Life Is Like A Big Snowball
Taking Action
Something that had always bothered me in my life was my short attention span. Then sometime ago, I was reading an article by Donald Trump and one of the points included for his success was something to this effect of “Having a short attention”. He illustrated that once he knew how something was done, people tend to go on too much with the details. He wants to know the basics and the appropriate course of action. Wow, my entire theory of the universe had flipped on itself in two ways. First, I had continuely wanted to be smarter and learn and absorb. (Notice no action.) Second, I had focused on my weakness – lack of attention span, and neglected many of my strengths. What can a person with a short attention span do? I began to ask myself. Detailed work was absolutely out, but leadership skills are a strength for me. Give me the big picture. Set goal one, two, three, four. Put a time line to them. Include our omnipotent Creator that allows us to achieve our goals. Now achieve the big picture by laying out the ground work. Step one – the easiest but most crucial step. What is the easiest method to goal one? Goal one did not completely fall into place all of a sudden. It took a little persistance. Goal one became temporarily stalled and fell into place a little later than expected. As I was looking for alternatives, goal three could be started before I entirely knew how to complete goal two. The point is you crawl, walk, jog, run. My success has essentially taken off like a small ice ball rolled down a hill of snow. You have to push to get it started, but once it does, the core stays in tact, the snow accumulates and the momentum continues to build. Once it gets to a certain size and speed, the revenues start building upon themselves. That, for me is the exciting part. As time goes on, the momentum builds and that is passive income. Eventually the ball will be large enough that it does not need you to push it. That is when your expenses never exceed your income. And why is the core a solid piece of ice? The ice is your goals and the steps taken to build the snowball in the first place.
