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8 It's Better To Receive Then To Give 9 Believe In Yourself . 10 Caustic Brain Farts . . .
13 Do Not Make Other People's Problems Your Problem 14 Do Not Subjugate Yourself To Failure 15 Keep It Real 16 To Be, Act As If . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Appendix A . . . . . . . . . Please be sure to check Appendix A after reading this book for a very special message.
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your success is a reflection of the value you bring to others and your value is a direct reflection of your skill set. The more valuable your skill set, the better your chances of high achievement.
This is a truth which transcends everything else if accumulation the includes success of definition your of wealth. Is that you? Does your definition of success words these read ,so If ?account bank large a include again and let them really sink in: to have more, you .more become must
Look, everybody wants more from life but only a very is what do to willing are us of percentage small actually required to get it. If you're willing to accept to truth definitive the as you tell to about I'm what having your heart's desire, then everything you want .yours be will - more and - life in achieve to If youre expecting this to be some complicated, of out youre ,say to sorry Im ,then formula out drawn luck.
The fact is, any and all success in life can be boiled ALWAYS is process The .process step two a to down the same. The process, at times, is more involved, always it but times other at than detailed more remains the same.
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You and you alone, can hold yourself back from greater accomplishment. There is no outside force or circumstance, there is no other individual or no other "thing" that can keep you back. You can only do it to yourself.
There .value personal your expanding of importance really is no other way around it; if you want more you .more become must
And truthfully, there is no such thing as a force so making from back you hold can which powerful yourself a more valuable person. The ability to grow .right birth your is limits without yourself
However, in actuality, there is one force that can hold a is this And .accomplishment greater from back you force that only you can marshal. You have to be wields it because force this of aware made unmitigated power over you.
This force I speak of is you. You and you alone, can .accomplishment greater from back yourself hold There is no outside force or circumstance, there is no you keep can that "thing" other no or individual other back. You can only do it to yourself.
You are the one who can propel yourself on to live the to back yourself hold to one the or of dream you life live a life of mediocrity. And which path you choose and out go you not or whether by determined be will make things happen or you make excuses. That's
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make can you or excuses make can you Because .to down come all will it what really things happen but you won't be able to do both. The force you hold over yourself to keep yourself back from accomplishment comes out are excuses All .matter doesn't it ;ones little ,ones Big .excuses of form the in detrimental to your success. And, you should find no excuse you'd ever tell yourself .acceptable So as an example, in the previous section we said that to have more you must become subject what care don't I .read to is more become can you that way best The .more interests you, there is a book out there on the topic. And, with the internet so readily finger your at there right knowledge of amount infinite an is there ,us of all to available tips. No excuses; if you want more out of life, start by reading. Excuses are like the stars in heaven; they're limitless. It would be both impossible and a why about themselves tell could person a excuses the with up coming time of waste they don't read more but here are a few: Excuse: "I don't have the time" nonsense, you better believe you have the time. If you If ?now time your with doing you are what is yourself ask to question the ,don't you think there's one thing we all have in common, it's time. I don't care who you are or where on it's Whether .equally us of all on sets sun the and rises sun the ,live you planet this going to sleep an hour or two later or waking up an hour or two earlier, you can find the .self-improvement for time Excuse: "I don't have any money" nonsense, self-improvement is entirely independent you've Once .read to than yourself upon improve to way better no is There .money of opened a book, you've also opened up the possibility for self-improvement. And, hello, ?courses self-improvement or books buy to money no have you say You !free are books Well then go to the library.
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know that you have a grand plan pre-defined by a higher power; no matter where you are in life it's where you're supposed to be. It's part of your master plan. Now this is not to say that you're supposed to accept mediocrity
to earth this on placed been has us of one Each .plan fulfill a specific role. Those who understand this their finding to necessary doors the open will truth intrinsic purpose. And those who find that purpose will .lives satisfying and full living to on go surely
For some people their purpose is more obvious and with familiar you're know I .easily so come to seems this type of person; success seems to fall right into for James Lebron at Look .effortlessly lap their example. Is there any doubt as to what his role and those For) ?be to meant is earth this on purpose his who might not know who he is, Lebron James is a natural such possesses He .prodigy basketball basketball acumen he was drafted into the NBA right (.school high of out
Alas, the likes of Lebron James is the exception, on go to have us of majority The .rule the not certainly a quest to discover our true calling. Our universal up is It .apparent readily not is here being for purpose to us individually to find out what it is.
