The other day I met up with a few of my friends for our monthly coffee meeting. It's an opportunity for us to share our ideas and just generally chat! The conversation eventually turned around to money and how easy it seems for some people to attract money and success into their lives, whilst, it seemed to us, the vast majority appears to coast along just making ends meet. We all agreed that this was not necessarily a preference.
And before we start suggesting that the successful have been born wealthy, or entrepreneurial, or with excessive business acumen, let me assure you that this is generally not the case. Many of them are from fairly ordinary backgrounds, often from backgrounds where they were actively discouraged to take risks, told to get an education, or a job, and to stay safe, but they pressed on with their dreams and they made it! They had a vision which they always kept in focus.
You see, we have the habit of coasting through life blaming our failure to be successful on where and how we entered this planet, or on how much money our parents had, or the kind of education we were privy to, or how the share market spat on you. Yes, to some extent things, events, will impact on a person's life. But how you deal with the events and impacts is entirely up to you. It's your life, your painting, your call!
A few days ago one of the world's most inspirational business leaders and philosophers, Jim Rohn, died. Jim had much to say about success, about taking responsibility for your life, and about being the best we can be. But one of his quotes that resonate with me is this one.
"There are only three colors, ten digits, and seven notes. It's what we do with them, that's important."
It's a very simple quote with a wealth of possible translations. Consider just three colours. Now think about the artists who have delighted us with their canvasses. Short of being limited by just three colours, they have inspired us by their ability to blend and shade and create texture. No limitations there - and no complaints about just three colours!
Anyone who has studied Ray Crooke paintings will note the vibrancy of his representations of everyday living in Northern Queensland and the Pacific Islands - all with three colours!
"To own a Ray Crooke is to possess a passport to reverie".
Our ten-digit number system, has allowed billionaires to have a notion of their net wealth. It has afforded us a system for tracking and keeping tabs on so many things. It's an easy system, using a finite set of numbers, to produce accurate results!
And then, there are those seven beautiful notes that in their combination and harmony, can transport us heavenly, dispel our tensions, and lull us to sleep. Just seven notes, seven notes producing millions of melodies, from soothing to synchopathic.
It follows then, that if we can view three colours, seven notes, or ten digits, as the talents that we have been given, it follows that we then have the power to develop those same talents. But we clearly must believe that we can do so. Envisioning what we want to achieve is one step along the way.
Being successful does not demand the highest formal education, it does not demand that we know absolutely where we are going from one day to the next, but it does demand that we set goals, see them clearly in our minds, and appraise them on a regular basis.
So much of this is to do with our dreams. Dreams are what propel us forward, keep us grounded, keep us moving, and help us to stay determined, and be!
I've just finished reading a book called 'Kings in Grass Castles'. It's a biography of an Australian pioneering family, the Duracks. Patrick Durack left Western Ireland for Australia in 1853. He was the founding member of a dynasty of pioneers who built an empire of cattle land across the far reaches of Australia.
Undoubtedly Patrick was a dreamer, but one whose feet were firmly planted in reality. Despite the many criticisms meted out by the myriad of dreamstealers at the time, he nonetheless pressed on to establish an inspirational dynasty. He was a dreamer, a visionary, who inspired others to achieve and through his dreaming, proved that where there's a will, there is a way.
You know, Jim Rohn says, "If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's life plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much! Let others lead small lives, but not you! Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you."
Do you dare to dream? Step boldly out from the crowd, and allow yourself to be!
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