You’ve GOT to establish the right kind of priorities!
“Another key of winning in business in America today is, folks, you gotta establish the right kind of priorities. The first company I went with, 15 years ago, was ITT. When I was out there struggling, dying every day, wanting to quit and go back into coaching 1,000 times, my first hero’s in business were VP’s at ITT making $40,000 or $50,000 a year. And, I said, “Man, if I could ever get to be that kind of person, it would be a dream come true. I couldn’t want any more out of life.” A few years later, I earned the right to get promotions to get to that level. I found that so many of my hero’s in business, their personal lives were a disaster. They were alcoholics and divorced 3 and 4 and 5 times. I just read an article by the author of “In Search of Excellence” and I saw where he says, “I can’t find evidence of any successful business person in America that’s not tunnel vision. That just doesn’t give everything to business.” Well, folks, I said back then, 15 years ago, that if that’s the price you’ve got to pay to win in business, it’s not worth it. 15 years later, a multi-millionaire, folks, I can stand and preach to ya today that you can’t separate your personal life from your business life. God has got to come first, your family has got to come second, and business has got to come third. I believe that if you have a lousy spiritual life and a lousy personal life, long range, it’s going to be devastating to your business.”
Art Williams – 1987