Very few people are willing to take the journey to that reason this for is It .calling true their discovering the hoi polloi finds themselves in a daily struggle just abundance of life a living If .status quo the maintain to
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You will not be able to make all of the people happy all of the time. If you do if you try to please and appease everyone you will be doomed to failure. The most efficient path to success is to niche yourself and strive to be the best at what it is you do.
The true path to success in life is to serve others. The .be you'll successful more the ,serve you people more But, you have to serve those people well. Whether or people 10 serve to you lead aspirations your 10,000 people or 10 million people you have to serve .ability your of best the to people those
You will not be able to make all of the people happy and please to try you if do you If .time the of all appease everyone you will be doomed to failure. yourself niche to is success to path efficient most The and strive to be the best at what it is you do.
Your niche, by its very definition, will make you the is niche your what at are you better The .unique more you'll be recognized as an authority. Those field any in authority an being as others by recognized of endeavor are almost universally successful in life .business in and
McDonald's is the largest restaurant chain in the on worldwide customers of millions serve They .world a daily business. Their niche is food served up quickly customer huge a have They .prices cheap for and base who loves their niche and they serve the
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You'll be putting yourself at a great advantage by identifying a trend and getting in its way. Just as defining your niche should be based on your passion and talents, so should any trend you'd want to service.
being of importance the is chapter previous the in able to identify a trend and structuring your business has strategy business good a ,Historically .it around always been to identify a hot trend which interests .way its in get then you
This is a very easy thing to do very easy. There are And .home earth planet the call who people of billions the tastes, preferences, wants and needs of the this What .changing constantly are population earth's means from a business standpoint is new trends are .perpetuity in created
Identifying trends will require some due diligence on serving be only you'll that mind in keep And .part your yourself well by finding the ones that interest you for just trend a of front in getting is good What .most the sake of doing so? Make sure you're always in .passion your of pursuit
There are some astronomical opportunities that stem the is trend good a Finding .trends identifying from first part, building a business around it is the second.
The most glaring example I can think of today is a you guessing I'm .Twitter.com as known juggernaut use Twitter or at least you've heard of it.
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the most beneficial aspect of creating a trend is it means you'll be the first in a category and you'll be the first in your buyer's mind. And that is a pretty darn good place to be.
pretty a like seems it surface the On .water bottled dumb idea, doesn't it? I mean, why would consumers found be can Water ?water of bottle a for pay everywhere and for all intents and purposes, it's free. of inventor the ridicule much how imagine only can I bottled water had to put up with when he (or she) .action into idea their putting about went
Who's laughing now? Bottled water makes up just refreshment liquid U.S. total the of 30% under beverage market, second only to carbonated soft bottled selling of idea the was ,retrospect In .drinks water a good one? I'd say it was. One hell of a trend pretty a be to seemed initially what with created was dumb idea.
In the previous chapter we talked about the of front in getting and trends identifying of importance them as a path to success. In this chapter, let's talk a .trends creating about bit
There was a time when changing the oil in your car your schedule to have either You'd .deal big a was car for service with your local dealership or you had to other of lots had may've who mechanic your to it bring cars lined up for service ahead of yours. Two pretty .indeed options inconvenient
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If you had answered that time is your most valuable asset you'd still be wrong. No, time is not your most valuable asset. It is true; your personal time is extraordinarily valuable, but
call to hope ever wed asset valuable most single the our own. In fact, this asset is so precious it would be This .value its on figure dollar hard a put to impossible asset I speak of is, in fact, utterly priceless.
