by Larry Johnson
http://www.BizSiteBiz.com/
© 2007
Are you using your time and talent well? Have
you targeted
those skills you have and used them to your very best advantage?
One of my favorite motivational speakers, Zig
Ziegler tells a
story about one such man who did not. There are lessons to be
learned for anyone who is serious about succeeding in their work
on the internet.
For the sake of brevity I will paraphrase much
of the story
about a man who failed to use his time and talent well.
He tells of a man who lived in a small southern
community and
was well-known and respected in the area.
One day he was trading at the local general store
purchasing
some food and other items. The clerk had been washing some
vegetables and her hands were still wet when the customer gave
her a bright, new twenty-dollar bill.
She noticed that some of the green ink came off
on her hands,
and just for a moment she wondered if it might be counterfeit.
She had known the man well for many years and dismissed the very
foolish idea from her mind.
But later after he had left, her concern grew
and she called in
the local sheriff to examine the money. They decided to pay a
visit to the man's house. There they discovered in the attic his
equipment for making counterfeit money.
There was an easel, some paint brushes and a
can of green
paint. This man was a brilliant artist who was hand painting
twenty-dollar bills so well that they could be passed undetected
unless the receiver had wet hands.
They also discovered several beautiful paintings
in the house
that were later sold for very large amounts of money at auction
following the conviction of the counterfeiter.
The paradox is that it took him about the same
time and effort
to produce one of these valuable paintings as it did to make one
fake twenty-dollar bill.
So as you can see he could have been a very successful
artist
if he had only used his time and talent well.
It is my hope that this article will give you
pause to assess
your use of time and talent as you work on line. Use your
talents and develop those other skills you need by reading,
studying and practicing.
Best of luck with your promotional efforts.
-- Larry Johnson
