Be Not Afraid Of Greatness

Have you noticed that poets are probably the most under rewarded, of all the literary practitioners in the whole wide world. Like teachers, we are not rewarded enough for what we do. And honestly, I believe poets are a lot worse of than teachers with the exception of a very few. It is not as if poets do not bring value to poeple. We do. And it is not as if people do not desire our poetry. They do. So what is the deal? I am not sure what the answer is to that, but I do know that it should not be so.

In any given month, over two million people log on to the internet searching for love poems only. Now add on to that, searches for all other kind of poems and the number can be staggering. This can be verified by searching the searchers on any reverse search engine. There is a huge demand for poetry, that I know. So what is the deal? I am still not sure that I know. But I do know that, that can be changed.

And it is not by rushing to the next ondemand publisher to get your collection published. You will only end up with a stack of books in your basement or artic collecting dust. The way to do it is to use the technology of the day- the INTERNET. This may sound pretty obvious but to the newbie and to some seasoned writers who are technophobic, it is a different world.

You know, someone once said, "if your are not making money while you sleep, you will never get rich. That makes good sense, since there is so much you can do in a day. However, with the right knowledge, the right mind, some determination, and the right technology, you may not become a poetry Bill Gates, but you may become comfortable or even very comfortable. But wait a minute you may say, how is it possible to make money while you sleep? The answer is in the "I" word.

But this is not just about making money while you snooz away. It is about making a living doing what you most enjoy doing. Malcolm S. Forbes (1919-1990), once said, "The biggest mistake people make in life is not making a living at doing what they most enjoy." We enjoy writing and we should make a living doing writing.

Truth is, you can make a living doing what you love doing- writing poetry. And not just poems but any genre of writing that you do or any knowledge, especially special knowledge that you have. And aren't we all walking encyclopedia and living museums of sorts.

Wealth, I have learned is not something you pursue, but something you attract by the person you become. My challenge to you is to become that person that attracts wealth, not just financial wealth, but wealth in relationships, family, faith and all, and people will beat a path to your door to give you their money even while you sleep.

This is not about how to make money alone. It is about going to work on yourself by adding value to yourself. This is about how to make money with whatever knowledge that you have. It is about becoming knowledgeable about how to package the knowledge in your head and selling it to people.

People will pay you good money to loan your brain, and if you are able to loan your brain to millions of people at the same time, even while you sleep, that translates to even bigger
opportunities. The test is in having the staying power to learn.

Jim Rohn once said, "We go the direction we face, and face the direction we go." For those who don't know Jim Rohn, he is one of the greatest business and inspiring minds of our time. My question to you is, where are you facing? When you wake up tomorrow morning, are you going to be facing a future filled with hope and excitment, or a dead end job that you hate and despise? Are you one of those millions of the world,s masses traped in a dead end job, who
wake up every monday morning with a heart attack, still living under the illusion of building wealth with a corporate job and retirement plan? You can change all that starting today.

If you are here and have read this far, I beleive you have already won half the battle. You have shown that you have the staying power to succeed. You have shown a determination to win. You can attract wealth by the person you become and all that you need now are the nuts and bolts to stitch all this together.

Are you afraid of greatness? You should not. William Shakespear, once said, "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness trust upon them." Remember, if you never go out on a limb, you will never get the fruit.