This is a story about 2 lumberjacks. One was named Tom and the other, Steve. One day they got into a competition to see who could cut down a tree the fastest. Tom, being the arrogant type said to Steve, “I can definitely cut down the tree faster then you! You’re so small!” Tom, was tall with big muscles. While Steve was small and skinny. As the competition went on, Tom was hacking away at the tree. He was going as fast as he could. Every time Tom took a quick breather and looked over at Steve, he was taking a break. Tom thought to himself, “I am definitely going to win!”
This process continued for awhile. Tom continued to hack away at his tree and every time he took a quick pause and looked over, he saw Steve taking a break.

Next thing he knew, Tom heard Steve yell out, “TIIIIMMMMBBEEERRRRR!!” And Steve’s tree fell down to the grown. Tom was dumb founded and didn’t understand how in the world Steve just beat him.
So he looked at Steve and said, “Every time I looked at you, you were taking a break. How did you beat me? How did you cut down your tree faster than me?”
Steve replied, “Not only was a taking a break when you looked over, I was also sharpening my axe!”
Because Steve had a sharper axe, he was able to cut down his tree faster!

Many network marketers who get started in this industry do not take the time to sharpen their axe. They come in with a dull axe and/or simply try to “make it” in this industry without focusing on the necessities, the smaller things that will help them succeed. Success comes based on compounding effort! Achievement is not about luck. It’s about strategy.
Is your axe sharpened?

So, Why Do 3% of Harvard MBAs Make Ten Times as  Much as the Other 97% Combined ?

The answer is a simple question:
“Have you set clear, written goals for your future and made plans to accomplish them?”
In 1979, interviewers asked new graduates from the Harvard’s MBA Program and found that :

• - 84% had no specific goals at all
• - 13% had goals but they were not committed to paper
• - 3% had clear, written goals and plans to accomplish them

10 years later, the 13% of the class who had goals were earning, on average, twice as much as the 84 percent who had no goals at all. 
Even more staggering,  the 3% that had written goals earned 10 times more than the 97% of their class!!
Coincidence? I think not!

(Source:  from the book What They Don’t Teach You in the Harvard Business School, by Mark McCormack)

Take the time to write down your goals. If they’re not written down, they are just dreams.  When you write things down, it sets off a chain of events that will change your life. I am a firm believer of writing.

Don’t have the time to write them down?

If you don’t have time to write down your goals, where are you going to find the time to accomplish them? Food for thought