You Attract What You Become

My mentor Mr. Shoaff taught me something at age 25 that changed the direction of my entire life. He said, "Success is something you attract by the person you become."

Not something you chase. Not something you pursue. Something you attract.

That was a revolutionary idea for me. I had spent years running after success — looking for the right opportunity, the right break, the right circumstances. But Mr. Shoaff showed me I had it backwards.

The Question That Changes Everything

Here is the question most people ask on the job: What am I getting? What's the pay? What are the benefits? What's in it for me?

Here is the better question: What am I becoming?

Because what you become is far more valuable than what you get. The skills you develop, the disciplines you practice, the knowledge you acquire — these are yours forever. A paycheck is spent by the end of the month. But what you become in the process of earning it shapes your entire future.

The Law of Attraction — Jim Rohn Style

To attract attractive people, you must be attractive. To attract powerful people, you must be powerful. To attract committed people, you must be committed.

It doesn't work any other way. You cannot attract what you are not. You cannot receive what you have not become ready to receive.

Start Becoming Today

So here is my challenge to you. Stop asking what you can get from this year, this job, this season of your life. Start asking what you can become.

Read the books. Attend the seminars. Practice the disciplines. Invest in yourself — not because of what it will get you, but because of who it will make you.

The things you want will come. But only after you become the person capable of attracting them.