An Accumulation Of Riches
by Brian Tracy
LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT
One of the greatest success principles of all is called the Law of
Accumulation. This law says that everything great and worthwhile in
human life is an accumulation of hundreds and sometimes thousands of
tiny efforts and sacrifices that nobody ever sees or appreciates. It
says that everything accumulates over time. That you have to put in
many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you
achieve anything worthwhile. It’s like a snowball. A snowball starts
very small, but it grows as it adds millions and millions of tiny
snowflakes and continues to grow as it gathers momentum.
LEARN WHAT YOU NEED TO LEARN
There are three areas where the law of accumulation is important. The
first is in the area of knowledge. Your body of knowledge is a result
of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of small pieces of information.
Any person with a large knowledge base has spent thousands of hours
building that knowledge base one piece at a time. And what you see when
you meet the individual is an expert in his or her field, with that high
level of knowledge that makes him very valuable in the marketplace.
SAVE YOUR MONEY
The second area where the Law of accumulation works is with regard to
money. Every large fortune is an accumulation of hundreds and thousands
of small amounts of money, and the place to start is to take any amount
of money that you can right now and begin to save it. When you begin to
save money, it sets up a force field of energy and it triggers the law
of attraction. As a result you begin to attract to you even more bits of
money to add to your savings.
ATTRACT RICHES INTO YOUR LIFE
And I’ve spoken to many, many successful people and they’ve told me
the same story. That as soon as you start to put savings aside, it
starts to attract into your life and into your work all the money that
you need to achieve your goals. The reason why most people retire poor
is they never put the initial savings aside to start with.
GET THE EXPERIENCE YOU NEED
The third area where the law of accumulation applies is in the area
of experience. You’ll find that successful people in any field are those
who have far more experience in that field than the average. And there
is nothing that replaces experience. Whether it’s in business or
entrepreneurship or management or parenting or selling or anything else.
Many people do not take the risks that are necessary to move out of
their comfort zone because they’re afraid it won’t work out.
EVERYTHING COUNTS
But the fact is that until you move out of the comfort zone and get
the experience from making the mistakes, it’s not possible for you to
grow and become capable of earning the kind of money that you desire.
Now here’s the key to the law of accumulation. It says that everything
counts. Everything that you do counts. The biggest mistake that people
make is they think that only what they want to count, counts. That when
you read a book, when you listen to an audio program, when you go to a
course, when you go to bed early and you get up early and you work, it
all counts. And it’s all going on the plus side of your ledger.
USE YOUR TIME WELL
But when you watch television, waste time, hang out, fool around and
so on, all of that counts, as well, and it’s going on the negative side.
A person who has a great life, by the law of accumulation, is a person
who’s accumulated far more credits on the credit side than debits on the
debit side. And here’s an important point. If what you are doing is not
moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your
goals. Nothing is neutral. Everything that you’re doing is either moving
you toward the things that you want to accomplish in life, the person
you want to be, the wealth you want to accumulate, or it’s moving you
away. Everything counts. The law of accumulation says that everything
counts.
ACTION EXERCISES
First, begin today to build your knowledge base in the subject that
can be most helpful to you in achieving financial independence. Whether
it takes a week, a month or a year to become thoroughly knowledgeable,
it doesn’t matter. Just get started today.
Second, get as much experience as you can in your chosen field. Start
a little earlier, work a little harder and stay a little later. Take
risks and try every different way you can think of to achieve your goal.
This experience is invaluable and it accumulates over time.