What Lessons Are You Learning Today?

Are You Going To Make It? That Is Up To You!

All you get is what you bring to the fight.

And that fight get’s easier every day you learn new lessons.

Here are 18 of those lessons every business person (not just me) needs to learn:

• Just because it hasn’t worked out already doesn’t mean that it won’t ever.
• Anything that is easy to do isn’t going to lead to success. 
• Ironically, the quickest way to become an expert is to defy industry experts.
• The number of people who believe in you doesn’t correlate to your chances of success.
• Sometimes your best effort is NOT good enough to succeed.
• You can’t learn if you aren’t willing to listen.
• The only way to get other people to care about you is to care about them first.
• You can’t find opportunities for success if you aren’t looking for them.
• The difference between success and failure is just a decision to keep trying.
• Just because all your competitors are doing it doesn’t mean you should too.
• Pretending like you never make mistakes doesn’t make it so.
• Working smarter is a result of hard work; not a replacement for it.
• There is no easy way out for big problems; but there is always a way out.
• Being “professional” is key to getting prospects to want to do business with you.
• Working smart will get more applause. Working hard will get more done.
• Sometimes bad things happen to good people with great strategies.
• If you haven’t failed a lot, you probably aren’t going to win a lot.
• Experience is what you get just after you need it.

Life is about the choices you make. There’s no such thing as “getting lucky.” Hard work, tenacity, and learning from failure is what will ultimately determine how successful you become.

That’s How It Has Always Been

Great people learn hard lessons.

Sigmund Freud was booed off stage the first time he presented his theories to a group of scientists in Europe. He went on to win the Goethe Award for his work in psychology.

Henry Ford failed at farming, failed as an apprentice, and failed as a machinist — going bankrupt five times. He went on to modernise mass production.

Leo Tolstoy flunked out of law school and was labeled “unable to learn” by his professors. He went on to become one of the world’s greatest novelists.

John Creasey failed as a salesman, a desk clerk, a factory worker, and an aspiring writer — getting 754 rejection notices by publishers. He went on to write more than 600 novels and is considered one of the greatest mystery writers ever.

Hank Aaron failed his tryout with the Brooklyn Dodgers and went 0-5 his first game in Major League Baseball. He went on to hit more home runs than anyone in baseball.

But It’s Not About Them

It’s about you. About what you are prepared to do in order to be successful.

The question is:

“What lessons are you learning today?”