Is It the Quickest Way?

Almost 3 years ago I wrote in this blog about a system taught by my friend and mentor Harv Eker called SPEEDWEALTH. It’s a system designed to show ANYONE who has the true desire, EXACTLY how to create a MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS in 3 years or less.

In a nutshell, the system is a checklist for the entrepreneur to follow.

After learning this system, I designed my business to follow the checklist that the system called for.

The results speak for themselves. The financial advisory practice I created has grown from the day I opened my business, to the point where I am among the top advisors in the nation in my area of expertise.

While I wanted to prove that the SPEEDWEALTH system worked, I also wanted to improve my entrepreneurial skills.

Why have I focused so much of my recent life to ENTREPRENEURSHIP?

First of all, it’s a passion of mine. I went to undergraduate school to get a degree in BUSINESS. I went to graduate school to get a MASTERS degree in BUSINESS. I got my CPA to understand the numbers and the taxes of business. I grew up in my family business. All of my other family members were in businesses.

Second, it is beyond a shadow of a doubt, the BEST AND FASTEST WAY to reach FINANCIAL FREEDOM.

Think about this for a second……

For every 100 new businesses that open their doors today, approximately 80 percent will fail in the first 3 years. Of the remaining 20 percent, 16 percent will have bought themselves a job, and ONLY 4 PERCENT will be creating wealth!

If you think those odds sound lousy, it’s A THOUSAND TIMES WORSE for the EMPLOYEE who gets paid a salary or by the hour or job.

Unless you are paid on performance or by results, you will struggle with money your entire life.

The problem is, virtually no one is creating FINANCIAL FREEDOM. The overwhelming majority of the public goes to work, gets a paycheck, and stays on the proverbial treadmill their whole lives.

BUT THAT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE YOU!!

I KNOW THIS TO BE A FACT!

HOW DO I KNOW THIS FACT?

BECAUSE SUCCESS IS A LEARNABLE SKILL!

ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS A LEARNABLE SKILL!

YOU CAN LEARN YOUR WAY TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM AS LONG AS YOU ARE READY TO BACK UP YOUR LEARNING WITH ACTION!

Here’s one thing I can promise you for sure…..

If you study and learn the mindset for success I’ve written about for the past 3 years here at this blog….

If you study and learn the money management skills and strategies I’ve written about for the past 3 years here at this blog….

If you study and learn the entrepreneurial skills and strategies that I WILL BE DEDICATED TO TEACHING YOU right here at this blog and on my web site (soon to come)….

You will be ready to take on the world, and WIN!

Financial Freedom is a worthy goal. You will have to GROW yourself into a person CAPABLE of creating financial freedom, and even more in order to keep it and grow it. Your BURNING DESIRE to become such a person is the starting point for your success.

When you choose to become PASSIONATE about being your best, living life to the max, sharing your gifts with others, and understanding that every setback brings you closer to your dreams, you will finally begin to see the secret to really special success.

My entrepreneurial philosophies are based on 2 of the greatest entrepreneurial minds I have ever known, Michael Gerber and Harv Eker. Their successes are legendary. Their knowledge is unquestioned. I see the big picture both of them paint, and understand their mindset when it comes to success as an entrepreneur.

Remember, Financial Freedom happens when you have enough PASSIVE income to pay for your desired lifestyle. If you create a business the way I’ll be teaching you how to create it, you will have all the choices on what to do with it. That means, if you want to sell it and take the cash you can. If you want to run it yourself and take the profits, you can. If you want to hire outside managers and have them run it, you can. If you want to take it public and get a bunch of shares, you can. You will be in control.

As we begin the month of May, I hope you’ll make a declaration to yourself that you are going to make the balance of this year the starting point to your blast off to financial freedom. That means the desire to learn, to grow, to try, and try, and try and try……

Thank you for your precious time.

Namaste.

Jeff

The Incredible Power of Intention.....

If I could tell you just one thing that would make the biggest difference in your life, it would be to find someone extremely successful that you know and admire, and MODEL them. Figure out what it is that makes them so successful and follow their lead. Throughout my life, I have modeled the characteristics, habits, traits, tactics, systems, philosophies of those who have achieved uncommon success in areas of life that are important to me. It’s the sum total of all of these people and their characteristics that have molded me into who I am today.

This past weekend I went to San Diego to spend 2 ½ days with the brilliant Michael Gerber of E-Myth fame. I went for a number of reasons. First, simply to get to meet and learn with this giant in the area of entrepreneurship, my greatest passion. Second, to get very clear about how I wanted to take my business to another level. Third, to meet as many of the other participants and network with these like minded souls. Fourth, figure out if there was ANY way I could create a JV arrangement or alliance with Michael Gerber.

The event started on Friday, and just prior to the start I got an email from my good friend Harv Eker of Peak Potentials Training who is also a friend of Michael’s asking me to send his regards. Michael certainly knew Harv. Me, I was just another face in the crowd.

The event was exactly as advertised. Dream. What’s your Dream? What’s your vision? Your purpose? Your mission?

When you hear the words come out of Michael Gerber’s mouth, it just seems to mean more. When he emphasizes key concepts again, and again, and again, and again, it’s time to highlight them and circle them too!

I chose to pay the premium and get to be on Michael’s ‘HOT SEAT”. There were probably about a dozen of us out of the room of 45 who would get the experience of being on Michael Gerber’s HOT SEAT.

On Sunday morning, I still hadn’t had my turn on the HOT SEAT yet, and I was beginning to wonder what I had gotten myself into. Michael wasn’t pulling any punches and he was getting his points across to each of those who were brave enough to go through the process. I’ll bet those who were willing to step up and sit on the HOT SEAT got the most out of the weekend. But I knew I’d be called up at some point on Sunday, and I was just prepared to take it like a man.

Most disappointing was that I didn’t see any way to create an alliance or JV arrangement with Michael Gerber, and that was the highest aspiration I had going into the weekend. THAT WAS MY INTENTION.

All of a sudden, on Sunday morning, Michael introduces his ‘Chief Negotiator” Mark, who then makes a fantastic presentation and discusses the opportunity to become a ‘STRATEGIC PARTNER’ with Michael and his team. I’ve seen Mark throughout the event but never had a chance to talk with him at breaks or at meals.

Could this be the opportunity I was looking for? Could this be my lucky break? Could I actually become a “STRATEGIC PARTNER” with Michael Gerber? I was sure going to find Mark at the break and talk to him about it.

At the next break I immediately introduced myself to Mark and began to talk with him, but there were several others who also wanted to speak with him, and I wasn’t able to accomplish much.

After lunch, it was my turn to be on the stage with Michael. We began to discuss my dream, vision, purpose and mission. It was much more like a pleasant conversation than having Michael ripping me apart! Then Michael asked me to fill in the blanks, my background, education, prior work experience, what I was currently doing. I spoke about my passion for financial freedom and personal growth. I spoke about my belief in entrepreneurship as the greatest vehicle to financial freedom. I spoke about the incredible need for education in the areas of money and success. I spoke about the sleeping passions inside of all of us that just need to be woken up.

Afterwards, Mark came over to me and said that they’d like to explore a strategic partnership with me! Unfortunately, we didn’t have enough time to go into further details other than….”I’ll be in touch with you Jeff”, so until the details have been confirmed, it’s something brewing.

Regardless, my intention was to make something happen while I was at this seminar with Michael Gerber. He had never met me before. He knew absolutely nothing about me. There was no reason to believe that of all the people he has to choose from he would even consider me. But I was determined to see if it could happen, and believed that if it could happen it would happen. And IT DID!

Being a STRATEGIC PARTNER with Michael Gerber, would be a life transforming experience. My ideas and philosophies are in complete alignment with Michael’s. My desire to have a major impact on the financial lives of millions of people can be fulfilled with Michael Gerber as my STRATEGIC PARTNER. I believe in my heart and soul that there would be no stopping us (Not that Michael Gerber needs anything at all from me)

Until I have the chance to spend time in conversation with Mark, I’ll keep moving forward with my work, and when the time comes where there is more confirmation one way or the other, I’ll post it here first.

No matter what, the future is bright.

I hope your future is bright. I hope you’re waking up to your dreams every morning. I hope you have a plan to make your dreams come true. I hope you never quit!

Namaste.

Jeff

How good are you at receiving?

Every time you dive into the workings of your mind, and you plant seeds of nourishment with high quality information, you grow and improve as a person. As you begin to understand the value of learning, you will find yourself overwhelmed with what you realize you don’t know but need to.

Equally important, is to UNLEARN many things that you currently hold as true but in reality aren’t.

We all work the same way. We all have a conditioned mind. Our conditioned mind was built upon the things we heard, we saw and we experienced, especially as kids. And even though today you’ve long forgotten the incident or situation or what was said, it’s all there in your memory banks of your mind.

Today, we want to pull out your file when it comes to receiving. How good are you at receiving? Do you think it’s important to be a good receiver? Do you think you can acquire wealth without becoming a good receiver? Let’s really look at your attitudes about receiving, because if you have a negative attitude about this area, you will struggle with money your whole life.


Harv Eker’s Wealth File #10

Rich people are excellent receivers.
Poor people are poor receivers.

