We’re in the middle of a ten-part series about lifelong learning. So far we’ve covered the 3 R’s you learned in school, and the 3 R’s of BIGG Success. Now we’re going to talk about 4 great places to learn how to reach BIGG success.
Success is something that we all crave, but it’s hard to achieve. Why is this? Because we often don’t know where to look for it. We are told to network, read books, and work hard, but those are just a few of the many places where success can be found. That’s why we are going to share some other, more overlooked places to find success.
Have you ever had an idea out of the blue, but didn’t know where to start developing it? On The BIGG Success Show, we tell the story of how one man is saving lives after putting an idea to action, and outline the steps he took. Read the show notes below.
In 2008, a man who was traveling for business, thought of a question one night while in his hotel room, and called the front desk. He asked, “What happens to the leftover soap?” The response was that it was thrown away.
Shawn Seipler started looking at some numbers:
-millions of bars of salvageable soap were going to waste.
– thousands of young children were dying from hygiene-related illnesses every day globally
– studies showed that regular hand washing could cut those deaths in half.
Based on his research, Seipler felt compelled to do something, and when he got home he put his idea to action.
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This work-from-home mom wanted to contribute to her family’s finances. She did more than that – she turned a $3,000 investment into a $740 million business.
This show is a continuation our last two shows. First, we talked about 5 easy steps to personal leadership. Then, last time, we discussed your arena of service – which is about who you serve and where you serve them. Today, we want to talk about the BIGG Success Power Triangle. We’ll use Doris Christopher’s story as an example.
[George] One semester, my students and I, at the University of Illinois, participated in a guest lecture given by Doris, who is an alum. The information here comes from my notes of her presentation.
Doris is the quintessential successful work-from-home mom. This former home economics teacher started The Pampered Chef in 1980 with $3,000 borrowed from a life insurance policy. At the time, she was a 34-year old wife and mother of two. She had no business experience.
Like 69% of entrepreneurs, Doris started her business from home. Her basement was the initial distribution center and headquarters for The Pampered Chef.
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It’s President’s Day here in the United States – a day dedicated to celebrating the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
It’s a holiday for the few. Most people still go to work today. We count ourselves among the masses.
We ran across an interesting story about Lincoln awhile back. It’s from the chapter entitled “Training for the Presidency” in the book Winning Out by Orison Swett Matden:
“I meant to take good care of your book, Mr. Crawford,” said the boy, “but I’ve damaged it a good deal without intending to, and now I want to make it right with you. What shall I do to make it good?”
“Why, what happened to it, Abe?” asked the rich farmer, as he took the copy of Weems’s “Life of Washington” which he had lent young Lincoln, and looked at the stained leaves and warped binding. “It looks as if it had been out through all last night’s storm. How came you to forget, and leave it out to soak?”
“It was this way, Mr. Crawford,” replied Abe. “I sat up late to read it, and when I went to bed, I put it away carefully in my bookcase, as I call it, a little opening between two logs in the wall of our cabin. I dreamed about General Washington all night. When I woke up I took it out to read a page or two before I did the chores, and you can’t imagine how I felt when I found it in this shape. It seems that the mud-daubing had got out of the weather side of that crack, and the rain must have dripped on it three or four hours before I took it out. I’m sorry, Mr. Crawford, and want to fix it up with you, if you can tell me how, for I have not got money to pay for it.’
“Well,” said Mr. Crawford, “come and shuck corn three days, and the book ‘s yours.”
Had Mr. Crawford told young Abraham Lincoln that he had fallen heir to a fortune the boy could hardly have felt more elated. Shuck corn only three days, and earn the book that told all about his greatest hero!
“I don’t intend to shuck corn, split rails, and the like always,” he told Mrs. Crawford, after he had read the volume. “I’m going to fit myself for a profession.”
“Why, what do you want to be, now?” asked Mrs. Crawford in surprise.
“Oh, I’ll be President!” said Abe with a smile.
“You’d make a pretty President with all your tricks and jokes, now, wouldn’t you?” said the farmer’s wife.
“Oh, I’ll study and get ready,” replied the boy, “and then maybe the chance will come.”
Losers think success is simply a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Winners invest time prepare so they’re ready when an opportunity appears.
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We were e-mailed this story some time ago. We thought about it when we talked about a bigger boat and BIGG success on The BIGG Success Show earlier this week.
There are various versions of this story floating around. We wanted to share it with you to wrap up the week.
The consultant and the fisherman
A management consultant was on vacation in a small coastal village in Mexico. After his morning stroll, he stopped by a pier to watch the activity.
Before long, a small boat docked nearby. The consultant noted a few large fish in the boat.
He complimented the fisherman on his catch and asked how long it had taken to catch them.
“Just a little while,” the fisherman replied.
“Then, why didn’t you stay out longer and catch more?”
“It’s all I need to support my family.”
The consultant asked, “Then what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The fisherman joyfully responded, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, and take a siesta in the afternoon in my hammock. In the evenings, I go to my favorite watering hole to see my friends, have a few beers, play the guitar, and sing a few songs. I have a full and happy life, senor.”…..
The consultant jeered, “I can help you. I am a very well educated man. Business leaders from around the world call on me for advice. You should start by fishing longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With this extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat. With the extra money the larger boat will bring, you can buy a second one and a third one. Eventually, you’ll have a large fleet. Then instead of selling your fish to the processor, you could open your own plant. You can leave this little village and move to Mexico City to run your huge enterprise.”
“How long would that take?” asked the fisherman.
“Oh, ten, maybe twenty years.”
“And after that?”
“After that? That’s when it gets really interesting,” replied the consultant with excitement. “When your business gets really large, you can sell shares in your company and make millions!”
“Millions? Really? And after that?” pressed the fisherman.
“After that you’ll be able to retire, move out to a small village by the sea, sleep in late every day, spend time with your family, go fishing, take siestas in the afternoon, and spend relaxing evenings drinking and playing music with your friends.”
And after that?
By this consultant’s definition, this fisherman was already a BIGG success. Make sure you’re not working long and hard to go nowhere.
As you design and build life on your own terms, make sure you ask the same, simple question as the fisherman:
“And after that?”
If the answer leads you back where you are, you know you need to re-think your design.
Sometimes money isn’t the answer.
Sometimes bigger isn’t better.
Sometimes ambition gets in the way of BIGG success.
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