A short excerpt from Jim Johnson's YouTube talk '7 Pillars to Achieve Financial Prosperity' in which he engages the audience with a question about making their first $100,000. He contrasts goal-oriented aspirations (tithing, giving back) with fear-driven accumulation, and emphasizes that prosperity is a journey and a lifestyle rather than a destination.
How many of you have made $100,000 in this industry? Raise your hands. Now, before that, I know one guy that did. But before you made that first hundred thousand dollars you ever made, did you say, hey, that's what I want to do. I want to get to $100,000. You ever think like that? I want to make $100,000. And when I make $100,000, I'm going to do this with it, and you're going to do something really good. You were going to give back to the community. You were going to tithe. You were going to do this. But did you or did you operate from a place of fear that I needed to get more and gain more before I could give? Be aware of that, because that will hurt this feeling of prosperity. Because prosperity is not a destination. It's a journey. It's a lifestyle.
