I was talking to a friend yesterday who said the reason he hasn't succeeded is because he doesn't have the money to start his own business. He said, if only he had a good friend who could lend him the money he could succeed （he may have been referring to me as that "good friend," I don't know）. But the reality is, you don't need lots of money to achieve success.

    There are 4 things that you need to succeed, and they don't cost anything:

    1. The first thing you need is "Time"

    With time you can climb mountains, develop a six-pack, break world records, write a bestseller, become rich, or anything else.

    Time is far more valuable than money. You can exchange your time to get money, but you can't exchange your money to get more time. Time is the first thing you need to succeed, and it's free.

    2. The second thing you need are "Ideas"

    I think about the articles that I write; everything I write is just an "idea."

    There's no limit to the number of ideas we can have.

    I am inspired to write maybe five or six times a day, I have more inspirational thoughts than I can possibly write about.

    Why is this? Because there is no shortage in this world; shortage is only a figment of the imagination.

    You know, it's an amazing thing; ideas that are "free" can actually make you rich. Randy Gage said, "You don't have a money shortage, you have an idea shortage."

    If you wanted to write a bestselling book, all you would need is an "idea." An idea of what to write about, an idea as to how you could make it unique, an idea as to how you could get a publisher, an idea as to the best way to market it, an idea on a catchy title, an idea on how to get the right person to foreword it. It's all ideas. Success comes from ideas, not from money.

    You need to tap into your limitless river of ideas.

    3. The third thing you need is "Consistent Action"

    This is where most people have trouble. Our society has so programmed us with "get rich quick schemes," and "instant gratification fixes" that we don't understand that some things require consistent action for many years.

    Instead of us patiently cultivating the talents that we have, we sell our birthright of success and prosperity for a false hope; we sell it for fool's gold, the false thinking that we can somehow get something for nothing. Let's be clear, becoming a success and fulfilling what's on the inside of you is going to take work! It's going to take patience, persistence, faithfulness, faith, dedication, consistency, and determination, when it seems like nothing is working. But if you're consistent, you will succeed.

    4. The fourth thing you need is "Passion"

    It's critical that you pursue your passion.

    Firstly because you'll be willing to put in the time and dedication to make it a success, and secondly because your passion sparks your creativity and the flow of ideas; it sparks ideas that are unique, ideas that people will gladly pay to see manifested.

    Just like a seed, you have everything you need on the inside of you to succeed, you just need to be planted in the right soil and cultivated. The soil represents being involved in activities that you're passionate about; the cultivation means doing the hard work which causes success to come.

    In conclusion, there are no excuses, everyone has the ability to succeed, so get started today!

    昨天我跟一朋友聊天，他說他失敗的原因是由于沒有本錢創業。他還說，要是有一個好朋友能借錢給他的話，他就可以取得成功（他說的"好朋友"大概是在說我吧，我也不太清楚）.然而，事實是，獲得成功并不需要你有很多錢。

    在成功路上，你需要擁有以下四件寶貝，而他們都不需要你一分錢。

    1. 第一件你需要有的寶貝是"時間" .

    有了時間，你可以爬山，研發半打啤酒，打破世界紀錄，寫一本暢銷書，成為富翁等等。

    時間可比金錢珍貴多了。你可以拿時間換金錢，但你卻不能拿金錢買時間。時間是你成功路上需要擁有的第一件寶貝，而它還是免費的。

    2. 第二件你需要有的寶貝是"創意" .

    我認為我說寫的那些文章，以及所有寫下來的東西都是一種"創意".

    我們可擁有的創意的數量是無限的。

    得到啟發的我可以一天寫五六次，我有比我所能寫出來的多得多的靈感。

    為什么呢？因為在這個世界上沒有"短缺";"短缺"也只是想象中虛構出來的一種東西罷了。

    你知道的，這很是奇怪；"免費"的創意確實可以讓你富有。蘭迪。格基曾說"沒有金錢的短缺，只有創意的短缺。"

    如果你曾打算寫一本暢銷書，你只需要有一個"創意"即可。一個寫什么的創意，一個如何能讓它獨特的創意，一個如何找到出版商的創意，一個最好的營銷方式的創意，一個吸引人眼球的題目的創意以及一個如何找到合適的人為你的書寫序的創意。所有的這些都是"創意".成功從創意而非金錢中來。

    你需要去挖掘思想的河流中的無限創意。

    3. 第三件你需要有的寶貝是"堅持" .

    這就是許多人的癥結所在。社會以種種"快速致富法"和"速成"引導我們。因此，我們不知道有些事兒是要在長達數年的堅持之后才能實現的。

    與耐心地培養我們的人才相反的是，我們為了不切實際的希望而出賣我們那與生俱來的獲得成功與繁榮的權利；為了傻子手里的金子，我們錯誤地以為可以空手套白狼。醒醒吧！要想獲得成功并實現你心中的目標，你就得做事兒。它需要你有耐性，堅持，忠誠，信念，奉獻，堅定和決心，當看起來什么事兒都沒有做，而你卻又在堅持的時候，你就會成功。

    4. 第四件你需要有的寶貝兒是"激情" .

    追求激情很是關鍵。

    首先，因為你愿意用你的時間跟奉獻來獲取成功，其次是因為你的激情可以激發你的創造力和思想的流動；它點燃你獨一無二的創意，而這些創意讓人們一目了然從而樂于為其掏錢。

    就如一粒種子，你自身擁有獲得成功所需要的一切條件，你僅僅需要被種在合適的土壤里面培養。泥土代表的是你所積極參與的活動；培養意味著攻克成功路上的艱難險阻。

    總之，沒有任何借口。每個人都有能力獲得成功，因此，從今天開始準備吧！