The document discusses the journey of a protagonist from the book 'The Alchemist,' who seeks riches and learns that the true treasure lies within. It emphasizes the importance of adventure and experiences in achieving greatness, suggesting that bypassing challenges may result in unfulfilling success. Ultimately, it advocates for embracing interactions with others and learning from failures as essential for personal growth and achieving one's goals.

2. There's an interesting book called "The
Alchemist."

3. About a guy who sets out into the
world to discover his riches.

4. He hears about this mysterious science
called "Alchemy" where you can turn
rocks into gold.

5. Everywhere he goes, he hears stories
about this mysterious man who can
allegedly perform such magic.

6. Through his travels, the hero meets a
lot of people, learns all kinds of skills,
but eventually comes home empty
handed.

7. Only when he comes home, he finds
that underneath the church where he
lives, there is lots of gold buried.

8. Now, the question is, could he have
taken a shortcut and just gone straight
for the gold?

9. Or did he have to spend YEARS
roaming the world, having adventure
after adventure?

10. Did he need to go through that in
order to ready himself to find the
gold?

11. Of course, the gold is a metaphor.

12. The church is also a metaphor.

13. You have gold, or greatness, inside of
you.

14. But can you take a shortcut and find it
now, or do you need to go out into the
world and have adventure after
adventure?

15. A few people are lucky.

16. They stumble their way to greatness.

17. But are they REALLY lucky?

18. They finally realize that have what
most people only dream about, but
they aren't really happy.

19. They really have no idea what they did,
or how they achieved what they have.

20. This is why so many movie stars and
musicians suffer from various
addictions.

21. Sure, it's important to "follow your
bliss."

22. But if ALL you feel is bliss, you won't
have nearly a strong sense of
accomplishment.

23. No matter WHAT you want to achieve
with your life, you WILL have to get
out into the world and have some
adventures.

24. And you WILL need to accept the idea
that many times you WON'T get what
you want.

25. But you WILL be able to turn those
experiences into even better ones
later, if you are willing to accept ALL
feedback during your adventures. NOT
just the good stuff.

26. Most successful entrepreneurs know
that it takes a few failed businesses
before you hit it big.

27. Few people meet their dream mates
the very first time they talk to an
attractive person.

28. Most people realize you've got to at
least go on a few dates before you find
THE ONE (whatever that means to
you.).

29. No matter WHAT you are intending,
riches, fame, health, greatness, getting
involved with other people is crucial.

30. Unfortunately, that is the ONE THING
that most people would like to avoid.

31. Which means when you learn how to
interact with others in a way that will
leave a positive trail of happiness
behind you, you'll have an decided
advantage.

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