Ok so I get the question almost every day now… “Which book should I get (next)?”
My best answer is:
This all depends on which “stage” you’re in with your business – (and the challenge you’re currently facing).
You’re gonna hit more than a few walls, and man I sure wish I would have paid more attention to older wiser millionaires would check in on me…
They tried to tell me what to do… but I just wasn’t getting it.
If only I would have thought it through to create more clarity around what I wanted my life to be like…
I would have (better) known which steps to take, and would have gotten there 20 years faster.
So when I’m launching someone into their next level, I start them with the appropriate books, (depending on what they need), immediately…
And depending on what stage or where they are in their journey, (or what new tools/ideas they may need), I guide them to (specific) resources accordingly.
But first, I have to tell you:
If you DO NOT read what you need to read, and DO what you need to DO, then you will NOT be in a knowing space and be able to speak from experience to truly help impact other people’s lives.
Also, only take one step at a time, with yourself, and with other people.
If you (or they) are confused or overwhelmed with too many steps or too much to do, you and they will go into “analysis paralysis”.
Confusion Causes Paralysis, So Clarity is POWER
Below, I’m going over the first 15 books a new Entrepreneur must read, depending on which stage you’re at currently.
You only need to get through ONE or TWO at a time.
If you want to save yourself a ton of time, all while managing expectations and energy, follow this exact formula…
Here we go:
First, I must qualify them, so I’m not wasting my time or theirs…
I’ll take steps to make sure they’re the type of person that :
Does what they need to do, in order to get what they say they want.
They DO what they SAY they’re going to do.
Is coachable.
So if they’ve told me they’re interested, but they’ve always been an employee, then I’m not absolutely sure they’re NOT gonna waste my time, (especially if this is their first business venture).
So I’ll do a little (qualification) test as a “filter”. They call this “gapping”.
I’ll tell them:
“Ok, before we go into it, make sure to go out today and get the book “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki — and when you’re done with the book, call me back.“
And guess what happens most of the time?
They don’t call me back!
Why?
Because they didn’t do what they said they were going to do, and they didn’t do what I told them to do, by going and purchasing (and reading) the book!
(Which means they’re not hungry enough and they’re not qualified to get my valuable time!)
Now, the other 1/3rd of the time, they DO go get the book and read it. And guess what happens?
Breakthroughs
They have a huge breakthrough. A full on paradigm shift, and now they TRUST that what I tell them WORKS!
Now I’m positioned and my credibility goes up, because they had significant paradigm shifts. The books save me a lot of work and their belief is high, so now they’ll finally have the desire needed to change their life and do what it takes to get there.
So that’s…
NUMBER ONE – Rich Dad Poor Dad
“Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki
Because 95% of people are coming from being an employee, so it’s best if they get that (crucial) initial paradigm shift.
If you’ve already read it, or you’re already a business owner, you can skip to…
“The Cashflow Quadrant” by Robert Kiyosaki
This book will help them with 1000% belief in building business ASSETS, leverage and systems instead of small business, trading their time for linear income.
Once an entrepreneur’s paradigm is shifted, they realize the benefits of their time investment and the power of delayed gratification when it comes to Financial Freedom.
Lower Your Taxes, BIGTIME, by Sandy Botkin
Once you understand the Tax Benefits of Being a Home-Based Business Owner, you’ll stay in long enough to gain the skills you need to not only save money, but generate significant income and create long-term wealth.
How To Win Friends And Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
Another life-changing classic. Do not be confused by the title.
Every wealthy person I know has read the book over 3 times.
It’s about having INFLUENCE. *(They also have a newer version for the Digital Age!)
The Slight Edge, by Jeff Olson
This is the true “secret” to a $uccessful life.
At some stage, you’ll feel like you’re missing the one puzzle piece that would help you achieve the desired goal.
There is no perfect secret, but if there was one, this would be it.
The Magic of Thinking BIG, by David J. Schwartz
A carefully designed program for improvement in the most important areas!
This will help you with a solid foundation for building your bigger dream.
The Power of Positive Thinking, by Norman Vincent Peale
If you’re serious about becoming successful, then you must have a TRAINED MIND.
Without the right mindset, success will be impossible…
This book alone can change your life.
Get Over Your Damn Self, by Romi Neustadt
A BluePrint to building a life-changing business.
You must identify your blind spots so you can get rid of what’s holding you back.
Outwitting The Devil, by Napolean Hill
“Fear is the tool of a man-made Devil”.
This gets to the root of human potential, while identifying the greatest obstacles we face in reaching our personal goals.
CRUCIAL read if you’re looking to have joy and success.
Think and Grow Rich, by Napolean Hill
A legendary book, because the hardest thing to do is THINK, (so you can GROW).
Every wealthy person has read OVER 3 times.
Mindset, by Carol S. Dweck
Do you have a “fixed” mindset, or a “growth” mindset. Discovering these principles and tools will help you get there. Make this part of your BEING.
Influence, by Robert Cialdini
No matter what you’re building, you’ve got to have influence with your market.
The Gap and The Gain, by Dan Sullivan
Today’s attitude, mindset and strategies that will set you apart. It’s easy to weed yourself out of bottom 90%…
177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class, by Steve Siebold
In my opinion, this is the Bible of SUCCESS. Not only a MUST READ, but 177 MUST DOs if you’re serious about WINNING.
Start Late, Finish Rich, by David Bach
If you’re over 40 and you don’t have a set plan for early retirement, GET ON THIS!
Ok so there’s the first books you’ll need to START.
I’m 100% confident that they will help you like they helped me.
And if you’re the type of person who had already decided you’re going to do W.I.T. – (Whatever It Takes), and GO GET THEM, READ THEM, and then IMPLEMENT what you learned…. then I’m absolutely 1000% sure you’ll be ultra successful in your life and businesses.
I was on three different coaching calls on Zoom with ALL IN entrepreneurs who are willing to do whatever it takes to find solutions and feed their family…
And if you are like many others right now, you or someone you know got “The Call” in the last few months…
The call goes something like this: “Hey, I’m glad I caught you before you came in. We have nothing for you to do and the company is cutting costs to stay afloat. Just stay home and “Hunker Down” and we’ll call you in the next few weeks ok?”
Now those 3 entrepreneurs are already in action with their business, so they have found their way to GETTING HIGHLY PAID.
“Forced Innovation”
Now there’s two types of people in this world… (and we already know which one you are or you wouldn’t be reading this):
1. First, there’s the ones who whine, procrastinate, make excuses and fall victim to “whatever happens” to them.
*They have a negative mindset, disempowering beliefs, point fingers and blame, so they continue to struggle. They’ll blame ANYTHING (outside of themselves) for where they are…
And then there’s…
2. The ones who have a trained mind to spot the GOOD in every situation and jump into immediate action to find solutions and overcome their obstacle.
*(They have trained mind to find the “blessing in disguise”.)
And today may just change everything for you… because “Every closed door will send you to the next one that’s open”, and I believe everything happens for a reason…
Let’s get into what millions have found to be
The best most immediate solution…
So how easy is it to start your own business/side hustle and build YOUR OWN dreams?
Well, to put it into perspective, we have now directly helped over 5000 people start and build at least one extra channel of income coming into their household.
We’ve indirectly helped 10’s of thousands more to achieve multiple streams of online recurring or compounding income in the last 12 months…
And this is all with ZERO RISK strategies.
“So what’s the catch?” is what most people ask, so let me give you the catches…
(BTW, I had to do this all myself first too):
I had UN-LEARN most of the “normal” things I had been programmed for.
I had to learn to be HUMBLE and get rid of my EGO and admit that I was not where I wanted to be, and whatever I knew THEN, was exactly what brought me to where I was. (And if I already knew, or were aware of it, I’d already be where I wished I was!).
It’s not an investment of “money”, but an investment of TIME invested in MYSELF.
I had to STEP UP and ASK ADVICE from people who had PROVEN RESULTS.
I had to be willing to DO what they advised, because they are not “friends” (who say what you want them to say), but actual MENTORS, who tell you what you need to DO to get the same results, (and if I didn’t DO it, then I’d be wasting both my time AND THEIRS.
THE POINT IS
There are now over 44,000,000 more Americans who have started their own side hustles, with bigger dreams and NO LIMITS.
Success magazine says, “The 9 to 5 job is OVER” and “NOW is the BEST TIME to OWN YOUR LIFE”, because it’s completely possible, especially in these times with PROVEN SYSTEMS for Success!
So if you’ve lost your job/business income or been feeling stuck at your j.o.b. with a cap to how much you can make, could NOW be the “Blessing in Disguise” for you?
So hey, are you still gettin’ after your New Year’s Resolutions yet?
You didn’t “fizzle out” on the massive #action did you?
Watch…
Before you realize, it’s going to be 3 weeks into February… then March… then DECEMBER…!!!
The gyms have already gone right back to being empty and the procrastination has set back in. (More than) 90% of people have already bitched out on their goal.
So I’m going to reveal the next 3 crucial next steps for “Staying Started” on your mission…
Here we go:
Find the right mentor/coach/accountability partner.
BUILD an ultra clear VISION/MISSION/GOAL… and …
Have a clear, proven, step-by-step D.M.O. to move your forward toward your vision.
Now, here’s the crucial details:
Why is the right mentor, coach or even accountability partner so important?
Well first… Have you ever seen the difference in results of someone who “tries” to get the same results on their own versus someone who has a badd-ass personal trainer?
And have you ever seen a lazy, unhealthy and overweight personal trainer do very well financially? Would YOU ever go to them to ask for advice?
Or what about this:
Would you ever take relationship advice from someone who has been divorced 3 times and is currently SINGLE?
But people do this all the time with their life, business and financial situations. Think about it:
Where would you say most people get their financial advice?
Friends, co-workers, family?
A “financial advisor”, the bank or the News?
Where do you get YOUR coaching/information/education?
Can you see the problem, and why over 57% of people don’t even have $500 in the bank to pay for an emergency if it happened?
Nothing to be ashamed of, I used to do it too!
Let me explain another way:
Back in the day, I had bought this new software for my music hobby… but I was cheap… and it COST me an extra 2 years of my time…
Seriously…
I found out later how being cheap can be expensive!
I had met a new friend who actually had the same program and he had learned the whole thing from someone who already knew how to use everything… IN LESS THAN A WEEK!!!!
So we hung out for a few nights, and I learned more in 3 nights than I did in A YEAR trying to teach myself!
I was SO pissed I had wasted so much TIME, and I learned NEVER to do that again…
So seriously… RIGHT NOW….
Find someone who already KNOWS how to get what you’re looking for and ask THEM for help.
Don’t make the mistake of having so big of an ego that you can’t ask for help! It’s insane! We’re so scared of looking stupid if we “don’t know”, so we don’t ask…. !
But it’s the ones who reach out and ask who are the ones who get the learning curve down 100 times faster than everyone else!
So why does it have to be an “ultra clear vision or goal” ?
Because if you don’t know EXACTLY where you’re trying to go, then it’s going to be next to impossible to get there.
Same as the MAPS app in your phone.
If you don’t put in that END DESTINATION, the “program” – (your subconscious) will NOT be able to WORK to get you there!
And personally, I used to be super naive and think that “Dream Boards” were cheesy and didn’t really matter…
I Was Dead Wrong.
So TONIGHT, start on your Dream Board.
And remember, those who say “I’ll do it later”… that day never comes.
And when I say crystal clear on your vision, you must put ALL the tiniest details on that Vision Board, so you subconscious can really FEEL it.
Put the board somewhere where you’ll see it all the time throughout the day.
And now, your subconscious, (which is a million times more powerful than your conscious brain), is in the background, working on things for you…
You’ll see, it will start to give you ideas and motivate you to get back into focus every time you walk by it.
And when it gives you those thoughts and ideas, don’t just daydream. .. TAKE ONE STEP FORWARD on that thought.
The ACTION STEP is what matters.
What’s a D.M.O.?
It’s your Daily Method of Operation that will help you STEP up that MOUNTAIN, instead of STARING up that mountain!
There’s the book called The ONE THING that explains this, but in general there’s always “ONE THING” that you can do for your business that if you just did it every day consistently, it would make everything else unimportant or irrelevant!
When I jump on consults Zooms with people, we are quickly able to identify these habits (and their WHY) that will help get the goal knocked out!
Once you get the main one down, it’ll open up the doors for the other D.M.O.s and you’re back in momentum!
And NOW you’re back on track with your original New Year’s Resolution, and now you feel GANGSTA again!
So, I hope that was helpful, because finding the (right) new friends sure changed my life… and it happened fairly quickly.
If you’re not sure where to start, you can just reach out HERE and ask… I’m here to help.
In this post, I’m going to explain why you may feel like you’ve been taken advantage of and there always seems to be “more month than money“.
THEY LIED TO YOU.
How do I know?
Because I’ve been there.
As an employee, you trade your TIME for (linear) income, as you miss quality time with your kids, your family and your friends.
Then, as a business owner, I was owned by the business. It took ALL of my time away.
If it wasn’t for a few mentors finally interrupting my patterns and helping me discover the true value of my own time freedom and how to get it, I would still be there, running in a hamster wheel.
Sooner or later, we realize that TIME is more valuable than money.
Money comes and goes, but you will never get your timeback.
