Notes by Henry Ford.

2001.

Notes by Henry Ford.

Serve others.

"A business that is completely dedicated to services will have little concern about profits. It will be obscenely large."

The secret to success is to serve other people. All successful people serve, and the greater the success, the more services they provide.

Wealth is created from services, and comes only through services. Ford said: "Wealth, like happiness, cannot be achieved by direct pursuit. It comes as a byproduct of providing useful services. А how do you serve?

Focus.

"There is no man who cannot achieve more than he thinks he can."

You are in complete ignorance of your capabilities, so you never focus your efforts on one task. You spend all day on one thing, three hours on another thing, but you never focus on one goal. When you focus your life, everything impossible becomes possible. Focus, you can do more than you think you can.

Be productive.

"From my observations, I've noticed that most people are the ones who identify the time that others are wasting."

Each of us has 24 hours in a day, but only some of us succeed using this time, while others fail. Why does this happen? The thing is that some people are effective in controlling their time, while others are under the control of their time. Some people dictate their day, while others allow their time to dictate the direction of their movement. If you fail, you fail because you are not using your time well. If you succeed, you succeed because you manage your time effectively. Are you a master of your time?

Solve problems.

"Most people spend a lot of time and energy beating around the bush without trying to solve problems."

Rest assured, you will get a reward for solving other people's problems. But can you solve any problem? If you solve big problems, you get a big reward, if you solve small problems, you get a small reward. If you solve the problems of a small number of people, the reward will be insignificant, if you solve the problems of a huge number of people, you can become rich. Don't waste your time beating around the bush, just solve them.

There is nothing particularly difficult.

"There is nothing particularly difficult if you divide it up into small small jobs".

Henry Ford said: "There are no big problems, just lots of little problems". When you think about it, you can really see that in reality, there is nothing "difficult". You climb a mountain step by step, the individual steps are not as hard as the whole climb. Consistently tackling big problems, step by step, will lead to success. Eat the whale one bite at a time, and one day it will be eaten.

Keep your eyes on the goal.

"Obstacles are those scary things you see when you take your eyes off the goal."

Never take your eyes off your goal. The goal is what motivates you, what makes you keep moving towards it, despite any obstacles. You must constantly see what you want to become. You must see the goal already achieved, you must feel the goal achieved in your imagination.

Think.

"Thinking is hard work, which is probably the reason why there are so few truly thinking people."

The mindset is how you prepare, it's hard work, it's where you figure out the little nuances and "cook" your plans. Ford said, "Above all, preparation is the secret to success." Are you ready for success? Are you thinking? Thinking is hard work, but whoever has to do it has to prepare for success.