People acting like everyone else, without knowing why or without knowing where they are going. “The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice - it is conformity.”Īnd there you have the trouble today… it’s Conformity! Rollo May, the distinguished psychiatrist, wrote in his wonderful book called, Man’s Search for Himself: If a man is working toward a predetermined goal and knows where he’s going, that man is a success. “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” Here is the best definition I’ve ever been able to find: When we say about 5% achieve success, we have to define success. Why do so many fail? What has happened to the sparkle that was there when they were 25? What has become of their dreams, their hopes, their plans? And, why is there such a large disparity between what these people intended to do and what they actually accomplished? Earl Nightingale’s Definition of Success Out of the 100, only five make the grade! But by the time they’re 65, only one will be rich, four will be financially independent, 5 will still be working, and 54 will be broke. Life seems like a pretty interesting adventure to them. If you ask any one of these men if they want to be a success he’s would tell you he did.Īnd, you’d notice that he was eager toward life that there is a certain sparkle in their eye, an erectness to their carriage. These 100 men, who all start even at the age of 25, believe they’re going to be successful. Do you have any idea what will happen to those men by the time they are 65? Let’s take 100 men who start even at the age of 25. A land of abundant opportunity for everyone. We in America are particularly fortunate to live in the richest land that ever existed on the face of the earth. But since it’s here we pretty well take it for granted. This is an era that man has looked forward to, dreamed of, and worked toward for thousands of years. Its about this that I want to talk with you. The late doctor was silent a moment, and then he said: Albert Schweitzer was being interviewed in London and a reporter asked him: Some years ago the late Nobel prize-winning Dr. I’d like to tell you about The Strangest Secret in the world.
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