I want you to take a moment and ponder the many take you When .with blessed been youve assets stock of all that you have, what would you say is your ?others all tops that one the asset greatest single
Youre reading this book, right? So that means you dollar hard a put to able you Are .eyes good 2 have value on your eye site? Ill also bet that your overall two and arms good two have you good is health good legs and a sharp brain between your ears. Is it ?health physical your on figure dollar a put to possible I dont think so. Your body is priceless. A healthy .temple your is body physical
But, as priceless as your health may be, it is not what there ,Well ?Why .asset greatest your consider I'd have been many people throughout history who have perfect than less with success extraordinary achieved health.
Blind people are capable of achieving great success great of capable fully also are Invalids .wealth and achievement.
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how are you going to help somebody else if you haven't first helped yourself? You have to first help yourself which puts you in a position to provide others with assistance.
who it heard you've up growing sure I'm ."receive knows how many times from your mom or
valuable the taught were you as teacher kindergarten lesson of sharing. After all, sharing is caring, right?
Altruism is one the greatest gestures we can perform at another out help to ability the that think do I .life in his or her time of need is a cornerstone of what for win a is Philanthropy .beings human as us defines everybody involved.
When you're able to give a helping hand to your unlike inside feeling warm a you gives it ,man fellow any other. There's a definite satisfaction and "fuzzy" out helping with associated experience good feel somebody in need there's a win for you. And the is assistance your of end receiving the on person happy to have the help there's a win for them. .another to gives one when wins Everybody
But, there's a major flaw in the notion of it being better to nothing have you if What .receive to than give to give? If you're struggling just to maintain your own ?receive to than give to better still it is ,survival
Let's suppose you regularly frequent your local house the of purposes the for religion your) worship of following example is insignificant).
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Having a firm, committed belief in yourself is the foundation of achieving everything you aspire to in life. Think about it, when you have a can-do attitude youre giving yourself the power and energy to accomplish anything.
perhaps or television on news evening the watching reading newspapers on a daily basis? I'll admit that Then .junky news a was I ago years few a until up one day I just quit cold turkey; I cancelled both of my off sworn have and subscriptions newspaper
I just couldnt take all of the negativity anymore. If the was it crime senseless some about wasnt story major about how our economy and banking system is in is Enough .day after day after day ;day Every .ruins enough already repeated bad news will do nothing .anchor boat a like down you weigh but
And let's face it, the main stream media thrives on .news bad reporting
Before you might even realize it, exposing yourself to bad pretty some do can out day and in day news bad damage to the psyche. Everything you hear and mind subconscious your in away stored is experience and I mean everything. I'm no scholar on this subject sources credible many from enough read have I but to know that it's true.
So it stands to reason that the more you expose and crimes senseless about stories to yourself violence, the souring economy and general doom
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We know so much more today about the human psyche and the way in which the subconscious mind works than we did only a few decades ago. We now know that what we pick up from the day we're born either good or bad will stay with us for life.
of topic the about him with talk would I newborn money. I don't think I'm unique there. I would think with money of topic the discuss parents many that their children. Maybe where I am a bit unique is I'd he day the from him with conversations these started was born.
I tell my son that the accumulation of wealth is a that ,no ,OK it's that know to him want I .pursuit noble it's more than OK, it's great in fact, to be wealthy. I do mindset a with up grow to him want not
counterproductive to being successful and wealthy. generation my with problem the of part big a think I and generations before mine are that we've grown up to counterproductive and statements phrases hearing success. These statements are what I like to refer to .farts brain caustic as
As an example, have you ever heard the statement a is That ?"honest we're least at but poor be may we" classic caustic brain fart. If you've grown up hearing you telling is subconscious your then stuff of kind that wealth equals dishonesty. If you have that kind of got it's then subconscious your in around lurking crap to be identified and purged if you ever hope to will money ,earlier said I Like .successful become only make you more of what you already are. If you're
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.past the from messages counterproductive In a nutshell, when we're born and as we grow, we look at our parents, teachers and growing a As .us to say they everything believe We .figures trusted as general in adults child your parents can tell you that the color of a banana is red and you'd believe it. other and teachers ,parents your Whatever .better any know don't you ;to have You'd adults say to you as a very young child is gospel. You simply do not know enough to .life of years earlier your in receive you messages the challenge So, whatever messages you may have received as a child on the topics of wealth, you with stay will messages those And .believe to have would you money and success as you grow. The effects of these messages are quite profound. A big part of your becoming successful today is to identify, and let go of, whatever beneficial any in you serve not do They .to on holding be may you farts brain caustic way and you need to get them out of your speech and out of your system. A big part of the problem in getting rid of these evil statements is they're frequently still can they ,yet there they're that know even don't You .subconscious your in buried wield a great deal of power over you. You and you alone are the one to make sure these caustic brain farts are not holding .process step three a is them of rid Getting .after you're success the from back you
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You'll be faced with a number of challenges in building a successful life. If you try to blindly navigate those challenges by trying to figure out everything on your own, you'll be setting yourself up for a long, painful struggle.
