I get asked a lot of questions on Twitter (@jdbloodstone), but I received one the other day that really stopped me in my tracks. Normally, I get questions that can be answered quickly without much thought, but this one made me reflect on my past and the path I took to get to where I am today. The question was simple… too simple, perhaps. The questions was this:
I had always planned on writing a follow-up to Think & Grow Balls!, but I didn’t know that it would be six years before I wrote it. To tell you the truth, I wasn’t sure when I was going to write it… I just knew that there was more to say on the topic… much more. But, as with a lot of people, the last six years have been rough and I was too busy “righting the ship” to collect my thoughts long enough to sit down and compose a book. The positive side of this experience has been twofold. First, I was able to test out a lot of my own theory to prove to myself, once again, that my philosophy works, and with it, I was able to accomplish what I set out to do while facing several significant obstacles. Second, I was able to come up with enough new information that what was supposed to become one book became two. Napoleon Hill once said that with all temporary failure comes the seed of success. It’s amazing how right he was…