I always like to share with you my readings each month on the topics of success and how to be a winner. In one of these books, “Success One Day at a Time” by John Maxwell is the following short story I would like to share with you.
A young man from the city graduated from college with a degree in journalism and got a job at a small-town newspaper. One of his first assignments was to interview an old farmer who lived twenty miles outside of town. As he sat with the grizzled man on his front porch, the young journalist looked at his notepad and started asking his questions. One of the first he asked was, “Sir, what time do you go to work in the morning?”
The old farmer chuckled and replied, “Son, I don't go to work, I am surrounded by it.”
We can learn a lesson from the old farmer. Opportunities are a lot like his work. They are everywhere. But the problem is that we often don't have the eyes to see them.
As you approach each day, look around. Be aware. If you don't see opportunities, remember that it's not because they aren't there. You are always surrounded by them. You simply need to open your eyes and see them. Then act on them.
The old farmer was a visionary. He got the message of surrounding yourself with opportunity and then harvesting it.
Wanted:
More people to improve and fewer to disapprove.
More doers and fewer talkers.
More to say it can be done and fewer to say it's impossible.
More to inspire others and fewer to throw cold water on them.
More to get in the thick of things and fewer to sit on the sidelines.
More to point out what's right and fewer to show what is wrong.
More to light a candle and fewer to curse the darkness.
I think you get the message: You can observe a lot by watching.