Practice being suddenly successful:

One thing this sudden economic collapse has taught many of us is just how right Ernest Hemingway was about going broke.  In his book “The Sun Also Rises” a character explains that he went broke “gradually, and then suddenly.”

Exactly!  That’s how it happened: gradually and then suddenly.

Well, that’s the bad news.  The good news is that the opposite is equally true.  How do you become successful?  Gradually, then suddenly.

Most successful people will tell you that they struggled for quite some time before they became successful.  And many will admit how close they came to giving up.

But of course they did not.  They carried on and got better at it.  That’s what the famous golfer Gary Player meant when he said, ‘the more I practice, the luckier I get.’

To be suddenly successful you must practice success gradually and consistently.  And believe me, right now is the right time to practice being lucky.

I’m James McIntosh at nonsenseatwork dot com

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