In a few days time when he had regained consciousness he discovered that he was paralyzed from waist down. I called him to see how he was doing. He said to me "What would you say Charlie? Lucky to be alive or unlucky to be paralyzed from waist down." I had no ready answer.

Many months later we met in person again. By this time he had already customized his wheelchair to make it more "radical" and he was sporting a buffed out physique from his many hours of weight lifting. He said to me "Previously when people remarked about my life, it was very easy for me to say that I felt neither lucky or unlucky. Now I know very deeply that each moment, lucky or unlucky, is to be savored. If I label my circumstances as 'lucky' what will this mean? Will it mean that I am happy about what has happened? If I label my circumstances as 'unlucky' what will this mean? Will it mean that I am unhappy about what has happened? And what about tomorrow, and day after that, and year after that? Will I let 'lucky' or 'unlucky' determine how I feel about myself and how I live my life? I certainly hope not!" He smiled warmly as always, and I was thankful to be in his presence.

5. Gain knowledge. Find out what other people did to achieve same goal. It is highly unlikely that you are first. There will be many different routes, and knowledge is there.

6. Work out a plan. Look at where you are now, look at where you want to be, and work backwards, step by step, until you can see what first step is, that you need to take to get to your goal.

7. Take first step. This is often hardest of all steps, but can be most powerful, unleashing amazing energies, both within you, and around you.

8. Keep going. Once initial enthusiasm wears off, once going gets tough, keep going! No-one said it was easy! This is where you find out if you are really prepared to pay price or not.

That’s it! Simple. Eh? No, of course not, but theory *is* simple, yes.

All steps need to be followed, you can’t miss any of them, but if you follow them, believe me, world is your oyster!