Hi again
DEVELOPING A POSITIVE MINDSET
The following is a statement from a serious money making person - Jon
It says it all. Take note and learn.
My footnote at the end
QUOTE
I've been ranting and raving lately about the
importance of your wealth DNA.
Why is it such a big deal?
I bump into so many individuals, especially at
seminars and when I get to talk to them, it's
obvious to me that no matter how specific you
layout a strategy, you just know they're never
going to be successful.
How do I know?
It's in the way they speak and the language they
use.
They generally fall into 3 categories. You might
think that this bit doesn't relate to you, but
let's see.
The first question that I ask them is, what is
that has stopped you in creating more success in
your life so far?
The overwhelming answer is that they start
talking about events or other individuals who
have somehow controlled their destiny.
They're playing what I call the "blame-game".
They'll blame the economy, the government, the
stock market, their broker, a real estate agent,
a former business partner, their ex-wife, you
get the drift...
You'll never become wealthy if you fall into
this category.
You have to take 100% responsibility of where
you are at right now. You'll never be able to
move forward if you don't accept this.
Here's an interesting story. I once told this to
someone, (I wont mention who) and they
aggressively came back at me with...
"So if I'm walking down the street and a brick
falls on my head, it's my fault?"
No, it's not your fault... But how you respond
to the event is your choice.
Let me ask you this, do you have any friends or
family that have been on workcover for 5 years,
waiting for payout?
Now don't get me wrong, of course injuries
happen, but your attitude to how you respond to
events that seem challenging at the time is so
important when you're building a foundation for
wealth.
The next attitude of mediocrity is
"justification".
If you're not blaming, you are usually
justifying your situation in some shape or form.
I've had people say to me, "Money is not really
important to me."
Guess what... These guys are usually broke.
Guaranteed.
Another way of justifying their lack of money
position, they generally use dumb comparisons
like, "Money is not as important as love" or
"Money is not as important as your health."
Isn't that dumb? It's like you can only have one
or the other. I know you can have both or all
three.
The next dumb attitude is complaining.
In fact, this is the worst thing you can do,
guaranteed to keep you broke, and it gets even
worse... Your health will suffer as well.
I'm a big believer in what you focus on expands.
Read that again... It's THAT powerful.
When you're whining, moaning and complaining,
the only likely outcome is that you're going to
get more of the same crap that you're
complaining about.
When you're complaining, you become a living,
breathing crap-magnet.
Have you ever met a rich person who bitches and
moans all day long.
THINK POSITIVE ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK
Here's some homework for you that could
potentially give you some instant results in
your life.
Are you suffering from a little bit or a lot of
the above "wealth-stealing" principles?
You might say to me that, nup, you don't do any
of the above.
Here's a challenge for you...
For the next 7 days, try this. Don't blame,
justify or complain... No matter what.
Look at every experience and say to yourself,
"Mmmm.... What have I done to create this?"
(Responsibility)
"What's my positive response? If at all..."
"What can I learn from this situation that will
be useful to me?"
See how you go... I bet you it's not going to be
easy. But if you take up the challenge, you're
going to be amazed at the insights and
transformations that will start to appear.
...And remember, it's nothing more than taking
100% responsibility of your own life.
Regards - Jon
Some people have not got a life.
They are so busy complaining that life passes them by
Scared to take risks and explore opportunities
or better still create opportunities.
They are always victims..HA-HA-HA
Get a grip and crush that mentality or
forever walk in someone elses shadow
YOU CAN GET JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANTY IN LIFE -
ENGAGE A POSITIVE MINDSET
Sourced and Published by Henry Sapiecha 17th March 2010
Be Your Own Boss – Build a Successful Business, Not Just an Income Stream
Being an employee for life is not likely to make you wealthy. Working for someone else only makes the employer richer. Unfortunately, the ’system’ is not designed to make you wealthy.Being your own boss and building a successful business will enable you to earn more money and create wealth than you ever could by working at a ‘job’. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying – ‘job’ stands for ‘just over broke’.
Building a successful business, a lifestyle freedom business, allows you to have independence and determine your own destiny. You set your own hours, financial, business and growth goals, and time for leisure.
Let’s take Internet Marketing for example – it allows you to set up a business relatively quickly with little expense, without overheads, and often from the comfort of your own home office.
Like all entrepreneurs who have the guts to take control of their future, you need to decide which way is the right way to go. You are the only person you can rely on to get it started and make it happen.
Success in business is not rocket science. It’s not as difficult as some will have you believe. It takes knowing the difference between what does and doesn’t work.
Believe me, building a successful business is one of the most rewarding things you can do. Had I known years ago where my business journey would take me, I probably would have arrived at where my business is now much sooner.
Here are some more tips:
When starting a business, most people focus on generating income and lose sight of their long-term goal of having a successful and ’sustainable’ business that will provide freedom, independence, wealth and support many years into the future. Keep focused on building a long-term asset.
Take one idea and build it up until it is successful. Then go back and decide on what to do next. Keep your focus to the finish line.
The no.1 question is – where can I win? Position yourself in a place where you’re going to win. Look for the gaps in the market and the market in the gaps.