Now, some of the things in this post may just make you uncomfortable, but at least they are the truth, and the truth may just set you free, like it did for me.
But There’s A Catch
It must be more painful NOT to change, than to come out of your comfort zone and create change.
You may just realize, (like I did), that “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
You’re not going to take it any more! You’re tired of being tired, not being able to travel the world with your family, always saying, “I’ll do it later”.
Maybe you’ll decide that you’re not going to do what you’ve been told any more!
“They LIED to me. I don’t believe I’m just supposed to go to work and back, just to pay my taxes. I’m tired of being busy and tired!â€
And when enough is enough, you’ll open your mind to break the pattern to create the change.
So, here are the 7 absolutely ridiculous lies (old language patterns) that have kept you from “the next level” of life, with more time freedom and more income in 2020 and beyond.
Caution:
You will have to build the brain muscle to catch your subconscious in the act, once and for all, breaking these internal language patterns that have held you back for years.
1. Real Lie: “I’m so busy/don’t have any extra timeâ€:
This obnoxious language pattern will surely keep us “too busy†for friends, family, and life.
Sadly, most people don’t even realize the truth about the value of TIME until something BAD happens.
After the wealth books really sunk in, I finally realized I was always “busy”.
I was saying it to my children, my friends and my family all the d*mn time, and it had to STOP.
My small businesses were sucking away my life.
On the outside, it looked like I was “successful”, but it was actually just the same as a job. I was trading my priceless TIME for a certain amount of money.
The more “successful” we became, the more employees there were to manage, the more overhead, paperwork, mortgage, insurance, maintenance, etc.
A few paradigm-shifting questions would be:
– Why am I motivated to work hard for money? What am I really after?
– Is what I am currently doing actually WORKING? Will it get me to the things that are most important in my life?
– In the last 3 years, has anything changed?
– If I keep doing what I’m doing, am I going to be in a place of financial or time freedom in the next 5 years, so I have TIME for the most important things in my life?
If you currently run your own small business, you’ve probably figured out that you don’t own it – it owns you, and all of your time.
The only way you’re going to interrupt that pattern of “not having any time†is to FIND the time to learn how to leverage your efforts and automate, so you can duplicate yourself.
If you don’t learn this, you’ll never break the pattern of being BUSY.
Solution: People FIND the time for the things they VALUE. Figure out your WHY”.
Asking the right questions will help you come up with the right solutions and actions:
a. What would having more quality time mean for me and my family?
b. What would that allow me to be, do, and have?
c. After I have achieved this, am I going to look back and see that it was worth it?
The answer…. Â (YES!)
2. Real Lie: “I’m broke/don’t have any extra moneyâ€:
This deadly language pattern will keep you POOR, and like most others, if you don’t interrupt that language habit RIGHT NOW, you’re going to be in the exact same boat tomorrow, next month, next year, and the year after that, for a very long time until you figure it out.
What we all must understand is that most EVERYONE makes money. It comes and goes.
We all work to earn money somehow, but the difference between the wealthy and poor is what you choose to do with your spare money when you get it in your hands.
When you earn money, what do you do with it? Do you immediately invest it into a business/asset, or do you waste it on liabilities and instant gratification?
Most people spend money to look successful and keep up with the Jones’ but they’re not financially set.
Being “broke” can actually be temporary, because you can change your poor habits, but if you keep your poor habits and decisions, you’ve chosen to be poor… and POOR is forever.
If you want change, make the changes NOW. You can’t expect any level of change if you keep the procrastination, bad habits, limiting beliefs, and crippling internal language patterns.
Solution: Stop being a WUSSY and start investing in yourself!
Change your internal environment. Read wealth books. Notice what you do with your spare TIME and MONEY.
3. Real Lie: “I need to work harder!â€:
We’ve all learned from our parents to “work hard”, but actually, this is old information from The Great Depression that has been passed down a generation too many.
“Hard work” is good and all, but that was passed down from our parent’s parents, who lived in the Industrial Age, where you were programmed to work hard, “with your own two hands”, in a factory until you are old and grey.
There was not a lot of actual thinking involved, just hard work for non-leveraged income – (meaning, no lifestyle).
Lucky for us, today is the Information Age, and the highest paid entrepreneurs with time freedom are those who work smart and understand that timing is everything in business.
You will squeeze 40 years into 5 years with smart leveraged work to build assets, if you’re in the right business vehicles, and “timing is everything”.
One way I worked smart instead of hard, was learning how to share information on the internet.
If you learn something and share that valuable information, in the Information Age, (NOT the Industrial Age), you can make a ton of money!
I don’t actually physically sell anything , (which would be a linear money equation), but simply share extremely valuable information that helped people.
** Timeless tip:
Those who help the most people, creating the most value in the market place, are the ones who are the most successful.
Solution: Get yourself uncomfortable and do smartwork!
The hardest thing to do is THINK. Growth is painful. (Uncomfortable). This is why people get regular 9 to 5 jobs – they don’t have to think! They just can go there and do what they’re told for 8-10 hours/day.
Now it may seem easier with less pressure to be an employee, but I think the 40-year hard work plan is WAY harder than the 5 year (smart) plan. And even if you fail, you learn.
 4. Real Lie: “Go to school and get a safe secure jobâ€:
They say that poor people teach their kids to “go to school, get a good jobâ€, or “the smarter you are, the more money you’ll make”.
You know, the plan to work hard, making someone else rich, to retire at 65 or 70! Great idea, right? LOL
The truth is, wealthy people teach their kids the exact opposite. The wealthy teach their kids how to HIRE our “smart†hard-working kids right out of college.
Every wealth book says, “a school education will get you by, but a self education will make you a fortune”.
But don’t just take my word for it. You must think for yourself.
Stop and think:
Are you “doing what you’re told� Who are you taking advice from? Should you take advice and opinions from them if they are not successful in that area you want to be successful in?
You’ve been told to get a safe secure job or small business and work 40-60 hours/week for the next 45 years, and retire when you’re 65 or 70 years old.
THEN when you’re too old, you’ll get to travel the world and be with your family and finally get to LIVE! So if you play that movie out to the end, how is that plan going to work out for you?
The problem with that plan is, you’re not really living it up and don’t really have the energy to travel around the world at 70 years old.
Yes, having a job is good, and being self employed is even one step better. But if you’re looking for next level living, (and/or freedom), you’ll need a 24-7 leveraged business vehicle.
Solution: Read a ton of wealth books. Start with “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki. Then get “The Cashflow Quadrant”. Once I began to realize how little I knew about freedom, I became addicted to discovering what else I didn’t know!
How can you win “the game” if you don’t even know the rules?
5. Real Lie: “I need a good/better jobâ€:
Sooner or later, (hopefully sooner), we realize that a better job will not allow anyone any true financial or time freedom. We may have received a raise, but nothing has changed.
You’re still building the dreams of someone else, and if you’ve filled out a W-2 form, you are taxed to death, trapped in the very worst tax bracket.
We all know, “It’s not what you make, it’s what you keep“, but some people actually go out and get 2 or even 3 jobs, and now they are working backwards – doubling and tripling their own tax burden!
I mean seriously, have you ever seen someone with 2 or 3 jobs – are they wealthy yet? heheh! That’s a cold hard “NO”.
You can not grow wealth if you do not get your tax burden down to a legal minimum.
The truth is, there are rich people, (who work, trading their time for money, many times stuck indoors 15 hours/day), and then there are wealthy people, (who invested the time to build assets that pay them whether they work or not).
They worked smart and are now done working, able to choose what they want to do with their day. Wealth is not measured in money, it is measured in time freedom and quality of life.
*Tip:
We unconsciously think about WHAT job can we do, or HOW we can make money, so we become slaves to linear income, (meaning, if you stop working, you stop getting paid), so you’ll be working until you’re very old.
A “better job†is never going to change your situation, because it is still linear income – things will be the same for you next year.
If you don’t realize and write down what is important to you, (your WHY and your passion), you won’t feel the importance of coming out of your comfort zone and taking action on the “how†to create an extraordinary life, because it is uncomfortable.
Wealthy people have realized WHY they are on Earth – they have purpose. You need more powerful motivation to learn and DO whatever it takes to make leveraged assets for passive income, (even while you sleep), so you have the TIME to make an impact in the world, paying it forward.
Wealthy people leave legacies – not only money, but valuable information.
Again, yes, it is extremely uncomfortable to learn and DO something new and different, and if you don’t have a strong enough reason WHY you would do it, you will never find the time or money to learn how. People with no “why” stay in their comfort zone, which is also a form of living inside the box.
Solution: Read the book called “Lower Your Taxes Big Time” by Sandy Botkin . Then search for a home business that you can be passionate about. The tax benefits alone will change your life. Your taxes are the biggest expense of your life, and if you don’t get your taxes down to a legal minimum, you will never build wealth.  Â
6. Real Lie: “I already know” :
This is a killer of ultimate success. A fixed mind will keep you stuck, trying the same approach that isn’t working.
When I was younger, I was self-employed and thought I “had it all dialed”, being “busy and successful”. After I while, wealthy mentors helped me discover that what I had done was bought myself a JOB.
Most of us don’t realize we aren’t really listening to people when having a conversation. We are just saying “I know that already” in our heads, and thinking of the next thing to say back.
A few others actually “know” the path, but don’t come out of our comfort zone and take the risk to WALK the path.
If you’re not where you want to be in life, but you stick to what you think you know, and you defend your beliefs about money or time, then you are stuck, aren’t you?
When you think you “know it all”, then you can’t learn anything. You should be listening intently when wealthy people are around. If you’re always talking, you’re just repeating what you think you already know.
You’re definitely not listening, therefore you’re not learning anything that will get you to the next level. I finally learned that I should be asking questions and being interested, instead of trying to be interesting!
So, the more you learn, the more you find out how little you actually know, and that you don’t even know what you don’t even know!
In order to have what you’ve never had before, you must learn what you didn’t know before, and you must DO what you’ve never done before. In order to achieve more, you must become more, to be more valuable for others!
Solution: Drop the ego. Admit you don’t know it all. And when the student is ready, the master will appear!
OR, you can just go searching and find one! lol
7. Real Lie: “I don’t like sales†and “I’m not a good salesman/saleswoman“:
This is one of the worst human fears of all time, killing any big dreams or abundance. This fear mostly comes from TV and movies.
We have unconsciously picked up the thought patterns that salesmen are “slimy†or “pushy”, so we program ourselves to say “NO†to opportunities before we even KNOW what we’re saying “NO†to. (Like those horses with the blinders on so they don’t get spooked!)
The fact is, those who make the most money in this world do some form of sales. Sales happens when someone is happy to part with their currency in trade of something that is more valuable than the currency they hold on tightly to.
Also, many many times in your life, you have tried to sell yourself on why you were the “right person for the job”, or why your product or service would be valuable to someone or their business, or why you would be the best boyfriend/girlfriend.
Think about it: Have you ever recommended something to somebody before? Of course! And they probably came back a couple days later, saying “wow, thank you for telling me about that, it was awesome!”…
In fact, the highest paid activity in this world is sales, and the people who make the most money in this world are the ones who help the most amount of people get what they want.
They do this by SHARING information about a product/service to others – not “selling“.
It’s extra funny when people try to sell me on why they’re “not a good salesmanâ€. If you don’t like selling, it would be because either you don’t believe in yourself, or you don’t believe in your product or service.
I always joke, “oh how cute! Look at you trying to sell me on why you’re not a good salesman!” (Then 3 months later, they ask me for a job, trying to “sell” me on why they are valuable for a position!)
Solution: Think about your favorite restaurant:Â Have you ever told anyone about it? Of course you have. And you don’t care if they go or not, but you naturally wanted to SHARE the information with them because you’ve had a good experience and you believe in the product!
You see, we do a form of referral marketing or Direct Sales every day, we just don’t get paid for it…. YET! That’s why the new buzz term is “social capital”.
The power of the word of mouth is the most powerful thing in business, and now everyone knows you can capitalize on it. They say “Rich people build networks, to make money while they sleep. Everyone else looks for work.”.
So, to interrupt bad patterns for the rest of 2015, suspend your disbelief long enough to pry your mind open and search out things you are passionate about.
You’ll then surely feel like sharing it with the world. If you believe in what you’re doing, it will not feel like work to you, and loving what you do is the true success!
Enthusiasm is what naturally attracts others, and they will be begging for more info on your products and services!
Wow! It’s been a while since I listened to the audio version of this little book, but here’s EXACTLY how we were able to give ourselves a “raise” of over $550k this past 2 years, even through a “Plan-Demic”…
10 Clear Distinctions
“The 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires and Middle-Class” is the name of a small but very powerful book, by Keith Cameron Smith.
And if you know the difference(s), then you can make sure to think and then TAKE ACTION like a Millionaire!
I always loved listening to this and knowing where to point my mind… This stuff is SO true, and I’m pretty f*ckin’ excited to share it with you…
Here are some of the points I got from this amazing little book…
Starting backward from 10:
#10 – Millionaires Think LONG TERM. The Middle-Class Think Short Term
Let’s start with very poor…
Poor people think in a “day to day“ mentality:
The “poor” will subconsciously ask themselves, “How am I – (“meeeee”) going to survive today“.
They can barely take care of themselves, so trying to help someone else is usually out of the question – a less conscious space of “I” and “Me”.
