Your world view is the lens through which you view your life and everything around you. Few things are more important to our success than our world view, and most people don’t even recognize that they have a world view, much less understand it.
Since the beginning of time, there have always been two basic kinds of people in the world relating to abundance and scarcity. There are people who believe that the way to succeed is to grow, build, and create; and then there are people who believe, in order to be successful, you must get what someone else has. These are two opposing world views.
If you believe that the world is abundant, you will feel that you can get everything you want, but you will not be threatened when others around you get what they want. If you believe the world is limited, finite, and suffering from scarcity, you will look upon the success of others as an attack on yourself.
I want to point out that people who succeed feel that the world is abundant and can bring them and everyone around them all the success they want. If you believe that success comes when you take something that belongs to someone else, both you and they are diminished.
When the pilgrims first settled on the eastern shore of North America, they struggled mightily for the first few years just to feed themselves. They operated what could be called a collective farm. Everyone worked and shared equally in the yield from their farm.
If one person took more than their share, someone else would be left with less. It was a miserable failure, and in desperation, it was determined that they would divide up the land and let everybody provide for themselves and their families. The result was abundance. Everyone celebrated their own success and celebrated the success of their neighbors.
I believe one great indicator of anyone’s potential future success is how much they celebrate or resent the current success of others around them. The headlines are filled with people who create new products, new inventions, and whole new industries. They do not take anything from anyone else but create out of their own ingenuity and the abundance in the world.
As you go through your day today, realize that no one needs to fail so that you might succeed. The world is much greater than that.
Today’s the day!
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Jim Stovall is the president of Narrative Television Network, as well as a published author of many books including The Ultimate Gift. He is also a columnist and motivational speaker. He may be reached by e-mail at JimStovall@aol.com or by visiting www.JimStovall.com.
-This is an incredibly important lesson. Consider examples of people who have succeeded in given endeavors. Don’t make the mistake of buying into what some would have you believe — that somehow “success” is out of reach — that only the chosen few can have it, and thus you shouldn’t even aspire to it (and accept whatever they are willing to “give” or provide you with). Instead, hold to the belief that the success of others is to be studied, and in that study you can find the clues to achieve your own great success journey. What are some “success stories” you have found inspiring?