June 8, 2010

If a man without arms or legs could make a million bucks, why can’t you?

Nick Vujicic is 28 years old, and he’s a successful motivational speaker, he successfully sells DVDs with his talks on the internet, his YouTube videos all have hundreds of thousands of hits, he’s a pretty happy and successful entrepreneur. How is he different from you? He has no arms or legs.

His life is an inspiration to everyone. But I’d like to go a bit deeper than the obvious inspiration. Why is he successful? Why are his talks sold out? Why are his DVDs doing so well? The answer is simple: it’s because he has no arms or legs.

If he made the same speeches, the same message, but he had arms or legs, he would not have the impact he has. Without this great disability, he would not have the success he has. Now imagine I took away your arms and legs. Do you think you’d become successful by making a series of YouTube videos and motivational talks? Most likely not.

You already have your missing arms or legs. There’s something about you that’s special already, even if it is your greatest flaw. But you’re no Nick. You’re not taking advantage of that thing to make yourself successful and happy.

Success is not about having an idea or lacking arms or being in the right spot at the right time. It’s about breaking out of your apathy and just doing stuff. Really, that’s all there is to it. Take what you have and what you don’t have and make something out of it. Stop waiting.

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