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Lessons from a trailer park
If you give me 10 seconds I can tell you, with 99% accuracy, how successful you are.
Just let me visit your house or office to check out your bookshelf.
You see, the most successful people in the world are LIFELONG learners.
They never rest on their laurels and are always striving to learn more.
It’s been said the most successful people have the biggest BOOKSHELVES filled with books.
And the least successful people have the biggest TELEVISIONS.
If you’ve ever driven by a trailer park, you know what I’m talking about.
In college, I was a volunteer big brother. My “little brother” lived in a trailer park in the poorest neighborhood in Upstate NY.
His trailer was on a dirt road, off another dirt road and deep in the woods.
And while everyone there lived in extreme poverty, quite a few had big fat satellite dishes on their trailers.
So as they were barely scrapping by, they still thought it was important to shell out $50 or more a month for satellite service.
Even as a bright-eyed optomistic 18 year old, I knew something was aeriously wrong with this picture.
Every hour they sat in front of the tube, they could be have been doing something different to better their situation.
Heck, go to the library. There is enough information there to make you a rich beyond your dreams.
When I first started my career, I didn’t have much money at all so every day off was spent at the bookstore or the library.
Invest in yourself and you will not be sorry.
Ok, I’ll get off my soapbox now.
Stay Strong,
Ryan
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