What they don’t understand is that: what you seek, you will find , and they think scarcity.
People in poverty (at best) think in a “week to week” mentality:
They say to themselves, “Let me just get to this weekend”, just one step higher but still a “me, myself, and I” space. Survival.
The Middle Class think “month to month“ :
They look to be comfortable, and when you’re “comfortable with being comfortable”, you will stay there, settling for what life gives you.
When you only worry about being comfortable, don’t look or live to be extraordinary.
They’re thinking is, “How am I going to pay my bills this month?”. This is also a “me me me”, (“MY” bills) mentality.
The Rich think “year to year“:
They have a plan and have goals for the year.
More importantly, the Rich are usually Entrepreneurs. They’re always acting on new ideas to solve problems. They help other people get what they want.
Let’s say someone has a problem – (a flat tire) – so the business owner created a solution for them and started a tire store.
If people are hungry, the entrepreneur started the Taco Shop to help people get what they’re looking for.
That is being proactive and valuable in the market place!
The Very Rich/Wealthy think “decade to decade“:
They have an abundance mentality and a Core Value of FREEDOM.
They know that there’s more than enough for everybody to have more than enough. No limits. They constantly looking for growth and where the biggest problems will be in 10 years.
In fact, it’s the wealthy know:
The more you help people get what THEY want, the more you get what you want, and the amount of money you make in this world, (and the quality of your life), is directly proportionate to how much valuable you create in the market place.
The TRUTH is that there is abundance. The LIE is that there is “scarcity”. Stretch your business plans 10 or even 20 years out!
Also, make sure you learn how to create yourself freedom!
#9 – Millionaires talk about the future and ideas… (while the Middle-Class talks about things and other people)
We’ve all seen how people attract gravitate to others with like-minds, who are just like them…
(Like the gossip groups who get together at lunch or on the 15-minute break, smoking cigarettes and talk about people, lol!)
OR, on the other side of that, is the rich and successful people who do mastermind groups and talk about the future and ideas.
In fact, in today’s world, it’s an equal playing field. It doesn’t even “take money to make money”. (That’s actually a LIE, because you can manifest money at any time you wish.)
So what does it take?
It takes IDEAS and ACTION to make money – not just “money” to make money.
So..
The Middle-Class complains about things and talk about other people.
However, what most people don’t realize is that whatever you THINK about, you BRING about…
Whatever you focus on, expands.
(So, whatever you complain about, you get more of!)
And whatever you appreciate , you get more of!
The power of life and death (and the quality of your life) is in the thoughts and in the tongue!
And remember, you’re a product of your environment, so watch who you hang around in your spare time!
If you intentionally get around those who are focused on the future and ideas, then you’ll have a much better chance of being in FRONT of the bubble, not behind it – (aka, being “at the right place at the right time”)…
#8 – Millionaires embrace change. The Middle-Class is threatened by change
Do people like change? NO. They fear it.
When change is presented to them, they assume it will be negative or painful.
Middle-Class like comfort, not growth…. (because growth requires “stretching” yourself).
Thinking and stretching yourself to overcome challenges is uncomfortable.
Millionaires , when change is presented to them, positive or negative, they say “it’s gonna benefit me either way”!
The are comfortable with being uncomfortable.
This is a much more empowering perspective to gain. If it’s good, cool! If it’s bad, cool!
Either way, it’s a “win” because you can learn from every experience, good or bad.
The only constant is change. When change comes, it is life’s way of making sure we stretch and grow, to become the person we needed to be, in order to impact more people in a positive way.
And there is always an opportunity to grow from experiences.
#7 – Millionaires take calculated risk. The Middle-Class is afraid to take risk.
Calculated risk means you educate yourself first, and you consider the consequences of failing before you take action.
Here’s 3 questions that can give you profound insight into making wise decisions:
a. What’s the best that can happen?
b. What’s the worst that can happen?
c. What’s the most likely that could happen?
Insight:
If the most likely thing to happen will get you closer to your goals, and if the worst thing that can happen DOES happen, and if you can live with that, then you GO FOR IT!
BUT , if the most likely thing to happen is not going to get you closer to your goals, and if you’re not willing to live with it, don’t do it!
Here are the 3 primary FEARS in Middle-Class that we see.
a.Fear of “Failure“:
Millionaires see failure as good.
Because when you fail, you have an opportunity to learn and grow. Middle-Class see failure as bad.
b.Fear of “Rejection“:
You have to have the desire to succeed, more than you have the need to be approved of by other people.
If you’re successful, some people are going to reject you.
Middle Class can’t deal with rejection.
c.Fear of “Loss“:
Millionaires play the game to WIN. Middle-Class play the money game NOT TO LOSE.
You’ll never have a chance to win by playing “defense” the whole game.
With Middle-Class thinking, you may not “lose”, but you most definitely won’t WIN!
#6 – Millionaires continually learn and grow
Middle-Class think learning ended with school.
The biggest challenge for most people is to let go of the ego long enough to admit that we don’t know everything, so we can actually learn and keep growing!
You can (and should) always look for mentors – (in books, seminars, courses, etc.).
It isn’t that millionaires have the “right genes” or anything. It’s that they are always in front of the bubble, staying up with the times, because they are always adapting, learning, and growing.
We are like trees: If you’re not growing, you’re dying.
When you’re a kid, life is so fun, why is that?!
It’s because you are learning, growing and discovering new things every day.
Mostly, the Middle-Class eventually decide to stop learning. You get stuck in “ruts and routines”, which means you’re stagnant.
Millionaires decide to be lifelong students.
#5 – Millionaires work for profits. The Middle-Class works for WAGES
The great Jim Rohn said, “PROFITS are better than wages”.
It is extremely rare to become wealthy working for wages, and I personally have never seen an employee grow rich from a salary.
I’m quite sure you haven’t either.
You can not expect to have built your own dreams if you wasted most of your time building the dreams, (the business) of someone else.
Instead, invest your spare time into yourself to learn how to create profit and scale it in today’s environment….
Adapt!
#4 -Millionaires believe they MUST be generous. The Middle-Class believes they cannot give.
This one does not need much explanation on a money level, but every millionaire I know is always willing to give me the shirt off their back or offer advice.
They tithe, because it ALWAYS COMES BACK.
They give back, focus on others and live to pay it forward.
Struggling people, (because of their “me me me” mentality), believe everyone else has that same “me” mentality, so they’re not used to other people going out of their way to help someone else!
Instead, they think everyone is trying to sell them something or has an agenda.
Most people will tell themselves (and others) that they’re “not a sales person“, as if that’s a bad thing, when in reality, the best “sales” people are those who help other people get what they want.
Another challenge is, most people aren’t listening when a millionaire is in the room being generous with their knowledge.
In order to take advantage of Millionaire’s mentorship, generosity, advice, drop your ego, be humble, and LISTEN, because Millionaire’s are always happy to be generous and share how they did it!
Because when you GIVE, you get even MORE BACK. Always.
#3 – Millionaires have multiple streams of income
The Middle-Class only has one job/income stream. Maybe two.
I remember constantly telling everyone, “Damn. I don’t have time to hang out this week”
and…
“I’m just super super busy”.
I was making insane money… (But too busy to get any quality time with friends and family).
I needed to break that subconscious pattern before another year passed by, or I would continue missing the more important things in my life…
(Like my kids growing through the most important years of their lives).
Have you ever said to yourself, “I wish I could just stay home today.”
Have you ever said to your family, “No I can’t go with you guys, I gotta work.”
You may have even said it today, wishing you were at home relaxing or getting to travel the world, experiencing life with your friends or family.
When I was running around chasing money like a chicken with it’s head cut off, between my business and home life, I would constantly (and unconsciously) make excuses to everyone I cared about.
After a few years quickly passed by, as realized I missed some important years of my first 2 kids’ lives – (Ages 2-8) – and I finally got tired of being “busy” all the time.
Enough Is Enough
I was frustrated and began exploring ideas on how to achieve this whole “financial freedom” thing that they talk about in all the wealth and business books I was reading.
The truth is that it financial freedom is a “catchy phrase” for most, and it is quite elusive for 99% of people.
And finally, after I asked a wealthy mentor of mine how he did it, we sat down and he started asking me some mind-opening questions…
He asked me point blank, “What is important in your life?”
Then he had me admit…
“Didn’t you just say that you want more time to be around your kids, and experience life, traveling the world with friends and family?”
“And didn’t you just say you want to be FREE?”
I said, “yep”.
He then asked, “OK, but you continue to spend all of your time building a traditional business that keeps you busy, even though it’s keeping you away from the things that matter most to you?”
I didn’t say anything…
Then he was courageous enough to ask the direct question:
“OK, now what kind of person would spend all their time working on things that make them more busy, when all they complain about is they want more time with their kids, and worse, they won’t FIND the time to build something that will get them FREE, so they can get back to what is most important?
I had to admit – “Not a very smart one“.
This is precisely why it is paramount to listen to successful people that have the results you want in your life.
This mentor of mine is always present with his family, traveling, and impacting the world to leave it a better place. I wanted a life like his.
I needed someone to be real with me, to help me realize the pattern I was living.
But seriously, how do you even begin?
Well, he said, “First you have to drop the ego and admit that things must change” … and then you can start with these…
Here’s 5 Things I’ve Learned To Break The Subconscious Patterns Of “Being Busy”
Teach-ability Index:
I had to admit I didn’t know it all, or I would have had the results I wanted already…
You must be teach-able and admit that you’re not where you want to be, so you can break your OLD patterns and GROW new patterns.
You must learn what you didn’t know before, and you must grow into the person you’ve never BEEN before, to get what you’ve never had before!
Watch Out For Being “Too Smart For Your Own Good”:
Being “smarter than everyone” as a professional in your field can actually harm you and your income in another field.
It is very hard to learn anything new if you’re already too smart for your own good.
As small business owners, we tend to have the “if you want it done right, you gotta do it yourself” mentality.
Many times, we don’t trust anyone else to do the job “just right”. We all think we’re so smart…. but only at first!
Sooner or later we realize that the more skilled we become, the less we are able to duplicate ourselves to put someone in our place in case we don’t feel like working that day.
Once we can let go and trust people to do their job or follow a system, we can eventually create ourselves some time freedom.
Think franchising and duplication – which brings us to…
Have A SYSTEM Running Your Business: – (Not YOU running the business):
Think about the wealthiest people…
Have you ever seen them building the businesses and doing all the work themselves with no help?
No. They have systems. They recruit and find talent to run the systems. They build teams, duplicate and scale.
Think about McDonald’s:
They didn’t make the best burgers – They made the best system! It’s a SYSTEM running their business.
They made it extremely simple, where any high school dropout can run the building, as long as they follow the manual/system.
This way, we can have people in place that are trained to follow a system and know what to do, even when we’re not there, so we no longer have to be there, holding their hands, and running the business ourselves.
This means we are able to duplicate our efforts, for leveraged, residual income.
McDonald’s owner is actually dead now, but his legacy lives on, and his family still collects the checks!
When you have built a team that can follow a system, you will have leveraged, recurring income.
The term “self-made millionaire” was never true, or even possible. Nobody has ever made a million dollars by themselves. They would not have the time.
Anyone who tries it, dies trying, because that is what’s called LINEAR income. Linear income means, if you stop working, you stop getting paid.
You will work forever in a linear equation, because you are collecting 100% of only ONE person’s efforts – your own – ZERO leverage.
And remember, you’re either being LEVERAGED…. or you’re LEVERAGING!
And if you build a team, well now you have leverage in business – meaning leveraged time, effort, and income.
Course Correcting Questions: (Thinking Five Years Out):
– Are you 100% satisfied with what you’re doing currently?
– What do you want your life to be like?
– If you keep doing what you’re doing for the next 4-5 years, are you going to be in a place of financial or time freedom?
Now, if what you are doing currently isn’t getting you the results you want, but you don’t change your language patterns of “being too busy” to make a change, then nothing will change.
You will still end up with a lack of money or time next year, and your situation will most likely even get worse.
The year after that will also be the same or worse, unless you make a serious change in your decisions, habits, and patterns, and where you invest your time.
However, if you take action now and make the time for something that will eventually allow you to be UN-busy, then you will create change for yourself.
So:
What is important to you?
Your health? Freedom? Money? Abundance? Giving Back? Impacting the world and making a difference?
If you said yes to any of these, I invite and expose you to a proven plan, where you could work SMART for the next 4-5 years, following a step-by-step system that will put you in a place of financial (and TIME) freedom.
So would you even be open to taking an educated look?
If the answer is “yes”, then click right now to watch our “Secrets of the 1%” webinar. It just may be the major paradigm shift you needed to create change, right at the right time.
Remember, the best way to predict your future is to CREATE it,…
Because life doesn’t give you what you want – It gives you what you earn!
If I didn’t “get it”, I was never going to be free.
It’s crazy to remember how I felt back in the day, when I used to think that working harder was the key.
My Dad always told me, “you gotta work HARD”, and I tried it for many painful years, living that month-to-month struggle.
Even back then, it was the same story :
The dollar was depreciating, but nobody was getting significant raises. There were other people like me that had jobs, but were always broke, living paycheck-to-paycheck.
And still today, everyone is looking for supplemental income and many are going out and getting 2 and even 3 jobs, thinking that it’s going to change something.
