Make Way for Annie Oakley, Part I

By Robert Ringer

Leonardo da Vinci once said "The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding." If so, most Americans must be starved for pleasure - especially when it comes to understanding the fundamentals of liberty.

This glaring lack of understanding has recently been given a jolt by, of all people, a female Annie Oakley from Alaska. Literally overnight, Sarah Palin has brought a new dimension to the presidential election, and she's not even running for president! I would say I've fallen in love with her, but I don't want to be accused of being disloyal to Megyn Kelly.

Above all else, this modern-day story of Superwoman brings two things to mind.

Boldness. First is the efficacy of boldness, for which J. McBama must be given credit. Nineteenth-century German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said "Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." I liked that statement so much that I wrote a whole book about it.

Washington insiders were virtually certain that J. McBama would pick a "safe" vice-presidential candidate. Their reasoning was that he wasn't far enough behind the anointed one — B. McBama of Nazareth — to feel compelled to take a risk. Not so fast, conventional wisdomites. Without warning, J. McBama went and pulled Annie Oakley out of a hat — an Annie Oakley who goes by the name of Sarah Palin.

Within minutes of McCain's announcement, the B. McBama camp panicked and started issuing nasty, hysterical statements about Palin. She answered their hysteria during her acceptance speech last Thursday by giving them several sharp pokes in their collective eyes.

No matter how this election turns out, we have had the pleasure of witnessing just how right von Goethe was. In one swashbuckling move, J. McBama totally — totally — changed the tone and complexion of an otherwise noxious election.

Don't get me wrong here. Regardless of which McBama ascends to the Washington throne, the U.S. will continue its march toward Marxism, right along with the downward slide of its currency. But that shouldn't keep you from learning from J. McBama's example of how boldness can change the world — and, on a more personal level, change your world — overnight.

The corporate crowd calls it "thinking outside the box." I like to refer to it as "expanding your mental paradigm." When you take bold action, the imaginary box inside your mind — the one that contains the world of what you believe to be possible — expands. And it is that expansion that brings about genius, power, and magic.

Scientifically speaking, I believe that the genius comes from an increase in the speed of the vibrations of the atoms in your brain cells.

Power comes from being on the offensive and catching the competition off guard. (Just ask B. McBama & Co. about that reality.)

And the magic of boldness is that it's like a magnet in that it draws to you the things, people, and circumstances you need in order to accomplish your objectives.

All three of these phenomena have been evident since J. McBama shocked the world by picking Sarah Palin. Now, the trick is to think about it in relation to your own business and your own life. Think shock ... think outrageousness ... think boldness ... and watch how quickly, and meekly, the world steps aside and allows you to pass.

Whatever faults he may have — and he has many — I want to personally thank J. McBama for again reminding me of just how powerful bold action can be, and how it can change a losing situation into a potentially winning one overnight.

In Part II of this article, I'll discuss the second thing the celebrity birth of Sarah Palin — our modern-day Annie Oakley — brings to mind.

Next - Make Way for Annie Oakley, Part II

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