Here is the story of a man, his name is Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog.
There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.
"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life." "No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel. "Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmer replied proudly.
"I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of." And that he did.
Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time, graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.
Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia. What saved his life this time? Penicillin.
The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.
Success is like a chain reaction; it starts with a single act of inspiration and goes on and on. Be willing to spark off a chain reaction of inspiration, because you never can tell who you will inspire today. The person you inspire today may become the stepping stone to the highest level of success you can attain tomorrow. Remember what goes around comes around.
Statistics shows that over a life time, the average person directly or indirectly influences 10,000 people either for good or for bad. You must realize that to attain high level success, you should learn how to inspire people around you.
Successful people are just ordinary folks who developed belief in themselves and serve as a source of inspiration to others. Influence begins with you and ripples outwards, so let it be listed as part of your daily goals to inspire atleast one person a day.
If it’s your aim to motivate and inspire people, then you should know that success is not far from you. Remember, the things that you do for yourself will be gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others will remain as your legacy.
En-route success unlimited™, we know that;
"Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people."
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"The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them."
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