Poor people with scarcity mindset:

• Like having big TVs and “things”
• Always ask about payments
• Worry about today
• Talk about someday
• Say, “Yeah, but…”
• Tend to make decisions slowly

Rich people with millionaire thinking:

• Never buy anything; they invest
• Ask about return on investment
• Make decisions based on where they want to be, not where they are
• Surround themselves with people who will help them grow
• Learn constantly
• Have confidence and believe in themselves
• Make decisions quickly and take action today

4) Invest in yourself

Jim Rohn, motivation and success guru, gave me the absolute best advice I’ve ever heard: “Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.” Being successful is not about making money. It’s about your knowledge and your ability level. Whatever you have today is 100% consistent with your knowledge and ability. To experience a greater level of success, we have to expand our ability and our knowledge. We have to stretch ourselves to the level that is consistent with what we want.

This is the same reason people who win the lottery tend to end up broke. They have not gained the knowledge and ability to maintain that level of wealth. Being wealthy and successful takes investing in yourself and learning how to play the game of success at a bigger level.

**Coach’s Note**

Success is not something you have, it’s something you become. Success doesn’t happen to you. You must grow and expand through constant and continuous coaching, learning, and experiencing.

Q: Would you love to make money like a professional athlete?

A: By the time they have been retired for two years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce. Within five years of retirement, an estimated 60% of former NBA players are broke. The average world-class athlete retires from his sport at the age of 33.

5) Develop your team

This is the second-best place to invest your time, energy, and money. First is in yourself, second is in the team that will support your success. I’m adamant about making sure a good coach is on your list of team members. Get your coach and get him today!! The sooner the better! Remember the high dive? A coach will help you to get through the points of greatest fear and anxiety so you can experience the thrill and rush of a whole new level of success—FAST! Nobody likes stepping out of their comfort zone, but it is absolutely necessary and it is so much easier to do with someone who knows how to guide you over the hurdles, around the pitfalls, and through the inevitable challenges.

When my first sales coach gave me the script to use to get my first client, I asked, “So, why do we do it this way?” He said, “Who cares? It works. Just do it.” Coaching in its simplest form gives you speed. If you’re content going at a slow pace and you have time to waste, then forget about everything I’m saying. Keep doing what you’re doing, and the good point is that you will get there eventually—hopefully.

The second and third elements that you need on your team ASAP are your mentors and peer support. Mentors are great as they have the experience doing what you want to do. The downside to mentors is that they’re generally not committed to your success like a coach is. They’re willing to help, but you have to go after them, they’re not going to chase you around, and often your access to them is limited. The peer support is valuable as it brings you some camaraderie, some friendly competition, and people to share in the growth experience together. You can learn from the experiences of the peer support team, which will allow you to make wiser choices in the future. The downside to peer support, though, is that there’s a lack of true accountability. As peers, if I let you slide, you can let me slide, and we’ll be better buds.

**Coach’s Note**

One of the best things you can invest in is speed (no, not the drug). Invest in what gets stuff done fast like team members, systems development, and technology. Why? Who cares! It works. Get stuff done fast! Have a book to write. Figure out how to do it in a week. Get it done ASAP. A good team increases your speed and expands your capacity.

Q: What’s the one thing you cannot afford to lose in the race to success?

A: Momentum. Anything that slows your momentum dramatically reduces your confidence and your capacity.

6) Fire, aim, ready

Pull the trigger and get your momentum rolling. You are already ready. Just identify the next step and take it—NOW. Start with identifying or reconnecting with your true passion then invest in yourself, get a coach, build your team, and get some speed (and some crack while you’re at it J).

**Coach’s Note**

I recently had a friend come to me for some coaching to jumpstart his business. He said, “I’m feeling a little overwhelmed and unfocused.”

I said, “What is overwhelming?”

He said, “I have this and that to do, and it’s keeping me from getting to what I really want and need to grow my business.”

