I wanted to write. I wanted to do events like Tracy and Robbins.
I wanted to be published and I was going to be published…
Part of this story has been told before, so I'll just move to
here:
Decide to Change Your Life
At this point, I can tell you that becoming wealthy was a
matter of choice. It was a matter of focus and a matter of
taking consistent action towards goals.
It had become obvious.
The people who are rich got that way by following the same
types of steps as everyone else who is, or has ever been, rich.
Math: Good.
I just didn't know that the time horizon, learning curve and
trial and error process would be so dang brutal along the way.
Follow The Trail Already Blazed...
If being wealthy is something you want, then what you need to
do is find the footprints, and follow them.
…Because, success and wealth leaves footprints.
Robbins' mantra was, "Success Leaves Clues."
That went through my mind all day long. I became the Sherlock
Holmes of Finding Success.
If you decide not to cut the learning curve by having a mentor
and mastermind, then what you are going to do is this:
Your job is to find the footprints, analyze them, understand
them and follow them in a bold manner. Once you have the
formula, it is up to you to implement it. Nobody can do that
for you. Only you can implement this formula.
There will not be anybody coming to your aid. The
responsibility is on your shoulders and no one else. And, when
I say nobody, I mean NOBODY!
You either choose to affiliate with successful people who can
show you that a door is the part that leads to the next
room…or…you can do what I did…which was beat my head on the wall
until it hit a handle and then pushed open the door.
So the deal is this:
It will ultimately fall on your shoulders and it is ALL up to
you. You will have to be your own leader. Your best friend,
your sister or brother, your significant other - nobody will
take responsibility. It's up to you.
Because you see, the footprints are there waiting for you to
follow them, and only you can walk for yourself. Nobody is
going to carry you to the finish line. You have to walk for
yourself.
Wealth is like Mother Nature
It does not care if you are tall
or short, healthy or not, good looking or ugly, young or old,
black or white, handicapped or not, a college grad or a drop
out, etc.
If you are breathing and alive and can at least shovel snow,
cut the lawn or telemarket, you can become wealthy. It does not
matter how you were raised or who your parents were, either. It
does not matter if you have been poor your entire life. None of
that matters.
What does matter is if you can follow the formula consistently.
If you can do that, you can become wealthy.
It will require that you make a solid and long-term commitment
to become rich. It will require you follow this formula for a
long time.
I am not saying it will take a long time to become rich - that
is up to you. I am saying that if you want to really build
wealth, it will require you continuing to follow this formula.
Revelation:
One of the best ways to become rich, is to do what rich people
do. Find someone who is rich in your field and do what they do.
Follow them and study them and ask them questions. You'll
ultimately plow your own path, with your own unique style and
traits and specificities, but you will be following the basic
formula for wealth.
Simple fact: If you are wealthy, you did what the wealthy did.
If you aren't, you didn't.
It does not really matter what "industry" you are in or are
going after (as long as there is a paying demand), building
wealth is the same in most every industry there is. The rules
are the same. The footprints are the same. You just need to
know what they are, and follow them.
