How Kevin created his wealth.
An interesting point about the Law of Attraction is the number of different ways that people manage to attract wealth.
Kevin’s first career was brought to an untimely halt by an accident which left him partially disabled.
Having invested considerable time, thought and energy into that career it would have been understandable if his motivation and determination had faltered. It is not easy to refocus your attention on a new career at the age of 29.
However, as soon as he was released from hospital he went out into the world and started to search for a new way to earn a living. He was clear in his own mind that self-help was the only way forward and he would find the job he wanted by using his own initiatives.
Listening to his comments when he returned from job interviews it was noticeable that he was determined to find a new career path in which he could be successful and make a lot of money.
The Importance of Clear Focus
He turned down several job offers because he could not see where the job would lead him. He would not entertain jobs that did not offer a clear path to wealth
The more he failed to find the job he wanted the more focused he became.
It appeared odd to me as an impartial observer that he didn’t have any idea of the type of work he wanted to do. But he was absolutely clear that whatever he did would have to offer the opportunity of great prosperity as the reward for work well done.
As he knew very little about careers other than the one he had pursued before his accident he simply applied for numerous jobs and went for interviews as his way of finding out what he would be required to do and where it might lead.
In time he narrowed his search to the City, the financial centre of London.
The third job he found there was as a trainee commodity broker, buying and selling coffee futures.
Spotting the Opportunity
It must have been quite humiliating for Kevin to be placed amongst much younger trainees fresh out of university. But he buckled down and learned the ropes. He studied hard, passed all the exams and found himself a mentor, one of the older partners of the firm where he worked.
Back then, in the 1970′s Britain had just joined the European Economic Community, precursor of today’s European Union. New regulations were continuously being issued to regulate trade between the member countries. Some of these regulations had to be learned and adhered to by commodity traders.
Understandably many of the older traders found any new regulations irksome. They had been trading successfully for many years without these regulations, why did they suddenly need a new set of rules?
One morning, when Kevin’s trading team where discussing trading tactics for the day ahead, the senior partner suggested a particular tactic he wanted the team to use.
“I’m afraid we can’t do that now,” Kevin interjected politely. “The new EEC regulations don’t allow us to trade in that way.”
The senior partner was stunned. “Why ever not? We’ve been doing it for years.”
“I don’t know why sir, but the regulations are quite clear on this point.”
“Do you mean to say you’ve actually read all that stuff.” The senior partner looked surprised.
“Yes sir. All one thousand, three hundred and seventy four pages.” Kevin replied.
The senior partner smiled. “Well I’m glad someone has. We don’t want to be paying fines or running the risk of losing our trading license.”
Good News Travels Fast
The word soon got around the company that Kevin knew the new EEC Regulations. He was the man to ask. He was the expert.
Within six months he was promoted to the position of Partner and the gateway to great wealth was open.
The key points about this story, for those interested in using the Law of Attraction to create wealth are:
1. Focus – you need to be absolutely clear about what you want.
2. Activity – you need to be engaged in an activity that offers you a path to the wealth you desire.
3. Opportunity – is often disguised – no-one wanted to read all those boring regulations, but Kevin recognised that his company would have to comply with the rules and there was therefore an opportunity for someone who was prepared to learn what no-one else wanted to learn. This was inspired action on his part.
4. Timing – you need to time the moment when you seize your opportunity. Kevin waited until he could make a forcible impression on a Senior Partner before he revealed his knowledge.
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What an empowering story – I must admit I do sit here, in front of my PC, somedays and wonder where on earth I’m going? This has given me the motivation (and reason) to create a lot more focus in my life, and in particular my business.
Great story. It illustrates the fact that, whether they understand the Law Of Attraction or not, people who succeed are invariably CLEAR about WHAT they want, even if they don’t know HOW they’re going to manifest it.