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Insight and Inspiration for Your Money Problems

We’ve only done this once before to the best of our knowledge. But to start the week, we’ve put together a story in quotes.

 

We hope to offer some insight and inspiration for those who are experiencing money problems. We hope you enjoy!

  • “I finally know what distinguishes man from other beasts: financial worries.” ~ Jules Renard
  • “Worry is like a rocking chair – it gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere.” ~ Author Unknown
  • “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.” ~ Seneca
  • “The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution!” ~ Author Unknown
  • “If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, ‘I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.’” ~ Ann Landers
  • “Ninety percent of the world’s woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves.” ~ Sydney J. Harris
  • “Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” ~ Ayn Rand
  • “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” ~ Jim Rohn
  • “It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.” ~ George Lorimer
  • “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.” ~ Thomas Paine
  • “A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance.” ~ Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
  • “Money will come when you are doing the right thing.” ~ Mike Phillips

What’s your favorite quote?

The Most Important Intelligence Today

locational intelligence | BIGG SuccessIn Chapter 5 of Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill told us about the time Henry Ford sued The Chicago Tribune. The Tribune had published several editorials claiming Ford was ignorant.

For the most part, they were right.

The attorneys for The Tribune couldn’t wait to get Henry Ford on the stand. They would get their proof, straight from the horseless carriage industrialist’s mouth!

Ford’s apparent ignorance

Ford was asked about the date of the Revolutionary War. He didn’t know the answer.

When asked who Benedict Arnold was, Ford said, “A writer.”

Ford thought “chili con carne” was a large Army.

Source for the above three questions: Detroit1701.org

Ford’s response

Finally, according to Napoleon Hill, Ford grew so irritated with the questioning, he learned forward and said:

“If I should really WANT to answer the foolish question you have just asked, or any of the other questions you have been asking me, let me remind you that I have a row of electric push-buttons on my desk, and by pushing the right button, I can summon to my aid men who can answer ANY question I desire to ask concerning the business to which I am devoting most of my efforts. Now, will you kindly tell me, WHY should I clutter up my mind with general knowledge, for the purpose of being able to answer questions, when I have men around me who can supply any knowledge I require?”

Who can argue with that?

Locational intelligence

The most important intelligence today is locational intelligence. Where can you find the information you need?

It turns out it’s not so new. Henry Ford used locational intelligence to become one of the wealthiest people in the history of our country.

He understood the two sources of locational intelligence:

  • Tools

    In Ford’s case, it was the phone – a tool that had been invented about four decades before the trial in which he referenced it.

    Today, we have the vast resource of the internet, which was invented about four decades ago.

  • People

    Ford also had people in his employ who could give him the answers to important questions. Today, we also have social networks where we can meet people we would never get to know otherwise.

Henry Ford would love to build a business today. Like him, you can use the tools of the day to get the information you need from the people who have it.

It’s locational intelligence. And it leads to BIGG success!

We may not be that smart, but we’re smart enough to be thankful that you read our post today. Until next time, here’s to your BIGG success!

Image in this post from nlzs

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