11/06/2014
A Wednesday Morning's Thought: WHY BOTHER DOING MORE THAN IS PAID FOR?
In his book titled 'Success: The Best of Napoleon Hill', Hill explains how the habit of doing more than is paid for leads to success because of the Law of Increasing Returns. Here’s how he describes it:
“The farmer carefully prepares the ground, then sows his wheat and waits while the Law of Increasing Returns brings back the seed he has sown, plus a many-fold increase” (p 677).
To understand what he is saying, let’s first imagine this farmer who plants with faith and willingness to put forth his best effort even though the future reward may be uncertain considering market forces, natural disasters, and the like. He has the thought of success and he takes action to bring this thought to fruition despite the uncertainty and possible hazards.
Now contrast that farmer with someone whom Hill refers to as “the very lowly bred type of humanity.” As Hill explains it, such a person may have this mental attitude: “I am not paid to do this and I’ll be blanket-blankety-blank if I’ll do it!” (p. 688). This farmer has the thought of success, but refuses to take any action unless the reward is visible and certain.
According to Hill, the first farmer may expect to reap the benefits of the Law of Increasing Returns-–either in the fruitful harvest or in another unexpected way —while the second will suffer the penalty of its absence.
When a man is engaged in work that he loves it is no hardship for him to do more work and better work than that for which he is paid, and for this very reason every man owes it to himself to do his best to find the sort of work he likes best.
HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!