Week in and week out, I see many clients and prospects at my office. Without a doubt, the single most glaring weakness most people possess that stops them from reaching their full financial potential is the fact that they are lousy receivers. They may or may not be good on the giving side, but they are absolutely terrible on the receiving side. Since they are lousy at receiving, they don’t.

Why would people be such lousy receivers?

Primarily because of our conditioning!

Most people have feelings of being UNWORTHY.

Think about it. For most people, we hear many more no’s than yes’s…

We hear many more “do it again” than “great job”…

As a result, poor people simply don’t feel worthy of receiving.

Others place so much pressure on themselves to be perfect (which of course they can never be) that when they can’t live up to those standards, they feel unworthy.


The fact is that you are as worthy as anyone else. So stop buying into any of the “worthiness” or “unworthiness” crap and focus on taking the actions you need to get rich!

Another reason that people are lousy receivers is because of the old adage “it’s better to give than receive”.

Of course, this is also a bunch of bull. For every giver, there must be a receiver. For every receiver, there must be a giver.

When you want to give someone a gift, and they won’t accept it, how does that make you feel? You feel ripped off, because you wanted to give and you couldn’t.

If you continue to try to give a gift to someone and they always refuse to accept it, how long do you think it will take before you don’t offer it to them anymore? No one else will either. They’ve conditioned the Universe not to give to them.

If you aren’t willing to receive your share, it’ll go to someone else who is. Rich people are rich because they are willing to receive while most people are not.

The really wealthy and successful people I know all work hard and believe that it is perfectly appropriate for them to be paid for their work and the value they deliver. Poor people don’t.

What do you think? Because if you don’t believe that you should be rewarded for the value you deliver, you will never be rich. You MUST become an excellent receiver….WITHOUT ANY GUILT.

Now…put your hand on your chest and repeat out loud…

I AM AN EXCELLENT RECEIVER. I AM OPEN AND WILLING TO RECEIVE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY INTO MY LIFE!

Namaste,

Jeff

Are You Bigger Than Your Problems?

Anyone who has read through the past 8 postings about their WEALTH FILES will testify that this review is worth A MILLION TIMES the time and energy invested in it.

Your WEALTH FILES determine your FINANCIAL FUTURE! They determine if you will find the ways to achieve your financial dreams, or if you will be like most everybody else, the other 95%ers who struggle and worry about money every day of their lives.

The goal should be to become FREE! When you win the money game, you are FREE to DO whatever you truly want in life. At the age of 54, I am truly a blessed person to be able to live life on my terms. It didn’t happen overnight, and it didn’t happen by accident.

It’s the end result of living these philosophies and creating MY OWN WEALTH FILES for over the past 39 years. It’s the result of studying the greatest minds in the areas of money and success, and applying them in my life. It’s the result of many, many failures, and many disappointments along the way.

The next WEALTH FILE we are going to look at is one that is the CORE of my philosophy of success. It is so vital you understand this that I want you to promise yourself that you will read this over at least one more time, so that you truly grasp this concept and adopt it as a PERMANENT part of your WEALTH FILES.

Harv Eker’s Wealth File #9

Rich people are bigger than their problems.
Poor people are smaller than their problems.

Rarely is success easy. If it was, we’d all be successful all the time. We’d all be rich! We’d all be happy! But the fact is, the reverse is true.

Here we are living at the wealthiest time in the history of the world, in the wealthiest nation in the world, but most everybody is struggling! In fact, from what I see daily in my practice, most people are struggling big time!

Getting rich isn’t easy. It isn’t a piece of cake. It requires a lot of time and energy (at least at first), and there are a million challenges that must be met and overcome.

Most people don’t want to put themselves through that. They don’t want the headaches, they don’t want the hassles, and they don’t want the problems.

That creates an even bigger problem because poor people are smaller than their problems, and they aren’t GROWING so that they can become BIGGER than their problems. And until they GROW big enough to take on bigger problems, they can never get rich.

Rich people on the other hand, take on challenges with zest and enthusiasm. Their attitude is “Bring it on”. They know that there is a solution to every problem, and that they will find a way to continue to move forward. Rich people take on bigger and bigger challenges constantly, and continue to grow with the experience and confidence that comes from taking action. The bigger the challenges you take on, the richer you will become.

Poor people will do virtually anything to avoid problems. The irony in that is that they end up with one of the biggest problems of all, they’re BROKE! The key is not to shrink from your problems, but rather to prepare yourself and grow yourself BIGGER than your problems.

Everybody has problems. Rich people and poor people have them. There is no way to avoid them. If you’re breathing, you’ll have them. The size of the problem is never the issue. The issue is ALWAYS the size of YOU!

This is the KEY! In life, your success will always be about YOU! Believe it or not, you control your life. Not your parents, not your spouse, or your kids, or your boss, or anyone else. You are responsible for your life and your success, your finances and your happiness. If you don’t believe this, you are DOOMED. You have to believe that you are capable of GROWING yourself into a HUGE SUCCESS. It’s all up to you.

What’s currently in your wealth file? Are you bigger than your problems? Are you smaller? Until you can fill your WEALTH FILES with BELIEFS that you are someone who is capable of learning and growing, you won’t see the kinds of success we’re talking about here.

Now, put your hand on your chest and repeat out loud…

I AM BIGGER THAN ANY PROBLEM!
I CAN HANDLE ANY PROBLEM!
NOTHING CAN STOP ME FROM CREATING WEALTH!

Namaste,

Jeff

The Richest are Masters of this....

Here’s a huge block for many, a gigantic wall most people can never get past. Here’s a WEALTH FILE that you will need to make sure is filled with BELIEFS that are positive and empowering.

These reviews of your WEALTH FILES are based on the book “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind” by my friend and mentor Harv Eker. And although they are only a piece of the puzzle in winning the money game, they are a part of your foundation that is perhaps the most critical to your success, because we’re talking about your BELIEFS.

If one of your goals in life is financial freedom, you MUST have BELIEFS that are supportive towards achieving the goal. You will take action based on your BELIEFS, or NOT take action based on your BELIEFS, so you better be sure that you’ve programmed yourself for success.

Would you like to know what you are currently programmed for in the area of money?

Look at your results. Look at your life. Look at your income. Look at your assets. Look at your net worth. That’s exactly what you’re currently programmed for.

Would you like to get some different results? Because if you answered yes, you are going to have to start by changing your BELIEFS, so that you can start changing your ACTIONS, which will start to change your RESULTS.

As you read through these WEALTH FILES, you can choose to keep your current beliefs, or you can consider changing the information inside these files so that they lead you to success. IT’S ENTIRELY UP TO YOU!

Harv Eker’s Wealth File #8

Rich people are willing to promote themselves and their value.
Poor people think negatively about selling and promotion.

When I running Peak Potentials Training, we offered an amazing 3 day seminar called the Millionaire Mind Intensive. It’s one of over a dozen programs that Peak Potentials provides. During the event we’d offer “at seminar” specials for various other programs. Most attendees were thrilled to know about these offers and took full advantage of them, but there would always be a few that resented any promotion, even if it was for their benefit.

Is that you? I hope not.

Resenting promotion is one of the greatest obstacles to success. If you have a problem with selling and promotion, chances are, you’re broke. If you’re in business for yourself or you sell for others, how are people going to know what you’ve got to offer if you don’t promote it? If you’re an employee, you have to promote your virtues, or else someone who does will pass you by.
There are several reasons why some people have a problem with promotion and sales.

Have you ever been hounded by the “high pressure” salesman? Most people have. And most people don’t like to be “pressured”, so most people have a negative attitude about sales people in general. The fact is most people LIKE TO BUY, they just don’t like to be sold. It’s all in how you present it.

Maybe you tried your hand at sales once and you got totally rejected. At least, that’s how it felt. Of course, that’s what you’ve stored in your WEALTH FILE. You now have a fear of failure and rejection based on your past experience. Remember, the past does not necessarily equal the future.

Many of us were raised not to brag. In the business world however, if you don’t toot your own horn, who’s going to do it for you? No one! A wealthy person is willing to promote their value to everyone and anyone who is willing to listen, and hopefully do business with them.

Then, there are those that believe that sales and marketing is “beneath” them. They’re so good, people should just naturally want to use their services or products without having to promote them at all. Unfortunately, you’ll go broke believing that everyone will just find you.

In almost every instant, rich people are excellent promoters. They are willing to promote their values constantly with enthusiasm and passion. They also have the ability to present their value in an attractive package that makes it all the more appealing. In my lifetime, I’ve seen some of the best, and without a doubt, Harv Eker is the greatest promoter I have ever seen. He knows exactly what he writes about.

There are 2 kinds of people in the world, leaders and followers. Which group do you think earns more money? Rich people are usually leaders. Leaders have to successfully promote themselves and their ideas to their followers and supporters. If they don’t, they won’t lead for long. But you can be sure that leaders earn a lot more than followers.

It doesn’t even matter if you even like to promote or not, it’s more about why you’re promoting. If you don’t believe that the value you have to offer won’t help others improve their lives or solve their problems, you will have a difficult time promoting. But if you BELIEVE that the value you are offering will have a major impact on your customers and clients, you will have a passion to share this knowledge with as many people as you can.

