4 hours a week to $$$$
I know there are loads of threads giving advice to newbies, but a reminder every now and then won't hurt, as IM lures so many people into shattered dreams.
Basic point: if something promises xxxx amount of money per month for little effort, it's most likely BS, no matter how good the creators intentions are. When something is *easy*, then the laws of the universe state that the barrier of entry will be wide, and everyone will be able to do it, thus diminishing your results.
It's simple: if you open a simple pizza store where no else does, you'll pull the customers that want pizza. If 20 others open a pizza store on your street, your revenue will decrease. Don't do something just because it's easy.
Don't look for the 4 hour hack. Stay away from the hack mentality. Be like Arnold Scharzneger who said he used to spend 6 hours in the gym. Or Micheal Jordan who was the first to turn up and the last to leave training even when he was at his peak. You think people who have achieved mastery in a field tried to shortcut their success? Nope. They put the 10,000 hours in. You are deluded if you think success awaits you 30 days from now with a simply money making method you bought. You have to be fully employed in what you do, in life in general. Don't think shortcuts.
Look for what's hard. Hard should excite you (not a euphemism). Because it means most people won't be bothered to do it. Adopt the mindset of mastery and learn your craft to the core. It's masters that are remembered and leave the most impact when they die, be it Ghandi, Steve Jobs or Michael Jackson. I'm not saying you have to be a global superstar, but there is literally nothing stopping you from developing deep expertise in your chosen area and becoming part of the top 1%, apart from your own sloth and laziness, two attributes which Charlie Munger said are the most common causes of failure. And that's a man who both Bill Gates and Warren Buffet commented on being the smartest person they knew.
And they know a thing or two about making money. Bill Gates said he never took a day off from the age of 20 to 30. Those are the years people don't pay attention to. Warren Buffet became a billionairre at the age of 57. And he's a money making genius who began reading his first investment book at the age of 7 until there was nothing left on the topic in his local library. They're probably more intelligent than you and I, and it took them a while.
Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, on it's way to be the first trillion dollar company in history, he read every book on retail he could find and exhausted the libraries retail books as well. He was always in competitors stores. He was relentless. You have to be relentless and deserve what you want. Don't think that you have to be a super creative Da Vinci genius. Master the basics. Like Ray Croc, the man behind Mcdonalds said, "Creativity is overrated..."
As long as you put in due dilligence each day and improve by 0.01%, you'll slowly inch ahead of the pack inch by inch, and if you stay at it long enough, most people get what they deserve.
Just think to yourself; what type of person would you bet on to earn 10% of their salary for the rest of your life? Then just adopt those attributes. And then do the inverse, and stay away from those attributes
Basic point: if something promises xxxx amount of money per month for little effort, it's most likely BS, no matter how good the creators intentions are. When something is *easy*, then the laws of the universe state that the barrier of entry will be wide, and everyone will be able to do it, thus diminishing your results.
It's simple: if you open a simple pizza store where no else does, you'll pull the customers that want pizza. If 20 others open a pizza store on your street, your revenue will decrease. Don't do something just because it's easy.
Don't look for the 4 hour hack. Stay away from the hack mentality. Be like Arnold Scharzneger who said he used to spend 6 hours in the gym. Or Micheal Jordan who was the first to turn up and the last to leave training even when he was at his peak. You think people who have achieved mastery in a field tried to shortcut their success? Nope. They put the 10,000 hours in. You are deluded if you think success awaits you 30 days from now with a simply money making method you bought. You have to be fully employed in what you do, in life in general. Don't think shortcuts.
Look for what's hard. Hard should excite you (not a euphemism). Because it means most people won't be bothered to do it. Adopt the mindset of mastery and learn your craft to the core. It's masters that are remembered and leave the most impact when they die, be it Ghandi, Steve Jobs or Michael Jackson. I'm not saying you have to be a global superstar, but there is literally nothing stopping you from developing deep expertise in your chosen area and becoming part of the top 1%, apart from your own sloth and laziness, two attributes which Charlie Munger said are the most common causes of failure. And that's a man who both Bill Gates and Warren Buffet commented on being the smartest person they knew.
And they know a thing or two about making money. Bill Gates said he never took a day off from the age of 20 to 30. Those are the years people don't pay attention to. Warren Buffet became a billionairre at the age of 57. And he's a money making genius who began reading his first investment book at the age of 7 until there was nothing left on the topic in his local library. They're probably more intelligent than you and I, and it took them a while.
Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, on it's way to be the first trillion dollar company in history, he read every book on retail he could find and exhausted the libraries retail books as well. He was always in competitors stores. He was relentless. You have to be relentless and deserve what you want. Don't think that you have to be a super creative Da Vinci genius. Master the basics. Like Ray Croc, the man behind Mcdonalds said, "Creativity is overrated..."
As long as you put in due dilligence each day and improve by 0.01%, you'll slowly inch ahead of the pack inch by inch, and if you stay at it long enough, most people get what they deserve.
Just think to yourself; what type of person would you bet on to earn 10% of their salary for the rest of your life? Then just adopt those attributes. And then do the inverse, and stay away from those attributes
