MILLIONAIRE SUCCESS HABITS
the New York Times bestseller status? Let’s be honest. What I’m proudest of is that the message in that book changed many peo- ple’s lives. What could be a better victory than that? But what if I hadn’t written it? What if, after my first editor called my book embarrassing, I said to myself, “Man, I have no business being an author! I should’ve worked on my weaknesses, but I didn’t.” My life as I know it today would be completely different! You surely would not be reading my sixth book! There are so many “what ifs” that pop into my head, but luckily I’ll never know how many of them would have come to pass be- cause I didn’t give in to working on my weaknesses. I let myself focus on the lives I was going to change with my message. What opportunities have you passed up through the years because you questioned yourself based solely on flaws you think you have or others told you that you have? As you think about that question, also think about this truth: Working on your strengths will help you overcome anything that you consider a weakness. EVERYONE IS GOOD AT SOMETHING A dear friend of mine, Ned Hallowell, is one of America’s leading doctors and an expert on the topic of ADD. Ned is some- one you may have seen on Dr. Phil or on The Oprah Winfrey Show numerous times. Oprah, in fact, calls him the world’s number one ADD doctor. He’s Harvard trained and a Harvard professor as well. One day I was having lunch with Ned, and because I grew up assuming I had a form of ADD, I asked, “Ned, what exactly is ADD?” He described it in simple terms, translating his vast store of knowledge into language I could understand. He said, “What people don’t realize is that ADD is a blessing. Having it is like having a Ferrari engine, but unfortunately, you have bicycle brakes. You have all this gas and the fastest engine, but you just don’t know how to slow down. I just teach kids and adults how to control the brakes. And when I do, they go faster than anybody else.”
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