What the ultra rich know that you don't

And you rushed back here to tell us how we're all just a bunch of dopes huh?

Puh-leese.

Look around. There are some real heavyweights contributing here. You just can't see it.

Rather than spending $30k on a mastermind group...why not take just some of the advice here (for FREE) ...fix your lame site and be on your way to riches like your mastermind friends.

By the way ... define "rich".

That sounds great. You attended his Mastermind for Copywriting, while I am a regular reader of his newsletters/books on PPC (Adwords, FB Ads etc.) Just shows what a multi-talented person he is.

Should we also build a shrine and worship them?

That was harsh.

But it raises an important question... must a copywriter prostrate himself to make good money?

The answer thankfully is no. There's plenty of money to be made without sacrificing your self-respect and becoming a "kiss up".

Alex

By all means, surround yourself with successful people.

But you've got stars in your eyes. Is this your first trip to Hollywood?

It's in their best interest to seem richer than they are. For many reasons. But behind the curtain, many can barely afford the expensive ornaments they flash around. If you don't believe me, get a few drinks in their system and watch the truth spill out.

And you are a very easy target. Rich enough to afford the big ticket seminars, poor enough to be hungry for a bigger slice.

That's all good if you want to be "ultra rich."

But there's plenty of ways to get rich doing what you enjoy... which don't cost upwards of $20k for. :p

This forum alone holds a ton of value.

1. Work your a&$ off while building the company.

2. Delegate tasks to people more efficient that you

3. Go and get more business

Simple things to read, hard to master.

Appearances can be deceiving...

This is especially true in an industry such as this, where one's projection of their success is often their most valuable customer acquisition tool. Marketers, more than anyone else, take extra steps to project a successful image.

I can tell you first hand how incredibly easy this is, especially in an era of absurdly low interest rates. At one point I had a Viper, Corvette, TransAm, Motorhome, and a nice house all at the same time on a barely-$90k salary. How? By being in debt up to my eyeballs... The truth is all of that crap only cost about $5,000 per month in payments - well within my ability to pay based on my salary, and as a young single guy with no real obligations. But it "looked like money". Rest assured, in spite of the toys, the expensive clothes, and all my friends and neighbors thinking I was making millions, I hadn't even hit the $100k mark yet.

"Fake it till you make it" is actually a lot easier than most people realize.

Fortunately I grew up and started making better financial decisions, but it's been my observation that the more people talk about how much money they're making, the less they're actually making. Some people are straight up liars, but more commonly they're projecting gross figures as if it were their net income. One of my eCommerce sites did $7.5 million last year, another did $4.3 million - I could stand in front of the room and talk about how "I made $12 million online last year" but to be honest, I didn't put anything near that number in my own pocket.

One last observation... You'll never see a Fortune 500 CEO at a "Mastermind group" unless he's the keynote speaker. Don't fall for all of the hype - especially when you're in a setting that's specifically designed by marketers to project the image of who you want to be.

To be frank, I think paying $20K to attend a mastermind is the height of absurdity unless your intent is to capitalize on the rest of the suckers and turn them into your own private marketing army. Which, I suspect, is the only reason the "ballers" attend in the first place. They aren't there to learn a damn thing. They're there to recruit new disciples.

You made my morning, that's brilliant. And thanks for all the other good advice. It's exactly what the masters (Carlton, Halbert, Kennedy) say too.

I've worked with some extremely rich dudes, including a billionaire (that's become an on-going relationship.)

The rich surround themselves with people who are doing constant groundwork.

They don't necessarily see opportunities before everyone else; it's their boots on the ground and "in-the-know" connections that reveal opportunities - where most people just see an empty parking lot (so to speak.)

Having a network IS a powerful tool. I call it the Coconut Wireless. (Since you spent time on Kauai Adam, you've probably heard of the term.)

Mark

It's always fun to see the strong emotional responses - positive or negative - people have to posts like this I love it. Good headline Adam. I definitely don't completely agree, but that doesn't even really matter.

We all have our little beliefs about success and are so eager to broadcast them - so who really cares, right? Regardless, I definitely DO agree that who you're around is influencing your future. If you think you're going to succeed on your own, on some kind of island... you're delusional.

And as great as some formal Masterminds are, you don't even need them. The point is exposing yourself to powerful people and powerful ideas in some fashion on a consistent basis. Staying hungry. Not buying a few of the most popular copywriting books, getting through them and thinking you're done. That could probably work if you're satisfied with "good" or making some "good money" - but not if you want to be the best. Not if you want to go in and DOMINATE a market.

Books, videos, seminars, masterminds, competitive intelligence tools... whatever. Seeking out information. Seeking out success. Seeking out what's working right now. And of course applying. But pretty much everyone I know who's really "rich" has that mentality and that kind of commitment to learning.

Dan Kennedy one guru known for his harsh honesty said -

"Most people are walking around waving their umbilical cord looking for somewhere to plug it in"

After spending around $167,000 over 28 years listening to all the "experts" I was so f****** glad to finally save a lot more money not wanting to do that.

(They more or less all say the same thing - and all those "hidden secrets" and "insider information" to fame and fortune? - they are just continually repackaged and presented with a slightly different slant)


Steve

P.S. I've no problem if someone wants to spend 20k to be told "get the information first - before everyone else grabs it"

That pearl of wisdom is immensely useful.

I think it was my first schoolteacher the lovely Mrs Crawford who told me "Steve, it's always good to get a head start"

I've never been in a high-end mastermind but 20k seems cheap. A friend of mine talked to his mastermind about selling his products in China. Several people in the group knew exactly what to do and who to call. He said he saved tens of thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of learning it by himself or hiring someone to do it for him.

There is some truth in this post,its called networking.

But hey,its not that they get methods early,its that they find JV partners.

Ean

Where did your industry leader get his knowledge?
I bet a fraction of it's from WF.

Something else to consider...

For some of these guys, the extent of their "knowledge," is knowing how to sell "how to be successful" products to make money to people who have no business sense at all but who are suckers for anything that sells them on the entrepreneurial lifestyle without the sweat, the ingenuity and the persistence.

Sounds like the mastermind group from
Dave Wood. A pitch to join empower network, and super secret strategies too... Promote empower network.

Nothing new.