many things. It is greater to accomplish something.

What do you do when you get money?

The poverty mind thinks of what to buy
The wealth mind plans to multiply

The poverty mind wants to spend
The rich mind will find a way to lend

The poverty mind is always in need
The wealth mind would rather plant a seed.

The poverty mind seeks to get.
The rich mind will let.

The poor trade value.
The wealthy create value.

The poor till the soil.
The wealthy harvest from the soil.

Making a loss in business is not the end of the world!

It might take you some time to understand this, but making a loss is not the end of the world.  It is, however, a point of new beginning. When you have been in business long enough to experience the cycle of profit and loss several times you will know what I am saying. 

Everything has a price- everything!

There is a price to be paid for success in your youth and there is a cost to achieving success in old age.

You only get to meet a person for the first time once.

It is indeed a great mystery of life and it is one of those things that happen to all of us; we only get to meet a person for the first time once.

Always plan and prepare

I gave a young man a task to plant a tree to which he did agree. I said dig the hole two feet deep!, two feet wide and two feet across. The man said he would. But since the tree, at the time, could fit in no more than a two inch box, he saw no need to punish himself on behalf of the tree.  But plant he tree he did - in a scratch of a hoe.

Six months later we examined our work. His tree and mine.  There was need to speak. His tree was dead in the ground. While I find this profound, not much can be done for those who would not be found investing in what is sound and true. Pray tell me, you who sojourn with me, how deep are your roots or is yours dead before it shoots.

Take time to plan, take time to prepare. Take time to pray, take time to fast - before you undertake a task. For even if the ground is fallow the rains may tarry and the weather parry . If you have no reserves you will be found hard and dry. Invest in yourself, invest in your work and invest in others too. Perhaps, in time, the seed you plant will yield a harvest  no man can carry.

How to resolve a problem using the haystack theory.

Most people attack problems with a view to solving them and then moving on with life as it was before. However, you can resolve problems by creating something entirely new. Creating something new takes reflection and fore thought. Creating something new takes changing the way you think and do things. Solving a problem is a "needle in a haystack activity". In the process you move a lot of hay around. Once you find the needle the disoriented haystack remains in place. Creating something new may mean you can do away with the haystack.