I can’t tell you how many people I know who read or hear a timeless self-help concept or principle and say…

“Nothing new here.  I’ve already heard [or read] this before.”

But then when I take a close look at their lives, it obvious they’re not practicing what they know …not even close.

I actually used to BE one of these people, so I’m also referring to my own personal experience.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve read a few thousand self-help books.

My personal library, like so many other people, is loaded with just about every famous self-help and personal development classic there is. I also have a ton of good, but not-so-famous stuff.

I’ve read several of the books multiple times.

I’ve also listened to dozens of self-improvement tapes, CD’s, DVD’s and mp3′s.

The truth is, it isn’t very often that I come across something new anymore.   In fact, I come across many of the same concepts and principles more often than not.

Take for example, the subjects of wealth-building and the law of attraction.

If you really examine and study the principles in these types of books, you’ll discover that, for the most part,  it’s just the same information recycled and repeated in a different way.

And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that!

Some authors just have a better and clearer way of explaining and driving home concepts than others do.

“To learn, we need information.  But to succeed, we need more to be reminded than informed.” ~ Frank Tibolt

For example, when I first learned about the law of attraction, I read all the books I could find on the subject.

But it wasn’t until I read A Happy Pocket Full of Money by David Cameron that I finally understood — I mean REALLY understood — the subject well.

And after I read A Happy Pocket Full of Money, a funny thing happened.  All of the other law of attraction books I had read prior to it started to make more sense to me.

Although I was reading certain concepts again for the second, third and even fourth times, I was actually just understanding them for the very first time.

That’s how powerful some authors are and it’s the exact reason why you should be an avid reader.

Don’t just read one or two books on a subject;  read as many as you can!

I heard a saying once that really sticks in my mind…..

Poor people have big screen TV’s, but rich people have big libraries.

Never stop learning or investing in yourself.  It doesn’t matter if you’re 18 years old or 80.

“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
~ Benjamin Franklin

But back to my main point…

When it comes to self-improvement, you’ll find that many of the same concepts we *discover* today, have actually been around for thousands of years.

 

We may come up with different tools and techniques to implement certain success principles, but the principles themselves have been around since the beginning of time.

There’s a reason for it….

Success Principles are Timeless Universal Truths. 

And they’re simple, not complicated.

Whether a success book was written 5 months ago or 5 centuries ago, doesn’t matter; simple truth is simple truth.

The problem with simple truth is that most people brush it aside because it just seems too damn easy to work.

Sadly, many people erroneously believe that something has to be complicated and involved in order to be effective.

Let me give you a perfect example…

In my opinion,  George S. Clason’s The Richest Man in Babylon is one of the best personal wealth-building books ever written. It’s loaded with simple, yet powerful money principles.

I’d pit the principles in Clason’s book up against Wall Street conventional wisdom any day.

Many people — especially millionaires — absolutely love the book.

Unfortunately, some people don’t like it at all.  They claim the principles are just too simplistic and sophomoric to work.

The reality is, the principles in the book DO WORK.

And I guarantee you that anyone who claims the principles in the book are too basic to work ISN’T RICH.   Or, if they are — they won’t be rich for long.

“Gold flees the man who would force it to impossible earnings or who followeth the alluring advice of tricksters and schemers or who trusts it to his own inexperience and romantic desires in investment.” ~quote from The Richest Man in Babylon

The secret to money is having some.   In case you missed my article about it, GO HERE.

There’s another reason why people brush aside simple truth…

They usually don’t stick with it long enough to see results.

If one thing doesn’t quickly work out for them, they’re off to the next thing and the next thing after that.

They’re constantly in search of that magic pill, the silver bullet, or the miracle cure.

Actually, there IS a magic pill….it’s called PRACTICE.

If you’re not living and practicing a principle of value, then it’s as if you don’t know the principle at all.

“The power builder, the thing that CHANGES PEOPLE is action, practice.” ~ Frank Tibolt

In order to achieve greatness and riches in life, you must practice, practice, practice what you know — regardless of how simple the concept is.

“Faith without works is dead”, says The Bible.

In other words, whatever you know, you must LIVE.  It must come alive.

Mere knowledge and skill is useless unless you are living it.  In order to live it you must eat, breathe and ACT upon it!

If you’re brushing off something because you think it’s too easy to work or because you’ve already heard it before …..You might be making a BIG MISTAKE.

The Simplest Ideas Are Often the Greatest in Getting Results

Don’t automatically dismiss something because you think it’s too simple to work or because you’ve heard it before.

=> Simple truth is simple truth.

Perhaps you just need a little “staying power.”

Here’s a philosophy that separates winners from losers…

 It’s okay to want to quit, but it’s NOT okay to quit.

Keep your mind open to all avenues and possibilities.  Your wealth or success may come from a place or channel you least expect — and a simple one at that.

Always approach something with a Beginner’s Mind: although you may hear or read something for a second, third or fourth time, you may actually just be understanding it for the very first time.

Next time you pick up a self-help book or program, please keep the following thought in mind…

If you know something of value, but don’t LIVE IT — then you don’t really KNOW IT.

Knowing and understanding are two different things.  Many people know things, but they don’t really understand them.

And living something is another thing altogether.

If you know and even understand something, but don’t LIVE it, then what good is it really?

Any fool can read simple instructions, but only a DOER can bring them to life.

Imagine what you can accomplish, imagine what great fortune awaits you if you decide to LIVE the very principles you admire and cherish?

Remember…if you don’t LIVE IT, you don’t KNOW IT.


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