THE GREAT AXIOM OF LIFE .
There is a very interesting story called "The Treasure of Bresa", where a poor person buys a book with the secret of a treasure.
To discover the secret, one has to decipher all the languages written in the book.
When studying and learning these Languages, opportunities begin to appear in the subject's life and he slowly (safely) begins to prosper.
Then he needs to decipher the mathematical calculations in the book.
He is obliged to continue studying and developing and his prosperity increases.
At the end of the story, there is no treasure - in the search for the secret, a person has developed so much that he himself becomes the treasure.
The professional who wants to have success and prosperity needs to learn to work himself with a lot of discipline and persistence.
I often see people working hard at work because they were too lazy to work hard on themselves.
The worst are the ones who think they can work hard from time to time.
Or that they've already worked hard and can now settle down.
Understand: the improvement process must never end.
Accommodation is the biggest enemy of success!!!
That's why they say the journey is more important than the destination.
What you are ends up being much more important than what you have.
The important question is not "how much will I have?", but "who will I become?"
It's not "how much will I earn?" but "how much will I learn?".
Think about it and you will notice that everything you have is the direct result of the person you are today.
If you don't have enough, or if you think the world is unfair, maybe it's time to review these concepts.
The doorman at my building comes immediately to mind.
He's been a doorman for as long as I've known him.
He spends 8 hours a day in his living room, sitting behind his desk.
I never caught him reading a book. He's always watching TV, or complaining about the government, the salary, the time.
He's a good doorman, but in all these years he could have developed and been much better than he is today.
He's still a doorman, knowing (and doing) exactly the same things he knew (and did) ten years ago.
Then he complains that the union does not negotiate a greater readjustment every year.
I could never make him understand that people don't deserve to earn more just because time has passed.
Either you learn and improve, or you deserve to keep getting the exact same thing.
Produce more? Worth more, earn more.
Does it produce the same thing? Earn the same. It's simple.
A person's income rarely exceeds his personal and professional development.
Sometimes some are a little more lucky, but on average this is very rare.
Just see what happens to lottery winners, stars, athletes. In a few years they lose everything.
Someone once remarked that if all the money in the world were shared equally, it would soon be back in the pockets of a few.
Because the truth is, it's hard to receive more than you are.
As Jim Rohn says, in what he calls the great axiom of life:
"To have more tomorrow, you need to be more than you are today."
That should be the focus of your attention.
There are no need for revolutionary leaps, no sudden tremendous efforts.
Improve by 1% every day (the concept of "kaizen"), in different areas of your life, non-stop.
Keep going, even if the results are not immediate and it seems/superficially that it is not getting better.
Because there is, according to Rohn, another axiom: that of not changing.
"If you don't change who you are, you will continue to have what you always had".
”Doing the right things and not the right things.”
So take advantage of the opportunity our Heavenly Father gives you and evolve, change however small the course and become someone better every day.
You are capable and you deserve it.
Shared by Professor Dr. Teófilo Miguel Souza
Translated from Brazilian Portuguese into English language
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