Nil Sine Labore

You might call it a family curse.

I’ve tried various get-rich-quick schemes in my life and none of them ever panned out. Even a coaching program that carried a money-back guarantee of earning $50K within twelve months. After of year of coaching, was I earning fifty-thousand?

They gave me a choice: my money back or another twelve months free. I choose the additional time. I’m still not making $50,000.

The whole Daren Palmer affair got me thinking about the many times I’ve tried to grab boat loads of cash the easy way. I’ve never found it to be very easy. But it reminded me of a discovery.

A few years back I found my family crest. It dates back to about fifteenth century England and carries this Latin inscription – Nil Sine Labore. Nothing without work.

Back in the mists of ancient England, some ancestor of mine decided the entire family line would opt out of the whole easy money scene. Well, whoever you were, thanks.

Really. I mean it.

Now more than ever, so it seems, we’re in the midst of a generation that wants wealth without work, privilege without responsibility, respect without honor, accolades without any accomplishments.

And there, but for the grace of God, go I.

Nil Sine Labore.

I’m calling it a family blessing.

BTW, here’s a book that just might be the antidote to get-rich-quick-itis.

Wealth goten by vanity shall be diminished: But he who gathers by labor shall increase. – Proverbs 13:11