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You
Can't WIN if you don't know the Rules
Soon, the
next generation, the high-school students of today, will be taking over
the control of our environment.
That’s a
frightening thought.
They’ve
never learned the rules to success.
It’s not
because of bad teachers or bad schools. It’s because it’s not
politically correct to tell the truth.
I’ll tell
you two things about the truth. The second one is that it will set you
free. The first is that it will piss you off.
The truth
is that our Nation spends more on education than any other country and
produces the worst results. Worse yet, we spend more on prisons than on
schools.
We have
blamed everyone except the students and the parents.
Someone
forgot to tell everybody that the Government, the schools, the teachers
can not force anyone into becoming successful.
We forgot
to tell everybody that the rich get richer because they know how. The
poor get poorer because they know how. The Government doesn’t teach how
to become rich, the rules to success, because either our Government
doesn’t know the rules or it doesn’t want us to know.
If you’re
going to play to win, you need to know the rules.
Here's a
good start.
It’s up to
you.
You need to be mentally tough to succeed in anything. You need to
control your emotions or your emotions will control you. You need to
control your body or your body will control you. You need to control
your mind. It is your biggest asset.
You need to
work hard
There are 168 hours in a week. If you use 68 hours sleeping and eating,
you have 100 hours left. How you use those hours will determine your
future. When you work more than the average, you get more than average.
Mental
Push-Ups are critical
There are only two ways to make money: neck down and neck up. Neck down
is limited. Neck up is unlimited. The more an athlete trains, the
better they perform. The more you exercise your brain, the better it
will serve you.
Reading is
critical
Leaders are readers. Reading exercises the part of your brain used in
problem solving and problem solving, not problem identifying, creates
success.
If you want
more, you must become more
Internal change must precede external change or the external change
won’t stick.
4
out of 5 who win the Lottery are financially worst off 5 years later.
16
out of 17 who inherit money die broke.
Becoming
more means growth
There is no growth without struggle. No Pain, No Gain. Sorry, those
are the rules. But there is struggle without growth…blame someone else
for your struggles.
If you numb the pain with drugs, alcohol, TV or video games, it only
postpones the problem. It will wait for you.
Do you know what you get once you conquer one struggle?
A Bigger One.
That means, if you are doing it right, you will always be facing the
biggest struggle of your life…but they will matter less and less.
Before you
follow
Before you follow anyone’s advice, make sure they are where you
want to be,
because if you follow their advice, you’ll be where they are.
Check the fruit on the tree before you climb out on the branch.
Hangout
with success
Association is a key to success. If you hangout with successful people,
it helps you learn how to become successful.
The 6 “P’s”
Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance
The 4 “F’s”
Foul up, Find out, Fix it, FAST
Lead by
Example
Words are cheap. Actions are rare. Results are valuable.
No one has become a success on their own. No One.
Start where
you are
Where you are is exactly the right place to start.
Where you’ve been matters less than where you go.
Focus on
where you want to go
When you develop an “all consuming passion”,
there is less “have to” and more “want to”.
Persist
If
it was easy, it would have little value.
Success is a long series of “learning experiences” (mistakes)
Celebrate
your victories
Always remember to be thankful for all that you have,
it
will attract more to you.
Get Started
Now you are ready to start.
Abraham Lincoln said, “A journey of 1,000 miles begins with one
step.”
Test the
rules.
Try doing more homework than you are required. See what happens.
When you get results, lead your friends into doing more.
When your class is doing more, see how much your teachers improve.
Also notice that some students aren’t will to even try.
In the real world, they will be left behind until they learn the rules.
What does all this have to
do with helping the environment?
If a 1,000 students turn
off their TVs or video games for one hour a day to do more home work,
that group of students
saves the energy equivalent to one barrel of oil a week.
It's up to YOU
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