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Lead, Follow, or Get The...(Part 2)
Success, Training, Self development, Mindset, Personal Growth
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This is the second of twelve ideas to help you lead the field, any field you choose. This series of blogs are from the book " Lead The Field By Earl Nightingale"
"DESIRE IS THE BEGINNING OF ALL HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT" - W. Clement Stone
Acres Of Diamonds
The mind is the richest human resource. It is a gold-mine of ideas. Ask yourself every morning, “how can I increase my service today?”
Russell Conwell wrote Acres of Diamonds, a true story of an African farmer who heard of others who had made millions by discovering diamond mines. He sold his property and traveled the continent for long years in search of diamonds until at last old, weary and discouraged, he threw himself into a river and drowned. Meanwhile back at the old farm the new owner found a large brilliant rough diamond in the creek. A friend told him he’d found one of the largest diamonds ever. His creek was filled with such stones.
Needless to say the farm the first farmer had sold so that he might find a diamond mine turned out to be the most productive diamond mine in the entire African continent. The first farmer had owned free and clear acres of diamonds. He should have searched his own property thoroughly before moving on. He hadn’t even looked.
Each of us is at this moment standing in the midst of his or her own acres of diamonds. Explore the pasture you are in. Don’t run from one thing to another forever looking for the pot of gold. Stay where you are until you find what you seek. Let your mind thoroughly explore the possibilities in what you are presently doing.
There were good reasons why you chose your present work in the beginning. If not, then it may be time to move on to another field. Find acres of diamonds hiding in your work. The diamonds of opportunity are there but they cannot shout. Our job is to find them. We must think of better ways to serve, right where we are. Look at your work through eyes of ‘intelligent objectivity.’ Leave no stone unturned. There are better ways to do what you are presently doing. Keep things stirred up. Overcome! Prevail right where you are. Stay and get rid of your problems. Think every day of a way to mine your own acres of diamonds.
Michael Parker Sr
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mparkersr37@gmail.com
www.ibourl.com/nzq
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 | | Great Points, Michael, and food for thought...thank you for sharing! |
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