The myth of the 'go getter'
The movies and novels repeat the myth of the 'go-getter' (sometimes called the hustler). Myth has it that you can fight, scratch and use superior will power to conquer the pinnacles of success. The go-getter, gets the good life.
The myth is crap!
Anyone who's life is full of strife, conflict will eventually succumb to poor health. He can accumulate wealth but sacrificies wisdom, spirit, health and love. This is a path that leads to ulcers, heart attack and early death.
The final insult for the 'go-getter' is that it is so unnecessary! Success and happiness don't have to be hard and difficult. That's the result of poor thinking. Right thinking gets you what you want without neither the effort or the pain.
"action is not efficient, unless it is right action"
Right action produces quicker results with less effort. So be not busy nor in a hurry, because you won't have time to learn what you need to know. To do that you need silence and solitude to let the better quality thoughts surface. As Abraham Lincoln said...
"if I had 6 hours to chop a huge tree, I would spend 5 hours sharpening my axe"
Eduardo
P.S. So when you see me relaxing on my boat this summer, soaking up a few rays, remember, I might not be goofing off...I could be in serious thinking mode (so please don't disturb me, thanks)
posted by Edward McBeth at
7:09 AM
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If I see myself as a helper in whatever relationship or transaction I have with other people then I can only win their trust and confidence. My job, as a human on this planet, is to assist others in getting all the happiness they can stand. I don't have to worry about me being happy because I can't be anything else as long as I am focused on helping you. Sometimes I forget this and negativity sneeks in. That is why God puts me in contact with people like you!
I believe it was Earl Nightingale that something like.....the surest path to getting what you want is to help others get what they want!
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