Concerning Apples and a Guaranteed Formula for Business Success

"We've all heard the expression, 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away.' Well, I've got a good question for you: What if it's true? Wouldn't that be easy to do - to eat an apple a day ? Here's the problem: It's also easy not to do." – Jim Rohn¹

This week as part of my reading I learned about a formula for business success – a formula that guarantees success. The power of this formula lies not in some mystical force but comes from a simple practice. What is this practice, you ask? Namely, the repetition of a few good habits day after day after day. Repetition of good habits is the core principle in the adage “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”. It isn’t that apples contain some miracle ingredient that guarantees good health. But practicing healthy eating habits, day after day, helps to maintain our physical bodies. This is an easy habit that will reap a lifetime of rewards. But, as Jim Rohn states above, it is also a habit that is easy not to do as well. So how does eating “an apple a day” relate to business success?

The choice is ours whether to build our business on the foundation of a few principles that become daily habits, or to ignore those principles for the latest business fad or short cut.

Here, then, are the six habits that make up “The Formula”:²

1. Get up early.
2. Work hard.
3. Get your education.
4. Find your oil.
5. Make your mark
6. Get prepared to be of service.

Life offers few guarantees, so I am grateful to have learned about “The Forumla”. By incorporating these principles into my life I know that I will be successful, no matter what business I choose to build.

1. "Jim Rohn Quotes", http://www.quoteswise.com/jim-rohn-quotes-10.html, Web, accessed 9 May 2016

2. “The Formula and Happiness”, The Ministry of Business, Steven A. Hitz with James W. Ritchie, Print.