People are always looking for the quickest and fastest way to something. Most people take shortcuts because they want it now. Sure we all want to get home in the shortest route possible, but that?s not the kind of shortcut I?m referring to. The shortcut I?m talking about has to do with the whole getting rich scheme.
So what if you were given an opportunity to make one decision?
It?s an opportunity of choosing a shiny penny or a heavy black briefcase. As you can imagine, the briefcase is filled with neatly piled cash, like what you normally see in movies when the good guys hand over the briefcase to the bad guys for something. Usually the good guys are tricked into? Well you know how the story goes.
You have one of these to choose from, but before you do so (no scam involved if you choose the briefcase), here are descriptions of what both holds.
The heavy black briefcase contains one million neatly piled cash.
The penny on the other hand, will only be a penny until each day progress. Each day that it progresses, it becomes double the amount. So on day two, there will be two cents. On day three, there will be four cents, and so on.
Which do you decide on?
The people who choose the briefcase are those who take shortcuts in life. A million dollar in that briefcase is nice, but it represents an instant gratification.
Did you know that nearly 70% of the people who wins the lottery go broke after a few years later? Many quit their jobs and end up buying luxurious items until the concept of limitation hits them.
The people who choose the penny are those who have patience and work harder each day?and there is no limit to when your penny stops growing exponentially.
When you find yourself gaining the motivation to keep going as see your work comes together, the exponential effect of the shiny penny is no different. Each day, you are motivated to do more than the previous.
There is just something about this energy in motion. When you gain the motivation to do something, you gain the momentum to keep on going. Like a snowball that slides down the hill, it only gets bigger and faster. Your motivation in motion with momentum is no different here.
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires
Francesco Petrarch quotes
Like the rolling snowball, it won?t magically turn into a dangerous, unstoppable ball of snow. It needs to be something small at one point. In this case, a single shinny penny.
Your momentum of motivation is dangerous as well when you get it going. Even I am scared of it because you are able to do unimaginable things that you don?t think is possible.
Those who do take shortcut will only face temporary result. There is no quick way of getting to something that will be life fulfilling. Like a shiny penny that grows exponentially, it will take time to build your momentum. You need to do the small things everything in order to get that momentum moving.
The things you do will take time, just as the penny takes time to double itself to a million dollars. As a result, the payout will end up being much greater than someone who were to choose the path of instant gratification.
Other articles you may enjoy:Hi there, I'm Dennis! If you read this far down my article, you either enjoyed it or felt like scrolling to the bottom to find something mysterious. It's okay, I usually get curious and do the same!
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Source: http://selfexceed.com/inspiration-motivation/taking-smarter-shortcuts-in-life/
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