If you aren’t completely sold on the value you are providing to others, it’s time to evaluate whether you should find something else to promote that you can be passionate about. Your WEALTH FILES must be filled with BELIEFS of the TRUE VALUE you are providing. To acquire riches, you will have to provide something in return for the wealth you are receiving. Make sure it’s something you can promote with passion and enthusiasm.
Now, place your hand on your chest and declare….

I PROMOTE MY VALUE TO OTHERS WITH PASSION AND ENTHUSIASM!

Namaste.

Jeff

Birds of a Feather.....

There are ways of thinking that can actually TURBOCHARGE your journey to success. It’s a philosophy that includes understanding the fine line between success and failure. It’s the difference between water at 211 degrees and 212 degrees. At 211 it’s still water, and at 212 it’s steam and boiling. Just one degree more!

We’ve already reviewed the first 6 of Harv Eker’s WEALTH FILES that he presents in his best selling book "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind".It’s time to get back into this review, because there are many more files inside your mind you need to review and adjust. Until you have added the positive philosophical attitudes and eliminated your negative ingrained attitudes, you will always struggle financially.

Let’s take at look at ….

WEALTH FILE #7

Rich People associate with positive, successful people.
Poor people associate with negative or unsuccessful people.

Keep your WEALTH FILES open, so that you can continue to examine what’s currently STORED in them. Chances are, you’ve had your current beliefs stored there for a very long time, and haven’t really evaluated whether or not they are what you believe today.

Let’s hear it for successful people. They are an inspiration and proof positive that success is possible. If they can do it, so can you!

At the age of 15 I learned a lesson so valuable that it changed my life forever. I learned that to become really good at something, learn from someone who is ALREADY really good at it. In fact, I was taught that the BEST people to learn from are those who are already very good at what you want to be.

The word I was taught was to MODEL. I was taught to MODEL the THINKING and ACTIONS of people who were already successful at what I wanted to be successful at.

Over the past 39 years of following that philosophy, I know first hand how true this concept of MODELING is. If you model the most successful people you know in the areas of their success, if you learn to think the way that they do, and you learn to act the way they do, you will have success the same way they do. I have lived my entire adult life with this philosophy, and it’s worked magic for me.

If you want to be rich, model rich and successful people. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel.

Poor people will be the first to put you down if you try and grow and reach for success. Rather than inspire you, motivate you and support you, most poor people will laugh at you and shake their heads.

That’s why I always make it a point to seek out positive minded, successful people. If we’re all going to have friends anyway, we might as well have friends that are supportive, successful, caring, inspiring and motivating.

Energy is contagious. You either affect people or you infect them, and that’s also true of others towards you. Would you want to hug someone who has measles? A negative mind is like the brain having measles. Who wants to be near it??

Ever heard the expression…”Birds of a feather flock together”? Rich and successful people tend to surround themselves with other rich and successful people. As you begin to surround yourself with like minded people, you will see your life elevate to another level.

So, what does your current WEALTH FILE say? Are you associating with positive, successful people, or with negative or unsuccessful people? Think it makes a difference?

Now put your hand on your chest and say…

I model rich and successful people.
I associate with rich and successful people.
If they can do it, I can do it!

Namaste.

Jeff

How do you feel about successful people?

Here we go again.

Another opportunity for you to reflect on your current ways of thinking by opening up your WEALTH FILES and examining what's in them. These are critical reviews, because success is an INNER GAME! You win the game on the inside LONG before you see the results on the outside. You play the game based on your predominant BELIEFS, so if your goal is to win, you'd better be sure that your BELIEF SYSTEM is designed for success, because if it isn't, it's going to be a long struggle for you financially.

Harv Eker’s Wealth File Number 6

WEALTH FILE #6

Rich People admire other rich and successful people.
Poor people resent rich and successful people.

Negative attitudes and negative beliefs, where do they come from?

This wealth file is one that is CRITICAL to your future financial success. So let’s get your current file out there on the table for you to examine close up and personal. Let’s be SURE that this file contains your BELIEFS TODAY, not what you were taught ages ago!

Did you ever hear anything negative about money, success or rich people when you were growing up?

If you ever heard things like…..”Money is the root of all evil”

Or……..”Rich people are crooks”

Or……..”Wonder who he stepped on to get there”

Or…….???

We’ve all heard it growing up. And if we heard it from someone more senior to us, like our parents, our teachers, the media, our religious leaders, it automatically got stored in our WEALTH FILES as THE TRUTH!!

If we believe that wealthy people are “crooks”, and most of us want to be moral and ethical people, we CAN’T get rich! It violates the beliefs inside our current WEALTH FILE. On the one hand, we want financial success, but at the same time, in the same file, we believe that “money is the root of all evil”, right? Mixed messages to yourself and the Universe.

In my 54 years, I’ve met more people than most. I see clients daily to discuss their finances and direct them towards new and better options. The point I am trying to make here is that I meet LOTS AND LOTS of people daily, who lay out their entire financial lives before me and say, WHAT SHOULD I DO?

I see retired, professionals, doctors, lawyers, executives, business owners, entrepreneurs, employees. I see young and old, male and female, singles and couples, rich and broke, I see them all.

I’ve met poor people who were rude and ignorant, and rich people who were rude and ignorant. I’ve met poor people who were as nice as could be, and rich people who were as nice as could be.

Here’s the FACT. Money doesn’t make you greedy or generous. Money just makes you MORE of what you already are. If you’re an SOB when you’re poor, you’ll just be a bigger SOB when you’re rich.

In the mid 90’s I ran a large United Way funded Agency in Phoenix. My most critical objective was to successfully raise funds to keep all the programs open. My Board of Directors was made up of many of the most successful partners from the law firms, accounting firms, insurance firms, and other business owners in town.

These people were the saviors for the agency. Their generosity of BOTH time AND money, and getting their network of friends and associates to contribute was what kept us going. The rest gave as they could, but it was the rich and successful that made all the difference.

It was interesting to see the characteristics that these wealthy and successful people all had in common. They were all TRUSTWORTHY, and I knew I could count on them. They were also, positive, reliable, focused, determined, persistent, hardworking, energetic, good with people, decent communicator, somewhat intelligent, and a master in at least one area.

Too many people believe that you can’t be rich and a good person or rich and spiritual. I’ve seen too many of both rich and nice and rich and spiritual people to know that you ABSOLUTELY can be BOTH at the same time.

Successful people have blazed the trail for you to follow. They’ve proven that success is possible. They are an inspiration. We should all be grateful to successful people because they are PROOF that success can be attained.

Resenting the rich is one of the surest ways to stay broke. If you truly want financial success in your life, you need to create the HABIT of admiring successful people. That way, when you reach your success, you’ll unconsciously know that others will admire you rather than resent the heck out of you.

If you resent what people have, in any way, shape or form, you can never have it.

In the ancient Huna wisdom, which are the original teachings of the Hawaiian elders, it is taught “Bless that which you want.”

Take a long hard look at your current WEALTH FILE. Understand that you can be a kind, generous, spiritual person and still get really, really rich. Get clear in your BELIEFS that there aren’t any negatives about wealth and success unless you choose there to be negatives.

Now, place a hand on your chest and say….

I ADMIRE RICH PEOPLE!
I BLESS RICH PEOPLE
I STUDY RICH PEOPLE!
AND I'M GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE RICH PEOPLE TOO!

Namaste.

Jeff

Do you see opportunities or obstacles?

After having seen hundreds of clients and prospects and comparing notes with my partner Scott who has seen many hundred more than I have, I have come to the following conclusions.

First, what I've been referring to as the 5%ers club is more like the 1%ers club! So few people are winning the money game that it's scary!

Second, most people are horrendous money managers. Since this is the single most important skill all wealthy people have, you'd hope that people would have a winning system for managing their money. Unfortunately, most don't.

Third, while everyone says they'd like to become financially free, NO ONE is actually doing anything to make it happen. And the few that are doing something are doing it all wrong, or half hearted, or going down a path that can never lead them to financial freedom.

Fourth, virtually no one understands that until they create enough PASSIVE INCOME to pay for their expenses that they will ALWAYS BE A SLAVE TO THEIR JOBS. Yet, most people have NO current passive income, nor are they creating streams of passive income. They are on the road that leads to nowhere.

I could go on and on.

If you are reading these words, take a moment and understand that there are winning ways of thinking and then there are all the rest. If you have made up your mind that you want to take your life, and especially your financial life to a whole new level, TRUST me when I tell you that everything you read here has worked in my life and can for you too. Nothing is difficult to do, it simply means you will need to change a few things. And we all know how difficult change can be!

One of your biggest challenges is to get into your WEALTH FILES and discover what your true beliefs are in these critical areas. It might be time for you to revise or update these files.

Harv Eker’s Wealth File Number 5

WEALTH FILE #5

Rich People focus on opportunities.
Poor people focus on obstacles.

FEAR! It’s amazing how POWERFUL fear plays into our lives. To some extent, all of us are affected by fear, some more than others.

The important question as far as you’re concerned is “how much is fear affecting my life, my wealth, my success?”

If your basic nature is fear based, and you are someone who constantly worries, now is the perfect opportunity to get it out on the table for you to evaluate and perhaps change.

When it comes to the mind, we all have our own “conditioned” mind. Our “conditioned” mind has one primary job, and that’s SURVIVAL. It DOESN’T care at all about your success, only your survival. Throughout your entire lifetime, it just wants you to survive. It would rather you not even try to change because change is the unknown, and there lurks DANGER in the unknown.