Your parents told you, “If you just put your head down and work harder than others, you’ll win!”, but this isn’t the most accurate information.
The catch phrase “Financial Freedom” is thrown around a lot today, but pretty d*mn elusive for employees and the self-employed. I know, because I used to be there…
So, in this post, I’m going to reveal “5 Don’ts” that I have discovered, that keep most people struggling. This information has helped me get free from the every day stress and grind of doing “normal” daily things.
Now, if you’re ready to live outside of “the box”, I have a warning:
You’ll have to unlearn almost everything you’ve ever been taught about money and time. (Unless that is, you were raised by parents who are free, financially, with tons of quality time freedom.)
So here are 5 initial “NO NOs”, coming straight from the mouth of the mentors I’ve learned from, who are outside of the box and who are totally financially free.
Ready? GO!
1. DO NOT: Make un-educated decisions:
The majority of hard working month-to-month struggling employees have one thing in common: They say “no” before they even know what they are saying “no” to.
Sometimes, business owners, (and even Home Business owners) also do the same thing, which keeps them struggling for time freedom.
The word “opportunity” in the United States is taken way too lightly, because there is so much of it flowing everywhere.
People in the U.S. take it for granted, but the foreigners know more about the ‘American Dream” than the we do!
It is absolutely insane that Americans think the American Dream is to “go to school and get a safe secure job, working for someone else, 40-50 hours/week for 40 years, and retire when you’re 65-70 years old! Haha!!
“And THEN you can travel the world and have time with your loved ones!” LOL! Are you freaking kidding me?
On the other side, many people self-employed or have their own small business. It is a bit better than a job, but basically we only bought ourselves a job, and we are basically owned by our own business.
Now, I have had several traditional businesses, but it felt like I was married to them but couldn’t say I was in love with them.
I used to pass up great opportunities every day, because I thought I was “too busy”, and I stayed busy for way too many years until it became painful to be way from my kids and I had to open my mind to better ideas and possibilities.
Have you ever seen the poor horses downtown, pulling the carriage, with those “blinders” over their eyes, so they don’t get spooked? This is great metaphor for closed minds. —–>
We all would love to think we are open-minded, but then we walk around saying “no no, I’m not interested” to everything and anyone who approaches, (even if many of those offers could greatly benefit our lives or businesses, we wouldn’t know it, because we already said “not interested”!
This is actually not our fault, but, (because of the TV, radio, newspaper trying to sell us everything), we have been PROGRAMMED to say “not interested” to everybody and everything, making extremely uneducated decisions, without at least looking at the information to weigh the value of it and make an educated decision.. .
The challenge for most people is, this fast-paced world of new technology and innovation changes every day, and the only way to catch the wave is to be in front of it.
If you’re not open to the new information – (walking around like a zombie saying “not interested” thinking you already know what it is), you may always be in the dark, making un-educated decisions, missing growth windows and waves, causing you to struggle, month-to-month.
DO: Make educated decisions: When opportunity knocks, or people approach, invest the time to discover any new information that may just benefit you.
2. DO NOT: Tell yourself stories:
When listening to people’s language patterns, mentors believe they can immediately tell if the person speaking will be successful or not.
You can either have doubt and excuses, (stories you tell yourself for why you’re not where you want to be), or you can be successful, but you can’t have both. Is your cup half empty or half full?
All day long, we talk out loud, and in our head, making up stories about why we are not where we would like to be in life, and giving meanings to things that happen to us. Most of us have no idea that we even do this.
Here’s the deal: It’s not what happens to you that matters. It’s the meaning you give to what happens to you.
You can either use is as a learning tool, (a stepping stone to grow stronger), or you can use it as an excuse and play victim. Are you going to continue to blame outside events for where you are, or are you going to own your life and take responsibility to change the outcome?
It’s called response-ability! You have the ability to respond, and create a different outcome the next time. I believe everything happens for a reason, and it is to build you into the person you needed to be, in order to help others break through the same barriers and patterns.
Break your bad patterns and limiting beliefs, and you will change your life. No more stories! You want to be successful, but life doesn’t give you what you want – it gives you what your deserve.
DO: Invest in yourself and do whatever it takes to change your situation, so you will be in the position – (a knowing space) – to be able to help others break the barriers that used to hold you back. The amount of money you make in this world is directly proportionate to how valuable you become to others in the market place.
3. DO NOT: “Stare in the rear view mirror”:
Have you failed before? Have you seen others fail? Are you scared of even taking the risk again, for fear you might fail again?
So, what if you looked in the rear-view mirror the whole time you tried to drive forward down the freeway? You wouldn’t get very far.
If you’ve ever had a very bad experience at a restaurant, did it keep you from ever eating again or trying other restaurants? It’s a good thing that didn’t stop you from eating, right?
So why would you do that with business ideas – paralyzed with fear just because of your past experience, (or worse), the experience of someone else?
Why would you insist wasting thought energy on re-living your bad experience and basing your future success on past experience of others?
Yes, it is fine to be skeptical, but do you consider yourself educated? Intelligent forward thinking entrepreneurs know that you must keep your mind open, always looking forward to new opportunity, and look to make educated decisions.
If you know someone who has failed in the past, don’t let it keep you from keeping your eyes open, looking forward.
DO: Look FORWARD toward your big dreams. Look for future, ideas, and opportunity. Assume it will work and visualize the best outcome! Do whatever it takes, and NEVER QUIT. Remember: 95% of people quit on their dreams, but 100% of people that don’t quit, make it!
4.DO NOT: Be a “Laggard”:
Take a look at the percentages of different categories of adopters. Now think about all of the new technology and innovation that comes out every day. Which type of person are you?
a. Are you the “crazy” innovator that has all the ideas? Do you ACT on those ideas? The innovators are a many times a bit “too early” and everyone thinks they’re “crazy”… at first! This makes it more difficult. Many times the market “wasn’t ready”. If they don’t quit on a great idea, it ends up moving forward. This is a very hard category to be in but pays off huge with persistence, fine tuning, and massive action. OR,
b. Are you an early adopter that stays open-minded to be in front of the wave? These ones are the ones who make a lot of the money in shorter amounts of time and energy. Hesitate, and you miss the wave. OR,
c. Are you an Early Majority type of person that hesitates until “it’s more safe”? Sometimes this means making less money because the window of opportunity has almost passed. OR,
d. What about a Late Majority type of person, following the heard, that only does it when it’s “completely safe”, never taking risks, jumping in after “everyone else” does. Would there be much opportunity there? OR,
e. Finally, are you a Laggard that finally breaks down, the last one to buy the VCR player, even though the DVD player is already for sale…
DO: Be an Innovator and/or an Early Adopter:
When there’s an opportunity and it makes sense, JUMP ON IT, and take massive and immediate action to be in front of the wave! If you have a fear, run straight toward it. Timing is EVERYTHING in business, especially if you want to catch and ride the waves. If you don’t do it, there’s always someone else who will. I’ve witnessed it over and over and over in my life.
5. DO NOT: Put your hand out:
But don’t get the wrong idea! Instead, put your hand UP, and reach up for help!
Personally I looked for mentorship from people who have been through it all.
The “employee mindset” is where you put their hand out, taking no risk but asking for money.
Their relationship with money makes them think they need the money “now”, which is why they look for a paycheck every two weeks.
This is why as an employee, I always felt like I was at the bottom, working hard to build the dream of someone else and complaining that I never get paid what I’m worth!
On the other hand, the entrepreneurs invest their money and time and learn the delayed gratification. They know you have to take the risk to get the reward.
I heard someone say the other day, “I just want to find something where I don’t have to spend any money, where I can have financial security”. I said, “you’ll be looking for a loooooong time!”
There’s no security in a J.O.B.
In fact, it’s risky – you’re not in control of your income and can be laid off any time someone else chooses.
The only way to have any real freedom and security, is to start your own business.
The ones who seek “safe secure” jobs are the ones who are in DANGEROUS situations, one check away from bankruptcy and the whole family being out on the street.
I personally believe that the only safe secure thing you can have is multiple streams of income and solid business assets, run by proven systems – economy proof!
So…
DO: Invest time and money into yourself.
Take the risk to get the reward.
Take action NOW! If you’re too scared to let go of your money, you’ll always play defense.
Instead of playing “not to lose”, play to WIN. Play offense, and let’s get you WINNING the money game…
Hope this was helpful. If you’d like to learn more about future innovation and opportunities, you can always connect with us here.
It’s so funny to me now, but it wasn’t funny back then. I was PISSED.
It seemed like I was so upset and frustrated at the world… at everyone and everything…
Later on, of course, I learned that the problem was actually me.
Hmmmm…
Now every one of us would love to blame anyone and anything for what happens (or doesn’t happen) in our life or business, but he truth is, nothing will change if we don’t take responsibility.
And if you defend your own ego and beliefs on that, then you’re taking away your own personal power.
All the “gurus” are right…
You have the power to achieve everything you’ve ever wanted, but every decision you have ever made, (or even the decision to not make a decision), has led you up to where you are right now.
So if you want change, you must change your thoughts, beliefs, actions, decisions and habits.
It’s the catchy phrase:
If you want to change the world, you must start with yourself. There is no “outside” circumstance or event that is controlling you or your business. Only you.
Recognizing Bad Patterns And Habits
I hear people blame their their crappy boss for being lame and firing them, and then blame the economy for not being able to find another job or make great profit in their business.
I hear entrepreneurs say their business is failing because of the “bad economy” or because “nobody was showing up.”
I ask, “Well what if you were to do some effective marketing to make more people show up?”
I hear people saying “if I find a better job”, things will be better, as if it’s going to fix their problems.
WARNING!! It’s not going to fix your problems! The problems will always be there. In fact, if you do end up making a bunch more money, you’ll have a bunch more problems!
The difference is, leaders make their “problems” very small, very quickly.
Instead of even thinking they have “problems”, they find delight in calling things little “challenges” and find the solutions.
By doing so, they become even more valuable, because they found the solutions that other people are looking for… *(and did you know you can monetize that?)
You can try and try and try to blame and find external reasons, but the truth is, you must:
Bring VALUE To The Marketplace
Most people don’t realize it, (or want to admit it), but when you get sent home, laid off, or you’re simply not making enough profit in your business…
It’s because you’re not bringing value.
When apply for a job but don’t get it… it’s likely because the other person who raced for that same exact job had invested time and money to become more valuable to the company.
When I was stagnant in my business, I went out and invested time and money, taking massive action to grow and become more skilled in the Home Business market space.
Some people (like my friend Ricky, who has many skills, and who everyone adores), invested years to make himself more valuable (and like-able), and now many different companies fight over him, even though he already has a few jobs.
I have a friend Jody that has the best positive and friendly attitude. He gets proposed to by huge companies almost every month, just because people like him.
He goes “above and beyond” for everyone, even when he doesn’t have to. He made himself valuable to others.
As business owners, we must invest the time to adapt and create great new strategies to grow our business in today’s fast-paced changing world.
Those who gain marketing skills are the ones whose businesses grow, while the business owners who blame the “the bad economy”, the “location” or “other people”, are the one who struggle.
Adapt Or Die
15 years ago, talking to people on the phone, one at a time, meeting in hotel rooms, and doing business overviews in people’s houses was still working.
But today’s business and strategies have changed.
15 years ago in snowboarding, the same thing was happening.
The businesses who adapted and got creative, (who went out of their comfort zone to jump online, or learn online marketing), are the ones who thrived.
The old mom and pop shops couldn’t pay their bills and went out of business.
And now, we’ve all realized that we can buy direct from a company, online, by cutting out the “middle-man” – (old school brick and mortar retail store).
And now many of my millionaire friends have all come from home-based businesses, using laptops and cellphones.
They don’t necessarily “sell”. The share information and then help the consumer get what they’re already looking for.
This business model of cutting out the old school brick and mortar middle man is WAY more efficient, and it’s the only way the savvy heads want to work.
Social media and online strategies are most effective because you can leverage your efforts, helping the information spread like wildfire…
You can also save tons of time by laser targeting your audience (instead of throwing spaghetti on the wall) like they did 15 years ago.
Any business owner can now have many different solutions in their niche, and they can partner with many different companies that have those solutions. This means multiple channels of income!
So, if you have a Home Business, and your current strategy is not working very well, don’t take the Ostrich Approach and say “no” before you even know what you’re saying “no” to.
I knew that the best way to predict the future of my business was to create it, and that meant being open to new information that transformed my business with cutting edge strategy.
If you’re not sure where to start, we can walk you through it.
And if you’re a hungry entrepreneur, you can click HERE to learn how to create more leads and income for your business…
Have you ever felt like there’s just gotta be something better for you out there, somewhere, somehow? If you have, I know exactly how that feels, because that was me, every day.
Before I was a pro snowboarder, I had every job you could think of. It felt hopeless, but looking back, my biggest challenge was that I just didn’t have any mentors, so I had absolutely no idea what living outside the box even meant…
Here’s what it means to the millionaire mentors I’ve learned from:
We always hear the term “thinking outside of the box”. They say it in the “traditional” corporate world all the time…
In fact, to all of us in the Home Business world, that would be an oxymoron.
