So have you jotted that down now? The birds are going to get some of the seeds.

Now when the birds get some, you've got two options. Number one is to chase birds. You say, "Well, let me get hold of the person who talked him out of coming to the meeting. I'll tear him a new page." I wouldn't do this.

Here's what happens if you go chasing birds. You leave the field. If you go chasing birds now, you stop sowing. This is going to detract from your future, not add. So you can't chase birds and try to straighten this stuff out.

Here's what it is. It's just one of those things, and here's the best comment when things are a little disappointing. "Isn't that interesting?"

You just have to say, "I thought sure he would be there. He promised me! But I know it was the birds." And you just have to say, "Isn't that interesting?"

Now here's the rest of the story.

The sower kept on sowing. See, that was the secret to his success. He kept on sowing. And if you keep sowing, you can sow more than the birds can get because there aren't enough birds. If you keep sowing, there are always some birds but there's not enough, because the Law of Averages will work for you.

My mentor taught me, "You know, Mr. Rohn, there are only nine or ten real nasty, miserable people in the whole world. Now you know they move around a lot and you're liable to bump into one once in awhile, but when you bump into one you say “There's only 9 more like you in the whole world – I can handle that !"

Now here's what else it says. The sower now keeps sowing the seed. Now the seed falls, the story says, on rocky ground where the soil is shallow.

And the rocky ground where the soil is shallow is not of your making, because you had excellent seed and you were an ambitious sower.