[VIDEO] Duncan Nugget® #113: Cause or Effect?

Many individuals only operate in response mode. They are in constant violation of the supreme law of the universe: Cause and Effect. They continuously sit and wait for something to happen. Then they respond. Maybe.

Not cool.

Remember the Otis Redding song, Sitting On The Doc Of The Bay?

Sittin’ in the mornin’ sun.

I’ll be sittin when the evenin’ comes.

Watchin the ships roll in. Then I watch’em roll away again…

It made a great song, but it would make a jacked up life.

Successful people are the stimulus. They are the cause. They make things happen. Other people and the environment respond to them. Think about that.

Million-Dollar Question:
Are you an effect or a cause; is it happening to you or are you making it happen?

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. When you are faced with obstacles or problems, do you like to start working on them right away, think about them first, or not worry about them because things will work out? How do you decide what to do?

2. When you have an idea, do you act on it right away or do you prefer to wait and see how things turn out? How do you decide what to do?

3. Which of the following sayings better describes your beliefs and why?
— “The early bird gets the worm.”
— “Patience is a virtue.”
— “Snooze, you loose.”
— “Rome wasn’t built in a day.”