To make a mark, to be celebrated, adored, and honored, you must build. Those who ignore building something will forever pay for something without receiving tangible benefits. Building is hard, demanding, and comes with weight that sometimes results in unbearable pain. 

However, leaders don’t care about the pain; they always look past it and focus on the gain. That is why the popular saying goes, “No Pain, No Gain.”

Everything you call life today is built. Your country is constructed for posterity, securing future generations. The medical world is built to care for people’s health, the transportation industry to help the world move from point A to point B with ease. 

The food industry to feed people healthily, and the entertainment industry to help people relax, rejuvenate, and appreciate their own efforts. So, whatever you call life today is a product of what is built, either by an individual or by a group.

For example, the 10 leading Fortune 500 companies have the following builders behind them: Apple was built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Amazon by Jeff Bezos, Microsoft by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Google by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. 

Facebook was built by Mark Zuckerberg, Tesla by Elon Musk, Berkshire Hathaway by Warren Buffett, JPMorgan Chase by J.P. Morgan, Johnson & Johnson by Robert Wood Johnson I, James Wood Johnson, and Edward Mead Johnson, and Procter & Gamble by William Procter and James Gamble.

Why must you build?

You must build to make the world a better place, imprint your name on the surface of the earth, inspire others with what is possible, and secure your posterity.

I know building is not easy, but not to be is more dangerous. Have some people built? Yes. Is it easy for them? No. Can you undergo the process? Yes. But would you give your best and start now? That is the answer I want you to comment below.

Just for situational awareness, if you don’t build, you may regret it. If you don’t build, the next generation will blame you because you will make them do your work. Mike Murdock once said, “there are two types of pains, the pain of discipline and the pain of regret.” 

Those who don’t build will embrace the latter, while the former is for builders. Always remember, it’s a builder’s world.

What are your thoughts?

TheSecretMan

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