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"Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try to find oil? You're crazy!" When Edwin L. Drake became convinced that he could extract oil from the ground, surrounding experts called his work Drakes Folly. Even his employer, the Seneca oil company, abandoned him, forcing him to get friends to back his experiments with drive pipes. What made him keep drilling? William Blake once wrote, those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. That's the force you've unleashed now that you're finally in touch with your core desires -- a power too compelling to be stopped: Your conquering force. Does that mean that your path is now clear to your ultimate success and fortune? As you draw closer to your core desires, you may need to refine your understanding of exactly what they consist of and make course corrections .You will hit obstacles, and some of them may appear to be insurmountable. And the farther you go up the path toward your ultimate future success, the more well-meaning people will try to turn you aside. My parents were both wage earners. When I decided to go into business for myself, they were very concerned. They warned me that I wouldn't have a steady pay check, and that eighty percent of all business fails. You won't have much of a chance, they said. You don't have enough education. Get a good job, stay with a company and work your way up. Now my parents weren't trying to mislead me or divert me from seeking my fortune. They were giving me the best advice they could, based on their personal experiences and paradigm. They were experts on what their life had taught them, but they weren't experts on what my future could hold. Choose your experts carefully. If you are going into a multi-level marketing business, you don't seek advice from your chiropractor. If you are investing money, you don't interview your Great Aunt Sophie, even if she does make the world's best pumpkin roll. History is full of brilliant, well-educated men and women who gave terrible advice. Advice is usually free, but following it is sometimes terribly expensive. What if Edwin Drake had listened to his naysayers? What if automobile developers had listened to race car driver Barney Oldfield, who said that cars were fast enough for any sane buyer -- in 1911? What if Wilbur and Orville Wright had believed the brilliant British mathematician and physicist Lord Kelvin when he announced that heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible? Most advisors are well-intentioned, and some are truly brilliant. But that doesn't mean that they understand you, or are aligned with your core desires. You must choose experts who can mentor you. They can mean the difference between your success and failure. Michael Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch crime novels, had been prepared to follow in the footsteps of his father and become a property developer. Then he went to see the film The Long Goodbye, based on Raymond Chandler's novel. He went home and read all of Chandler's books. His core desire was awakened. Chandler was his first mentor. As he refined his core desire further -- moving from mysteries to crime suspense, he added a new mentor -- Joseph Wambaugh, bestselling author of police novels. There may have been other people in Michael Connelly's life who questioned his choice of careers: Novels! You are going to write novels for a living. But he selected mentors who could guide him toward success, and who knew that success was quite possible. He stayed the course. Today, his books have been translated into 35 languages, and he has won every major mystery honour. Edwin Drake didn't listen to his naysayers and kept drilling. When head drilled to a depth of 69.5 feet, crude oil rose up in the well. Drake became the man to imitate, and changed the world's perception of oil forever. I didn't adopt my parents' paradigm. Today my client list includes companies of all sizes, including many fortune 500 companies, and I am being paid great money for doing what I love to do -- consulting, speaking and training. Now it's your turn. You know your core desires, and you feel that burning of conquering force. You may not know exactly how to go about achieve them, but I promise you that you have the ability to learn whatever you need to learn. Now, it's time to select your mentors. Here are some steps to get you started: 1. List exactly what you need to learn about in order to achieve your core desires. Include not only technical knowledge, but also the less tangible -- people skills, professional behaviour, and confidence. 2. List at least 20 people who have the various attributes that you need. Some of these people may not be accessible to you -- celebrities, for example, or even historical figures. But you need to find people you can actually connect with as well, to give you ongoing advice about challenges as they arise. 3. Call or write to your potential mentors and ask them if they would be willing to work with them. Tell them what qualities they possess that you admire and want to emulate. Be sincere and serious about working with them. 4. When you are with your mentors, focus on listening to them, not impressing them. Take notes, ask questions, and be open to new ideas. Don't argue with their ideas; just ask more questions. 5. Express your gratitude, and remember not only the things that they teach you, but also their generosity in sharing their time and knowledge. The more mentors you incorporate into your life, the more you'll shorten your learning curve. They'll help you avoid mistakes that could be very costly in time and money, and direct you toward your ultimate destination: Realization of your core desires. Jack M. Zufelt is a bestselling author and has achieved worldwide recognition for teaching people the true cause of all achievement. His life's mission is to impart the truth about-and dispel the myths surrounding-success and achievement. Learn More Here - http://www.jackzufelt.com ------------------ ARTICLE END ------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
