A House is Built One Brick at a Time!

To make your dreams come true, you must take action, but that action needn’t be huge....just one simple step at a time!

In reviewing some articles today, I encountered a story shared by Eric Sevareid in Reader's Digest in 1957......

“During World War II, I and several others had to parachute from a crippled Army transport plane into the mountainous jungle on the Burma-India border. It was several weeks before an armed relief expedition could reach us, and then we began a painful, plodding, march ‘out’ to civilized Inida. We were faced by a 140-mile trek, over mountains, in August heat and monsoon rains. In the first hour of the march I rammed a boot nail deep into one foot; by evening I had bleeding blisters the size of a 50-cent piece on both feet. Could I hobble 140 miles? Could the others, some in worse shape than I, complete such a distance? We were convinced we could not. But we could hobble to that ridge, we could make the next friendly village for the night. And that, of course, was all we had to do…
When I relinquished my job and income to undertake a book of a quarter of a million words, I could not bear to let my mind dwell on the whole scope of the project. I would surely have abandoned what has become my deepest source of professional pride. I tried to think only of the next paragraph, not the next page and certainly not the next chapter. Thus, for six solid months, I never did anything but set down one paragraph after another. The book ‘wrote itself.’”

As we persue our dreams and goals, we begin to see the need to cultivate relationships. The people within our circles of influence are critical to our success and happiness. Here's a simple step in bulding these connections toward success....

Follow the Golden Rule and Be Human. Treat others how you’d like to be treated. Everyone craves appreciation, respect, and recognition. If you center your life on being kind, considerate, and human to everyone you come in contact with, you’ll get ahead much faster. With your family, friends, and neighbors, not to mention coworkers and people you come into casual contact with, impress on yourself that they matter. Make it a habit to remember names and birthdays. Smile, as you give each person your full attention. Let them know that they really matter to you.


Success is yours...just make it to that next ridge!