the as such experiences Daily .times all at lessons activities we enjoy, interactions with others, and what teacher primary a become can witness and hear we in your success in business.
Life is constantly providing valuable lessons. Its up to those absorbing and receiving to open remain to you lessons. All you need to do is keep your internal .everything about curious remain and up antenna With that as a starting point youll be amazed at what .you teach can life everyday
One of the purposes of this book is to provide you one Step .business in succeed to how on insight with is accepting lifes lessons and applying what you've simple one this With .business own your to learned task, I promise youll be giving yourself an edge in .success desired your achieving
Dont be discouraged if youre not able to fully grasp you're that lessons The .away right lessons lifes looking out for are frequently referred to as lifes a as life leveraging of part big A ."lessons hidden teacher is through reflection.
You wont always recognize every experience as a .occurrence its of time the at lesson valuable
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It's been said that you can get everything you want in life if you help enough other people to get what it is that they want in life. This statement is a basic truth which virtually all entrepreneurs live by in their pursuit of success.
is it what get to people other enough help you if life that they want in life. This statement is a basic truth pursuit their in by live entrepreneurs all virtually which of success.
There are basically only two things which motivate attain either to do they things the do People .people pleasure or to avoid pain. The decisions people make all are live to how or buy to what ,go to where on driven by these two essential issues; avoid pain or greater a is pain of avoidance the ,And .pleasure gain motivator than gaining pleasure.
Everybody goes through life with their own set of people's some Although .with contend to issues issues are unique, you'll find that many people have to on go who Those .common in issues same the great entrepreneurial successes focus on helping the attain or (problems solve) pain avoid to masses pleasure (improve quality of life).
Great ideas to do one or the other attain pleasure or look just ,nose your under right are pain avoid around.
Let's take a look at a simple product that seems to be attain to people helps which today rage the all pleasure.
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work at keeping things in their proper perspective and listen to your gut. Your gut feelings will always tell you whether or not you're putting yourself in peril by taking on problems which aren't your own.
making ,add to hasten I ,But .success certain to path other people's problems your problem is a sure path people Helping .two the confuse not Do .failure to solve their problems versus taking on those problems matters different completely two are own your as entirely.
Not too long ago I'd carved out a niche for myself in My .investor foreclosure a as market estate real the specialty was negotiating short sale settlements for mortgage their on default in were who people payments and had little or no equity in their .properties
In business, time is money so it was important to was I not or whether ,phone the over right ,determine able to assist a distressed homeowner when they'd homeowner a because Just .office my contact initially is in foreclosure does not necessarily mean a short .situation their for right is sale
Working with foreclosed properties is gratifying in that the At .need of time their at people help to noble it's same time, however, it was a business and I could and sense made they felt I if projects after go only that I had a good shot at closing the transaction.
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With failure being as prolific as it is it's far more likely that you'll fail at something than succeed at it why even bother taking a chance? If failure hurts and you're most likely to fail, what's the point?
a being there of Instead ?favorably out work always to 95% failure rate amongst all new businesses, every owner its make and successful be would them of one rich. If things were to always work out well, anybody would've market stock the in invested ever has who gotten wealthy doing so, the public would've
Knievel Evil and Coke New embraced enthusiastically would've made that jump over the fountain in front of .Palace Caesar's
But, alas, 95% of all new businesses fail, many an ,Street Wall on beating financial a taken has investor New Coke is recognized as one of businesses out came finally Evil and blunders historical greatest of his coma after 29 days.
