Follow the Rules and Suffer the Consequences
Today I was at one of our business locations when I thought of this topic. Picture this; there was a group of young elementary students on a field trip at The Pier in St. Petersburg Florida. While getting ready for their trolley ride, I heard one of the group leaders yelling at the children and 
telling them to get in an orderly line and be quiet until the trolley gets there. Either DO IT or we’re not going on the trolley. And guess what, the children all got in line and quieted down. Why? Because they wanted something and unless they did what they were told, they thought that they might not be able to do it.
Using threats or other ways of persuasion has almost always been a factor in most of our lives for years. As a matter of fact, did you know that an average child growing up is told the word “NO” approximately 40,000 times compared to the word “YES” at only about 5,000 times? No wonder so many people struggle to become financially successful. We have been programmed to think that we cannot achieve certain things throughout our entire lives. Unless you overcome all this negativity, you will become like most of the masses just getting by.
I don’t know about you but, I don’t think that just getting by would be very much fun. If you want more in life you have to find out how to play by the rules but make the rules work for you. Now if one of those children I talked about earlier stepped out of line and wasn’t quiet they would have gotten in trouble. But the real question is, are you still standing in the line and being quiet yourself as an adult? In order to become successful you need to step out of that line and find a different trolley of your own. Following the group you now follow will get you the same results tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that! Now, do you want to stay in line with the masses or find a different trolley that will take you to success?
Ask Yourself One (Not Very Easy) Question. Who are the people I hang around with most and what are they doing to me?
Do your parents still tell you not to take chances or it’s too risky? Remember these are the people that probably told you “NO” 40,000 times and matched that with “YES” only 5,000 times.
Do you still live in your home town and get together with your old friends and only talk about the good old days?
Are you rushing off after work to Happy Hour vs. going to the Library and picking up a good book that could possibly change your life?
As they say, you become the average of your five closet friends/family members and etc… Think about it for a second. Have you ever caught yourself in that moment and thought to yourself, WOW I just sounded like my Mother/Father? Years of programming my friend, years of programming.
To become successful in life no matter what you consider success to be, you need to surround yourself with those people who are already successful in that area. If you want a great relationship, learn and surround yourself with people that have accomplished just that. If you want a healthier lifestyle, then go to the gym or health food stores and find some new friends. If you want to become a millionaire, then you had better start hanging out with millionaires too.
So in order to be successful you “MUST” surround yourself with those five people in whatever category you desire. (Here’s a hint to find them: They are the ones who stepped out of line as an adult and found their own trolley to success.)
If you want success in the financial category, do me a favor right now. Grab your cell phone and count all the millionaires in your contacts.
Do you have any?
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