I recently came across a quote that I absolutely love, so I'd like to share it with you.
"The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds."
The Greek philosopher Plutarch said this and it "talked" to me. What an incredibly powerful statement. There is no amount of skill, knowledge, potential, money or connections that can help you succeed if you don't want to be successful.
Next time you're in the bookstore, look at all the titles on achieving success, goal-setting and positive thinking. Almost any book on achieving success is going to talk about having that desire and motivation to get you started.
Now, motivation by itself is good, but maybe not enough. You need to have a vision, a goal and the motivation to start becoming successful. Here's another quote I found from Jean la Fontaine, a French essayist that sums this all up:
"Man is made so that whenever anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish."
Here's to your success and to breaking away from negative thinking and to reaching your very best!
Copyright Michele A. Webb, 2008. All Rights Reserved.
