Power of “20 quid”

Last week I learned a very valuable lesson. That is, the understated importance of “20 quid”.

Hypnotherapist Gary Foster spoke at an event about how ‘positive thinking’ is just not enough to succeed in our world. He claims that one must also take ACTION.

However, the question remains, where does the will to act come from?

Foster stood in front of a room full of people with 20 quid in hand asking whether we would like to be making more money in our businesses. Every hand in the audience was raised.

He then proceeded to ask, “Would you LIKE to have more money?” As he repeated this phrase, his voice grew louder and louder.

“Would you LIKE to have more money?”

“Would you LIKE to have more money?”

“Would you LIKE to have more money?”

Pounding in my head over and over was, “YES! YES! YES!”…until someone who clearly wanted it more than I stood up to take the twenty pound note.

With hesitation, he sat back down. Then someone else ran up and ripped it from his hands.

She left that day with 20 quid extra in her pocket.

You see, there is a difference between JUST being a positive thinker and positive thinkers who ACT. They are the ones who have the fearlessness, persistence and determination to get up and simply TAKE what they want!

SO, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?

Napoleon Hill said it best.

“There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it."

I believe the latter of his sentence to be the most poignant.

However, for a moment let’s take this out of its “money” context and apply it to other aspects of our lives.

Where do you find yourself allowing others to get what they want while you wait patiently?

When do you give your power away? And, to whom?

How often do you find yourself simply ‘wanting’ something but can’t imagine yourself ever having it?

The lesson I learned that day was not about being greedy and taking what you want, it was the importance of having a BURNING desire.

Ask yourself:

What would I LIKE to have more of? (Because you probably won’t get it)
OR

What do I have a burning desire to have? (Because soon enough, this could be yours)

Here lies the difference between the infamous achievers and those who never get what they want.

Who will you be?