I’m going to entertain you today by elaborating on my personal strategies for dealing with reality and giving you a list that I follow. It’s not a complete list to be fair some things just happen at this time I don’t even consciously know or remember.
Also, let me remind you of one of the most critical principles of success…there is
no profit in being a critic, judging, and especially thinking you are any different,
your circumstances, situation, etc – everyone CAN benefit from my ideas in some
manner.
Oh, my stuff isn’t for everyone, and I would encourage you to use my list as
inspiration to customize your own. The major point is – I have a list…like doors
guarding the castle, guns ready to fire, protective spells cast against all
naysayers and detractors…if you don’t have a list you’re at the mercy of anyone
and everyone else ‘out there’.
Attempting to make a complex thing simple; we’re going to divide this into two parts.
First, internally, what you do, for you, for your “reality”.
Second, externally, what you do related to others “reality”.
I believe in self-imposed discipline. That all humans innately have none…except
what they or society forces upon themselves.
If you want to be a high income earner, and certainly accumulate wealth of any
significance, and grow a business, you must put yourself in an environment that
allows you to focus on that.
You’ve heard Brian Tracy’s saying taken from someone else I believe, “what you think
about most is what you become” or something like that.
Well, let’s get clear, what you “do” most will determine your results.
So if you are DOING things that results in increasing your value, growing your
business, making you money, then you will have more of that.
I believe you will be paid exactly what you are worth based on you, the value you
bring, and the environment you put yourself in.
This means REALITY Number 1 – you must invest the majority of your time on that
which you want to “become”. If you want to make a lot of money, you must work daily
at doing only those things that result in you making a lot of money.
You must become more valuable.
I work, not all the time, but more than anything else I do.
I study, invest, plan, organize, strategize, every day, in everything I can, things
that will make the “work” more valuable. Make me better.
I can tell you without a doubt, if you ask most people to tell you what they do MOST
each day, week, month, you will find THAT thing to be center in their reality. And
for most it is NOT their business, not their personal abilities, not making money.
It is amazing to me that many entrepreneurs think that they have freedom to do
whatever they want. No, this is not true. You decided to have responsibility which
gave you opportunity to EARN the right to do whatever you want…the keyword is
EARN.
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The ONE Word that Changes Everything
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011I wanted to remind you of something today. Something I think I have mentioned in
the past, but has never been truer.
Several years ago I attended one of the two Renegade Millionaire Retreats that Dan
Kennedy hosted and it was there he promised to reveal what he said was the secret to
life.
Which he happened to have written on a single 3×5 card, the card containing only one
word.
Dan cleverly wrote this promise into the sales letter selling the event, then having
gone through the entire event and concluding the final question and answer session
someone reminded him of his promise and then, in very anticlimactic marketing let
down fashion…
He gave the answer.
Dan said that the secret to all of life and the word he had written on the card was –
DECIDE.
Yes, that’s right “Decide.”
Dan said, “the secret is to just decide and then go do something.”
Now, before you dismiss this, understand the power in it.
The POWER that you hold the secret to life and everything you could possibly want.
Let me put it to you a different way –
Without DECISION, nothing, and I do mean nothing, happens.
When I look back at my life, periods of disappointment, unhappiness, lack of
success, even failure…times when I could have called myself “depressed”.
I can confidently say it was my unwillingness to decide
To change
To act
To think
To move
To ask
To be uncomfortable
To have integrity
To step up
To sell
To say no
To say yes
Simply, every action first requires a decision.
And that, my friend, is powerful.
Empowering.
The definition of DECISION is:
To come to a resolution in the mind as a result of consideration.
And RESOLUTION:
A firm decision to do or not to do something.
I will promise you this;
Any uneasiness you face is a direct result of you not making a decision.
Lack of commitment (by nature of the three words)
Is what kills a persons ability to have success.
Indecision is lack of commitment.
Now that you know what you must do more of.
Decide.
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