It would seem ambition grows like weeds. They come like hurricanes at me. Idea after idea after idea storming the gates of my mind. I’m now in college as a freshman and am studying Process Technology while also doing my network marketing business, which, I’m heavily in love with still. 

Process Technology is my degree. But sales is my second major in a way. I’ve been reading so many books on it, business, entrepreneur, network marketing books (They do exist at Borders!), and sales books in general. A lot of it is very motivational without a whole lot of skill-building I’ve noticed. 

Which is good and bad. I think success is relatively a simple item to achieve. Hard-work with a smart brain and dedication with persistence to back it up. Honestly, that is the formula of success.

It does not take much to get the ball rolling. Whether it be in the right direction, or the wrong direction. Recently I saw the movie Burn After Reading, it was a perfect example of how things can go awry real quick without much effort. Well, success is kind of the backwards of that. It comes with time and much effort. 

I am not saying you can’t get rich-quick. But I am saying you cannot get rich-quick if you didn’t take the time you needed to build those skills that are the pre-reqs if you will, of success.

I remember my dad who is a powerful real estate agent up here in Alaska, we were climbing a mountain and it was very intense. Climbing up this flat wall of rock with our gear, with nothing but empty air behind us. Suddenly the loud ring of a cell phone echoed throughout the rocky landscape. My dad answered the phone and in ten minutes was off it, he made ten thousand dollars in the ten minutes he was on the phone, on the side of a mountain.

I am a firm believer that facts tell and stories sell. If I wanted more real estate agents in my dad’s brokerage firm, than this is what I would use to lure them in. Alas, it is suffice to say though my dad did get a rich-quick ticket this time around, he had devoted years upon years learning the skills needed to attract such situations.

So I will continue my education with process technology to prepare me for when I start an energy company of my own, while also keep educating myself on sales and investments. 

I believe it was Emerson who said nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm, well I say nothing great is achieved without effort.

And remember, both quotes, are equally true in its verdict.

-Greg the Writer