We discovered a nugget of wisdom that points to the 3 types of knowledge that leads to riches. It’s something we hadn’t noticed before and haven’t seen anyone else share…
In his great book “Think and Grow Rich”, Napoleon Hill tells us the root word of the term “educate”. It comes from the Latin word “educo”, which means…
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We discuss six steps to riches on The BIGG Success Show. Here’s a summary of that discussion.
We opened the vault on timeless classics and found a great one. Napoleon Hill’s great book, Think and Grow Rich* – THE original study on wealth creation – describes the six steps to turn your “desires into gold.”
On a recent Sunday, we attended a college graduation with thousands of other people. At one point, we wanted a cup of coffee. We noticed a food court in the distance, but when we got closer we realized nothing was open. We were puzzled – why wouldn’t they be open on a day with so many potential customers?
It made us think about missed opportunities. You can’t avoid missing opportunities. What you want to do is make sure you spot all opportunities that will make a material difference in your life. Most of us probably have less than five of these in our lifetime. They are the difference between success and bigg success.
It’s often easier to spot the other person’s missed opportunity than it is our own. Why? Because we experience the result of the other person’s missed opportunity. We don’t experience our own so we don’t know about.
Most customers won’t tell you when you miss an opportunity. At best, they keep it to themselves. At worst, they tell others.
So one lesson is that when a customer tells you about missing an opportunity, be grateful. They’ve served you well. But most people just keep it to themselves.
2 ways to find out about your missed opportunities #1 – Ask! Develop a way to get customer feedback in the heat of the moment. That’s when people are more willing to let you know what you missed out on.
It’s not good enough to just ask. You need a system to track the comments so you can respond to them. More importantly, you need to work them into your system. That’s how you continue to serve your customers better.
This doesn’t just apply to people in business for themselves. Ask your boss how you can do your job better. Ask co-workers to whom you pass on work how you could make their jobs easier. #2 – Observe! Our bigg opportunities usually don’t come stamped with OPPORTUNITY written all over them. In fact, they’re often presented to us as a problem – a problem that no one else wants to tackle.
Napoleon Hill, in Think & Grow Rich, told the story of Edwin C. Barnes. Barnes had one goal: to become Thomas Edison’s partner in business. He got a job for Edison working as a sales person.
One day, Barnes learned that Edison had just invented the dictating machine. Edison was excited about this new device. But he had a problem – his sales people didn’t think it would sell. Barnes recognized this as his bigg opportunity. He took on the task of selling Edison’s newest invention. He did sell it … so successfully in fact that Edison made him his partner.
So Edwin Barnes spotted his bigg opportunity. To every else it was just a huge problem; Barnes turned it into bigg success.
We’re asking … what opportunities are we missing? We’d love to know how to serve you better. send us an e-mail bigginfo@biggsuccess.com, or leave a comment below.
Our bigg quote today comes from the great inventor himself, Thomas Edison:
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
So find your “Ah-ha” in everyone else’s “Ugh”
Next time, we’ll discuss how to find your passion. Until then, here’s to your bigg success!
Three managers from three different generations, told us in three separate conversations, about their challenges with twenty somethings. Do young people today want the rewards without the effort?
Here are a few of our many thoughts on this question. First, to those who are a little past your twenties (or still holding on strong to 29 … again):
Be careful not to over-generalize.
When a lot of people think of baby boomers, they think of hippies. Gen Xers are slackers. Yet these attributes only apply to a small portion of the total population of each of these generations.
The same is true of twenty somethings. Sure, some think they’re entitled to the best of everything. But many share the same work ethic, the same desire to prove themselves, as their predecessors.
Show them how they make a difference.
Employees of all generations consistently want two things from work, in addition to making a decent living. First, people want to be recognized for a job well done. Second, people want to feel like they’re part of something bigger.
A young woman, with tears welling up in her eyes, told us about her first job, as a summer intern for the Chicago Housing Authority. Here’s her story:
“On my first day of work, I walked into the office and was greeted by the receptionist. She immediately called my supervisor. My supervisor took me back to her office.
She said, ‘I’m so glad you’re here. Our work is very important. We find homes for people. And I’m so happy that you’re here because we have more people wanting homes than we can handle. With your help, we’ll find homes for more people.’
I couldn’t wait to get to work every day. Because I knew I was helping people.”
Go the extra mile – show your people, of all ages, how your organization makes a difference. If you do, you’ll have a group of motivated employees.
Now, for those of you in your twenties:
Turn this negative into your positive.
This perception is out there … and it’s going to stick, at least for awhile. Use it to your advantage. If you go the extra mile, you’ll stand out from the crowd. Successful people do what unsuccessful people don’t.
Little things make big differences. For example, get to work fifteen minutes earlier tomorrow. Stay fifteen minutes later. You’ll get noticed! Over time, you’ll be surprised at the difference it makes.
Prepare yourself now for the opportunity to come.
Opportunity will present itself. The only question is whether or not you’ll be ready. If you can’t or won’t do little things extremely well, you’re won’t get the opportunity to work on big things.
Napoleon Hill, in his great book, Think and Grow Rich, tells the story of Edwin Barnes. Barnes went to work for Thomas Edison, with the goal of becoming Edison’s partner. Edison invented a product that his sales people said wouldn’t sell. Barnes saw his opportunity – he took the project no one else wanted and became Edison’s partner in the process!
Our quote today is by the great quarterback, Roger Staubach.
“There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.”
Give all you’ve got and you’ll get more than you can imagine.
Tomorrow, we’ll discuss the communication debate – e-mail, phone, or face-to-face – what contact method should you use? Until then, here’s to your big success!
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On a recent Sunday, we attended a college graduation with thousands of other people. At one point, we wanted a cup of coffee. We noticed a food court in the distance, but when we got closer we realized nothing was open. We were puzzled – why wouldn’t they be open on a day with so many potential customers?