The Simple Answer to Every Question – Listen – Make Your Last Resort First

The Simple Answer to Every Question – Make Your Last Resort First

The wisdom was obvious; the character impeccable, the source was unclear.

He seemed to have an edge like no other. Napoleon Hill sat in awe after three days in conversation with billionaire Andrew Carnegie accepting the philanthropist’s invitation to spend 20 years researching success to validate the 18 Laws of Success just given to him and then came the one question that opened the door into the best kept secret of success, shared by saints, sages and great mystics since the beginning of time.

“Mr. Carnegie,” he asked, “where did you acquire all this knowledge?”

With his characteristic glow and smile the reply rolled off his lips, and became the well-kept secret mentioned in Think And Grow Rich, and the 18th principle, “It has been a habit of mine to devote a certain amount of time daily to silent meditation and thought in connection with the plan and purpose and working principles of the mind,” he said. Thus he connected to his source intelligence.

In speech training we learned, “Silence has power.” Deep listening to life for one hour a day is the faucet under our control through which may flow the answer to any question, any challenge, any problem large or small we may desire to receive. Listening deeply a superior harmony propels us to the front. The super successful product, symphony, or business, all rise from harmony.

The one outstanding characteristic of those rare individuals who listen at a deeper level is they become who they are uniquely meant to be on earth, in 100% integrity with their higher self, therefore they think differently than the masses. Steve Jobs used these 17 examples of such individuals in a 1997-1998 ad campaign with the slogan “Think Different.” Yes, listening different is prerequisite to think different: Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard Branson, John Lennon (with Yoko Ono), Buckminster Fuller, Thomas Edison, Muhammad Ali, Ted Turner, Maria Callas, Mahatma Gandhi, Amelia Earhart, Alfred Hitchcock, Martha Graham, Jim Henson (with Kermit the Frog), Frank Lloyd Wright and Pablo Picasso. You and I could add many others.

We conclude that learning is the master skill of leadership, and listening to the silence is the supreme skill of the masters.
TIP: Use prayer or silence not as a last resort but first cause. Even Donald Trump does it three hours a day. Do that first and you’ll beat your competition because you won’t have any.

PRINCIPLE: Getting in tune with the Infinite. Listening in silence reveals your superior harmony at one with life and yields answers from source intelligence.

APPLICATION:
1. Listen in silence 20-40-60 minutes a day
2. Access harmony in silence for guidance throughout the day
3. Trust and Boldly Act on guidance to win

Questions? Ask: Don@WingsOnDreams.com

Tomorrow: Leadership Character Begins Inside – Build Your Integrity Power