When I met Mr. Shoaff I’d been working for six years. Shortly after we met he asked me, “Jim, how long have you been working now?” I told him.
“How are you doing?” he inquired further.
“Not very well,” I said, a bit annoyed at having to admit this.
“Then I suggest you not do that anymore,” he replied. “Six years is long enough to operate the wrong plan.”
Then he asked, “How much money have you saved in the past six years?”
“None,” I admitted sheepishly.
Raising his eyebrows, he said, “Who sold you on that plan?”
What a fantastic question. Where did I get this disastrous plan? Hey, everyone has bought someone’s plan. The question is, whose?
[#rohn1996sevenstrategies]: Jim Rohn (1996): Seven strategies for wealth and happiness: power ideas from America’s foremost business philosopher, Three Rivers Press.