Example: When you’re working in a building from your cubicle, with the boss telling you to “think outside the box”! LOL
My first mentor almost shouted to me, “In order to have an extraordinary life, you must not settle, doing ordinary things.”
And, “If you don’t have a side project, where you’re learning and growing every day, then you’re sticking to what you know, living inside the box.”
The harsh truth is, most people think they are free, but they are not. You may already swear up and down that you already “think outside the box”, but “there are many forms of the box”, as another mentor said.
So, if you can suspend your disbelief, just for a moment, and step out of your dot, you can also start living outside of the box!
If You Are NOT Living Outside The Box, There Is A Price You Will Pay
I used to say “No” to things (like new ideas when they were presented to me), before I even completely knew what I was saying “No” to, and then wondered why I was feeling “stuck”.
I always imagine what my life would have been like if I wasn’t open-minded enough to try skateboarding, snowboarding, and new ideas in business.
My whole life would have been different, and I would have gone the “normal” route. I may have never lived all my dreams of traveling, making tons of money, and having all the freedom.
If I would have just been closed-minded and said no to “no, I’m not interested in that”, I would most likely be working in some building for the last 18 years of my life, slaving away in a businesses or a job, getting taxed to death with no time freedom.
How many people do you know that are living inside the box, still working a regular job or business, wishing they could make more money with more freedom?
How many people do you know, who are tired, broke, and over 55 years old, and still working? A lot, right?
Thinking but not living outside the box can really cost you millions of dollars as each year passes by, so here are 5 initial habits to learn and implement…
5 Habits To LIVE Outside The Box
1. Change your environment:
Get around people who actually are living a life of abundance and freedom, outside of the box! Learn from them and copy them to get what they have.
If you don’t know any people like that, then that should tell you something about your environment. Who do you know that are actually actively trying to be wealthy? This will be your best environment!
2. Invest TIME into YourSELF:
The great Jim Rohn said, “You should always work harder on yourself than you do at your job.”
People who think inside the box are the ones who are suckers to consumerism, buying material things that will do nothing to better your future outcome.
Those who live outside the box constantly invest time and money into themselves, (seminars, courses, books, mentors, self development), and business assets to make money while you sleep. Let’s dig specifically into…
3. Wealth Books:
There’s a huge difference between school books and wealth books.
Professionals invest years in school and books but never learn anything about money or leverage. In school, you may just memorize enough to find a job, trading your hours for linear income in the vicious cycle called the Rat Race.
There, you are programmed to spend the first 25 years of your life (or more) acquiring skills, to you can work hard for the next 40 years, until you are 65-70 years old.
“And THEN you get to relax and travel the world,and play, and be around your loved ones!” hahaha
Wealth books will help you gain leverage and abundance – a paradigm shift.
You’ll understand once you read the books. One of the books is called “Rich Dad Poor Dad” or another called “The Cashflow Quadrant”, by Robert Kiyosaki, is a good place to start!
4. Be OPEN To New Ideas, FOREVER:
I used to believe I would always be in the snowboarding industry, but once I saw someone else with the life I wanted, and I asked him how to get it, he quickly let me know: “You must be open and have the courage to get uncomfortable and adapt in this fast-paced changing world of new innovation.”
If you believe in staying ahead of the game and pioneering like I do, then you must be willing to step up and be open to new business ideas and technology, or else you will fall behind and struggle.
The key is showing up for yourself to receive all new available information.
If you don’t keep up with the times so you can make educated decisions and control your life, then someone else will control your life. Create your future, rather than being a victim to it.
5. Build Your Own Freedom With Multiple Channels Of Income:
If you’re serious about living outside of the box and want to make early retirement happen for yourself and your family, then look for business models that create 24-7 leveraged recurring income.
This will immediately create more time freedom and abundance in your life. For more on making money while you sleep, click here on how to make money while you sleep.
It’s never the right time for poor people, because they always have a story why they’re not where they want to be.
I remember always telling myself stories like, “yeah, maybe I’ll act on it when I have more money” or “right after I get my bills paid, I’ll get around to it”.
And “Tomorrow” never comes.
Poor-minded people constantly make poor CHOICES, especially when it counts.
When “opportunity” is presented right before their eyes, over and over and over again, they come up with excuses, fear, and limiting beliefs, and say “I’ll think about it”.
I did that too with Apple back in the day. And that was why I was poor.
I don’t know how many times I said, “Yeah, I’m gonna invest, but not right now – it’s not the right time!” LOL
Yep…
Because It’s Never The Right Time For Poor People!
Wanna take a deeper look into one example of “right time right place”? You can check out www.WokeFromHome.com and rock with us!
Being “addicted to money” makes you weak, (like being addicted to CRACK).
Ok, just hang with me here because this one’s gonna hit different!
Yeah I said it…
Being “addicted to” or being “needy” of something, comes from a place of weakness, and you will have absolutely no control over it unless you discover how to use it…
Now, think about the subject of MONEY:
You’re not addicted to it, are you?!
I’m sure you’ve seen the behavior of “crackheads”, who are addicted to crack:
They are needy and powerless.
They genuinely think they “need more crack” just to survive, (but somehow just don’t seem to realize it).
Likewise, most people think they “need their money“… but what they fail to realize it that they act “needy” with it.
Now, that may sound crazy, but it’s the truth.
You may disagree at first, and this post may make you uncomfortable, but when you begin to understand the energy of money and laws of attraction, you will discover these principles of power, and ultimately, gravitate toward your freedom.
Holding On Too Tight Will Hurt You
Being in a “needy” state of mind makes people weak… almost hopeless.
I remember back in the day feeling broke. I would hold on too tightly to my money, thinking I “needed” it.
I was not willing to save it, “risk” it, invest it or learn how to generate passive income with it.
This kept me living a month-to-month lifestyle, playing it “safe”, working for a boss for the next 5 years. I would have worked hard for 45 years and retired with nothing.
Luckily, I met the right people and read the right books that set me straight…
If you are not willing to purchase things of value, then you are resisting the very thing you’re trying to create.
Most people, as soon as they get any spare time or money, they immediately “use it all up”, (like crackheads, lol!)
People trade their money for material things that do not appreciate in value. The very second you get our hands on money, you blow it on liabilities (instead of assets).
So, Are YOU Addicted To Money? Time?
Do you always feel “busy”?
Are you too busy to learn how to create yourself some freedom
Have you ever said to one of your friends, “Shoot, I’d love to invest in a business, but I don’t have the money”, or “yeah I want that ___, but don’t have that kind of money” or “yeah I wish I could start a ____, but I’m so BUSY, I don’t have the TIME to do it”?
You see, it’s not that we don’t have the money (or time). The real question is – what do we DO with the money once we get it?
Do you blow it on entertainment, beer, cigarettes, paying bills/liabilities, and paying everybody ELSE (including the government, paying our TAXES) before paying ourselves?
When there’s none left at the end of the month, it’s almost a panic, as if we are addicted to money!
One thing I have noticed on my journey, is that successful people don’t “find” the time to be wealthy and free – They MAKE the time to be free because it is important to them!
So…
What do you do with your spare TIME?
Do you spend more time planning a BBQ or buying Christmas gifts than you do planning your own future?
When it comes to making money, are you scared to “sell” somebody something they need?
Are you scared to “ask for” or (trade) the money in exchange for something they already want for themselves
Are you so afraid of loss or rejection, trying so hard to protect your own self image, that you never even try to help people get what they want?
Are you afraid of the word “no”, or afraid of losing money?
How to STOP being addicted to MONEY, so you can ATTRACT.
Have you ever noticed how crackheads “chase” crack, and NEVER seem to get enough of it?
So goes a law of success for people who “need it”.
They are addicted to money, so success is not sustainable.
If you ever want to attract money with an abundance mentality, you must believe that it will come back ten fold if you send it OUT there to be able to help others get what they want.
When I offer someone a solution, I know that I am doing them a service.
I am helping others, coming from a place of value.
I know that the solution I have is worth way more than the money they hold on so tight to.
You can not have the “needy” energy, caring about their answer – (whether they say yes or no).
People feel the energy if they think you “need” to make a sale or are trying too hard to sell them something.
The crazy thing is: People love to buy stuff that they need and want. They just don’t like to be “sold” on things!
So if what you have is more valuable to them than the money they desperately cling to, they will trade their money for that thing that is more valuable to them.
Do You “need” Money, Or Do You DESERVE Money?
You must also take the necessary daily disciplined ACTION to deserve more money in your life, using the law of numbers and averages.
Life does NOT give you what you “need” – It gives you what you DESERVE.
Most people settle into a comfort zone, and “take what life gives them”. They do the minimum, watch TV in their spare time, and become victims of the future, rather than creating their own future with the extra time they have.
You must be willing to make huge sacrifices and do what others aren’t willing to do, to create what they’ll never have.
There are two types of people in this world: The glass is either have empty and half full.
One person says, “I don’t have any money, so I can’t change my circumstances”.
The other one says, “I don’t have any money, so I must make a change, to change my circumstances”.
You must learn to save up and be able to “let go” of your money and invest it into a business asset, rather than simply use it on liabilities every month.
A liability is something that takes money OUT of your pocket. An asset is something that will eventually put money INTO your pocket.
Are you willing to skip a Starbucks coffee every day for a month or two to be able to save the money to start your own home business?
Are you willing to eat Ramen Noodles for a year if you have to, so you can save that money to invest in something?
If you fear “losing money”, than you will be a loser, because, like the crackhead, you will continue to blow it on the “instant gratification”.
Think about it:
Do you “try” to go to work, or do you just DO it? You just GO to work, right? There is no “try” to go to work, because you’ll be fired immediately if you don’t show up!
So when it comes to home business success, financial & time freedom, it MUST be the same thing — there is no “try“. There must only be a “DO“.
I never understood why so many people, (95%), give up on their dreams after a “try” or two, but they don’t ever give up on the IDEA that a dead-end job is actually going work. They forever scramble, slaves to money, trading their priceless TIME for SALARY, and constantly complain about not having enough time or money.
The crazier part is that they never actually invest any time to look into better ideas that will CHANGE that vicious cycle! Have YOU ever seen anybody get wealthy from wages or linear income? NOBODY has.
The truth is, a J.O.B. will actually keep you far FROM any BIG dreams you might have had. The longer it takes to realize it, the less chance you will have at a life of total freedom and abundance before you’re dead. So why do people stay at jobs, waiting their whole life for something “lucky” to happen to them?
Because they’ve been programmed for mediocrity, and to say “no” before they even know what they say “no” to! On top of that, most people don’t even BELIEVE they can make millions in the first place, so they don’t even “TRY”? ….. “DOHHT” !! How sad is that?
Even more insane is when people actually say, “yeah, I think I’m going to go back to school”! hahahaha!! I’m thinking to myself, “ummm.. it didn’t work the FIRST time man! “And you’re gonna try it AGAIN?!” Have you ever heard the definition of INSANITY?!! …… DOHHHT!!
I’ll say it again:
A “school” education can most definitely “get you BY”, teaching you a skill that will get you “steady work”. You’ll be BUSY your whole life chasing money, but never actually getting to LIVE. A SELF-education will make you a FORTUNE, and teach you how to be create a life of abundance, (of health, joy, freedom, wealth, etc.)!
Can you really DO what working-class people DO every day, but expect a different result than they have?
Be honest: Do you really want to work your whole life away for linear income, until you’re 70 years old, and retire with next to nothing like everybody else?
Do you have “bigger” dreams? What are they? Do you have a proven PLAN to get to them? Wouldn’t you love a PROVEN system and residual income that bring you ABUNDANCE? Don’t you at least OWE it to your self to look into better ideas, instead of the idea that a job or small traditional business will bring you any real freedom? You’re in America, you do want real frrreeeedom, yeah?!
Well, you could always keep “trying” at the dead-end job thing and just take the “shoulda coulda woulda” route again, but that never really seems to pan out for most! Get out there and GO for it! Take that first step. Start SEARCHING for it, and “it” will appear if you work for it! I would say good luck, but you won’t need it!
To your wild success! We’ll see you on the beach,, M!
Ever Feel Like You Should Be Trying Something DIFFERENT?
…Like somethin’ just isn’t working … but you keep on doing it anyway, over and over and over again, hoping something’s gonna change for you?! Hint: (Like you’re job!) LOL .. We’ve all been there, it’s all good! I was stuck in a job for years, because my parents told me that was what I was supposed to do. Problem was, I was gullible enough to think that things were gonna “get better someday“…
Now I know that I had what some people actually call Some Day Disease, better known as Quiet Desperation…
I remember, back in the day, I always had this feeling in the back of my brain, that I needed to do something different. I was better than that. I had this lame ass dead-end job that I hated, typing numbers into computers and loading the boxes up for shipping, and had absolutely no plan or ideas on which direction I could head. My boss was an ass. Not very sharp either. The bosses never recognize that I worked harder than the talkative break-taking slow guy next to me, but we got paid the same. That wasn’t fair! I busted my ass, for 12 hours every night, 6pm to 6am, just to find out that they tax you even HARDER when you do over-time, so it never amounted to anything more. No matter how many extra hours I sweated over those boxes, I still lived paycheck to paycheck. It was going to be impossible to have any kind of quality life if I didn’t find something better…
What It Will Cost You NOT To Do Something Different Immediately
I wanted a better life, but I didn’t read the personal development books like they told me. I also didn’t invest my free time (or the little money I made) wisely. Instead, I was chasing women, went to clubs, buying beers, and watching other people live their dreams on TV. Only later I learned how they did it. I’ll give you a hint. They didn’t watch other people (who had worked their asses off to be good at a skill) live their dreams on TV. Those few who were actually physically on the court, had practiced and trained, investing time and money into themselves, every extra second they had. The few who did that were not watched by the 20,000 people in the stands who give their money, watching other people WIN the game of life from the sidelines.
