- Mar 10, 2010
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Crazy idea but I know that is exactly how to become successful. I friend I respect was telling me that he wanted to be a millionaire and was asking me ideas and running his thoughts past me on how he would become a millionaire.
Essentially I told him he had no right to be thinking about becoming a millionaire or any right to even think about having 10K in the bank. I told him he did have a right to think and desire 1K a month in revenue though.
People often get too far ahead of themselves and think riches, cars, boats, jewelry etc when they are not making even a small amount of money from their online ventures.
The fact of the matter is that you need to learn to crawl, then take baby steps, then walk, then run and then run fast and it is an extremely rare individual that can get to the run fast part without going through the initial steps.
You will not start out as a manager of a big corporation without having had less responsible positions whether at that corporation or other similar corporations and IM is not any different; you need to work your way up.
You need to achieve small goals before even considering a higher loftier goal.
That is a standard principal that applies to almost every aspect of your life.
Want a wife? You have to have a girlfriend first.
Want to drive a really sharp car? You need to learn how to drive first.
Want a loan for 500K? You need to build your credit up with smaller loans first.
Want to be the best basketball player? You need to learn to dribble and shoot first.
Once you learn to succeed then you can succeed... but you have to LEARN to succeed first.
Most people do not know that success is a learned skill... succeeding at getting more offline clients comes from learning how to get one.
Succeeding at building a portfolio of cash flow websites comes from learning how to succeed at making one generate cash.
Succeeding at winning a championship in sports comes from learning what it takes to win one game.
Fun fact: When I was a teenager I was on what was called a "Cross Country" team. That sport is one whereby you race but you race longer distances. The level I was at when I learned how to be successful we ran a 2.4 mile/3.86242 km race against other schools in the area.
I sucked at it when I started out... in fact I was so bad that in my first race, the coach yelled at me during the race that I was not giving it my full effort when indeed I was.
So, as the season progressed I went the extra mile in training. I would get up before school and run 5 miles in the dark: I would go down in the basement of my home and lift weights; I asked my Mother to cook specific foods so that I was eating better than others; on weekends I would do LSD (long slow distance); I would go to an area with steep hills in the evening and sprint up them... none of which was part of the regular training our coach had us doing.
Imagine this... I started to get better... started to get faster... started to actually look like a runner BUT I could not win a race. I would come close but could not close the deal.
I remember the day I learned to succeed though and I remember it super well as I learned more than how to succeed/win at an athletic event, I learned how to succeed in life.
I remember the opponent... I remember the venue... I remember exactly how I learned to win that day. I remember guys on my team telling me where to go after the race as having never won before I didn't know what I was supposed to do.
I went on to winning a bunch of races after that as I now knew how to win one race. In fact at the age of 16 I was on the cover of Runner's World magazine.
Each and every one of you has the ability to be successful and can be successful if you apply the very same principals... learn to succeed on one level and carry that knowledge to the next one.
Make the choice to succeed and do the work to succeed and you will.
Make the choice to succeed and not do the work and you'll not succeed.
It's a simple formula but so many do not grasp the concept and that is a real shame.
So take the bull by the horns and start succeeding at little things; learn to make that little cash so you can apply those principals to making that larger cash.
Go the extra mile and get up before everyone else and out work them; when it is time to call it a day, DON'T... do change your lifestyle so that you are the guy that gets their pic on the cover of the magazine in your arena of IM.
You can do it if you CHOOSE to do it... plain and simple.
Make that choice.
Earn the right to think about becoming a millionaire.
Essentially I told him he had no right to be thinking about becoming a millionaire or any right to even think about having 10K in the bank. I told him he did have a right to think and desire 1K a month in revenue though.
People often get too far ahead of themselves and think riches, cars, boats, jewelry etc when they are not making even a small amount of money from their online ventures.
The fact of the matter is that you need to learn to crawl, then take baby steps, then walk, then run and then run fast and it is an extremely rare individual that can get to the run fast part without going through the initial steps.
You will not start out as a manager of a big corporation without having had less responsible positions whether at that corporation or other similar corporations and IM is not any different; you need to work your way up.
You need to achieve small goals before even considering a higher loftier goal.
That is a standard principal that applies to almost every aspect of your life.
Want a wife? You have to have a girlfriend first.
Want to drive a really sharp car? You need to learn how to drive first.
Want a loan for 500K? You need to build your credit up with smaller loans first.
Want to be the best basketball player? You need to learn to dribble and shoot first.
Once you learn to succeed then you can succeed... but you have to LEARN to succeed first.
Most people do not know that success is a learned skill... succeeding at getting more offline clients comes from learning how to get one.
Succeeding at building a portfolio of cash flow websites comes from learning how to succeed at making one generate cash.
Succeeding at winning a championship in sports comes from learning what it takes to win one game.
Fun fact: When I was a teenager I was on what was called a "Cross Country" team. That sport is one whereby you race but you race longer distances. The level I was at when I learned how to be successful we ran a 2.4 mile/3.86242 km race against other schools in the area.
I sucked at it when I started out... in fact I was so bad that in my first race, the coach yelled at me during the race that I was not giving it my full effort when indeed I was.
So, as the season progressed I went the extra mile in training. I would get up before school and run 5 miles in the dark: I would go down in the basement of my home and lift weights; I asked my Mother to cook specific foods so that I was eating better than others; on weekends I would do LSD (long slow distance); I would go to an area with steep hills in the evening and sprint up them... none of which was part of the regular training our coach had us doing.
Imagine this... I started to get better... started to get faster... started to actually look like a runner BUT I could not win a race. I would come close but could not close the deal.
I remember the day I learned to succeed though and I remember it super well as I learned more than how to succeed/win at an athletic event, I learned how to succeed in life.
I remember the opponent... I remember the venue... I remember exactly how I learned to win that day. I remember guys on my team telling me where to go after the race as having never won before I didn't know what I was supposed to do.
I went on to winning a bunch of races after that as I now knew how to win one race. In fact at the age of 16 I was on the cover of Runner's World magazine.
Each and every one of you has the ability to be successful and can be successful if you apply the very same principals... learn to succeed on one level and carry that knowledge to the next one.
I am 100% there is not one person on this site that
cannot learn to succeed.
cannot learn to succeed.
100%.
Make the choice to succeed and do the work to succeed and you will.
Make the choice to succeed and not do the work and you'll not succeed.
It's a simple formula but so many do not grasp the concept and that is a real shame.
So take the bull by the horns and start succeeding at little things; learn to make that little cash so you can apply those principals to making that larger cash.
Go the extra mile and get up before everyone else and out work them; when it is time to call it a day, DON'T... do change your lifestyle so that you are the guy that gets their pic on the cover of the magazine in your arena of IM.
You can do it if you CHOOSE to do it... plain and simple.
Make that choice.
Earn the right to think about becoming a millionaire.
It's your choice; choose success.
