Prepare yourself, and doors will open to you everywhere.

Most morning, or rather on the days I’m well rested, I would usually read a book or the bible on the bus & train. How do I do it? I would simply open up my cupboard of books & randomly pick a book I feel like reading. Today was a little different from the rest as my bag was packed with things & I tried to look for the tiniest book I can find. And it was the book by E.W.Kenyon, ‘Signposts on the Road to Success’. What do I remember about this book every time I read it was, I gain a little more insight on success. Every line written is just so rich with meaning. The first topic I turned to was on seasons of preparation which brings to mind the tweets I read later this morning. I find it interesting, or it shouldn't even come as a surprise to me anymore – that the things shared by these successful man of god are quite similar. If it’s only one, we have reason to doubt their words. But it’s said again by countless man. I’m learning to read between the lines in their words. Not to just ‘gain knowledge’ from their experience but to truly grasp & apply it in my own life. I highly recommend this book to anyone from students to managers. I got it from Rock bookshop a few years ago & it has blessed me everytime I read it again.

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What of life? You are standing on the threshold. Before you lie the untried paths.

What are you going to do? Have you chosen your work, your vocation, your place in life, or are you drifting, hoping that something will turn up.

It will, but the thing that turns up will be of no value to you unless you are ready to take it as it comes. Don’t float. Dead fish float.

Make up your mind that you will put your dreams into blue prints, and then, with that blue print in hand, you will build your mansion.

Find your place, but be sure that you do through preparatory work. Put real hard work into days of preparation. Don’t just get by.

Don’t be satisfied with anything but one hundred plus. Fight for it. Work for it. Enjoy it. Make it a game to win. Be a success in youth and you will be a success in middle life. You will be crowned in old age. Make yourself a wanted person. Be so valuable that if you had to move, men and women would weep because of your departure.

If you plan to be a minister, be God’s best. If you go into business, be the best in your community. If you plan to be a lawyer or a physician, put a trained, cultured personality into it.

Whatever you do, plan to build your house on top of the hill. Harness that lazy mind and make it work. That mind can make a place for you. Let me say again to you, “Go under your own steam.” Prepare yourself, and doors will open to you everywhere.

by E.W. Kenyon