Listen to the marketplace. Listening is one of the greatest skills an entrepreneur can acquire. This, plus creatively and quickly satisfying the need/s in the marketplace is the secret formula to creating money on demand.
Get clued up on how to build a successful business. Don’t stay clueless. If you find you’re missing a key piece or pieces of information to get your plan going, go get that information. Go in search of what’s missing.
Invest in your financial and business literacy.
Become an avid observer of the things that propel some entrepreneurs to create major success while others do nothing but struggle.
Then take the next step – it’s not enough just to keep learning, you must Take Action, Massive Action. Yes, get the knowledge, but then promptly put it to use. Freedom comes from taking action. Deal with the information overload and move forward one-step at a time.
Focus on progress rather than perfection. Just do it! It’s exhilarating
I have copied it for readers & visitors of the ACBO stable of sites
to enjoy, learnand perhaps motivate.
HE QUOTES
‘ACCIDENTAL MILLIONAIRE’
I just got back from a massive weekend in Sydney.
No it’s not what you are thinking, my party days are over, I was at the Global Real Estate Investor seminar.
Some might call that “work”, however for me, and I often say this, my work is pleasure.
Yes I really mean that, I love what I do.
But that’s not why I’m writing to you today, I want to tell you about a person I met at the seminar on the weekend.
Let’s call him, “The Accidental Millionaire.”
That’s one thing I love about my business, I get the opportunity to meet incredibly interesting people at events.
Let me tell you about this chance meeting…
A young gentleman caught my attention as I was speaking to a group of people on one of the breaks.
He came up to me and just handed me a glass of water.
He didn’t say much, I think it was along the lines of, “Looks like you might need this…”
He didn’t stay to be part of the group, he just handed me the glass of water and moved on.
At the lunchtime break I saw him walking my way and I simply stopped him to say, “Thank you for the glass water.”
He passed it off as being a small act of “nothing special” but then went on to ask me whether I had 10 minutes to spend with him, he wanted to run something by me.
Now, I’ve learnt a long time ago to never pre-judge anybody. You might think it’s quite easy to do but I can assure you it is in fact very difficult, and in some cases almost impossible.
To paint a picture for you, this guy was casually dressed, however I noticed that his clothes were very Italian-designer orientated. In other words, they looked expensive.
First, he complimented me on the event and the content, and then went on to tell me that he was serious about investing in the US market – but did not want to buy one house at the time, he wanted t o buy 100-200 houses all at once. He referred to the speakers comments about how large investors would buy direct from the banks at wholesale for deep discounts and quickly turn them around for huge profits.
Of course this immediately caught my attention and I started wondering who this guy was… and what has he done to put himself in a position to simply pull out big figures like that.
I wanted to find out if he was serious or just big-noting himself.
I told him I was impressed with his ambition and ability to think big, as well as putting it out there straight away.
Anyway, he told me that his current business was going great-guns and turning over in excess of $30 million per annum with a significant and healthy profit.
This guy is what I call a player.
It was obvious to him from what he had heard at the seminar that the US market was a big opportunity to make some very big returns on his capital and he was not just going to dabble with this – he was going to be very serious and strategic.
He openly told me that he had millions to invest and he was ready to go right now. I was more curious than ever to find out a little bit about his background.
It turns out that this guy is a massive fan of personal development and self-improvement philosophy. He was able to recite concepts and ideas from some personal development greats such as David Schwartz, the author of The Magic of Thinking Big (the first book he ever read), Napoleon Hill of Think and Grow Rich… Zig Ziglar….. Jim Rohn….. Anthony Robbins….. Winston Churchill…. etc, etc, etc.
All of these success greats had great impact upon his journey to significant wealth.
I wanted to dig deeper into his psychology and find out what made him so successful.
Now this guy is turning over $30 million and he says to me that he didn’t actually feel as though he was hugely successful, he was just taking advantage of the opportunities that were being presented to him.
I think that’s very instructive, anybody from the outside looking in would definitely see him as a success, however he just saw himself as a person of action and taking advantage of opportunity… Interesting.
I wanted more specifics, so I asked him for 3 reasons that he thought had made him achieve the results that he had achieved…
He said three things…
The ability to think big.
The burning desire.
Outcome driven.
I was curious about one thing… He didn’t mention his ability to take massive action. I quizzed him about this…
“Oh!” he said. “That comes naturally to me, I didn’t even think of that… But now that you mention it, I suppose that plays a big part in what I do.”
Now this is very instructive, and many millionaires such as this guy do this subconsciously… Meaning they don’t really know they’re doing it. That’s why it’s sometimes really difficult for a wealthy person to explain what makes them successful.
He has gotten himself to the stage where taking action is normal, natural and simply part of his process.
This is a big lesson for anyone who wants to be rich, wealthy and happy. Your actions have to become part of what you do daily, without thinking about it.
All this most likely developed for this guy during his time that he spent with the self-improvement greats – which obviously changed his psychology greatly.
There are big lessons here, let me summarise them for you…
Never pre-judge… Be curious about the people that you interact with. You never know who you might be talking to.
Add value… His gesture of giving me a glass of water was small in the scheme of things, but how often do people do that?
