Greener Pastures

By Bob Proctor

Greener pastures is a phrase most of us pick up and think about fairly early in life. I would suggest however, that the person who understands the real truth about greener pastures is a rare individual. Hope seems to spring eternal in all human beings that the opportunities are greater elsewhere.

I suspect this uniquely human attribute or frailty has been at the root of all discovery. You must admit though, it is rather sad that many people spend so much time thinking of other pastures that they never properly appraise their own. While we are looking at what the other person is doing and wishing we were in their pasture, others are wishing they were in ours.

I frequently have people tell me they wish they were doing what I am doing. Looking back in my own life I clearly remember climbing the fence out of my pasture because the other person's opportunity was so enticing. By the time I had climbed back in again, my little excursion had cost me quite a few thousand dollars and a badly bruised ego. Somehow, succeeding always looks easier in the other person's line of work.

I'm not suggesting we should never make a change. Often, a complete change can be healthy. But, before we do, we should take a long and careful look at what we are presently doing. Napoleon Hill said that we should not go searching for opportunity but reach out and embrace it right where we are.

Chances are what you're doing is loaded with opportunities that someone else will benefit from if you don't. With the experience you already have, you can build a stairway to just about anything you want. Want is the key word!