How This Book Put Me To Sleep
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Last night I could not sleep. This is such a turbulent time in the world that many of us share sleepless nights of worry - about the market and our future.
So at about 1 am I picked up Sam Wyly's 1,000 Dollars & an Idea. The book is a page turner and provides golden nuggets of wisdom and useful advise on how to deal with difficult financial times in a positive, proactive way. The words jumped off of the page...
"...Focus on spirituality, on mental power as opposed to material power."
"I knew there was nothing to fear. I stood there confident that something good would happen, even though I didn't know just what or when. Just then the phone rang."
Fear is bizarre to me. I have never really had it and when I had nothing I feared the least. It is strange how with accumulation comes also the fear of loss. Sam Wyly's reminder that there is nothing to fear when we are focused on a positive outcome is very timely for the world and America today. His story is also a great example of reaping good karma - when you do the right thing.
The concepts in this book that resonate the most with me have to do with loving your work. Sam writes:
"Without passion you will not find much personal fulfillment and are unlikely to do outstanding work...the motivation for success and passion for the work are tightly linked."
and...
"Work and Joy are not mutually exclusive" This quote is synonymous with how I have always positioned work - which is not really work at all! But I needed to be reminded of that.
Finally, Sam references a quote by Mary Baker Eddy, "Stand porter at the door of thought."
1,000 Dollars & an Idea is exactly what I needed to read last night. Fundamentally I know that every situation is really only based upon our point of view...our thoughts. Even in today's erratic economic times we can still control our thoughts and stay focused on a positive outcome.
So when Sam wrote, "I see problems and solutions as nothing more than opposite sides of the same coin," I sat with those words, let them really sink in - not only into my mind but into my heart - and I finally fell asleep!
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has concerns about their future - Sam's story provides us all with the confidence to lean into our own challenges and the promise of a successful outcome.
Multipliers plus other goodies for writers ...
Customer Rating: If you read this book and got nothing from it, I'd have to say you don't know how to read between the lines.
I'm only on page 7 and have found the following thus far:
* Great description of a Multiplier in the Prologue: "When Albert Einstein attended a press conference after he won the Nobel Prize, a reporter asked him, 'What is the strongest force in the universe?' He smiled and replied, 'Compound interest.' All the journalists laughed. But as every successful investor from neophyte to hedge fund manager knows, the greatest mind of the twentieth century was only half kidding."
* Pages 1 & 2 talk about hedge funds, which finally explained to me why mainstream consumer magazines lean so heavily on subscriptions (a form of hedging for the magazines; Kindle might disappear the dependence, though).
* Page 7 provides a great short-list of specific areas for writers to focus on, although it's only for those who are hungry for success.
Cool.
SK
The Great Multipliers (Edocster)
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