Hi...
You know what a "secret" is, right?
A secret is something that someone else knows, and you don't. Part of what makes a secret so intriguing and arouses such curiosity is, precisely, that someone else has information you don't.
Imagine two children. One says in a teasing singsong voice "I know something you don't..." The second child becomes agitated, and almost obsessed with wanting to know the secret. If you're a parent, you've probably seen this first hand.
We adults aren't so different. When you take the human fascination with secrets and believing others know something we don't... and pair it up with seeing others enjoy more financial security than, perhaps, we do -- that combined scenario convinces us there are secrets to success.
Do you want to know the *real* secret to success?
The real secret is that there is no secret to success. Success isn't even a secret. It's a GIFT. Success is the gift other people give you in gratitude for what you gave them.
Having the ability to build something that can help many people takes self discipline. Physically and mentally. It takes persistance and tenacity. But success itself? Success is not a secret. It's a gift. A gift of gratitude from the people who willingly pay for what you created.
Let's pretend for a minute...
Pretend I came into your house and took your operating system and email program off your computer. Then, I told you that you will have to learn to use DOS to operate your computer, and you'll have to telnet into a mail server to get your email.
Now, when you start your computer, there is no desktop. There is no shortcuts or bookmarks. Just a big black screen that says;
C:\
What would you do? Would you want your OS and email back? That's why Bill Gates is the wealthiest man in America. He gave us "point and click."
Can you think of others?
Can you name a successful person, and tell what they gave many others and received the gift of success in return?