The tyranny of timidity ...
We all know the old sayings, "nothing ventured, nothing gained", "faint heart never won fair maid","fortune favours the bold" or "the greatest crime in life is to do nothing".
But how many of us apply those adages in our daily lives?
How many of us are ruled by worry about loss, of risk, of taking a chance and not having it come off? Or of the fear of being fooled, or even of being seen as a fool?
All that is human, understandable, and even has some logic to it.
But we also know see people who've made things happen for themselves, sometimes even in only a small way, by having a go, taking a flutter, being brave.
And what's the difference between them and the grey people? Nothing save that they took action.
One has to be smart about these things, of course. It's pointless to toss a lot of money into a lottery where the odds against you are millions and millions to one against. The other day one of the giant lotteries, offering one chance in 500,000,000 to win their megaprize, was selling tickets at the rate of 2.7 million tickets an hour -- an hour!
And to what end? Who in the world could actually use, spend, put to any good use, the multi-millions in that jackpot? (Which in the end didn't go to an individual anyway, but to a number of people spread across three different countries.)
Do you need or want to have your life turned totally upside down? To suddenly acquire a thousand new friends and hangers-on, lawyers, advisors, bloodsucking opportunists rampaging through your life?
Is that what you really would like? Do you think it would be healthy for you, for your children, for your whole family? Who really wants that responsibility, that burden? Too much of a good thing is as bad as not enough.
Putting things in perspective, we're offering you something that's in proportion, reasonable gain effectively without risk . Yes, our property raffle requires a commitment on your part, a small step of faith, but you're protected from loss.
The risk is eliminated by our hotel voucher, which comes free with the ticket, and which means you can't lose money even if you don't win a house or studio.
To make things even easier, the whole project is human-sized, in a harmonious balance, with the entries limited to only 33,333 people and with ten winners to be drawn among them.
The prizes are big enough to make your life a bit more comfortable, a bit more secure, and a bit more fun, but not so overwhelming as to turn it upside down.
Just a quick review of what you put in and what you might get out:
A ticket, which includes a voucher for use in our hotels, is priced at 150 euros (£100 or $200)
The biggest win is worth 500,000 euros (£350,000 or $600,000)
The smallest win is worth about half that amount.
The other eight prizes are worth somewhere in between.
But there are no losers because even the people who don't win a property prize get to redeem their 150 euros in one of our hotels (and maybe eventually other hotels).
Or sell their vouchers or give them away to family, friends, or colleagues.
So what's the only way in which you could lose?
Only in doing nothing. Standing pat. Failing to act.
And we all know that apathy and inaction are the biggest killers of life, fun, vitality.
Anyone who has had contact with elderly people will tell you that the most common regrets they feel don't have to do with things they have done, but rather the things they haven't done -- the dream not followed, the travels not taken, the apology not offered, the path of love not pursued.
All that music inside, and they let it die.
Don't let it happen to you.
Don't let timidity win. Act.
http://www.winaholidayhomeinspain.com
But how many of us apply those adages in our daily lives?
How many of us are ruled by worry about loss, of risk, of taking a chance and not having it come off? Or of the fear of being fooled, or even of being seen as a fool?
All that is human, understandable, and even has some logic to it.
But we also know see people who've made things happen for themselves, sometimes even in only a small way, by having a go, taking a flutter, being brave.
And what's the difference between them and the grey people? Nothing save that they took action.
One has to be smart about these things, of course. It's pointless to toss a lot of money into a lottery where the odds against you are millions and millions to one against. The other day one of the giant lotteries, offering one chance in 500,000,000 to win their megaprize, was selling tickets at the rate of 2.7 million tickets an hour -- an hour!
And to what end? Who in the world could actually use, spend, put to any good use, the multi-millions in that jackpot? (Which in the end didn't go to an individual anyway, but to a number of people spread across three different countries.)
Do you need or want to have your life turned totally upside down? To suddenly acquire a thousand new friends and hangers-on, lawyers, advisors, bloodsucking opportunists rampaging through your life?
Is that what you really would like? Do you think it would be healthy for you, for your children, for your whole family? Who really wants that responsibility, that burden? Too much of a good thing is as bad as not enough.
Putting things in perspective, we're offering you something that's in proportion, reasonable gain effectively without risk . Yes, our property raffle requires a commitment on your part, a small step of faith, but you're protected from loss.
The risk is eliminated by our hotel voucher, which comes free with the ticket, and which means you can't lose money even if you don't win a house or studio.
To make things even easier, the whole project is human-sized, in a harmonious balance, with the entries limited to only 33,333 people and with ten winners to be drawn among them.
The prizes are big enough to make your life a bit more comfortable, a bit more secure, and a bit more fun, but not so overwhelming as to turn it upside down.
Just a quick review of what you put in and what you might get out:
A ticket, which includes a voucher for use in our hotels, is priced at 150 euros (£100 or $200)
The biggest win is worth 500,000 euros (£350,000 or $600,000)
The smallest win is worth about half that amount.
The other eight prizes are worth somewhere in between.
But there are no losers because even the people who don't win a property prize get to redeem their 150 euros in one of our hotels (and maybe eventually other hotels).
Or sell their vouchers or give them away to family, friends, or colleagues.
So what's the only way in which you could lose?
Only in doing nothing. Standing pat. Failing to act.
And we all know that apathy and inaction are the biggest killers of life, fun, vitality.
Anyone who has had contact with elderly people will tell you that the most common regrets they feel don't have to do with things they have done, but rather the things they haven't done -- the dream not followed, the travels not taken, the apology not offered, the path of love not pursued.
All that music inside, and they let it die.
Don't let it happen to you.
Don't let timidity win. Act.
http://www.winaholidayhomeinspain.com
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