If you’re not sure what I’m referring to here, I’m talking about that little voice that’s having a conversation with you all day long. It’s the little voice that says “You can’t do that”, or “you better not try that”, or “what if”, or “why bother”, or practically anything that will dissuade you from doing something you normally don’t do.

It wants to keep you in “your comfort zone”. As long as you stay in “your comfort zone”, your conditioned mind is content, because it knows you are already surviving in “your comfort zone.”

Change, however, requires moving out of your comfort zone and trying something different. It means moving into your “uncomfort zone.” And for you to grow, you have to move outside of your “comfort zone”, which doesn’t make your conditioned mind happy at all.

Ask most people the definition of FEAR and they’ll say false evidence appearing real. But that’s just an acronym. FEAR is THE ANTICIPATION OF PAIN. Is fear based in the past, or in the future? The future. And your conditioned mind will anticipate future imagined pain, and then do everything in its power to move you in another direction. IT WILL STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS IF YOU LET IT!

Most people live in fear. They expect the worst and plan for it. They look to the obstacles in every new opportunity so that they won’t have to get out of their comfort zone. As a result, most people ARE POOR!!

Wealthy people have overcome their fears. They might still have fears, but they’ve learned how to deal with their fears and TAKE ACTION REGARDLESS what that “little voice” in their head is saying to them.

As a result, wealthy people look for the opportunities surrounding them every day. They focus on the potential profits. The poor? They focus on the potential losses.

The middle class have a little more optimistic point of view. They are more inclined to think….”I’ll give it a try and hope it works.”

Rich people take full responsibility for their lives. Their attitude is “It’ll work because I’LL make it work!” Their WEALTH FILE is filled with CONFIDENCE, that they WILL succeed, and if things don’t work out, they’ll be able to RECOVER.

There is always a risk to get the reward. Rich people are willing to take risk. But they do their homework in advance, and once they have all the facts, they choose to take action or not.

On the other hand, poor people expect to fail, and have little confidence in themselves or their abilities. As a result, all they see are the obstacles they don’t believe they can overcome, and they won’t take the risk. No risk, no reward.

The Law of Attraction includes focusing on what you want in your life. Rich people focus on opportunities, and as a result, opportunities abound. Poor people focus on the obstacles in their life, and as a result, obstacles abound.

Your view of life will determine what you find. Look for opportunities and that’s what you’ll find. Look for obstacles, and that’s what you’ll find. As far as rich people are concerned, when they run into obstacles they deal with them and then keep moving forward, always focused on their goal, and putting their energies into achieving their results.

I tell my clients this all the time. Rich and successful people focus on 3 things when it comes to money. They focus on earning it, keeping it and growing it. Poor people focus on just one thing, spending it! What we focus on expands!

Rich and successful people also understand that they can’t wait until they are experts to make decisions and move forward. They gather the best information they can as quickly as they can, they make a decision and go. Their WEALTH FILE is set for READY, FIRE, AIM. In other words, take ACTION and make corrections along the way.

There is no way for anyone to know everything that can happen in the future. It’s unrealistic to think you can anticipate and solve every single potential problem in advance. In life, we can only see so far into the future.

Jack Canfield (from Chicken Soup for the Soul fame) uses the example of driving a car at night from Los Angeles to New York. With your lights on you can only see a few hundred feet ahead of you. Once you get there, you can see the next few hundred feet. As long as you’re on the right highway, you can drive all the way from Los Angeles to New York in the dark, seeing just a few hundred feet ahead of you at any one time.

Life is a lot like that. Rich and successful people know that when they get to the next turn in the road, they’ll deal with whatever comes up. More importantly, they’re on the road and they’re moving forward. Getting on the road is critical. Poor people stay home so they can avoid any accidents.

Harv Eker calls it “getting in the corridor. The idea is to get in the game with whatever you’ve got from wherever you are.”

For example, when I chose to become a full time entrepreneur and leave Corporate America, I realized that I didn’t have the necessary skills to be successful. In fact, every business I’d ever tried crashed and burned, and so did all my money with it each time. I knew that I needed specific skills before I’d succeed. In my search I accidentally bumped into my old friend Harv Eker, and then spent the next year as Harv’s Chief Operating Officer helping build Peak Potentials Training into one of the fastest growing business and personal success training companies in the world.

More importantly, I got to work with one of the world’s MOST BRILLIANT marketers and entrepreneurs, and see first hand exactly what it takes to build a MEGAMILLION dollar business from scratch in a short period of time.

When my project was up and it was time to move back home to Phoenix, I was completely prepared to start my own business. I’d seen what I needed to see, and learned what I needed to learn.

By the way, when I accidentally bumped into my old friend Harv it had been almost 25 years since our last connection. Yet, just 5 minutes after I began searching the internet for ideas, I found Harv and the Peak Potentials web site. Coincidence?

My attitude is that TALK IS CHEAP. ACTIONS speak much louder than words. Rich people are action oriented. They get started and THEY DON’T STOP. They move confidently towards their dreams and goals. Poor people will talk and plan and strategize and meet, but they won’t DO anything, because they simply don’t have the belief in themselves that they can succeed. They are locked onto the obstacles.

What’s your WEALTH FILE filled with, opportunities or obstacles?

Now, Place you hand on your chest and say…

I FOCUS ON OPPORTUNITIES OVER OBSTACLES.
I GET READY, I FIRE, I AIM.

Namaste,

Jeff

The BIGGER you think....

It's time to open up your mind, and pull out your WEALTH FILES again.

This habit of constantly examining your WEALTH FILES is critical if you really want to reach your full financial potential.

Why?

Because inside your files are beliefs that are both supportive and NONSUPPORTIVE to your dreams of financial success. Until you are 100% ON BOARD with your desires and BELIEFS about creating financial success in your life, you will struggle.

Let's examine another of Harv Eker's wealth files. Are you on board with this, or is it time to rethink your current beliefs?

WEALTH FILE #4

Rich People think big.
Poor people think small.


In business, there is a mathematical formula for determining what your income is going to be. You will be paid in direct proportion to the VALUE you DELIVER to the Marketplace.

This implies that whatever you are offering has value to others. In return for the value that you deliver, you will be paid accordingly.

It makes sense then that for you to earn a lot of money, you will need to DELIVER A LOT OF VALUE TO THE MARKETPLACE.

If you want massive results, you will have to deliver massive value. That’s how it works.

When Harv decided to get into the home gym business, his intention was to open up 100 stores and create wealth. His competitor opened up one store and created a job. Do you see the difference in the mindset?

Open up your current WEALTH FILE and look at what’s in it? Do you want to play in the BIG LEAGUES or in the minors? Do you want to play Big or small? It’s up to you.

Unfortunately, from what I see in my practice, I can tell you first hand, most people choose to play small.

They’re scared to death that they’re going to fail. Fear stops them cold in their tracks. Also, most people FEEL SMALL. They don’t believe that they can make a difference in other people’s lives.

Wealthy people BELIEVE that they have something of incredible value to share with the world. They BELIEVE that they can make a huge difference in the lives of others. They understand that by the law of cause and effect, that if they deliver MASSIVE VALUE to others, they will receive MASSIVE RESULTS in return. In other words, rich people play BIG, think BIG, and PRACTICE doing things on a BIG scale.

At Peak Potentials, the definition they use for an entrepreneur is “a person who solves problems for people at a profit.” As an entrepreneur, you are a problem solver.

Do you want to solve problems for a few people or for A LOT OF PEOPLE? I hope you said A LOT OF PEOPLE! Then you need to decide how you can serve many times more people. As you succeed in serving more people, your income will be rising too.

From what I see with my clients, most people are not living their mission, or coming close to reaching their full financial potential. Most people choose to play small.

In my own business, most financial advisors see a few clients or prospects in a week. I see that many in a day. My intention is to add value to hundreds and then thousands of clients in a year. I choose to play BIG! How about you??

The world doesn’t need more people playing small. Start filling your WEALTH FILE with thoughts about stepping up, playing big, living large and DELIVERING MASSIVE VALUE.

Now, place your hand on your chest and say…..

I THINK BIG! I CHOOSE TO HELP THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE!

Namaste.

Jeff

P.S. The critical thing to remember is that you want to open up your WEALTH FILES and EXAMINE what’s in them today. You can then replace old non supportive ways of thinking with new ways of thinking that will catapult you to huge success.

How Committed are You?

The quality of your thinking determines your actions, which in turn determines your results.

Let's examine another of Harv Eker's "Wealth files" and see if it's consistent with your current thinking. If it isn't, maybe it's time to change your "file"?

WEALTH FILE #3

Rich People are committed to being rich.
Poor people want to be rich.

Ask most people if they want to be rich, and by far, they answer yes! I ask my clients this question all the time, and the majority of people say that they absolutely want to be rich.

The simple fact is that MOST people say that they want to get rich, when in reality they don’t.

When I ask my clients “what could possibly be bad about getting rich or trying to get rich?” I generally hear the same things over and over…..

I’ll have to work too hard…..

I’ll be in the highest tax bracket…..

Everyone will want a handout…..

I could lose my health trying to get rich…..

