Where are you mining for gold?

YOU MAY BE LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACES

I was watching Discovery Channels "Gold Rush" the other night and couldn't help my mind from wondering and thinking how great it would be to "fall into" a large fortune a lot like of our early settlers did when they found all of that gold. Anyone of you who know me well knows that I often tend to wonder into those "what if" scenarios and dream big. But this got me thinking about those early American settlers who ventured West with hopes of striking gold and great riches.  It is estimated that nearly 200,000 Americans traveled the grueling 2,000 plus miles from East of the Mississippi River along the California trail in their wagons to seek great riches. When word spread of the abundance of gold out West, families packed up, left everything behind, and headed out West not knowing that there was just as much, if not MORE gold right in their own backyards. Stretching from Georgia to west of Washington D.C. lies two of America's largest gold systems, The Carolina Slate Belt and The Virginia Gold Pyrite Belt. Just right up the road from me in Charleston SC is the Haile Mine, which as of today, is confirmed to contain 2 million ounces of gold, valuing at 1.3 billion dollars. If only those 200,000 travelers would have just stayed put and worked hard in their own backyards, then they too would have struck gold. They choose to risk it all looking for that "easy" payday and most of the time left with equal to, or less then what they stared with.

I look at where we are today and see too many people looking for that quick and easy payday, not wanting to put in the work in their own backyards.  A lot of times we hear new consultants talk about locations and how hard it is to become successful where they live. They often talk about how great it would be if they worked their business elsewhere and sometimes even give up on their business. If we stop looking for that quick and easy payday and focus that energy into our business, then we will indeed strike gold. Just imagine how those 200,000 people would feel today if we told them that they never had to travel all that way because there were riches in the same land that they left would feel. That same feeling of self disappointment that they would feel is going to be the same feeling that you will feel if you give up with your journey. Stop looking across borders, stop looking at someone else's success, stop looking for that quick and easy buck. Start digging in your own backyard and don't ever give up. You may not see it right away but it is there. Haile Mine has dug as deep as 900 feet in some places and are still striking gold daily. So grab your shovel, pick ax, or pan the waters, but don't ever stop trying until you strike your gold. I promise you that it is there, right in front of you, you just need to dig.

We mentioned crossing that line you drew in the sand, we talked about giving that extra degree in previous posts, now you just need to act.

THE NEW GOLD RUSH IS HERE


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