LEADERSHIP LESSONS
Achievement Takes More Than A Dream Why we should never stop learning our lessons. BY HARVEY MACKAY | SPECIAL TO NATIONAL MORTGAGE PROFESSIONAL
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scrawny old man wanted to get a job at a nearby lumberjack camp so he approached the boss who politely tried
scrawny old
The old man smiled and said, “Sure,
persistent man picked up an ax and proceeded to chop down a
to talk him out of the idea, thinking
huge tree in
the old man wouldn’t be able to fell a
record time.
tree, much less keep up with the daily
“That’s incredible,” the boss said.
quotas. “Give me a few minutes of your time, and I’ll show you what I can
“Where did you learn to fell trees like that?” “Well,” said the old man, “you’ve
do,” suggested the man. When the two arrived at a grove
heard of the Sahara Forest?”
of trees needing to be cleared, the
you mean the Sahara Desert?”
Hesitantly the boss replied, “Don’t
that’s what it’s called now.”
YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO “Achievers are producers,” writes Glenn Van Ekeren. “They understand the world will not recognize them for what they could have done, should have done or would have done. Recognition is experience by proving what you can do by doing it.” Achievement is one of the desires that drives us. Why do you think we have various awards like Grammys, Emmys, Oscars, Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes, not to mention numerous halls of fame? “Who’s Who in America” grows larger with every edition because people feel the need to be recognized. “The number of new products available and the new inventions which make life easier from generation to generation all testify to mankind’s thirst for more achievement,” wrote authors Leonard and Thelma Spinrad. “No matter what kind of society or political system a country may have, it seeks to provide recognition for what it regards as CONTINUED ON PAGE 22
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