Etc., Etc., Etc.,

All of these reasons are stored in your current “wealth files”, which means that whether you realize it or not, they are a part of your beliefs when it comes to money and success.

On the one hand, you have POSITIVE feelings and beliefs about creating wealth and becoming financially free, while on the other hand, you have NEGATIVE feelings about THE EXACT SAME TOPIC!

What that means is that you will ALWAYS be sending mixed messages about what you really want, and you will ALWAYS sabotage yourself when it comes to wealth because of your mixed feelings. These mixed messages are one of the major reasons most people never become rich.

You now have the opportunity to open up your current WEALTH FILE, and begin to look at what negative feelings you are carrying around inside of you about Money, Success, Wealth, Rich People.

If you heard that wealthy people are greedy, that information is a part of your wealth file. (By the way, are all wealthy people greedy? Probably some are, and some aren’t. Most of the wealthy people I know are also the most generous people I know.)

If you heard that rich people are crooks….(some are, most aren’t)

If you heard that you’ll have to pay too much in taxes…(Jeez, I guess that means you made a lot of money huh?)

If you heard that you have to work hard for money…(actually, if you work smart, you won’t have to work hard for TOO long!)

Whatever you’ve heard IN YOUR LIFETIME, it’s all stored in your current WEALTH FILES. All the positives and ALL THE NEGATIVES.

It’s your job to begin to weed out the negatives, and focus on the ways of thinking that will support you in getting your best results.

The primary reason most people don’t get what they want is because they DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT. Wealthy people don’t have mixed feelings about becoming rich! They are clear about their desire to create wealth. They don’t send mixed messages to themselves or the Universe!

Wealthy people are COMMITTED to becoming wealthy. They are prepared to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to reach their goals. As long as it’s moral, legal and ethical, rich people are willing to sacrifice to become wealthy.

Poor people have lots of reasons why they might NOT want to become rich. And as long as they continue to send out mixed messages to others and themselves, they'll never be rich.

We’ve talked about the power of intention previously. Intention isn’t necessarily what we say we want, but rather what we actually want unconsciously. And most of my clients will say to me, “Why would I want to struggle?” to which I respond, “I don’t know, why would you want to struggle?”

Chances are, if you aren’t seeing the financial results you want in your life, you are either sending out mixed messages, or you aren’t willing to do whatever it takes to create wealth for yourself. It’s one or the other! You can CHOOSE to change your WEALTH FILES so that you aren’t sending out mixed messages, and you can find your TRUE PASSION so that you ARE willing to do whatever it takes to create wealth for yourself.

Taking this point further, Harv points out the 3 levels of “wanting”. Level one is….I want to be rich, as in, if someone hands it to me, I’ll gladly accept it. Of course, there’s a huge difference between wanting something and having something. Just look around you, how many people do you know who say they want to be rich compared to how many people are rich?

The next level is to CHOOSE to be rich. At least with this level, you are making a conscious choice to become rich. It’s a step in the right direction, but only that, a step.

When you COMMIT to becoming rich, when you are prepared to give 100% of yourself to your goal, that’s when you will start seeing results. When you are ready to hold nothing back, to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes, and NEVER QUIT, then you have the mindset it takes to reach the levels of success we’re talking about here.

To COMMIT means to GIVE COMPLETELY OF ONESELF. It means to become PERSISTENT in the course of action you are taking until you have reached your goal.

In “Think and Grow Rich” Napoleon Hill says these brilliant remarks about PERSISTENCE…

“There is no substitute for persistence! It cannot be supplanted by any other quality! Remember this in the beginning and it will hearten you when the going may seem difficult and slow.

Those who have cultivated the habit of persistence seem to enjoy insurance against failure. No matter how many times they are defeated, they finally arrive up near the top of the ladder.

Sometimes it appears there is a hidden guide whose duty is to test people through all sorts of discouraging experiences. Those who pick themselves up after defeat and keep on trying arrive; and the world cries, "Bravo! I knew you could do it!" The hidden guide lets no one enjoy great achievement without passing the persistence test. Those who can't take it simply do not make the grade.

Those who can "take it" are bountifully rewarded for their persistence. They receive, as their compensation, whatever goal they are pursuing.”

Understanding this wealth file is critical. No more mixed messages. When you are prepared to COMMIT 100% of yourself to creating wealth, you will begin to see the results you want.

Put your hand on your chest and say this declaration out loud….

“I COMMIT TO BEING RICH!”

Namaste,

Jeff

Playing to Win!

We've been talking about our "Wealth Files", (based on the book "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind" by T Harv Eker) and how much of an effect they have on your life.

Today, you have the opportunity to pull out your old wealth file and examine it for what it really is. You might decide that it's time to update this file!

WEALTH FILE #2

Rich People play the Money game to win.
Poor people play the money game not to lose.

Think about this one very carefully.

What’s your goal? When it comes to money and wealth, WHAT’S YOUR GOAL??

In my practice, I ask this question to my clients on a daily basis. On a practical level, I probably ask this question to more people than anyone I know. So I have a unique perspective of this topic.

Most people play the money game on the defensive. They’re playing not to lose. Unfortunately, it’s next to impossible to win the game if you are always on the defensive. At some point, to win the game, you HAVE TO SCORE!

Rich and successful people have a GOAL of BEING RICH AND SUCCESSFUL. They’re playing the money game to win. They’re playing the money game to CREATE WEALTH. They’re playing the money game to HAVE FREEDOM. They’re in it TO WIN!!!

For the poor, what do you think their goal is? To pay the bills? On time would be great!

The Universal law of Intention always delivers exactly according to our intentions. Not what we think our intentions are, but what our TRUE intentions are. If your true intention is to have enough money to pay the bills, guess what you’ll get? Enough to pay your bills, and not a penny more!

As we rise into middle class, the word we hear all the time is to be COMFORTABLE. Now, comfortable is ok, but it’s a long way from rich! There is a huge difference between the two.

When you’re COMFORTABLE, and you go out for dinner, you’ll ALWAYS check the right side of the menu for the prices before you order your meal! Not when you’re rich!

One thing for certain, that if your intention is to be comfortable, I GUARANTEE you that you will never be rich! Never!

Wealthy people have an INTENTION, a GOAL, of being wealthy. They have a dream, a burning desire for wealth.. They’re on a mission.

If your intention is to become rich, there's a mighty good chance you'll at least be comfortable. If you aim for the stars you'll at least hit the moon!

RICH PEOPLE PLAY THE MONEY GAME TO WIN!

DO YOU??

Now place your hand on your chest, and say this declaration out loud…..

“MY GOAL IS TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE AND MORE, AND NOTHING LESS WILL DO!”

As you think and reflect on these ideas, hopefully you are creating new WEALTH FILES to replace the ones you’ve been running on for decades.

You’ll know soon enough if you’ve got the BURNING DESIRE and PASSION it takes to become wealthy and successful. If you do, then you are on a new path that will take you ANYWHERE YOU CHOOSE TO GO!

Namaste,

Jeff

P.S. I like a quote of Harv’s that sums things up pretty nicely….
“If you’re going to work hard anyway, you might as well get rich, and the quicker the better!”

The First of Seventeen.....

THIS IS IT!

This is a turning point in your life!

Remember this date, mark it down, and circle it.

If you TRULY GRASP what you’ll be reading about now and over the next while, you will transform your life in such a way, that your only regret is that you didn’t learn this and apply it years ago.

THIS IS LIFE CHANGING!

For the past 30 months, I’ve been writing about SUCCESS. It’s IMPOSSIBLE to talk about success without talking about THE MIND. They go hand in hand.

The information you intentionally choose to learn about and store in your mind is the stuff from which your ideas come from. Put lots of great “quality” information into your memory files, and you’ll get lots of great “quality” ideas out of your mind.

Napoleon Hill wrote in “Think and Grow Rich” that “thoughts are things and powerful things at that”. In “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind”, Harv Eker wrote that ‘Everything begins with your thoughts”.

It’s pretty incredible that our minds, the most important tool we have to live the life of our desires, is something most people never really learn much about or understand.

Think of your mind as a computer that has files saved in it. Suppose you have to make a decision about money. In your memory banks you pull out your file labeled Money. That is the only information you can base your decision on, since that’s what you’ve got stored in your memory about money. Based on your information at that time you make a decision that seems like the right choice. The big problem is that your right choice may not be a SUCCESSFUL one. In fact, what seems like the perfect answer to you may give you poor results over and over again.

Suppose your friend tells you that he’s found a new car he wants, the exact model and color he wants, and it’s now on sale at 25% off! His mind is thinking, well…I really want this new car, AND it’s the exact model and color I want, AND it’s 25% off. He goes off to the dealer bursting with pride that he got the exact car he wanted and got it at 25% off.

To your friend, this made perfect sense. He wanted it, it was exactly what he was looking for, and it was a great deal. However, at no point during this process did his mind come up with the idea that he was already $35,000 in debt, and that maybe he should hold off.

He didn’t think that, because nowhere in his mind was a file that says “When you’re in debt, don’t get deeper into debt”. And since that file wasn’t there, that option wasn’t available to him.

The point is that if your money files aren’t supportive to financial success, those are the only choices you can make. They’ll seem like the right choices, and they’ll make perfect sense to you. Unfortunately, they’ll produce mediocre or lousy results.

