What A Difference A Century Can Make
Think about the accomplishments of the 20th Century. One hundred years ago, most people worked on farms in one capacity or another. However, the agricultural candle was about to blow out and the industrial candle was starting to burn brighter and brighter. We had just not too long before completed the Transcontinental Railroad. The telephone, light bulb, radio were invented. So was Coca Cola. The U.S. Civil War was over not too long before, and slavery and even wife beating had just been banned. The Statue of Liberty was put up in
Other notable things that occurred during the century were:
o The airplane was invented.
o Henry Ford's first assembly line was in motion producing his Model T automobiles.
o The first stop sign appeared (it was in
o The Russian Revolution and World War I took place.
o The first coast-to-coast telephone call was made.
o Women won their right to vote.
o Most of the people in the
o The Great Depression took place in the
o The first McDonalds was opened.
o Television was invented.
o The word "teenager" was coined.
o World War II and the first atomic explosion took place (thanks to Einstein's famous discoveries).
o Jackie Robinson became the first person to break the "color" line in professional baseball.
o The computer was invented.
o The world's population hit three billion.
o The Korean War took place.
o Cable TV was invented.
o The Baby Boom explosion began in the
o DNA was discovered.
o The Civil Rights movement in the
o British Music took over (remember a little group called The Beatles?).
o The Vietnam War took place.
o The first heart transplant happened.
o The first interracial kiss on TV was seen (Star Trek was the show).
o The first human (Neil Armstrong) walked on the moon.
o The compact disk was invented.
o Microsoft was launched (Ohhh don't you wish you would have bought some stock in the mid 1970's).
o Network Marketing was legitimized due to Amway's victory over the FTC (Federal Trade Commission).
o The first MTV (Music Television) broadcast took place.
o The first AIDS cases were reported.
o The world's population approached five billion.
o The Persian Gulf War took place.
o Jerry Clark got started in Network Marketing and the Internet is nowhere to be found (Ouch! I'm ancient in this thing).
o A majority of the women are in the workforce.
o The Internet begins to expand.
Y2K itself made people do some crazy things. As we entered the new millennium, a lot of people were stuck with about 100 years of excess food and water in their garage and basements. Some of them had decided to commit suicide in an effort to catch the Y2K Universal Train to the Gates of Heaven. And yet, others realized that they had better reorganize the date when Armageddon is really going to take place.
So here we are in the 21st century with about six billion people on the planet. And need I remind you that that's about six billion people who weren't even here 100 years ago? Think about it... At the end of this century, all of the six plus billion people who are currently here won't be around. Oh yes, I understand that there will be new technology that will extend the age from the current 76 years to at least 120 to 150 years of age. However, that will only benefit the young whipper-snappers. You know, the people who are now under the age of 20. They are the ones who have the best chance of taking advantage of this stuff (That's why most of you are in nutritional companies. You're trying to make sure you're around when these medical breakthroughs take place.)
But that's not even my point. My point is that 100 years ago, I would have been riding around in a horse and buggy on a dirt road, never getting a chance to ever see Singapore, Japan, or any of the other dozens of countries I travel to each year. However, I can now say I had breakfast in
However, the truly amazing thing is that 100 years from now people will be looking at today the same way we look at the horse and buggy times. They will say, "I can't believe it took Great Grandpa Jerry over 20 hours to fly from Singapore to the United States. Didn't they know that by using the Molecular Transformational Cellular Transmitter Deluxe, they could have took the same trip in less than 20 minutes."
By now you're probably wondering why I'm I telling you all of this. Here's my point. Let's say 100 years from now my Great Grandson has taken over Club Rhino, Inc. and is now writing Rhino Tip 4758 entitled "WHAT A DIFFERENCE A CENTURY CAN MAKE." My question to you is this: Will you make the list? In other words, what will you contribute to society that will make future generations take notice and talk about? What are you going to contribute that will assist the world in its constant and never ending evolution? If not the world, then what about your country? If not your country, then what about your city or town? If not your city or town, then what about your family? What are you going to do that will have your great, great, great, great grandchildren talking about you when you are long gone from this physical form?
If you're in network marketing, you don't have any excuses. Maybe I should have called this "What a Difference You Can Make."
Think about it today -- act on it now.
Until next time...
Go, Go, Go!!!