When asked to what he attributed his success, he replied "Believing in myself, and not picking apart all of my pluses and minuses." He said, "Right from beginning I knew that I could be successful. When I failed first time I suddenly had a lot of free time on my hands since I no longer had a business to run. I figured that I basically had two choices in regard to what to do with my time: 1. Do a lot of thinking about what went wrong and try to correct my many mistakes in future. Or: 2. Take time to relax and gain a new perspective on life. I of course chose latter. From a relaxed state I was able to understand things that I was not able to understand when I was running around trying to be successful. I knew that dissecting what I had done right and wrong would eat up a lot of time and energy, and most likely not give me formula for success. I knew that formula for success was already inside of me, and that my job was to find a way to allow this formula to be expressed. I didn't try to understand what to do, I tried to get myself to point where I was already doing what I needed to do."

To me this story offers a great deal of inspiration. Continuing to believe in myself regardless of challenges to be faced, is a gift that I have often struggled to give myself. It is wonderful to be presented with such a fine example to learn from. The faith this man has in himself can be a gift to all of us. And at same time I can't help but chuckle when thinking what a business consultant might say about this man's method for conducting business.

This story also reminds me of an article I read in a business magazine a number of years ago. The story told of careers of a number of highly successful business people, all of whom had "failed" at least three or four times along way. Each person in their own words said following "I could not be success I am today, had it not been for all of my previous failures!"

Do you have some "failures" in your life that possess seeds of future success? I am guessing that we all do.

Being in a relationship or running a business will set you up for some pain.In business rude people,your fears and unreliable technology will cause you pain.Jealousy,fears, power struggles etc. can burn you in a relationship.But we all have to get over them.

Most people will run from pain.They are ones with stories of dreams that were unfulfilled.But truth is , only way to achieve your goal is to go through pain.

So my friends if this moment you are feeling pain , smile inside.At least you now know even if others don't , it is your path to success.Use it wisely because where there is no pain , there is no gain.

To your success and mine .....,

Nicholas

©2003 Nicholas Dixon