On the flip side, if you’ve got money files that support your success, you will automatically make choices that produce successful results.

Naturally, if you begin to think like wealthy people think, you will begin to get the kinds of results that wealthy people do. So we need to learn and understand how rich people think.

The fact is, wealthy people think very differently about money and success than poor and middle class people. That is the purpose of the “Wealth Files”.

Perhaps for the first time as an adult, you can now pull out and examine your wealth files. Once you become AWARE of what’s in those files, you can decide if you still want to believe what’s in those files, or if it’s time to UPDATE them.

This exercise in examining your current files and revising and updating them is a key to your future success. Harv discusses 17 “Wealth Files” and we will look at all of them.

What you are about to learn has transformed the lives of thousands of people. How do I know? Well…first off, I’ve used them myself to achieve extraordinary results. But also, as Director of Operations for Peak Potentials, I personally saw the results Harv’s students were achieving! I’d meet them at various programs, and we’d get emails all the time. Daily.

WEALTH FILE #1

Rich people believe “I create my life.”
Poor people believe “Life happens to me.”

Which do you believe? Honestly?

If you want to become rich, you’d better BELIEVE that you are responsible for the direction of your life, especially your financial life. Otherwise, you must BELIEVE that you have no control over the direction of your life and little or no control of your financial life. That is NOT the mindset of a rich person!

You have to believe that you are responsible for your success, or your mediocrity, or even your failure and struggle around money and success.

As opposed to rich people, poor people enjoy taking on the role of the VICTIM. How can you tell when someone is playing a VICTIM?

They leave 3 clues. First clue is that they blame. They blame everything and everyone except themselves. It’s never ever their fault. It’s always somebody else’s.

Second clue is that they justify. “Well…..money’s not that important anyways!” If you really think that money’s not important, guess how much of it you’re going to have??

Third clue is that they complain. They complain about everything. Problem here is that what we focus on expands. So if we’re focusing on what we don’t like, what we don’t want, what do you think we’re going to get MORE of? Stay as far away from complainers as you can.

Now it’s time for you to decide. You can either choose to be a victim or you can choose to be rich. But you can’t be both.

Every time you blame, justify or complain, from now on, realize THAT YOU ARE SLITTING YOUR FINANCIAL THROAT!!

Now, place your hand on your chest and say this declaration out loud….

“I CREATE THE EXACT AMOUNT OF MY FINANCIAL SUCCESS!”

Namaste.

Jeff

A Test.....

Are you willing to participate 100%?

Here’s your test…..

I want you to take 5 minutes RIGHT NOW, and list your 5 BIGGEST GOALS for 2008. These are the goals that IF YOU ACHIEVE THEM you will KNOW that 2008 was a successful year. DO IT NOW.

DO NOT READ FURTHER UNTIL YOU HAVE ACTUALLY DONE IT.

TAKE 5 MINUTES RIGHT NOW AND DO THE TEST.








If you’ve actually done what I asked you to do, then I congratulate you. If you’re still reading, and didn’t do the test, let’s examine why this happened, and what it means for you and your chances of success.

The BIG lesson here, is that the truly successful people in life aren’t content to just read and think about successful ideas. They are focused on action. They are focused on DOING.

You read the test. And if you didn’t do the test, why didn’t you do it? Did that little voice inside your head say…..”I don’t actually have to do it, let’s just see what Jeff writes next”, or maybe……..”that’s too much thinking, I kinda know what I want, that’s good enough”, or maybe…..”I never accomplish any of my goals anyways, why would I even want to bother anymore”. Whatever that little voice inside your head did to stop you this time, is THE SAME STORY IT TELLS YOU TO STOP YOU ALL THE TIME.

Virtually all of my clients say they want to be financially free. Yet none of them are doing the steps and taking the proper actions that will give them a chance to win that game.

If you really want to be successful, really, really, really, really successful, learn this lesson well.

Successful people are DOERS. They’ll spend 90 minutes a day planning and thinking and working ON their business, and then they spend the next 14 hours working IN their business. Unsuccessful people will plan and study for 6 months, prepare for every contingency, anticipate every possible situation, and never actually DO anything.

My friend and mentor Harv Eker said it best a long time ago. He said that when it came to successful people, their mindset is Ready, FIRE, Aim. Fire immediately and fire often. Once you fire, you can see if you’re close to your target, or if you need to aim better for your next shot. Plan on firing over and over and over and over and over again. Plan to never stop firing until you are right on your target and hitting it every time.

Now, let’s talk about YOU.

If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, I ask you to do certain exercises from time to time. You’ve learned a money management system that is easy to implement. You’ve learned the attitudes of an Enlightened Warrior and the daily declarations you want to repeat to cement these attitudes within you. You’ve learned the principles taught by Napoleon Hill for “Thinking and Growing Rich”.

Let me ask you something. Are you DOING the money management system, or was it too hard…too much work…..never got around to it….or fill in YOUR excuse here.

Are you doing the Daily Declarations of an Enlightened Warrior and laying a new foundation for your ways of thinking, or was it too hard….too much work….never got around to it….or fill in YOUR excuse here.

If you’re reading my blog for entertainment value, then you’ve completely missed the boat. If you’re reading my blog for information, then you’ve only gotten 10% of what we’re trying to accomplish here. BUT, IF YOUR READING MY BLOG FOR INFORMATION THAT YOU WILL IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT IN YOUR LIFE, then you have figured it out.

If you haven’t done the exercise I asked you to do at the beginning of this post, do it now. More important, reflect on the fact that until you change your habit from being a passive learner to an ACTIVE DOER, you will NEVER see success at the levels we’re talking about here.

Namaste.

Jeff

There is a natural progression....

If you were shown a roadmap to complete success, in every area of your life that’s important to you, and all you had to do was simply follow it, WOULD YOU?

This is a critical question that you have to ask yourself, because the answer you come up with could have a huge impact on the future course of your life.

First off, let’s make sure we understand that success means different things to different people. We’re all individuals with unique wants and talents, and we do not all want the same things.

Let’s also understand that in today’s society, FINANCIAL success IS JUST AS IMPORTANT as every other area of success. It is something all of us share in common.

Financial success rarely happens by accident. Financial success comes to the individual who has PREPARED THEMSELVES FOR FINANCIAL SUCCESS. Some people refer to it as your “FINANCIAL BLUEPRINT”.

It’s an area that I have devoted the past 38 years of my adult life. As a result, I am living proof that there are strategies that allow ANYONE to create financial freedom if it’s something that they truly want.

So, one of the first questions I ask all of my clients is just how important financial freedom is to them. And as we go through our conversation about their financial lives, I can see everything I need to in order to accurately predict their financial future.

I see their income and earning patterns. I see their spending and savings patterns. I see their investing patterns. I see if they work hard for their money, or if it comes easily for them. I see if their self employed or are they salaried. Just like my friend and mentor Harv Eker, “give me 5 minutes with anybody, and I can predict your financial future for the rest of your life”.

In my previous post, I wrote that the single most important thing you must MASTER in your life is your MIND, how it works, and the INFORMATION you INTENTIONALLY choose to seek out and store in it.

In the financial arena, you must seek out and store NEW INFORMTION about the MONEY GAME, and HOW to WIN the money game!

Those of you who have read this blog over time know that I have written about this subject repeatedly. Yet, in my daily dealings with clients and prospects, it is apparent that only a very few handful of people understand how to play and win the money game. The vast majority are failing, many at dreadful rates!

PROMISE YOURSELF THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ONE OF THEM! Promise yourself that you are going to accumulate all the information you need to become financially free, and that you will have the courage to take your knowledge and apply it!

If you want to become financially free, where do you start?

I always start by learning from those who are ALREADY financially free. I always learn from those who have already gone through the stages and have identified winning strategies. It doesn’t really make me much of an original thinker, but I’m only too happy to learn from those more experienced and successful than I am in their specific areas.

The experts in the area of winning the money game all say the same thing. First, YOU need to define what winning the money game means to YOU. Does it mean having a job making $35,000 a year, $50,000, $100,000, $250,000 or more? Does it mean being able to go out for dinner once or twice a week? Does it mean taking a nice vacation every year? Does it mean owing a nice home? What exactly does winning the money game mean to you?

For me, winning the money game means FREEDOM. It means Financial Freedom. It means CHOICE. When I have enough income every month to pay all of my bills whether I go to work or not, I AM FREE! From that moment on in my lifetime, I only work if I choose to, not because I have to. From that moment on in my lifetime, I only work at what I am truly passionate about.

I became financially free at the age of 52. I can verify for you that there are few things in life that can lift your spirit like financial freedom can.

There is a way of thinking that financially free people think which is completely different than those who aren’t financially free. In fact, only a small minority, far less than 5% have these ways of thinking. Again, this is based on my observations of the hundreds of clients I see annually.

Harv Eker wrote about the major distinct differences between how those who win the money game think and those who don’t win the game in his best selling book, “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind”. He discusses 17 “Wealth Files” that separate the winners from the losers.

IF YOU SIMPLY FOLLOW THE ROADMAP THAT HARV OFFERS, AND INSTALL these new “wealth files” into your ways of thinking, you automatically begin moving towards your desire for freedom, and attracting to you the people, circumstances and events that will help you along your way.

