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"Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul, / And sings the tune -- without the words, / And never stops at all." Emily Dickinson In Greek mythology, Pandora opened her fabled box and let out all evils except for hope, which the Greeks considered to be as dangerous as the world's other evils. Soon they discovered that without hope to offset their troubles, humanity was filled with despair. So Pandora let out hope as well. In the myth, hope was more potent than any of the other major evils. In modern times, we consider hope to be anything but evil. It's what gets many of us through our worst days. Lingering unemployment, foreclosures, dwindling retirement funds, businesses folding -- any of these could make a person lose hope. Fortunately, Pandora recognized the relevance of hope -- an element that is critical to our very existence. In the current business climate, hope is what keeps us from throwing in the towel. I'm a realist, but I'm also an optimist. And while hope and optimism are not exactly the same, they are intrinsically linked. For example, I am optimistic that the economy will eventually improve, and I am hopeful that we can learn lasting lessons from events that led to our business challenges. But I can't just wait and hope. I have to help things happen. Hope looks at what is possible and builds on that. As former television executive and author SQuire Rushnell (yes, that's the way he spells his name) puts it, "Take the 'imp' out of impossible!" Instead, he says, read it as "I'm possible." In one of my favorite inspirational books, Tough Times Never Last, but Tough People Do, my friend Robert Schuller offers up this observation: "Understand the power of this word: impossibility. When uttered aloud, this word is devastating in its effect. Thinking stops. Progress is halted. Doors slam shut. Research comes to a screeching halt. Further experimentation is torpedoed. Projects are abandoned. Dreams are discarded. The brightest and the best of creative brain cells turn off. In this defensive maneuver, the brain shelters itself against the painful sting of insulting disappointments, brutal rejections, and dashed hopes. "But let someone utter the magic words, it's possible. Buried dreams are resurrected. Sparks of fresh enthusiasm flicker. Tabled motions are brought back to the floor. Dusty files are reopened. Lights go on again in the darkened laboratories. Telephones start ringing. Typewriters make clattering music. Budgets are revised and adopted. 'Help wanted' signs are hung out. Factories are retooled and reopened. New products appear. New markets open. The recession has ended. A great new era of adventure, experimentation, expansion and prosperity is born." This advice, penned more than 25 years ago, is just as pertinent today. In fact, when you consider the advances of the past quarter century, look at how we have changed the face of businesses: Did anyone have a website in 1985? What was your cell phone number? Were you video-conferencing with your South American office with the touch of a button? What will the next 25 years hold? I suspect that coming generations will use their technologies in ways we are just beginning to imagine are possible. I am certain that products will be developed that will make life easier, safer, and better. I have every hope that we have the brainpower and the will to do just that. But we cannot accomplish much at all if we don't have hope. Hope is believing that every cloud has a silver lining, and when that cloud rains, it makes things grow. And then the sun comes out again. British anthropologist Jane Goodall has spent more than 50 years conducting landmark research on wild chimpanzees and great apes and observing the tremendous power of nature to restore itself. She shares these thoughts: "I carry a few symbols with me... to remind me of the hope that there is in the world: the human brain, with the technology that we are now working to try and live in greater harmony with the environment; the resilience of nature -- give nature a chance and it's amazing how places that we've destroyed can bloom again; the tremendous energy, commitment, excitement, and dedication of young people once they know what the problems are and we empower them to act to do something about it. And finally, the indomitable human spirit, those people who tackle impossible tasks and won't give in... that are shining inspiration to those around them." Mackay's Moral: Hope for the best and then find a way to make it happen. [Ed. Note: To learn more about finding hope in tough times, check out ETR's Epiphany Alliance personal success program. From your personal mentor Bob Cox, you'll learn dozens of techniques for organizing your life at home and at work so you can achieve all your most important goals. Find out more here. Harvey Mackay has written five New York Times bestselling books, two of them considered to be among the top 15 inspirational business books of all time -- Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt. His latest book is Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tell You. Harvey is a nationally syndicated columnist and has been named one of the top five speakers in the world by Toastmasters International. He is also chairman of the $100 million MackayMitchell Envelope Company, a business he started in 1960. For more information on Harvey, and a pair of free special reports featuring essays like the one you just read, go here.] --------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended -------------------------------------------------- The First Major Shift in Business Thinking Since the 1937 Publication of Think and Grow Rich Michael Masterson's New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, Ready, Fire, Aim, lays out a completely new approach to business and life. It's the blueprint that helped Michael go from pool installer to self-employed multimillionaire before his 40th birthday. And it's so practical and sensible that anyone with average intelligence can use it to make their first $1 million... $50 million... $100 million or more! Find out more here!
"Keep up the great work." "Another bombshell! Brian Tracy hit the nail squarely on the head! I was one of those children criticized by my mother (Mom & Dad divorced). She told me I was a loser, and wouldn't be successful. "I am proving her statement to be futile, foolish. Thanks ETR! Keep up the great work!" Joe --------------------------------------------------Highly Recommended -------------------------------------------------- Need Help Actually Achieving Your Goals? We write about goal setting all the time in Early to Rise. But we can't personally coach you in these techniques. Bob Cox can. He's the creator of our Epiphany Alliance program. Not to mention a millionaire business consultant, record-setting pilot, and co-founder of the original home shopping channel. Find out how Bob can help you here...
Today's Words That Work: Intrinsic The word intrinsic (in TRIN-sik) -- from the Latin for "interior" + " beside" -- denotes a property that is inseparable from a thing or action, belonging to it by its very nature. Example (as used by Harvey Mackay today): "In the current business climate, hope is what keeps us from throwing in the towel. I'm a realist, but I'm also an optimist. And while hope and optimism are not exactly the same, they are intrinsically linked."
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