Mindset… It’s amazing that most millionaires have similar stories of learning from the great masters of the past.
The ability to think big… If you’re going to think, why not think big?
Burning desire… This is what underpins the philosophy of “Failure is not an option… Just a learning experience.”
Outcome driven… You’ll always find a way if you’re outcome-driven. You wont stop until you’ve reached your goal.
Action-orientated… Turn the often difficult task of action into something that comes naturally, easily and effortlessly.
So there you have it, a chance meeting with a self-proclaimed accidental millionaire.
PS – Things happen for a reason.
HOW MANY OF YOU OUT THERE RELATE TO THIS STORY…??
Sourced and published by Henry Sapiecha 11th Feb 2010
For the first 10 years of Mikes work life he worked for 35 different employers. In his words “I’m a product of the many really bad, and the few good, employers I worked for”.
This background helped to influence Mike to “do it differently” in business.
His business career started with buying and selling goods as a second-hand dealer. 8 years later the entrepreneur in Mike surfaced when he launched a short distance furniture removal business. This evolved into MiniMovers.MiniMovers is today an innovative market leader, growing from an initial investment of $200 and a Ute,
to an annual turnover exceeding $30 million with over 450 employees. Today, Mike Chairs the Board of Directors with an experienced CEO running the Business.
Mike has recently been on various Government committees including a Small Business Advisory Panel to the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia.He is currently a Commissioner on the Australian Fair Pay Commission, charged with the responsibility of setting the minimum pay for workers in Australia.He is also on the Board of Directors, of the Australian Institute of Management (AIM) and the National Board of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards.
To keep “on the edge” he is also attending the EO/MIT Entrepreneurs Masters Program in Boston USA.He is a sought after key note speaker who shares a variety of business and thought provoking views over a range of topics.He can answer the questions while keeping you interested, inspired and empowered.
“My education at the very best school (of hard knocks) guarantees I’ll challenge many commonly held beliefs”.
Mike is a true entrepreneur and a business innovator, and you’ll find that his down-to-earth style is both compelling and contagious.
Why is it such a big deal? I bump into so many individuals, especially at seminars and when I get to talk to them, it's obvious to me that no matter how specific you layout a strategy, you just know they're never going to be successful.
How do I know? It's in the way they speak and the language they use. They generally fall into 3 categories. You might think that this bit doesn't relate to you, but let's see. The first question that I ask them is, what is that has stopped you in creating more success in your life so far? The overwhelming answer is that they start talking about events or other individuals who have somehow controlled their destiny. They're playing what I call the "blame-game". They'll blame the economy, the government, the stock market, their broker, a real estate agent, a former business partner, their ex-wife, you get the drift...
You'll never become wealthy if you fall into this category. You have to take 100% responsibility of where you are at right now. You'll never be able to move forward if you don't accept this. Here's an interesting story. I once told this to someone, (I wont mention who) and they aggressively came back at me with... "So if I'm walking down the street and a brick falls on my head, it's my fault?" No, it's not your fault... But how you respond to the event is your choice. Let me ask you this, do you have any friends or family that have been on workcover for 5 years, waiting for payout? Now don't get me wrong, of course injuries happen, but your attitude to how you respond to events that seem challenging at the time is so important when you're building a foundation for wealth. The next attitude of mediocrity is "justification". If you're not blaming, you are usually justifying your situation in some shape or form. I've had people say to me, "Money is not really important to me." Guess what... These guys are usually broke. Guaranteed. Another way of justifying their lack of money position, they generally use dumb comparisons like, "Money is not as important as love" or "Money is not as important as your health." Isn't that dumb? It's like you can only have one or the other. I know you can have both or all three. The next dumb attitude is complaining. In fact, this is the worst thing you can do, guaranteed to keep you broke, and it gets even worse... Your health will suffer as well. I'm a big believer in what you focus on expands. Read that again... It's THAT powerful. When you're whining, moaning and complaining, the only likely outcome is that you're going to get more of the same crap that you're complaining about. When you're complaining, you become a living, breathing crap-magnet. Have you ever met a rich person who bitches and moans all day long.
THINK POSITIVE ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK Here's some homework for you that could potentially give you some instant results in your life. Are you suffering from a little bit or a lot of the above "wealth-stealing" principles? You might say to me that, nup, you don't do any of the above. Here's a challenge for you... For the next 7 days, try this. Don't blame, justify or complain... No matter what. Look at every experience and say to yourself, "Mmmm.... What have I done to create this?" (Responsibility) "What's my positive response? If at all..." "What can I learn from this situation that will be useful to me?" See how you go... I bet you it's not going to be easy. But if you take up the challenge, you're going to be amazed at the insights and transformations that will start to appear. ...And remember, it's nothing more than taking 100% responsibility of your own life. Regards - Jon
Some people have not got a life. They are so busy complaining that life passes them by Scared to take risks and explore opportunities or better still create opportunities. They are always victims..HA-HA-HA Get a grip and crush that mentality or forever walk in someone elses shadow YOU CAN GET JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANTY IN LIFE - ENGAGE A POSITIVE MINDSET Sourced and Published by Henry Sapiecha 17th March 2010
