An Accumulation of Riches
by Brian Tracy
Little Things Mean a Lot
One of the greatest success principles of all is called the Law of Accumulation. This law says that everything great and worthwhile in human life is an accumulation of hundreds and sometimes thousands of tiny efforts and sacrifices that nobody ever sees or appreciates. It says that everything accumulates over time. That you have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile. It’s like a snowball. A snowball starts very small, but it grows as it adds millions and millions of tiny snowflakes and continues to grow as it gathers momentum.
Learn What You Need to Learn
There are three areas where the Law of Accumulation is important. The first is in the area of knowledge. Your body of knowledge is a result of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of small pieces of information.
Any person with a large knowledge base has spent thousands of hours building that knowledge base one piece at a time. And what you see when you…
Your Achievement Challenge
Mark Victor Hansen, best-selling author, popular keynote speaker and expert on human potential, says that your habits will determine your future. “If you know you want to start exercising three times a week, schedule it now in your appointment book. If you want to start reading uplifting books, schedule an hour in your daily schedule and make plans now as to where you will read without interruption. Whatever the new habit, work it into your schedule for the month ahead as most habits even thee very ugliest ones can be completely re-patterned in this short timeeframe.”
Quotes from The Experts
Happiness
“Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.” William Feather
“Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.”
“A good laugh is sunshine in the house.” �William Makepeace Thackeray
“Happiness comes when you believe in what you are doing, know what you are doing, and love what you are doing.” —Brian Tracy
“Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.” —J. Donald Walters
“Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.” �Stephen Covey
“Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens.” �Douglas Jerrolld
“To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.” �Samuel Johnson
“Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see a bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.” Dale Carnegie
“It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.” Denis Waitley
