I read this article on the Forum at One Step 4 Income. It was posted by Kris Karafotas
TRY is a four letter word
What in blazes does that mean?
There is a T. and R. and a Y ....let's count...1,2,3 letters!
The word "try" seems innocent enough. It's not full of glitter....an unassuming little word.
It gives us satisfaction when we say to others and ourselves "I tried", "at least I tried". You may personally have felt some sense of satisfaction when you gave something a "Try" even though you accomplished nothing!
How many times have you given a business opportunity a "Try" and after a month or two you quit...."I gave it try".
Have you ever heard someone say "I've given it a try" and then quit after 1 month?
I'm sure this person is satisfied because at least he gave it "try". The worst part is, now he thinks he is an expert when it comes to this business and will tell his friends it doesn't work.
I don't want to be to hard on the guy.....I have to be honest, in the past, before I knew better, I used "I gave it try" several times and quit before allowing the business to mature and create a profit
Many great opportunities are victims of the word "Try"
Going in to anything with the mentality of "Try" immediately sets you or me up for failure. Once we "Try" we have accomplished what we said we would....that is we gave it a "try". It's a done deal and we are satisfied.
How many times has a friend or someone said to you. I'll "try" to be there....I'm sure you know what this means "don't expect me because I won't be there"!
So is the word Try a four letter word after all? What do you think?
Can the high rate of people failing online be associated with the innocent, unassuming little word "Try"?
Of course I'm not suggesting that all the failures are the result of the escape clause the word Try gives us. There are times when the wise thing to do is to exit a business ASAP before you loose your shirt.
The next time you go in to something a business or whatever...replace the word "try" with...I will do it...I'm going to do it....you chances of success will increase by 200%.
Or better yet, let's replace the word "try" with I will do it or I'm going to do it with OSI!
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