Failure is never easy. With failure invariably comes a even person a would why ,hurts failure If .pain of lot entertain the prospect of enduring it? There are much a over yourself fling to than live to ways easier fountain in front of a huge audience or to stake your .restaurant new a opening on savings life's
And nobody is keeping the facts of failure hidden. I'll well is business new a opens who everybody bet aware that he or she has only a 5% chance of making the into money their place who those sure I'm .work it
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It is crucially important for you to keep things in their proper perspective. Keeping things real in this day and age is a challenge in and of itself. The intent of this chapter is to help you keep things in their proper perspective.
black ,fuzzy the on "Family The In All" of episode an and white console TV parked in the living room. This scheduled regularly a was show the when back is sitcom. The scene was where Meathead and Gloria they that Edith and Archie to news the breaking are would not be having any children. Archie and Edith looking were they because disappointed visibly are forward to being grandparents.
Archie pressed them on why they weren't planning to that was response Meathead's and children any have "they didn't want to bring any children into this planet this that was reasoning His ".world crummy was already too over crowded, polluted and not a .grow to child a for place pleasant
That episode originally aired over 30 years ago. If world the that then back thought Gloria and Meathead was too polluted, overcrowded and too crummy a think they would what ,up child a bring to place today?
The funny thing is this; every generation could find they which in world the about complain to reasons live.
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To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If youre not, pretend you are.
estate real a as days early his about length at talks developer. For those who may not be familiar with his development estate real his started Trump ,story company from a couple of small offices in Brooklyn. It Trump that 27 about of age old ripe the until wasn't made his move into Manhattan.
Upon his arrival in the big city his first order of .people right the to himself "sell" to was business Meaning, he had to forge the relationships and make a as career his advance to necessary connections the real estate developer.
As he began to meet with the people he felt he name formal no had he ,with good in get to needed for his fledgling development company. So he began he As .Organization Trump the company his calling puts it, "Somehow the word "organization" made it ."bigger much sound
At the time, Donald Trump had no experience or he but aspirations his up back to accomplishments had something far more important; he had a vision. like act to had he ,reality a vision that make to And the person he dreamt of becoming long before he .person that became actually
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it's not so much the cards you're dealt which matters but the way you play the hand that will make all the difference.
you as unique as is "success" word the of definition are. And, the journey you take to that place which you .unique as equally is success as define
Something I find fascinating is that everybody every best the want all We .success wants us of one last that life has to offer. Yet only a very small percentage than better anything achieve mediocrity. ever will us of
Everybody wants a greater sense of financial security. their and themselves provide to wants Everybody loved ones with a good life. Everybody wants the money that knowing from comes which mind of peace will never be an issue or concern. Sadly, however, the never will us of majority overwhelming the is reality get there. Most of us will spend a lifetime struggling .quo status the maintain to just
What makes this dichotomy more interesting is that has have-nots and haves the between divide the nothing to do with a persons race. It has nothing to with do to nothing has It .sex persons a with do where someone was born, who their parents are, field what ,schooling their finished they not or whether of endeavor they choose to pursue or how high their .is IQ
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All around you, and every day stuff is happening and there's nothing you can do to stop of level your determine will it to reaction your and happens which that confronting And .it success in life. You can play the role of victim in response or the role of victor. The .yours entirely is choice Therefore, the one quality which will determine the type of life you will lead is how you have You ,you to deals life cards of hand the play you how ;circumstances life's handle virtually zero control over THE circumstances you'll have to deal with in life but at the a In .them with deal you'll HOW over control complete 100% have you time same nutshell: what happens to you in life is not what's important, it's how you deal with it .important that's And this is the number one deciding factor in what separates the successful amongst .crowd the of rest the from Nobody is perfect so your reactions to life's circumstances will not always be optimal. it with deal to learn must you and happens Stuff .fallible you're therefore human You're accordingly.
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