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THE NINE PRINCIPLES OF EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT (6)

6. CHARACTER

The successful are always open and honest in all business and dealings. Integrity is the basis of trust.

Character is the one quality that cannot be acquired, only earned. Character is the poor man’s capital.

Every thought that enters our mind, every word we utter, every deed we perform, makes its impression upon the innermost fiber of our being, and the result of these impressions is our character.

It’s been anonymously written: “Fame is vapor, popularity is an accident, and money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.”

Excerpted From What Makes The Great GREAT?, Dr. Dennis P. Kimbro, Ph.D, First Main Street Books, 1998.

THE NINE PRINCIPLES OF EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT (5)

5. COURAGE

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
Courage means the willingness to take risks, to accept challenges. Men and women of courage do not worry about failure; they realize the high cost of success.

To succeed, everyone must learn to deal with mistakes and failures. All champions realize that the path to personal excellence is cluttered with obstacles. Arriving at the top is a process that involves many setbacks. High achievers accept this process courageously, understanding that you can’t stretch your limits without encountering some rough moments along the way.

“Steady, men” shouted P.B.S. Pinchback, a Union army captain fighting for freedom in the all-black Corps d’Afrique. Though outmanned and outnumbered, his last words were : “Before we offer our lives, let’s bring back the colors. Faith isn’t faith until it’s all you’re holding on to!”

It takes courage to stand firmly while others cower in fear; it takes courage to remain in honest poverty when others grow rich by fraud; and it takes great courage to stand alone and fight for what you want.

Excerpted From What Makes The Great GREAT?, Dr. Dennis P. Kimbro, Ph.D, First Main Street Books, 1998.

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THE NINE PRINCIPLES OF EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT(4)

4. PASSION

Chiseled upon the tomb of an inept, disappointed Pharaoh in ancient Egypt is the epitaph:
“Here lies a ruler who, with the best intentions, never carried out a single plan.”

Many of us go through life searching for breakthroughs.
We would do better if we went through life backed with the power of a single aim.

Some people want success so badly it becomes an all-consuming passion.
They wake up every morning and go to bed each evening thinking only of their goals.

When asked for the key to achievement, Benjamin Carson, the acclaimed neurosurgeon, said, “I had to become a doctor!”
Through symphony and song, Quincy Jones wanted desperately to carve his name on the tablet of success.
This he has done. As a black child living in the Northwest, he overcame a life crushed by poverty and despair. But thanks to an unwavering aim, his results can be heard from Piccadilly to Carnegie Hall.


Passion is one of the most important ingredients in the recipe for success.

Perhaps the biggest break you could ever receive is to find your place and overfill it. “If you set yourself on fire,” said the inimitable Don King, “the world will come to see you burn!”

Excerpted From What Makes The Great GREAT?, Dr. Dennis P. Kimbro, Ph.D, First Main Street Books, 1998.