Who You Are
What’s Inside?
Are you reliable? Can you be trusted? Are you consistent? Can wood burn one day and not the next day? Can iron be strong one moment and be soft as butter the next? Nature is consistent. Nature has integrity. You can rely on nature.
The Nature of Success rewards those who live in harmony with its laws.
Integrity
We build with refined steel. Engineers can rely on steel. It is the same yesterday, today, and forever. If engineers build with a specific grade of steel, they know their calculations will be correct and the building will perform as designed for decades or even centuries. Refined steel has integrity. It is strong, trustworthy, and reliable.
Have integrity. Be trustworthy and consistent. Align with what is true. Adhere to basic values; don't steal, cheat, or lie. Do not be envious or jealous. All these behaviors are scarcity oriented and anti-creative. Watch the news every day and see how the mighty have fallen due to lack of integrity.
Courage
Courage is an important trait in The Nature of Success. It doesn’t mean to seek danger. It just means getting used to the idea and experience of exercising courage on a regular basis. Courage can be as simple as taking a walk when you've spent too much time indoors. It could be reaching out to someone you admire. Sometimes we think of courage in the big things and forget about the small acts of courage that could be executed each day.
Love
There are other types of success that rely on power, deceit, status, and scarcity. But they all lack a key ingredient – love. Love is the test. You cannot love people and trick them at the same time. You will not be successful. You reap what you sow; that is a law of life. Too many people have forgotten about love. They think love doesn’t matter. They think strategy, tactics, and domination are the way to success. But those are the means of systems and machines. Success comes through people. The Nature of Success operates in and through the hearts and minds of human beings, and the law of success is divine. Love people. Invest in the success of others. This is work. At times it’s not easy. But it is the highest of character. And it is not without reward.
The Nature of Success rewards integrity, courage, and love.
To your success!
James Wilder
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