Your 4 Greatest Resources Aren’t What You Think

Your 4 Greatest Resources Arent What You Think

When people think about pursuing something, the first thing they normally do is look at their resources to determine whether or not it can be done, which is always a wise thing to do. But where most people fail in this process is taking stock of the wrong things, like money. “How much money do I have?” they ask. Sure, we need to know how much money we have, but money is not the greatest resource. In fact, there are a few other resources that are more important, and that certainly have more of an effect on your goals than money.

Desire 

Everything that comes from life comes from wanting it—really wanting it. Do you have a desire for something? This is not a wish or something you would take if it came along. This is something deep in your heart. Something you long for. In many ways, it is what you feel you were created for—your destiny. It is buried within you and cannot be taken away. Do you have this kind of desire for what you seek? If so, you will accomplish it

Vision 

If you have a vision for something, you will attract the money needed. Vision is that grand, spectacular plan that sees the big picture, paints it for others and draws them along. Do you have a vision for what you want to accomplish? Can you see it, even if it isn’t here yet? Can you hear it? Smell it? How big is your vision? Is it a little thing that lacks a compelling nature? Or, is it something so big that it acts like a giant magnet that attracts everything around it? If you have the vision to see your plan come to fruition, it will, no matter how much money you may or may not have.

Persistence 

It’s true that most people who achieve something others don’t do so simply because they tried longer. Not necessarily harder, just longer. So often, the prize is lost because we do not persevere. Wealth, talent, genius and education are good, but they cannot and will not take the place of someone who is tenaciously persistent. 

Do you persist when the going gets tough? When it looks like the goal will be a little further off and a little longer in arriving, do you quit and go elsewhere, or do you buckle down and attack with even more diligence? If you persist, you will achieve your dream, whether you have money or not.

Courage

Do you have it? Can you look risk in the eye and not blink? The individuals who have accomplished tremendous things were not handed those things. I have found that every one of them had moments of pure, unadulterated fear—a fear of loss, a fear of humiliation, a fear of failure. But what separated them from the rest is that they had the guts to go forward anyway. When others slunk off into the distance, they forged ahead. It didn’t matter how much money they had. They had a dream—a big dream—and the courage to go for it, no matter the cost.

If you have these resources, then you have all the resources you will ever need to live the life you have always dreamed of.

This article was published in April 2009 and has been updated. Photo by Dasha Petrenko/Shutterstock

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