It’s not that I didn’t deserve the dream life I have now. It’s that I made the decision not to deserve it, by doing stupid things with my time and money, every hour of every day. I was actually, every second, deciding not to actively search out better ideas to find and try better ideas. It was almost like my ego didn’t want to admit that I was doing something wrong, that wasn’t working. I had my head buried in the dirt, like an ostrich, settling for what life “gave” me, as I struggled, month-to-month for the next 3 years. The regret of daily decisions like that aren’t going to hurt you so much now, but when you’re on your death bed, you’re going to feel that, and it’s going to be painful if you don’t at least get up and give it your best.
My baller friend T.R. finally asked me again if I had ever read “Rich Dad Poor Dad” and of course I still hadn’t, even though others successful people told me to do the same. When I finally read it, years later, I found out that I was building someone ELSE’S dream, not my own. What I was doing, had been getting me nowhere, slow and painful. No wonder I had that feeling in the back of my brain!
No wonder I couldn’t ever get ahead, or had any assets to show for all my hard work! I was closed-minded, getting TAXED TO DEATH, passing up opportunity after opportunity. I was just doing what “they” told me to do – taking their advice to “go to school, get a job”, but they had no success, so why the hell did I do what they told me? How many years did I waste, by not listening to these better ideas from successful people?
Doing “what I was told” was not working for me AT ALL, so I had to finally un-“fix” my mind to be open for new ideas…. Continue reading
“No wonder I was failing… I had absolutely no idea how it worked”…
I once heard from a wealthy mentor of mine:
– If you fear losing money, then you will be a “loser of money” and stay BROKE.
It took me a while to “get it”, but I later found out through experience, that when you have a big fear of losing money, then you will never even take the risk, and you will lose out on millions of dollars you would have made, which is the biggest risk of all.
The decision to “pass” on opportunity is deadly.
Instead of taking control and owning your life, you may wait around for a “lucky break” or “lottery” ticket.
Every mentor says, “Success doesn’t give you what you want or “need“, it gives you what you deserve”.
Have you deserved success by making the good decisions that are necessary – like the discipline it takes to save the $5 per day (instead of the $5 coffee), and invest it into an asset? I didn’t realize this for years, and I sure paid for it later.
I once heard from a wealthy mentor of mine:
– If you fear rejection, then you will be a reject.
Same rules apply here. If you don’t face your fear being rejected, then you will never even try, ensuring that the answer is always a “NO”!
Remember back in high school, when you wanted to go on a date with that person you were interested in, but you were so fearful of getting told “no”, that you never even asked, as your worst fear became a reality.
When you don’t go for it, your reality is always a “NO”.
If you fear you might fail, chances are, you’re a failure:
Hmmm… Do we see some consistencies here? …
Most people fear failure so much that, they never even try, or even get started.
Fear success?
Some people even tell themselves, “well what if I succeed, it’ll be so much pressure!” and “I’ll pry have to pay tons in taxes!” and “but people hate rich people!”
This internal dialogue is your subconscious. It is most powerful, with the ability to sabotage any success you thought you had a chance for.
Change your thoughts, you will change your life.
If you have a fear of other people’s opinions, (in other words, care about what people might think about you), then you will never do anything that will be worth talking about.
I always let people know…
If you aren’t doing any out of the ordinary, (extraordinary), then yes, people won’t be talking (crap) about you, (good or bad), which means you are probably are not very successful.
If you fear the “unfamiliar” and only “stick to what you know” and “play it safe”, then you won’t be catching any waves of success.
If you stay doing what “everybody else does”, never “venturing out” into the “unknown” or “uncharted areas”, then you will not ever be “at the right place at the right time”, and will not be one of what they call the “lucky ones”.
If you look around, you see that followers always wait for things to be “safe”, like sheep – until “everybody else is doing it”, and then they take action.
However, to catch the waves of success, it is all about timing. Same as surfing. You can’t be on top of it. You can’t be behind it. You must be way in front of the wave, and READY.
Those who make the big bucks are the ones who took the risk, before “everybody else” caught on. They know it’s about “preparation” meeting “opportunity”.
Vision
If you choose to live a life of leadership, then you take massive and immediate action when great opportunities are presented. You go after it, even if it takes you into unfamiliar territories.
The traditionalists stick to what everybody else does, waiting until it is more familiar, “safe”, or “normal” in the marketplace. Those who are too uncomfortable to get acquainted with the “unfamiliar” remain skeptical to “new” things, even if their old ideas are not working.
Too Good To Be True
I’ve heard a few people say “it seems like it’s too good to be true”. They are absolutely right, it IS too good to be true, but ONLY forTHEM.
Those with the “glass half full”, who say “this is too good to pass up” are the ones who successfully (and consistently) catch waves.
Why is it that for some people, success just seems consistently effortless? It is because they decide quickly and take massive action. They know that even if they try, and fail, they still had a better chance at success than not trying at all.
So why do others sit and struggle, month after month, settling for what life gives them?
It is because even when they are at the “right place right time” and they should be taking massive and immediate action, they decide to stay with “I just don’t have the money right now”, and “yeah, I’ll get to it later”.
What about you? Have you ever accidentally sabotaged your own success? Some people do it, over and over and over again, without every realizing it. They watch waves pass by, watching other people “get lucky”, at the same time thinking (in quiet desperation), “nothing lucky ever happens to me!”
Funny, I can never decide which book changed my life, because they’ve all impacted me in so many different ways, but if you want to WIN, then keep reading… because this one is crucial.
This book (to the right) is no different, and if you haven’t read it yet, but you’re serious about a better future, go out and get it immediately…
Anyway, to get on with today’s very quick (but important) post…
In today’s economically challenged phase, we see people “pulling back” and going into “defense mode” in an attempt at winning the money game.
Employees will “save” for emergency, business owners will pull back on their marketing budget, etc..
In fact, I heard someone say the same thing again this week…
“I’d love to take advantage of that opportunity, but I just don’t have the money”.
I always think to myself, “If you only knew how quickly this kills your chances of future business success”.
This “defense” mindset is precisely what keeps most employees and business owners struggling, month-to-month, year-to-year.
You may barely be squeaking by, wondering why you can’t seem to get ahead or catch any lucky “waves”. Nothing ever seems to change.
I know it all too well, because I used to be there, playing “NOT to LOSE”.
Play To WIN vs. Play To “Not Lose”
To make this accidental “defense mode” easy to understand, I’ll put it in sports terms:
Let’s say you were a football team solely focused on defense…
100% of your team’s effort was GUARDING the other team from getting to your goal.
(With ZERO of your team’s effort focused on OFFENSE, to MAKE the goals.)
Now, what would be your chances of WINNING the game, if you only played DEFENSE for the entirety of the game?
That is – if you only focused on protecting yourself, (aka, staying in your comfort zone, not taking any risks or investing time into something new), and never really taking any real action to actually play offense in order to MAKE goals?
You would never actually WIN a game, would you?
The best you could EVER do is maybe get lucky and end in a “tie”, but you would never ever WIN.
The majority of month-to-month strugglers won’t take the risk to invest their money or time into better business vehicles or strategies as the dollar depreciates.
If you don’t stretch yourself to do whatever it takes to come up with a better (OFFENSE) strategy, you’ll never get out of your defense situation.
The funny thing is, it is your FEAR that is causing the downward spiral, and ultimately, it is affecting our whole economy.
Like I said in previous posts – Your worst fears will become reality if you do not step TOWARD them. When you fear losing money, you become a “loser“…. of money, LOL! Continue reading
Ok so I just got off the phone with one of my friends. He’s a “connector”…
He lives a legendary lifestyle, simply by connecting people.
It’s mind-blowing how simple it really is:
In the book called “The Tipping Point”, a connector is someone who is the life of the party, knows everybody, and loves to connect people together! They are all about good relationships… but they have absolutely no idea how valuable they (personally) are to the marketplace.
In fact, without them, business would move WAY more slowly, or not at all!
Can I be PAID BIG for “connecting”?
Yep. We’ve figured it out.
Think about this…
In business, “word of mouth” is the most powerful form of advertising and moving a product or service. (Think about Amazon.com, your favorite book or movie, your favorite restaurant, etc.)
You probably experienced it through a friend.
It is also the superior form of marketing simply because people don’t trust the TV or radio any more. They trust their friends and family more…
And if you’re really paying attention…
… just watch cable television tonight.
On the next commercial brake they’re gonna you: “Hey if you tell your friends and family about Comcast Cable, we’ll give you $100 off of your next bill!”
Why would they do that? Because YOU are valuable.
You see, when you do that little extra work and connect that person to their cable service, well now they have a customer that is paying residual income, every month, into their company! A ton of money coming in for them!
That’s why they’ll pay you $100 for it – it’s worth it! And they know…
Your NETWORK is VALUABLE
And most people have no idea they are being used for their network and not being PAID for it. They also have no idea that they could be monetizing their network for THEMSELVES!
Think about your favorite restaurant. Have you taken people there with you? Of course!
But has the restaurant ever sent you a check the next month, saying, “Hey thanks for bringing all those people in, here’s a CHECK!”
But now, instead of paying millions of dollars to one marketing firm just to market, (where they have no control or metrics for conversion), the #smart companies now choose to pay “affiliates” and/or distributors (connectors!) to spread the word.
And if you were to really do some due diligence, you’ll see why the Direct Selling and Home Business industries have caused more millionaires than ANY other industry, ALL PUT TOGETHER.
Like best-selling financial author Robert Kiyosaki puts it…
“Rich people build NETWORKS, while everybody else looks for WORK”!
And the best part is you don’t have to be a rocket scientist and “know everything” to be able to make TONS of money with a Direct Sales company using a simple online system.
You only need to realize you have an existing network, and you can also BUILD a network. Then you can simply use your existing qualities to help thousands of people get what they’re looking for.
You KNOW people, you have a NETWORK, (you probably have over 100 people in the “contacts” of your cell phone right now), and that’s not counting Social Media friends, and they ALL need products and services!
Your Network Is Your NET WORTH!
Then why isn’t EVERYONE doing it? Is it too good to be true?
Well, many people doubt their ability to learn new things, focus on their weaknesses and sabotage themselves. Without a trained mind, we literally talk ourselves out of success and don’t give ourselves a chance.
Every day, I hear people say things out loud like, “I don’t have any time”, “I don’t know anybody”, and “oh, but I’m not a salesman”!
What they are actually doing is selling THEMSELVES on why they CAN’T be successful. And
Whether You Think You CAN, Or You Think You CAN’T – Either Way You’re RIGHT!
A un-trained mind will think it’s about “selling” people on stuff. But a trained mind knows you don’t have to “sell” people on anything.
Instead, you probe and ask questions to find out what people are looking for, and then provide them with solutions to their problems or challenges. Care about people and make a connection!
Once you understand this concept, wealth will be knocking your door down to get you what you want!
So, there are plenty of products and companies out there that solve most people’s problems. If you can find a pain in the marketplace and give it an aspirin, then you will be wildly successful.
So if you’re a “connector”, (you are able to provide the solutions to people’s problems), you will be a WEALTHY PERSON!!!
Think:
Who do you know, who might want to:
– Lose weight? – (A billion dollar weight loss industry)
– Make more money than they’re making right now, by having their own international home-business? (A Trillion-dollar Home Business industry)
– Wants to live a healthier lifestyle, and remove themselves from the disease categories by at least 30%? (A Trillion dollar Wellness industry)
– Pays too much in taxes and needs write-offs? (It’s not what you “make” – it’s what you KEEP.)
– Wants to retire 20 years earlier?
– Has high cholesterol? ( A billion dollar Wellness industry)
The list goes on and on.
The point is, YOU are a connector, and everyone you know is looking to solve their problems, avoid pain and move toward pleasure, whether they want to admit it or not.
Those things are health, wealth, and happiness, and you have the power to provide them with the solutions to achieve these things!
And yes, people don’t like to be “sold”, but they LOVE to buy things that will make their life better!
Now, go out there and get what you deserve!
The World Is Yours, M!
Oh, P.S. – For questions, more information or details, feel free to CONTACT US NOW. We’re here for ya!
If You’re A Struggling College Graduate, Here’s A Few Key Points Your They Didn’t Tell You. (Because They Didn’t Know)
With my corrupt school system beliefs, people ask me, “Are you going to send your kids to college or no?”
This is a very good question and I’m glad you asked!
Yes, they will go to college….. only if they really want to!
I’ll tell you this… I did, but as I looked around and realized it wasn’t working for anyone I knew, I jumped up, fled to the mountains, and never looked back!
I remember when my parents were pushing me and scolded, “what are you going to do with that skateboard? You need to hurry and go to college and get a safe secure job!”!
My Dad loves me, and he thought he was protecting or helping me, but he unintentionally almost killed my every dream I ever had.
