Motivational: Why Taking Action Is Not The Answer

Why Taking Action Is Not The Answer

Written by Rasheed Ali

Have you ever made up your mind to do something, did it and then had disappointing, lackluster results?

Well, you're definitely not alone in that.

Recently, I came to realize that there are people who make up their minds to do something and take "Action" right away, only to become defeated and never look back and stick with their idea.

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I've personally seen men with reputable and thriving businesses make such immediate gratification "Action" decisions and lose repparttar 123084 trust and money of repparttar 123085 customers that they worked years to acquire.

Our personal lives and businesses are not repparttar 123086 only things that are affected by such decisions.

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The Truth About Luck and How To Get it

Written by Rasheed Ali

I spoke to a close friend today and he said something that greatly disturbed me. Okay it made me so upset I had to write this while thinking, "What repparttar

F@#K?!"

I was looking at a catalogue of upcoming seminars given by some VERY famous and successful people.

I called one of my best friends and asked him if he wanted to go. His answer, to say repparttar 123080 least Pissed Me Off! He said, "Oh, I'm not gonna' waste my money on that seminar, that guy just got lucky. Dude, some people just get lucky!" Well, why did he have to go and say that to ME of all people???

I said, "Listen Bro, I came from being a homeless runaway to pretty successful AND I'm marrying repparttar 123081 girl of my dreams!" Am I lucky? Nope, I've earned everything I own and have. I'm no millionaire but I WILL be.

The person he didn't want to go see at repparttar 123082 seminar is a VERY successful, famous, multi-millionaire entrepreneur. In addition to that repparttar 123083 fee was pennies in comparison to repparttar 123084 opportunity to meet and speak to this man. When I say pennies, I mean that people spend more on a pair of jeans!

So, what IS repparttar 123085 truth about luck?

The truth is that luck is not a random event and it can be proven many different ways. Many very successful entrepreneurs may say that they were lucky but, they as well as I, know better.

What many call luck is really what I call a statistical occurrence that only happens after a specific action is taken. This action may not have been a calculated decision but it is an action towards a desired result.

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