Instant Results

I am currently listening to Rory Vaden's "Take the Stairs" presentation. Rory echoes the American tendency to take the easy way. When confronted with a choice between walking up the stairs or riding the no effort escalator, which one do you choose? Most Americans look for the easy way and ride the no effort escalator.

This "give me the path of least effort" mentality escalated the weight control industry and the fast food industry through the predominance of expanding waist lines. In our fast paced society instant coffee is a big deal, microwaveable prepackaged food is a big deal, but long term lifestyle changes emphasizing physical fitness are not a big deal.

In the Steamboat Health and Recreation facility we laughed that only 6 weeks per year were really busy: the 2 weeks before ski season, the 2 weeks before bikini season and the 2 weeks after New Years Resolutions. I have even heard, "I'm going to work out hard for a couple of weeks to get in shape and then I don't have to worry about it again." How foolish. Physical fitness and maintaining a healthy lifestyle means continual focused exercise. When do you get to stop? You don't. The only way to maintain health and physical fitness involves consistent, persistent and targeted exercise. Instant success does not exist.

A healthy lifestyle is exactly that, a lifestyle, not a one time event. Why even think that 20 or 30 years of incorrect eating habits, lack of exercise and lazy living could be erased in a few days or weeks? Would you tell your kids not to go to class or do their homework all semester; tell the kids to cram for the test a day or two before test date? Of course not.

Easy short cuts, get rich quick and escalator mentality handicap success. A plethora of "get rich quick" schemes exist on the internet today. Wikipedia describes easy money and get rich quick as "A get-rich-quick scheme is a plan to acquire high rates of return for a small investment. Most such schemes promise that participants can obtain this high rate of return with little risk....
It is clearly possible to get rich quickly if one is prepared to accept very high levels of risk - this is the premise of the gambling industry. However, gambling offers the near-certainty of completely losing the original stake over the long term, even if it offers regular wins along the way. Economic theory states that risk-free opportunities for profit are not stable, because they will quickly be exploited by arbitrageurs."

Note the premise of get rich quick claims low risk while actually containing extremely high risk. Every wealthy businessman has studied, practiced and perfected his craft in the process of creating wealth. Wealth creation requires a "take the stairs" mentality. Instant wealth, just like instant physical fitness or instant success is not reality. Study every "overnight" success and you will discover years of study, practice and work leading up to that magic moment.

Network marketing instant success stories usually reveal 6 to 12 years of trial and error before settling into the ideal company and system. As a college professor of mine said, "you can have 10 years experience or one year's experience 10 times." Learn from each of your experiences. Continue to grow as a person and a business professional. Adopt the disciplined "take the stairs not the escalator" mentality. Get rich quick and easy short cuts do not produce success; dedicated, focused, persistent efforts produce success.

Instant results work for coffee, mashed potatoes or even oatmeal but not business success. Commit to dedicated, persistent forward motion activities; you will achieve success. Develop the discipline of taking the stairs, not the escalator mentality.

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