Brief Personal Take
When I first got this
book I was looking for a book that would teach me to sell, but it taught me
more than just that. The advice in this book is applicable in daily life or
when you’re working to achieve something.
It’s written in the
form of a story featuring a young man who wants to earn to be a salesman in an
ancient city. He learns the hard way, on the job, how the world can be
unforgiving when working on your dream. Finally, he learns from his mistakes to
become a better salesman.
It’s fun to read, and if you’re
a fan of the richest man in Babylon, then this one will also do for you.Happy reading.
Notes
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So
far as material wealth is concerned, there’s only one difference between me and
the beggar outside Herod’s place. The beggar thinks of where his next meal will
come and I think only of the last meal that will be my last.
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No
my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead
for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important to acquire peace
of mind and serenity.
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Truly
many times you have heard me say that the rewards are great if one succeeds but
the rewards are only great because only so few succeed.
·
Many
others face despair and fail without realizing they already possess all the
tools needed to acquire great wealth.
·
Many
others face each obstacle in their path with fear and doubt and consider them
as enemies when, in truth, these obstructions are friends and helpers.
·
Obstacles
are necessary for success because victory comes only after many struggles and
countless defeats.
·
Yet
each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengthens your courage and
your endurance, your ability, and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a
comrade in arms forcing you to be better ... or quit.
·
Each
rebuff is an opportunity to move forward, turn away from them, avoid them and
you throw your future away.
·
Furthermore,
you’re embarking on the loneliest journey of your life. It is this period of
loneliness that temptations comfort you. How you meet these temptations will
greatly affect your career.
·
Never
feel shame for trying and failing for he who had never failed has never tried.
·
Failure
will never overtake you if your desire to succeed is strong enough.
·
In
truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have
succeeded lies in the difference of their habits.
·
Good
habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure.
·
Form
good habits and become their slave.
·
Make
love your greatest weapon because there’s non who can defend against its force.
·
I
will persist until I succeed. The prices of life are at the end of each
journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how many
steps are necessary in order for me to reach my goal.
·
Failure
I may still encounter at the thousandth step, yet success hides behind the next
bend in the road. Never will I know how close it lies unless I turn the corner.
·
Always
I will take another step. If that’s of no avail, I will take another, and yet
another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult.
·
I
will remember the ancient law of averages and I will bed it to my good. I will
persist with the knowledge that each failure to sell will increase my chance for
success at the next attempt.
·
Each
nay I hear will bring me closer to the sound of yea.
·
The
problems of my home will be left in my home and likewise, there is no room for
problems of work at my home.
·
I
will think not of my family at work for this will cloud my thoughts.
·
Live
each day as though it is your last. Today is another opportunity to become the
man I know I can be.
·
Therefore,
each hour of this day will I cherish for you it can never return.
·
Avoid
with fury the killers of time. Procrastination I will destroy with action,
doubt I will bury under faith and fear I will dismember with confidence.
·
Weak
is he who permits his emotion to control his actions; strong is he who forces
his actions to control his thoughts.
·
Cultivate
the habit of laughter.
·
Laugh
at the petty happenings of today even if they are misery. For what can take
place before the sun sets which will not seem insignificant in the river of
centuries.
·
Always
remember these 4 words; this too shall pass.
·
And
so long as I can laugh, never will I be poor.
·
This
then is one of nature’s greatest gifts and I will waste it no more. Only with
laughter and happiness can I truly become a success and truly enjoy the fruits
of my labor.
·
Multiply
your value a hundredfold. I am like a grain of wheat with one difference. The
wheat cannot choose whether it be fed to swine, ground for bread, or planted to
multiply.
·
I
have a choice and I will not let my life be fed to swine nor will I let it be
ground under the rocks of failure and despairs to be broken open and devoured
by the will of others.
·
Let
the world; instead, approach me with praise and may I have the wisdom to
receive it in humility.
·
My
dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible.
·
All
are of no value unless they are followed with action.
·
Never
has there been a map, however carefully executed to detail and scale, which
carried its owner over one inch of ground.
·
My
procrastination which has held me back was born of fear and now I recognize
this secret mined from the depths of all courageous hearts.
·
Now
I know that to conquer fear I must always act without hesitation and the
flatters in my heart will vanish.
·
Action
reduces the lion of terror to an ant of equanimity.
·
For
now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy.
·
When
the lion is hungry he eats. When the eagle had thirst he drinks. Lest they act,
both will perish.
·
I
hunger for success. I thirst for happiness and peace of mind. Lest I act I will
perish in a life of failure, misery, and sleepless nights.
·
Success
cannot wait. If I delay she will be betrothed to another and lost to me
forever.
·
This
is the time. This is the place. I am the man.
The Ten Things That Will Make a Great Salesman
1. Form good habits
2. Give love
3. Persist until you die
4. Remember you are nature’s greatest miracle
5. Live this day as if it is your last
6. Be master of your emotions
7. Laugh at the world
8. Multiply your value hundredfold
9. Act and act now
10. Believe in a higher power
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