THE STORY OF SUCCESS MADE EASY
Honoree's Note: I've known and admired Ron Martin, one of my mentors, for over a decade. We met while I was living in Hawaii. Ron is one of those people who lives an authentic, no-holds-barred, making-it-happen kind of life. If you've ever said to yourself, "I'm going to do it 'one of these days' this post is a must-read for you!
It was a lazy Saturday afternoon out at my
beach house in Haleiwa, Hawaii. I was sitting on the lanai “talking story” with
my client, the famed artist, Wyland. He said, “So Ron, when are you going to
write a book?” My response was, “One of these days.” Wyland said, “Have you
ever opened up your day timer and at the top saw the words, ‘One of these
days?’” I thought, “WOW that’s heavy.” He then said, “How about right now?”
Hoping to end this conversation I said, “I wouldn’t know where to start.”
Wyland said, “Stand up,” which I did. He then took the chair and table from
where we were sitting and dragged them out on to the lawn by the ocean. He went
into my closet, picked out a hat and shirt and said, “Put these on, and sit
there.” He then set up the table and went out to his car returning with his
camera. He took this picture and said, "Okay, you have the cover, I am
going to go home and write the foreword. All you have to do is start on chapter
one." Wow, how do you get out of that?