“Okay,” I replied. “I’m hearing you say that if you get this and that done, then you can move on to doing the next projects and you will feel less overwhelmed and be focused on what you need to be doing to help you take your business to the next level.”

“Yes, absolutely, I just can’t get to it,” he said.

“Okay, then here’s what you’re going to do. First off, you’re going to write me a check for $1,000. Then you’re going to go to your office and start working on your project. If you’re not done by Friday at 5 pm, I’m cashing the check. Thank you and good-bye.” Friday he called. Project done!

Sometimes we just need to stop making it so dang complicated. Create an accountability structure and get to work. 

I saw Tony Robbins on TV this week promoting his new reality show (which I missed watching because I forgot to Tivo it; I’ll check it on Hulu). He always shares a great perspective to consider, and here’s what I picked up, in case you missed it:

The late, great Jim Rohn, world-famous motivational speaker, always talked about “the seasons of our life” such that we all experience seasons just like Mother Nature provides us spring, summer, fall, and winter. The winter season is a time of struggle and survival. There are many difficulties during winter, but it is always followed by the thaw of spring. Spring is a time of new life. It is a rebirth and a time to nurture and carefully attend to the new opportunities that are coming into being. And then comes summer, which is a time of cultivation, growth, and protection. Summer is when the planted seeds mature and blossom. It is a time when we must protect the fruits of our labor and prepare for the fall harvest. Following every summer comes the fall, when we reap what we sow and prepare ourselves for the inevitable returning winter.

I love this analogy of life and how it applies to our everyday existence. As Tony mentioned this week, his perspective is that, as a whole, we are still in a winter season, which we have been enduring for two years now. Just like winter, there are some days of sunshine, but we are still experiencing many tough times.

Three tips he gave us to continue to endure this winter season successfully:

1) Don’t lie to yourself, and don’t make it worse than it is.

I think Tony put a very interesting spin on this concept. When I think about “not lying to myself,” I look at how I try to downplay the severity of the issue and make it less of the big deal that it is. On the other hand, Tony said, “Don’t make it worse than it is,” which I actually see a lot with business owners. Many people are allowing themselves to suffer much more than they need to.

2) See it better than it is.

This is a huge concept and one into which we really need to put more conscious and focused effort. I am a huge advocate for creating and maintaining a powerful vision of the future. I spend a major chunk of time with each and everyone of my clients in creating and clearly articulating their vision for the future. This vision is what gives us direction as well as focus but, most importantly, it gives us hope and purpose. I have seen so many people lose sight of their vision, and it breaks my heart because I can feel their confusion and pain. I can see their struggle and watch them running to and fro chasing their tails, trying desperately to find some stable ground and something solid onto which to firmly hold. It’s a scary thing, but the great news is, with a little help from a good business coach, you can get your vision clear and you can get it fast. This is easily the fastest and most dramatic result that will produce the absolute greatest impact in any person, their business, and their life…and it happens FAST.

3) Go after role models; look for someone who’s done it so it doesn’t seem fake to you.

Tony really hit the nail on the head here. It’s so fun to create visions of the future, to dream big, and to let your imagination wander to visions of glory and riches, but when the reality train hits you smack in the head, all that you’re left with is a fabulous fantasy and an empty wallet. As an old friend used to say, “That and five bucks will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks.” However, if you can find someone who’s done what you’re trying to do, someone who can see the picture you have painted, and someone who has the ability to help you turn your visions into reality, now you’ve just “Supermanned” that speeding locomotive of reality. I always promote that the first three aspects that need to be added to each and every person’s success team are a mentor, a coach, and a peer-support group. There is just too much that needs to be done, too many big, life-changing decisions that need to be made, and all of it is happening so fast that we simply cannot waste time being in any sort of stuck, confused, frustrated, scared, unsure, or timid state of mind and try to get through it on our own.