If I would have listened, I would have never lived every dream I’ve ever had.
If I would have stopped skateboarding and “given in” to go back to college and do the normal route, I might have been what normal heads call “successful”, which was being stuck indoors 8-10 hours/day, every day, building the dreams of someone else, some job or business I hate, existing simply to chase money.
Instead, since I did almost the opposite – something “different”, and I got to live the dream life…
Now, in today’s world, if you pay close attention to statistics —>>
Having a job or small business doesn’t work for most people. It is an extremely dangerous position to stay in.
So why do most people think that this is the “safe” way to go?
It is simply because their parent’s passed down this information, which was passed down from their parents, who also didn’t know any better, and may have come from The Great Depression, where it was more “safe” to have a safe secure job…
That was in the Industrial Age. But THIS is the Information Age! Â So….
5 Reasons Why Being A Struggling College Graduate Is The “Norm”
They Asked The Wrong Questions, (And Told You To Pick Something):
They ask, “What do you want to BE when you grow up?”.What they should have asked is “What do you want your life to be LIKE?”I can’t tell you how important it is to find your passion instead of thinking you need to “be something” to make your parents proud or do what you’ve been programmed for – what you’re “supposed” to do…
Many Times College Methods And Education Are Outdated:
In my case, I was able to receive a better education through up-to-date cutting edge workshops, courses, books, training, and seminars, online .You can learn from proven gurus on specific subjects, depending on which direction you want to go.Much of the time, professors are teaching theoretical information, and this method would be like reading a book on being a professional snowboarder. It doesn’t really work that way.
There Is No Guarantee:
How many friends and family do you know, who went to college and couldn’t even find a job for what they graduated for?How many people do you know, who have been working for years, and still can’t pay off their college loan?How many people do you know who have 2 and even 3 jobs, but they are still not wealthy? Success leaves clues. Lack of success also leaves clues!
You will most likely invest your time acquiring a skill that will keep you busy for the next 40 years:
I too, wish I would have known this earlier. We all invest tons of time getting good at something. So what are you getting skilled with?Have you stopped to think about what you’re getting “good” at? If you stopped doing it, would you stop getting paid?Now if you stop to think about your future and have a vision for financial and time freedom, then you want to start investing your time getting good at FREEDOM, wouldn’t you? Well, the challenge is, they don’t teach financial freedom in school.They teach you how to memorize things and you may develop a skill that will keep you BUSY, but not FREE.
Poor People Teach Their Kids “Go To School To Get A Great Job” and “The Smarter You Are, The More Money You Make“:So, you may have been taught to “go to school, get a job”, but wealthy people teach their kids how to HIRE you! They teach their kids financial freedom and investing, to then hire those previously mentioned skilled kids to build the businesses for them!
So… to get back to the question:
No, I’m not going to pressure my kids to go to college and “get a stable job” just because that’s what everybody else does.
If they go to college, it’s going to be specifically to help them with their own visions, ideas, and discipline – hopefully starting their own businesses.
In college, I know they will not be learning about money or leverage. They would have to read wealth books and learn about freedom for that – (that information will not in the school system or it’s books).
Look around at most people’s situation. You’ll notice, 90% of the time, college simply has not worked, if you want to be financially free.
Look around and you’ll discover that most of our struggling/busy friends have come out of college, and they are in debt, struggling.
There is simply no guarantee for an income, and most of the time, you will come out of college with a skill that will keep you BUSY and WORKING for linear income, for the rest of your life.
So, instead of any free time to travel or spend time with family, (getting to live instead of just exist to work), you will trade your time for money, struggling month-to-month, for many many years, just to try to pay off the compounding school loans.
The school system will teach you nothing NOTHING about money or leverage, which is why most people simply work until they are 65-70 years old, when your life may already be in decline. You worked, and you never got to live!
Did you know:
College is actually it’s own business system too. That is why people don’t learn the game of money there.
On top of being in debt, we come out of college and we’re tired of “learning”, so most people never go on to read the any more books, where you will discover how to achieve wealth through multiple streams of recurring income.
Most of the time, as soon as we get a raise from our J.O.B., or make more money in our “traditional” small business, we go out and get a bigger house and better car, “keeping up with the Jones'”, keeping ourselves in debt.
Now, I’ve been to college, and I have a good handful of college graduates working for and with me. I hired them because they are “smarter” and more skilled than I am, so they help me build my businesses.
The problem (for them) is: They are building MY dreams instead of their own. Sadly, if they do not decide they deserve better and open their minds to proven ideas that work, they will never get to live their own big dreams.
Example:
One of my best friends: He graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design. He was $35,000 in debt, and cannot pay it back, so it just keeps compounding, with interest.
Now he owes over $40k. He has worked for me, and worked extra hard at other jobs for years, being self-employed.
I personally think, (along with many other wealthy businessmen) that the “school” system is totally corrupt and sets you up for mediocrity (FAILURE).
Without the right information, you will be programmed to go to work and back your whole life, paying your taxes, so the other elite people (the 1%) can be wealthy.
I’m not going to get in too deep on that tax subject, (a whole other can of worms), but you have to watch out who you take advice from.
WARNING!!
You must stop taking advice from poor or middle-income people immediately, unless you want the same results!
If you want to be wealthy, from here on forward, you must only take advice from wealthy people, and do what they do, to have the results they have.
Have you been programmed for mediocrity, to be “normal” like everyone else, doing what their parents or “teachers” tell them?
Think about it:
If you were having troubles and wanted advice on your relationship:
Would it be wise to take advice from a person who has been divorced 3 times and is currently SINGLE? NO… because they’d be giving you their “valuable” advice, (that’s why it’s FREE, lol!), saying silly things like, “just dump her man, it’s not gonna work, there’s millions of other fish in the sea” and “forget her, she a b*tch”!! hahahahaha!! ….
My point to you is this:
Gather the information so you can think (for yourself) and make an educated decision on what you want your life to look like.
Then, find people who actually have the KIND of life you want, and study and copy them to get the results they have.
If you want to be a plumber, go to a plumber for advice. If you want to be a doctor, go to a doctor for advice. (They may be “skilled”, but if you’re looking for freedom, you will not find it there).
If you want to be wealthy, then get advice from wealthy people only… (residual money from assets. They play golf and travel all year long, having total freedom and wealth, with very minimal work).
They have tons of time freedom to do what they want, when they want, with who they want, for how long they want!
Remember: Wealth is measured in free time and quality of life, not money.
Now, what about you? Most people have to shrink their dreams to match their income, and then plan their life around that income.
They don’t think they deserve to make millions, so they just go to college and get a “stable job” or small business. Nothing wrong with that if you like 40-50 year plan of hard work. It’s just not for us!
If my kids are passionate about college, then they will go! I’m going to fully support them in their passion, no matter what it is, because being able to do what you love and get paid for it is what I believe is success.
If you love what you do, then that’s success, because it’s not going to feel like “work” to you.
However, when it comes to leverage, money, and freedom, you must read wealth and leadership books.
You must invest time and effort into yourself, going to wealth mastery seminars and courses – not reading “school” books, learning from month-to-month struggling folks!
Click the banner below, and if any of this makes sense, you will be able to learn how to help other struggling college graduates use their existing skills and/or their passion, to make extra work-from-home income! (And pay off those ridiculous loans already!)
Click and discover the very thing you’ve been looking for: #NextLevelLiving
For more valuable info, and to NOT be a struggling college graduate, read and watch “Living Outside The Box “, and we’ll see you on the other side!
Don’t get me wrong, I actually secretly do like laying there, doing nothing, watching TV, it can be so addicting! It’s made that way on purpose, and they have it down to a total science, to get you to sit there and be sidetracked and occupied, so you don’t LEARN anything! And there lies the problem. We all have HUGE dreams, but most people never invest the time to take the necessary actions to make their own dreams come true. They are sidetracked by Automatic Income Reducer, the TV. I personally believe the TV was invented with no intentional harm, but times have changed, and “the Elite” love the power to control us humans, keeping us occupied with reality shows and football, so that we never really wake up and THINK for ourselves!
What if we started spending our time, getting educated, finding out the TRUTH? You must understand: “They” just want you to spend your whole life, going to work and back, and paying your TAXES so they can live their dreams, without you ever stopping to think about what’s REALLY going on.
If you ever want any of your dreams to actually have a chance at becoming true, or if you EVER want to truely be FREE, you must turn off your TV, grab a pen and paper and write your “dreams” into GOALS with DEADLINES.
If you are finding yourself stressed, living month-to-month, paycheck-to-paycheck, or struggling – one of the things that must change IMMEDIATELY, is what you do with your “spare time”. Are you sitting in front of the TV watching OTHER people live THEIR dreams? Are you simply being a “consumer”, buying “stuff”, instead of investing in YOURSELF? (Example: Books, courses, trainings, seminars, etc.) Those “small bits” of money have sure added up over the years, haven’t they? Now, when would be a good time to start creating your life? Are you going to let another 5 or 10 years go by, and say “dang I should have…” again?
What if I told you that you could be a multi-millionaire by reading 2 hours of the right WEALTH book per night for the next 5-7 years, would you do it? Well then get a move on, because without it, your chances are very close to NONE, and you will probably continue to struggle, because NOTHING will CHANGE for you. There’s a saying, “Change your thoughts, change your LIFE”. It must start up in your head before ANYTHING happens, PERIOD.
Now, with all the football going on this weekend, and everybody laughing at my ignorance on who “Tebow” is, I felt motivated to help people understand one of the most important reasons WHY I am successful, happy, and living my dream life. I’d say that one of the MAIN reasons I am where I am today, is because I DON’T WATCH TV!
With all that time I invested, honing in my skills and gaining knowledge instead of watching TV, I learned how to make fortunes! The BEST part is, I didn’t MISS a THING! It’s still the same stuff on TV!hahaha!! The different teams are still winning and losing, the guy got shoot in the hood, the fire broke out in the forest, and the War is still going on! lol!!
Many of you are pry thinking, “WHAAAT the hell is he trying to say?” I’m saying: KILL YOUR TV, NOW and REPLACE it with the a success, wealth, or self-development book! Stop jacking around, being a wimp! Get off your ass and look into HOW to get Financial FREEDOM! You can also replace your TV with a course or seminar that will teach you how to make extra money, have healthier relationships, or live a happier life. Trust me, think about it: You will turn your TV back on in 10 years and it’s still going to be the same shows playing! (Robbing, stealing, sports, drama, suicide, murder, weather, etc!) You are NOT GOING TO MISS A THING! The only thing you WILL miss is YOUR OWN life, if you don’t stop wasting your valuable time here watching OTHER people live THEIRS!
Every second of every minute of every day, we are DECIDING, right then and there, if we are going to be RICH or POOR. Successful or Mediocre. Enslaved or FREE. STRESSED or Overjoyed! It’s all up to you, every second. So now which life do you choose? Your own actions will tell you which life you choose, by what you choose to do with your spare time!
Many people today are either depressed, stressed, or just feel like they’re in a rut that they can’t escape from. They are quietly discontent, but never invest the time to actually learn HOW to go out and create their dream life! 95% of people spend more time shopping for Christmas presents than they do planning their own life! They wish and hope for something “better” to show up in their lives, but nothing ever seems to happen, and it starts to feel hopeless, as they finally just “give up” and accept a mediocre existence. That’s not YOU …. IS IT?!
That used to be ME! I was in TOTAL DENIAL for over 6 years, blaming EVERYTHING ELSE EXCEPT MYSELF!!!
As Anthony Robbins puts it – The only reason you’re not living every dream you’ve ever had is the EXCUSES you tell yourself for not doing it! He also says that “if you think you can’t, then you MUST!”
I used to always sit there and think, “why doesn’t anything “lucky” ever happen for ME?” It seems like it always happened for OTHER people that I didn’t even know. I would only see rich people on TV, but I didn’t know of them personally. Come to think about it, I actually used to be MAD that OTHER people always got the “lucky breaks”!
Well, the truth is: I didn’t know “rules” because I wasn’t really taught to go out and SEARCH for the information needed for a life of freedom! I didn’t know CRAP about the “Laws of Success”, “Laws of Attraction”, or the “Laws of Money”.
If you would like to change your life, starting now, but don’t know where to start, then go out and get the book called “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki. This book will change your life forever. I have a recommended handful of starter books that you will thank me for later!
Now GET UP, and GO OUT THERE AND MAKE YOUR DREAMS HAPPEN, they are sitting right there in front of your face!! THE WORLD IS YOURS!!
I was visiting a friend/business mentor of mine in Las Vegas this week and had to take a picture of one of the papers that was on her DreamBoard. It was amazing to see, because out of all of those items, she has already accomplished 2/3rds of the them on that paper, (except for the 10 more kids!), and the kicker is, she’s only 32 years old.
Now those are some BIG DREAMS she made happen!
Oh, did I mention she’s an ex-hula dancer that had no college “education”, barely making it through 12th grade?
Here’s the thing:
She is SELF educated!
Ever since she was out of high school, she’s been traveling, reading self help, wealth, and development books in between spending her last pennies on seminars and courses, investing in herSELF instead of material B.S.!
She says:Continue reading
Click this cartoon to make it bigger: It’ll make you LOL!! Then click “back” to READ ON!