Over the next while, I’ll be reviewing these wealth files again, mostly as a reminder to myself. I would encourage you to adopt these files to your way of thinking, and the SOONER THE BETTER.

Don’t worry that you’ll be thinking in a completely different way from the rest of your friends, family and associates. Rejoice in it! If you think how everybody else thinks, and do what everybody else does, you’ll get what everybody else gets, which isn’t much!

Financial Freedom is available to the person who is prepared for it. Start preparing NOW!

Namaste.

Jeff

This Guy IS the man...

Any of you who know me at all have heard me talk about this man. You’ve all read my writings about this man. He is a man whose life and teachings have been an incredible daily blessing in my life.

What makes someone SPECIAL to you? Do YOU have a lot of special people in your life? Are YOU special to people in your life? HOW are you special to the people in your life?

For me, this man is special because his KNOWLEDGE has created more A-HA! moments in my life than any other person in the HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

Do you know what an A-HA moment is? If you do, I don’t have to explain. If you don’t, it’s kind of like….Wow Man, that’s a great idea! Let’s do it!

When I was 15, every single idea that came out of Napoleon Hill’s mind was an A-HA moment for me. WHEN I WAS 15!

And the older I got, the wiser he became. This man, Napoleon Hill. Until I got old enough to realize that he was a MASTER in his field, which was in teaching others to become MASTERS of their financial life by becoming MASTERS OF THEIR FINANCIAL THINKING. That’s why he called his book “THINK and Grow Rich”.

He’s got it nailed. I am a living testament to it. If everyone did exactly what Napoleon Hill teaches, everyone would be living a lifestyle so much greater in quality in every way that it would be unimaginable for most people.

Obviously, few do exactly what he teaches, and as a result, few achieve the kind of success this blog is dedicated to.

Napoleon Hill came first for me, back in 1969. Then came Dale Carnegie, and the floodgates of other special people began, each providing me with tons of A-HA moments.

The greatest A-HA person I know personally is my friend Harv Eker. As an entrepreneur, he is brilliant. Watching him has created many A-HA moments for me. As a program designer, he is brilliant. Seeing what he’s created, and how he’s created it, has created many A-HA moments for me. As a trainer/speaker, he is brilliant, with stage presence and charisma that’s incredible, and that’s created many A-HA moments for me. But more than anything, the content that Harv delivers is right on.

The more A-HA moments you have in your life, the more successful your life is going to be. I seek them out. I’m looking for as many A-HA moments as I can find throughout the day. They’re everywhere. They’re easy to find. Especially now that the Internet provides so much information to your fingertips. Some call it a thirst for knowledge. I know it is for me.

As New Year approach, I hope you will focus on setting a goal of achieving multiple A-HA moments every single day next year.

Namaste.

Jeff

Do You Realize This????

The world is going through major changes unlike we’ve ever experienced before.

Technology now allows all of us access to virtually any piece of information we desire at the push of a few buttons.

What does this mean for you and me?

It means that everything you ever need to know to accomplish anything you want in life is now within your reach.

It means that you can access the most successful minds in every area of life from the comfort of your home.

It means that you can communicate with people all over the world who share the same interests you do.

IT MEANS THAT YOU CAN CREATE WEALTH FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD YOU CHOOSE TO SPEND YOUR TIME!

In fact, as an entrepreneur, the Internet can be the fastest way for ANYONE to create financial freedom in this day and age.

Unfortunately, it isn’t quite as easy as setting up a web site and waiting for the money to start rolling in. Life doesn’t happen that way.

However, ANYONE who decides to devote 1,000 hours of their life to becoming an internet entrepreneur and really COMMITS to putting in the time and the effort and the financial investment, can become financially free.

The critical element is the system you choose to implement. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel. You don’t have to go through the school of hard knocks.

Just like the “real world”, THE FAILURE RATE of Internet marketing business mirrors traditional businesses. Less than 5% of all Internet sites are profitable. In other words, 95% FAIL!

What you do have to do is research and find someone who is already successful as an internet marketer, look at their system, look at their ethics, and decide if they meet your needs.

When I ran Peak Potentials Training, Harv Eker used to have some of the most successful internet marketers on the planet come and teach at his programs. I saw their systems and their strategies, and watched as they were creating sales real time while they were on the stage teaching.

Over the past couple of years, I have researched many of the most successful Internet marketing “gurus”. I have met several successful Internet marketers. It’s been a desire of mine to learn as much as possible, “get in the corridor”, and then create a “mastermind” with others who are COMMITTED to become MASTERS in the business of Internet marketing.

What are the rewards for learning to MASTER the skills of Internet marketing? Is it worth the pursuit?

Well…..imagine having $5,000, $10,000, $20,000 or more coming in each month as income? Imagine being able to grow your business exponentially. Imagine running your own business and controlling your own life. Imagine having a business that ran 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, all from the comfort of your own home, or the beach in Tahiti, or your cabin in Colorado, or wherever you have access to a phone and the internet. Imagine having a business that operates whether you are there or not.

These are the potential rewards of mastering the skills of Internet marketing and then taking the necessary ACTION with that knowledge and working at it until you succeed.

I’ve learned that there are about 10 key steps that must be mastered in order to really succeed as an Internet marketer. If you miss any one of these steps, you’ll be in trouble.

Napoleon Hill wrote in his best selling book “Think and Grow Rich” that the concept of a MASTERMIND GROUP can have a gigantic impact on the success of any worthwhile goal. If each person brings critical skills to the group, the end result is something far greater than any one person could accomplish on their own.

As I prepare my 2008 goal list, one of my highest goals is to create a mastermind group of the RIGHT people who want to MASTER Internet marketing, and create another source of income.

When I say RIGHT people, I’m referring to their habits and characteristics.

Here they are…….

They have to be nice people. I surround myself with people I enjoy being with.
They have to be willing to learn. I surround myself with people who have a thirst for knowledge.
They have to be passionate about their own personal growth and development. I surround myself with high energy, positive people.
They have to be COMMITTED. I surround myself with people whose word I can count on.
They have to have a “Warrior” mentality. If you don’t know what that is, look back in my blog to all the posts I’ve written about it.
They have to want to join the elite top 5%. That’s what this blog is all about.

ARE YOU THE RIGHT PERSON?

Do you want to set a gigantic and exciting goal for 2008?

Do you want to set a course for financial freedom?

Do you want to learn to MASTER 1 of the 10 steps necessary to achieve success as an Internet marketer?

If you believe like I do that the Internet offers incredible opportunities to create financial freedom, and want to chart a whole new course in your life, I want to hear from you!

2008 is just weeks away. It can be the greatest year in your life. If you’ve ever wanted to make a change in your life for the better, why not make that decision now, and get excited about your future?

Namaste.

Jeff

Can It Really Be Done??

Can someone really make a million dollars in their own business in 3 years or less?

My mentor and friend, Harv Eker, President of Peak Potentials Training, taught me that it absolutely could be done, and I am here to tell you all right now, that I am a living testament to this fact!

Harv wrote a small book called SPEEDWEALTH several years ago that outlined exactly what to do to accomplish this feat. There were no smoke and mirrors, just the absolute necessary information to make it happen.

When I ran Peak Potentials Training for Harv several years ago, I saw first hand how he used these exact same strategies to grow his company exponentially.

Now, you’d think that given this incredible knowledge everyone who learned the SPEEDWEALTH system would become financially free. Sadly, nothing could be further from the truth.

Why do you think it is that so few people actually succeed at creating a million dollar business in 3 years or less, even when they’ve been given the exact steps to achieve these results?

It’s primarily because of the way most people are wired. It’s because of most people’s financial and success blueprint. It’s because…..IT’S ONE THING TO KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT IT’S A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING TO DO WHAT YOU KNOW!!

Back in the 1980’s, Harv opened up one of the first personal home fitness stores in Toronto, Canada. He learned how to market his store so that he had crowds of people lined up just trying to get in. Once he had his formula for creating a profitable store, he rapidly opened up a dozen more, before selling half his interest to the Heinz Corporation (the ketchup people) for $1.5 million just 3 years later.

At the same time he opened his store, another person opened up a competing store across town. I understand, she still owns her store. She opened her store to earn a living. Harv opened his store to create wealth. A bit of a different mindset, wouldn’t you agree?

When my traveling from Phoenix to Vancouver became a burden, and it was obvious that Peak Potentials would never have to open up a U.S. operation, it was time for me to move on. And I vowed that I would put the entrepreneurial strategies I learned from Harv and his guest trainers to the test and see what I could do in 3 years or less using those methodologies.

Forget about 3 years! I’ll be there in 2 years! Not only that, but I’m having more fun, taking more vacations, and enjoying life more now than at any other time in my life. I’m creating massive value for my clients, and as the saying goes, success breeds success. The more clients I have, the more income I have. That allows me to do more marketing, which in turn creates even more clients. Happy, satisfied clients refer their friends and relatives to me, and my business is growing exponentially now.

Within the next year, I hope to be training others in the use of many of these entrepreneurial systems as I do my public speaking and training around Phoenix.

Do you want to create financial freedom for yourself and your family? Are you ready to start thinking big and living big? If you are, the opportunity to make that dream a reality is within your grasp.

