The Cost of Success...

Good Morning!

Another successful week...I bet! 

How can it not be?  Especially given who you are!

I am not saying that you are stubborn or persistent, or focused, or determined or committed or the other host of things that make you who you are (or am I?)...

I guess that I am!

Those are the characteristics of individuals who succeed at what they set out to do...whatever it is that they set out to do!

In some ways...you were made that way...and you can not avoid being like that...without being dissatisfied with your lot in life!

That is the burden that you carry!

It is a higher calling!

It is a worthy career...yet scary...and constantly challenged and challenging!

Don't you love it?

I do!

There are many risks and costs associated with what you are doing...

It is not a simply a rout job...

It draws on your every creative talent...and constantly stretches you!

You can not help but grow...

You can not sit static for a moment!

You need support from every side...left and right and above and below...in order for you to be successful!

At the same time it all depends on you!  ...it is a lonely path!

Find individuals with like desires and cling to them as if they were a life boat!

They are!

I was moved today to write about the costs associated with the path(s) that you have choosen in life.  There is no path that does not have an assciated cost...whether you are a PI professional or...I guess...whatever...

Choosing one path is at the cost of all of the others that you had in front of you...

Whatever path that you choose...NEVER feel remorse!

If you do...life has beaten you!

If you can not shake remorse...switch paths!  It is never too late!

I have learned that!

If you can teach this "old dog" that new trick...anyone can learn it!

There are many components related to success...do not fixate on a single element!

There are many proponents of visioning and passion and positive attitudes and planning and persistence and focus and...the list is almost endless...

These people fixate on a single element and miss the beauty of the blend!

They miss the boat!

Do not fall prey to a single discipline!  ONE ALONE NEVER WORKS!

When taken alone and used alone...these secrets of success are nothing more than an opiate that clouds your success and numbs you to reality....

Combine your vision, and your passion and your "can do" attitude with everything else!

This is what it costs to succeed...

The cost is high...but worth it!

There are no twists or hidden threads in this week's update (as there usually are)...it is straight-forward and has a single topic...

You do not need to be a CEO or president to be successful...you simply need to be who you are and be on a continual path of grwth! 

Like the old Army saying..."be...all you can be!"

Like the Army...it requires basic training and specialization and disciple and persistence...it requires commitment and loyalty and dedication!

These are the elements of success and the currency with which you by the right to be who you are!

Spend them wisely!

Also...save them for those times that you need them!

Invest your riches and you'll achieve what you set out to achieve!

Have a great weekend!

Enough said!