Big Shots are only little shots who keep shooting! "Christopher Morley"

 Too often we look to those successful "Big Shots" and wonder how they ever made it. Chris Morley summarizes it in this quote for us. Unless they inherited a family fortune, they started just like you and I, they were first "Little Shots". There are many more Little Shots than Big Shots, so how do we have a chance to become one. I found in my life the key is try to build more Momentum each day than you had the day before.

Momentum can be seen and felt during a sporting event on television and yet we rarely think of applying it to our daily quest for greatness. Momentum is changed by only two things, Mass or Velocity. Mass is how Big Shots create momentum, by throwing money or people at an issue. Little Shots rarely have Mass, so they have to use what they have, Velocity. This means you throw your energy, time, creativity, and enthusiasm at an issue.

Little Shots keep on shooting each and every day in their quest to achieve their objective. This continued shooting creates Velocity, and the more Velocity you throw at a situation the more Momentum you create. Ask any Big Shot how they got to their position and most will tell you they simply never gave up. While they may not verbalize it the same way, they knew they had to advance everyday and they kept shooting every day.

In my life, it meant I had to make more sales calls than the Big Shots, make more phone calls, work longer hours, enlist more friends and family, work smarter. As I used every tool at my disposal to create velocity, I found I was creating more and more momentum being created pointing towards success.

This same approach while focused on business can be applied to every aspect of your personal life. You will not succeed unless you are always shooting. Become a Momentum creator in all aspects of your life. Too often Little Shots do not even try because they do not understand the vast resources at their disposal to create Velocity. The creation of Momentum is the great equalizer in business. Once it is created, is is hard to stop.

Today, go into the battle of life with an eye towards evaluating how you can use your resources as limited as they might be to create Big Mo. Over time as you keep up this approach you will find yourself in transition to a Big Shot. After you have become a Big Shot never forget what got you there, Velocity. While success brings Mass, every Big Shot I know continues to keep shooting everyday so they stay a Big Shot.

The Chief Rock Pusher.