At Ken McCarthy’s System Seminar, Lloyd Irvin, Brazilian World Jiu Jitzsu champion, successful info-marketer and Infusion CRM user got up to share his story. Several years prior, he had shown up to a System Seminar as a newbie… didn’t know a thing. He told the story of how he had gone from completely green to where he is today.
I watched and listened. Many people sat back in awe at what he had created. I heard someone say that “It is so clear for him… it seems so easy… he knows exactly what to do!”
Lloyd finished off with a great statement. He said: By the way, there were no “special rooms” that I went into at that seminar. I sat there in the audience next to a whole bunch of other people just like you and we all listened to the same speakers.”
Thanks Lloyd… I like that. Now, I suppose there actually are special rooms somewhere where special people get advantages over us regular people. But for the most part… for the rest of us… we live in a time where the playing field is more level than it’s ever been. Every single person on this earth wakes up and has 24 hours to use up for better or for worse.
I have to wonder if we spend too much time looking at “successful people” and trying to learn from what they are doing TODAY. Shouldn’t we actually be trying to learn what they did BEFORE? Can’t we learn the most from the decisions they made along the way that got them to where they are now?
Next time you’re tempted to look at someone in awe and wish you had it as good as they do, please do yourself a favor and stop. If you REALLY want what they have, figure out what they did to get there, and go out and get to work.
