I went to the jewelry store to buy my wife a piece of jewelry. The sales clerk showed me the cheapest item in the range to start with. I said I wanted to see the most expensive item, since my wife deserves only the best.
When I had purchased the item, I asked the clerk why she offered me the cheapest piece, and she replied that she would rather have a bird in the hand than two in the bush.
She didn’t’ understand how to “drop down”, but she also didn’t understand that you get what you ask for, and you will be surprised what you will get, if you just ask for it.
Think abundance, not scarcity.
You Literally have Access to UNLIMITED Resources
You can go to the beach with a teaspoon and a cup and get some seasand, or you can go with a forty-gallon drum and fill it with sand. Or you can take a dump truck and fil that – the sand won’t run out. You can take a train and fill it with sand. Sand respesents, in this case, money.
You can make as much as you like if you simply offer a great product and service and then go ahead and ASK.
Be audacious, be courageous, and expect great wealth.
Mark These Words
“I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store.
For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have willingly paid.”
Adjust Your Estimation Skills
Bamboo grows more rapidly than any other plant on the planet. It has been clocked surging skyward as fast as 47.6 inches in a 24-hour period.
We’ve all heard, “First year it sleeps, second year it creeps, third year it leaps.” Bamboo trees grow very little for the first 4 years. But then, suddenly in the 5th year, they grow 80-90 feet tall.
We tend to overestimate what we can do in the short term, but we vastly underestimate what we can do in the longer term. Be the bamboo!
How to Double Your Sales Immediately
I once had a life insurance salesman ask me how he could double his sales. I answered, “If you’re presently asking people to buy $200,000 worth of life cover, start asking them to buy $400,000 worth of life cover. It’s that simple. But you should start off by making sure that YOU personally have at least $400,000 worth of life cover.”
Think BIG. Expect great things. ASK.
March 19th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
This is a marvelous observation:
“We tend to overestimate what we can do in the short term, but we vastly underestimate what we can do in the longer term. Be the bamboo!”
I’m going to ponder that for a while. I’m very impatient and it frustrates me.
March 27th, 2009 at 10:05 am
@Stephen – that was a powerful observation for me as well when I first heard it. I too want things to be done as soon as possible and so I feel like not enough is getting done at all. Then when I do look back on my year I go “wow, I actually got a LOT accomplished’.
I know how you feel, and it’s normal. It’s not normal to recognize it so points for you there!