There are 3 huge components to financial success…..

EARN more money….
KEEP more of your money….
GROW your money.

The entrepreurial strategies will show you how to earn more money. BANK ON YOURSELF will show you how to keep more of your money. All that’s left is how to grow your money, and I’ll be sharing those ideas with my clients as we get to that stage.

You are just 3 years away from living your financial dreams. As another mentor of mine, Wade Cook said many years ago…..”If you’re willing to do for a few years what most people won’t, you can do for the rest of your life what most people can’t”.

Commit to joining the elite top 5%. Join this club and you will never regret it the rest of your life. This blog is dedicated to you, the 5%er!

Namaste.

Jeff

It Just Keeps Getting Better......

Have you ever been on a roll that just keeps getting better and better?

Where everything you do just works, and you feel unstoppable?

Right now, I am going through one of those phases, and all I can hope is that it never ends.

2007 is shaping up to be the most profitable year of my life. Even better is the fact that I am having more fun than at anytime in my life. All while taking more vacation time than I ever have.

Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while already know that I am a total personal development fanatic. It all started for me when I was just 15, and I read Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. I knew immediately, even at that young age, that the information it contained was the key to my lifelong success.

I studied the Science of Personal Success like it was my bible. And I also began to read folks like Dale Carnegie (How to Win Friends and Influence People), Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (The Power of Positive Thinking), Zig Ziglar (See you at the Top). By the time I was 18 I had read dozens of books in the whole arena.

All of a sudden, I discovered audio programs. So, in addition to the books, I now discovered people like Earl Nightingale, Tony Robbins, and too many others to mention.

Then I discovered seminars, and look out, I was all over the place.

Over the next 38 years, I have been a testing ground for all of the ideas and concepts I’ve learned. Today I am 53, financially free, with great health, great relationships, everything I really want in life, and a business that has boomed from the second I started it.

The key to my success has been to find people who have the best ideas and concepts in the areas of importance to me, and then to learn from them, and apply the ideas and concepts that have been proven to work by them. In other words, if you are going to learn, learn from the best!

A couple of years ago I picked up a book called “The Science of Influence How to Get Anyone to Say Yes in 8 Minutes or Less!” The title caught my eye, but the author Kevin Hogan was a stranger to me.

When I read the book, I realized that it was special. For what I want to do in life, this information is invaluable.

Today, I apply dozens of ideas and strategies from this book, and reread it monthly for fresh new ideas that I can incorporate into my life. I also subscribe to Kevin’s newsletter, and read it thoroughly even single week.

Over the past 2 years, I have come to appreciate Kevin as an exceptionally talented and successful entrepreneur who provides massive value and gets paid accordingly.

So when I saw that he was offering a coaching program for an area that is a concrete part of my strategic marketing plan, public speaking, I had to take it. I always want to associate with and learn from the best.

If we’re not growing, we’re dying. Just as I coach my clients to take their lives to whole other level, I want to take that journey too!

My mentor Harv Eker told me that it takes creativity to make money. If you can develop the right marketing plan, you can grow your business ten times in a year. He did it. He showed me how he did it. And in all of his programs he challenges everyone to go for it. I know how to grow my business ten times in a year. With Kevin’s coaching, I’m going for it.

What are you going for this year? Is it worthy of you? Does it get you excited? Is it taking you where you want to go? Are you wasting time or putting it to good use? Are you investing in yourself?

Success is a science. If you want to learn to succeed bad enough, the information on how to is all around you.

I can’t wait to start working with Kevin. It’s going to be awesome.

Namaste.

Jeff

Zig Zag Your Way to Success....

Would you like to know one of the critical keys to your success?

Something so valuable, that if you learned it, and practiced it, would GUARANTEE your success?

Here it is!

Decide exactly what you want in life, and then find someone who is already successful at it to be your mentor.

That's it.

Learn from the best.

Chose your teachers wisely.

Over the past 38 years, I have made it a habit to learn from the best.

As luck would have it, one of my oldest friends also happens to be among the world's greatest success trainers. And while running his company, I learned exactly what separates the world's most successful top 5% and the rest of the crowd. His name is Harv Eker, and we go back almost 45 years.

Today I came across this article written by Harv.

It is worth the 3 minute investment of your time.

Zig-Zag Your Way to Success
By T.Harv Eker

Although we'd prefer everything go perfectly straight from beginning to end, our journey to success seldom turns out that way.

In fact the "straight" route is completely unnatural. Did you know there are no perfectly straight lines in the universe? Everything is energy. Energy travels in waves. Therefore "straight" doesn't even exist. Yet, notice how when things go a little off course, most people get frustrated, get down, and want to give up.

So why do we get upset when things don't go the way we'd like them to go? Because we have an "expectation" that is virtually impossible to meet.

The simple truth is that the journey to success is full of twists, turns, ups, downs, stops and reverses. By fully understanding this fact, you can now begin or continue your journey knowing that you, like everyone else on this planet, will have to "zig zag" your way to success!

The beauty of this knowledge is that you won't be deluded into having unrealistic expectations of the "straight line to the top" syndrome. Without these expectations chances are you won't get as upset or even give up, when things aren't going your way, because you know being off track is normal and therefore "perfect".

A good example of what I'm talking about is man's mission to the moon in 1969. During that extraordinarily successful flight do you know how often the spacecraft was actually "on course"? Believe it or not, it was straight on path only 3 percent of the time. That means it spent 97 percent of the time, "off course"! That also means it spent the majority of its time, "correcting".

The same holds true for the journey to success. Expect to spend a large amount of your time, "correcting".

This is why "perfectionists" have a difficult time being highly successful. Perfectionism is a form of fear. It is usually based in the fear of failure or the fear of disapproval. In either case, perfectionism often leads to paralysis. Perfectionists are scared to death of making mistakes and therefore either avoid taking action or are painfully slow.

The truth is, most people are afraid to make mistakes. It's no wonder, since many of us grew up being embarrassed or "punished" for our mistakes. Yet if you want to succeed, you must be willing to accept mistakes and inefficiencies as part of the journey.

I'm sure you've heard of Babe Ruth. He was known as the home run king of baseball. What many people don't know, however, is that he was also the "strike out" king!

Mistakes are our natural way of learning. They are the "feedback" we need for correction.

Let me share with you the Ultimate Success Formula:

TAKE ACTION, GET THE FEEDBACK, LEARN, MAKE THE CORRECTION, TAKE MORE ACTION, ETC. Repeat this process again and again until you reach your goal.

As long as you continue this cycle, and NEVER GIVE UP, in the long run, can you see how it is it virtually impossible to fail?

This month adopt the attitude that correction is natural and focus on continuously acting and correcting until you get to wherever you want to go.

The secret to success is to "zig zag" your way to the top. The secret to happiness is to smile along the way.

DAILY DECLARATIONS:

Correction is natural.

Mistakes are how I learn.

I expect a winding road.

I never give up.

I zig zag my way to success.


You can change your life forever if you understand what Harv is saying.

Namaste.

Jeff

The problem with "The Secret"...

Have you heard about “The Secret”?

It’s the phenomenon that’s been sweeping the country ever since Oprah gave it her blessings about a year ago.

“The Secret” includes over 20 “gurus” in the areas of personal development who have all contributed to the book and DVD.

Do you know “The Secret”?

The Secret is the Law of Attraction.

According to “The Secret”, everything you have in your life, you’ve attracted to you. Good or bad, it doesn’t matter. You attract everything into your life by the way you think.

This is true for everyone. Everyone on our planet.

According to “The Secret”, those starving kids in Africa have attracted their situation to themselves.

Also, according to “The Secret”, the 6 million Jews who died in the holocaust attracted their fate to themselves.

Sorry, but I just don’t buy it.

There are many things in “The Secret” that I do buy into, but to take everything offered without sound thinking is foolish.

The biggest problem I have with “The Secret” has to do with the following.

Repeatedly throughout the book and DVD, we are told that all we have to do is ASK, BELIEVE, and RECEIVE.

We have to be clear about what we want. Once we’re clear, we can ask for it.

After asking, we have to believe that it is coming to us. The Universe will set up the people, events and circumstances to make what we asked for a reality.

Finally, we have to feel good now. The more we do, the quicker we will receive what we ask for.

The biggest problem I have with this whole way of thinking is that the most important of all qualities aren’t even discussed.

There is little to no mention of the magic word.

The magic word is ACTION!

In my world, you can meditate all you want. You can believe all you want. But until you take ACTION, you will not get the results you want in your life.

BUT, that’s not what the folks from “The Secret” are saying. And I believe it is a tragedy to lead people on to think that just asking and believing is nearly enough.

Do you want to have success in your life? Lots and lots of it?

If you do, then you need to be prepared to take MASSIVE ACTION to make your dreams a reality.

Having clear goals is important. “The Secret” talks about that.

Having a positive attitude is important. “The Secret” talks about that too.

You just need to take it one step further, and understand that until you commit to taking MASSIVE ACTION, you will not get your desired results.

My mentor and good friend, Harv Eker from Peak Potentials Training has said it over and over. Action is the bridge between your thoughts and your feelings, and your results.

Don’t get caught in the trap “The Secret” has laid out. Remember that until you are prepared to take ACTION, asking and believing will never be enough.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Namaste.

Jeff