So, if you won’t take it from me, at least take it from one of the greatest transformational leaders on the planet and come out of denial, clarify your vision of a brilliant and prosperous future, and find those successful role models to emulate and be coached by so you can be ready—because spring is coming!!!

One of the key traits many million-dollar business owners share is the ability to make decisions quickly and to take appropriate, timely action. However, making decisions quickly doesn’t mean that the person is reckless. Instead, it means the million-dollar business owner is willing to invest in opportunities and take calculated risks. There are a lot of risks in developing a million-dollar business, and right now is one of the riskier times in recent U.S. history. Many of us have been burned over the past few years, and a lot of us have lost our previous investments—but that doesn’t mean that we need to stop playing the game just because we had some failures. As one of my previous mentors used to say, “The game is always on!” It’s true; the game of success does not stop. It doesn’t wait. It doesn’t slow down. It doesn’t care if you lost all your money in real estate, your house, and your job. The game of success goes on.

            In the last Million-Dollar Business Strategies and Secrets event, I asked the audience to give me their reasons why we should all be striving to develop a million-dollar business. After the expected answers like peace of mind, lifestyle, comfort, and security, finally the best answer of all popped up: WHY NOT? 

            There’s no benefit to playing small. When I ask business owners why they are not pushing to grow their businesses, the answer I hear is usually some manifestation of a fear. For example, growing the business may mean hiring more staff, which means additional headaches associated with managing a team. This avoidance of an uncomfortable outcome—translated as fear—stops their growth and, consequently, drops the anchor on their ship sailing towards their dreams of peace of mind, a comfortable lifestyle, and security.

            The reality is that there are so many ways to work around our fears about massive business growth, no matter what they are, but we have to first make the decision that we are committed to having what we want—everything we want—and then just keep our eyes, ears, and hearts open to discovering and allowing the killer opportunities to come our way.

            As I said before, great business minds—those same people who tend to have all of the time, money, and freedom we wish we had—are the type of people who are willing to invest in opportunities and take calculated risks. In today’s economic condition, the absolute best place to invest is in our own knowledge. The game has changed in the past few years. There are new rules, and the way we used to play the game to become successful is not always the best path today. We must invest our time, energy, and finances into gaining the knowledge of how to more effectively play the game the way it is being played right now.

            So keep your eyes peeled, your ears tuned, and your heart open for those killer opportunities to gain valuable knowledge and insight that could change your life forever. And take advantage of those killer opportunities. Drop whatever else you’re doing and go for it.

Have you had dreams of owning a million dollar business? Have you ever wondered how you can get your business to generate millions of dollars in revenue?

The opportunity for you to finally learn the REAL secrets and the REAL strategies of being a Million Dollar Business owner is right around the corner.

For the past 10 years I have been working with hundreds of million dollar business owners and now it is time that I share with you the inside secrets and strategies for developing a million dollar business. I will share their secrets, their strategies, the challenges they faced, and the hurdles they had to overcome. I will share with you the reality and the fears they face, the excitement of their breakthroughs, and even the agony of their losses. I will also share with you the unique strategies that every million dollar business owner must use as well as…

• Leadership skills and techniques that will allow you to develop and run a “Million Dollar Business” level team.
• How to set million dollar goals, target, and visions for your company
• How to ensure you have an effective and efficient staff
• Skills to solve problems fast and efficiently
• How to manage your time and energy to operate at a million dollar level
• How to develop and leverage your network of family, friends, clients, colleagues, staff, and associates to build a million dollar support system
• Communication tools to motivate and mobilize your team to produce at a Million Dollar Business level
• Introduce you to the coaches, trainers, strategic partners, authors, marketing experts, cutting edge technology leaders, visionary thought leaders, and those who have coached and mentored me as well as thousands and thousands of other million dollar business owners.

If you have ever had the desire to own a million dollar business, finally, here is the resource for you to get all of your questions answered.

The first live F-R-E-E event will be held this June.
Mark you calendar for June 25, from 12:00-1:30pm
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Strategies and Secrets Revealed

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