You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- You must take action or invest effort to achieve significant rewards.
- In plain terms
- You have to put something in to get something out.
- What can you take from it?
- Action is required to achieve rewards.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What are you investing in?
- How do you take action?
Another view
Effort does not guarantee a jackpot.
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