Here’s an interesting thing to think about:
These guys only think the way they do, because of WHERE they were born. They are wrong, but they have absolutely no idea, because they’ve been PROGRAMMED and never even had a CHANCE! Do you think that if he or his kids were born here, they would even think that way? The answer is NO. They are a product of their environment.Continue reading
Be “lucky” by Living Outside The Box
This is the key to success.
What the heck does outside the box really mean? We hear the term “thinking outside of the box”, but they say that in the “traditional” corporate world all the time! If fact, to some, that would be an oxymoron!
Here’s the harsh truth:
In order to have an extraordinary life, you can not do the ordinary things that “everyone else” does – which is “stick to what you know”, having a job or small business that consumes all of your time.
Most people are not free.
They defend their beliefs about money, health, success, business, etc, which would mean they are STUCK, aren’t they? Watch this vid below to step out of “the dot”, and finally have a chance to start living outside of the box. This is your first training – just the tip of the iceberg…
The Price You Pay By NOT Making a Change
Many people love the word “no”. They say NO to most things before they even KNOW what they’re saying NO to!!
I constantly imagine what my life would look like if I wasn’t open-minded enough to try new things. Skateboarding, snowboarding, and new ideas in business, took me down a path that most will never know about. A Dream Life!
I was on the “normal” route like many others, living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to pay bills and “get by” that month. I worked for someone else, making someone else rich, and wondered why I wasn’t rich myself! If I didn’t change, I may have never lived all my dreams of traveling, making tons of money, and having real freedom. If I would have been closed-minded, saying “no, I’m not interested”, I would be slaving away in some building for the last 14 years of my life, owned by my businesses or job, not having any freedom, and getting taxed to death.
How many people do YOU know that are still “inside the box”, working a regular job or business, wishing they could make more money? Are they even trying to create wealth, or are they just daydreamers? Not being outside the box will cost you a lifetime of hard work for someone else, with no freedom for the rest of your life. Would it be worth it to make a change?
How to be successful by getting outside the box
– Environment Change: Get around people who are successful and actively trying to create wealth. Learn from them and copy them to get what they have.
– Invest in YOURSELF: Work harder on YOURSELF than you do at your day job. (Invest in seminars, courses, books, mentors, self development,etc).
– Wealth Books, (NOT school books): There’s a huge difference between WEALTH books and “school” books. Traditional schooling will help you gain a skill that will keep you busy, trading your time for money in the vicious cycle called the Rat Race. You’ll work hard until your 70 years old or dead, without reading wealth books. Wealth books and info will help you gain leverage and abundance. You’ll understand once you actually ead them!
– Get OPEN-MINDED to new ideas and opportunities, always: In a fast-paced and changing world of new innovation, we must consistently be open-minded, having the courage to adapt to new business ideas and technology, or you’ll be left behind the bubble. Absorb all information that you can, to stay up with the times, so you can make your own educated decision (don’t say “no” before you KNOW what you’re saying “no” to), to have control in your life and not be a stagnant victim to the future. Create your future rather than being a victim to it.
– Use (and build) your existing skills to create extra channels of income into your life/business. Different business ASSETS will create more freedom and abundance in your life. For another article, click here on living inside the box.
NOW, when you want to get to the next level in your life, and learn more on living outside the box, contact MFM here on the site. We want to hear your story, and see how we can be most valuable to you.
If you’ve been struggling, or simply not satisfied with your results, then you must change your habits to create change.
Uh oH! THIS MAY HURT!
Here are 10 reasons that cause painful, long term, financial struggle, and why you MUST Get Rid Of AIR,
(Automatic Income Reducers!), NOW !!!
I’m going to give you a list. If you follow my directions, you will gradually see positive change in your life!
You may not enjoy hearing some of these, because it may be “uncomfortable” for you to “sacrifice”, but these are most likely the exact things keeping you from achieving your own big dreams and freedoms.
#1.Your TV
Get RID of it! Painful? Hmmm you sure aren’t going to miss anything, I GUARANTEE it.
You can turn it back on in 10 or 15 years and the SAME EXACT shows will still be on, full of negativity. The news, stabbings, shootings, people robbing each other, wheel of fortune, etc.!
Did you know that the average kid spends 20,000 hours watching TV before they even turn 18?
The sad part is: It only takes 10,000 hours to gain “specialized skills” at something to be PROFESSIONAL at it! What a shame!
Get rid of “Dancing With The Stars” or whatever you’re watching, and pick up a Self-Development or Wealth Book instead!
#2.Negative Whiny Broke Friends
If you notice, struggling people talk about THINGS and OTHER PEOPLE. They also complain a lot. Have you ever noticed how they attract other people to waste time with them, whining and complaining?
Most people waste valuable time and money on things that do not help their growth or self-development.
People attract people like themselves, so you must find POSITIVE people that love to talk about IDEAS and the FUTURE, constantly working on THEMSELVES!
Hint: Usually these people are wealthy! Success leaves clues!
Now that you know, observe, and you’ll see exactly what I’m talking about.
I’m not saying you have to “get rid” of your friends or family. I’m just saying you don’t have to hang around them as much if you’re actually trying to get out there and live an extraordinary life!
Remember: You ARE who you hang around! If you hang around people that don’t build for their future, going nowhere, (who just go to work and back, then come home, plop on the couch, drink beer and watch TV), you’re going to go there too!
#3.The Bar
It makes me laugh when I hear so many people crying “Geez I don’t have the money!”, but then I observe them wasting their life in front of the TV, playing Xbox, and at the bar spending $60 on their friends!
Again – if you hang around people that waste money drinking at the bar, you’re gonna do the same.
We usually don’t notice the smaller increments of money coming out of our pockets daily, (and never break down or budget), so we don’t understand that it adds up!
$80 -$160 on the weekends adds up to you not being able to invest any money into any assets!
#4.Football, Basketball, Hockey games, Movies, etc.
Yeah I said it! You heard me right! I know this to be true, from personal experience.
If you want to watch football and reality shows more than you want success, then there you go.
Here’s my saying: “Why sit on the sidelines, spending your hard-earned money to watch other people live THEIR dreams, instead of investing the practice and training into YOURSELF to achieve YOUR OWN dreams!”
#5. Video Games
Seriously? I can see if you’re 12 years old, but c’mon now. Time to create a future and MAN UP.
If someone told you that you could be a Multi-Millionaire in 5 years by reading 2-3 hours a day of the right Wealth or Leadership books, how many of you would make that change?
How bad do you want it?
Wasting hours and hours and hours getting good at things that do absolutely nothing for your future will be PAINFUL in the long run.
The information is there for your taking. The difference between RICH and POOR has everything to do with the CHOICES you make with what you do with your spare time!
Work harder on yourself than you do at a “game” or your job, and watch what happens in 5 years.
Click to ENLARGE! Pay attention!
#6.The Couch
When you exercise and get your blood pumping correctly through your body, you are able to think more clearly throughout the day.
If you do not exercise in the morning, you will notice fatigue, a lack of clarity, and weak thoughts.
How can you expect to change your life for the better if you don’t have any energy or the mood to do so?
The number one reason for bankruptcy today is medical bills. Get your exercise with a real beneficial hobby!
#7. Disgustingly Unhealthy Processed Food
Bad eating habits make you fat, cause fatigue, cause chemical imbalance, and duplicate more free radical damage to the cells in your body, resulting in bad cellular communication/dis-ease.
If you don’t have the energy or mind clarity you need to thrust forward in your life, you’re going to be mediocre/normal – a statistic.
Don’t just listen to me, check the statistics. You do not want that lifestyle, unless you like Heart Disease and Cancer.
Now on the other hand, if you consume 7-13 raw servings of fruits and vegetables every day as a lifestyle, you would remove yourself from every disease category by at least 30%.
Ask yourself this question: What do I have if I don’t have my HEALTH?
What’s the point of spending time chasing money at a job to make car payments and things, if you don’t invest in our own health, and then develop health issues down the road?
Again, the #1 reason for bankruptcy today is DOCTOR BILLS caused from bad nutrition. Marinate on it.
#8.New Cars
Yep! Most people love to “act” or LOOK successful, keeping up with the Jones’, but in reality they are just in DEBT, like the other 98%.
If you would want any chance at financial freedom, you must have the smarts to invest time and money into ASSETS that appreciate.
A car is a huge liability that depreciates extremely fast. Same as your TV and other toys. Don’t do linear work to pay for liabilities. Your assets should pay for the toys, so you don’t have to.
If you invest that same money and time into YOURSELF, reading books, attending seminars, courses, and trainings to increase your Financial IQ, you’ll be able to buy many many cars and actually own them outright, 5-7 years later, with a bunch of leveraged income coming in, but NO BILLS.
#9. FACEBOOK
You might be one of the 1,000,000,000 people who waste hours and hours on Facebook, not even making any money doing it!
Again, the difference between rich and poor people, is what they do in their SPARE TIME. Imagine how much money you would make if you invested that same “FB” time into yourself to learn how to build a home business and generate more income for your family using social media.
Then you would be valuable to others, teaching other people how to make money from their home business using Facebook, (and Youtube, Twitter, etc).
I’m not saying it’s easy, but it’s that simple, and it’s WORTH IT.
Today, you can learn how to build a 6-figure income with your laptop, from anywhere in the world, like many many others are doing.
#10.Settling with a J.O.B. :
We are programmed to spend the first 25 years of our life “learning”, and then spend the next 40 years WORKING, never really getting LIVE.
Courageous hard working entrepreneurs don’t have to do that. By using faster smarter business vehicles, you can condense that 40 years of work into 4 or 5 years of work, to be done working.
Then, you can actually get to LIVE, (with energy), the next 50 years, traveling, being outdoors experiencing the world, contributing, and spending more quality time with loved ones).
As an employee, you are heavily taxed (penalized) for not being a business owner. Employees have no say in what they pay in taxes. Only business owners have tax benefits, and “it’s not what you MAKE, it’s what you KEEP!”.
You can never achieve wealth if you don’t learn how to get your tax burden down to a legal minimum. The way to do this is to START YOUR OWN HOME-BASED BUSINESS!
Today you can literally start your own business with your home computer for generally under $2000, and immediately have write-offs (phone, computer, mileage, etc.), saving you thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars.
What was that?
YES. As an employee, you’re right now losing (at least) between $2,000 to $10,000/year to taxes alone by not having a home business with tax benefits.
Be COURAGEOUS, take risks, and get DISCIPLINED. Then watch your life transform…
Did you know that it is actually EASIER (and obviously more fun) to be in the top 2% of income earners in the world? It’s true.
Here, I’ll explain the LIE that had been told to you:Continue reading
We SAY we want “success”, but do we REALLY want it? Do we want happiness bad enough to CHANGE the things we’ve been “programmed” for from Middle-Class and Poor influences? What do we believe are the “correct” areas to put our time and energy? This can be the start of a better education, so we at least give ourselves a better chance to have a joyful happy life of freedom, instead of lifetime of “regret”.Continue reading
I used to “have no time” for everything, and I used to be “broke”, full of excuses, being a simple “Americant”, until I finally realized I needed to CHANGE my habits and routines in order to create a better quality life.
We SAY we want “success”, but do we REALLY want it? Do we want happiness bad enough to CHANGE the things we’ve been “programmed” for from Middle-Class and Poor influences? What do we believe are the “correct” areas to put our time and energy? This can be the start of a better education, so we at least give ourselves a better chance to have a joyful happy life of freedom, instead of lifetime of “regret”. You can finally be able to make an EDUCATED decision for yourself (instead of taking OTHER people’s word for it) here at this site.
If we defend our “beliefs” about money but are not wealthy, then we’re “stuck” aren’t we?
Are you in the top 1%, living your stress free dream life of FREEDOM yet? Well why not? Do you have a plan? More importantly, are you taking the necessary steps to actually ACHIEVE it, or are you full of EXCUSES that you tell yourself for why you’re not going out and GETTING it?! Do you have Chronic Blame Syndrome?
I’ll tell you why I only deal with today’s ‘newschool’ business models:
You see, businesses are purely about numbers. The number that is the killer to any business (and will kill even non-business owners) is the numero UNO (1)! What does that mean?Continue reading
When Transworld Snowboarding Magazine posted this, it hit me… Here was my comment on Facebook, please read…
I used to have a horrible existence, Continue reading
The world NEEDS young new entrepreneurs more than ever.
The sad truth is, not everyone can or should be an entrepreneur.
In fact, there are some people who’d be horrible as entrepreneurs!
Most would probably not make much money, and would most likely make
themselves (and everyone around them) angry and disappointed.
This all depends on which “stage” you’re in with your business – (and the challenge you’re currently facing). 
– In the last 3 years, has anything changed?
We’ve all learned from our parents to “work hard”, but actually, this is old information from The Great Depression that has been passed down a generation too many.
If you’re not where you want to be in life, but you stick to what you think you know, and you defend your beliefs about money or time, then you are 
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It was freakin’ hopeless…
15 years ago, talking to people on the phone, one at a time, meeting in hotel rooms, and doing business overviews in people’s houses was still working.
The majority of month-to-month strugglers won’t take the risk to invest their money or time into better business vehicles or strategies as the dollar depreciates.
With my corrupt school system beliefs, people ask me, “Are you going to send your kids to college or no?”
