$0 per month, $100 per month, $1000 per month...or $100,000 per month - CHOOSE NOW

I think you are dead on, a big part of business and life in general is self limiting beliefs. You don't believe you can do it, don't desearve it etc etc. As soon as you change your mindframe to can and will, all of life falls into place. If you refuse to back down or be held back, guess what it's no longer a brick wall in front of you, merely something for you to crumble beneath you. Life gives us so many chances, it's what you decide to do that makes the difference.

i second and third that thought process.....why play if you dont play to win and win big? i have a friend who still plays the lotto even after i told him after many years of playing and never winning that he needs to quit. What gets me is that he plays for the couple thousand dollar jackpot all the time instead of the million. I mean, if you're going to play a fools game to begin with where your odds of winning are already astronomical, you might as well play the big time and go for it all, where at least if you hit, you hit big. Just my opinion on it.

Great post, Ken. You're right on the money. When I was 18 earnng minimum wage at a print shop, I decided my time was worth $100 per hour. So I spent the next 2 decades in sales, earning approx $100 per hour for the 20 hours each week I made "shop-at'home" sales presentations.

Then I decided to to let others do the sales and promote myself to boss. I would accept no less than the 100k per year that I made out in the field, doing the griunt work. That's exactly what came to pass.

Then I got burnt out on the home decorating biz, and got into travel, specifically special event group cruises and decided I could sell a MILLION DOLLARS annualy online (gross), and that's exactly what I've acheived.

In 2009 I plan to finally release an info training product for my niche. Now if only I can set my goals as high (and as quick) as my buddy Mike Filsaime, it might only take me 30 years total to have accomplished what he has in the last 3 or 4.

Lou

Awesome Post Ken - thank you!

You're right - deciding to do something is the first step to getting it done no matter what it is - you can't even get out of bed in the morning until you decide to.

To be honest I think most people believe that you have to start small and it takes time to work your way up because that's what they've been taught all their lives. Thoughts are easy to change but beliefs usually run pretty deep.

Thanks Ken!


Lynn

If you keep making such great posts Ken, you should turn it all into a book. I'd buy it!

I am glad that I am learning so much about life even though I am always 17. Most people my age know nothing about what it takes to succeed, and how simple it can really be sometimes.

I hope that since I am starting early, it won't take me long to reach success.

I swear every night I read this forum and other things online, I easily learn 10 times what I learned in school that day, and that is coming from a kid who goes to a pretty good private school. Can't imagine what it's like for public school students.

I have been reading Think and Grow Rich, and in it Hill says to set an exact monetary goal. My goal has been to make enough money to upgrade my current computer by a reasonable amount. But after reading this post, I am thinking, hey, why not just go ahead and make enough money to completely overhaul my computer? I can do it can't I? Aim high right?

My original goal was $696.00.

Now it is $4094.00

Thanks for the boost.

I think one of the reasons why this works is that when you set yourself an absolute goal to do something, your subconscious mind starts to address the issue. So if you start thinking "how am I going to make $100,000 in a month?" you will start thinking about an entirely different set of strategies than if you had asked yourself the question "how am I going to make $3,000 this month?"

Not much more to add there - you're right of course. If we keep saying it, some people might actually believe it and ramp up their success.

Good for you.

For most ppl, $100,000 a month seems unrealistic. I would start off with something more realistic.

"Your value is determined by what you choose for yourself right now."

That quote is so true. I went from making $15/hr to charging over $150/hr as a consultant basically doing the same thing. It wasn't until I told myself that my time is worth a lot more than $15/hr.

Our grandparents 'drove with the brakes on'. Our aunts and uncles 'drove with the brakes on'. Our parents 'drove with the brakes on'. The vast majority of people 'drive with the brakes on' because it's all they've ever known and no-one's shown them that they don't have to.

I'm still plucking up the courage to drive with the parking brake off.

HOW CAN I BECOME SUCCESSFUL?? I only know how to sell stuff on ebay...i sold like 30 things...little things...i want to make real money tho...maybe even 6 figures..i have real dreams...i know i can do it..my problem is finding real great dropshippers something i can trust...i need something..i dont know what to do i feel stuck lol...i only know doba.com and worldwidebrands.com ...i think to many ppl use these though

John I wouldnt waste your time with him. It's most likely he will give up and leave.

Most newbies who eventually amount to something online spend their time reading the forum and reading as many ebooks as they can, at first.

However it looks like Dmunny718 is one of those wants a magic pill will thatgive him all the answers and make him rich by next week.

You've got to want this BAD...really BAD to succeed.

Thanks, Ernie. You've spoken some very wise words there.

I guess I can stop feeling so stressed out now!

Is this still doable in times of recession?

You're bang on the money with this one Ken.

I'm beginning to like your posts.

It reminds me of the quote by Jessie Belle
Rittenhouse:

"I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;
For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial's hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have paid."

"My Wage," The Door of Dreams, p. 25 (1918)

Jessie Belle Rittenhouse (1869-1948)

Dedicated to your success,

Shaun

You are 100% Dead on Ken!

The principles that you bring to light are principles that the Top 5% in the World use and have thought that certain way.

Many people say you must, "craw before you walk."

I rather say, "You must RUN before you walk."

Any runner knows that you don't walk then run, you stretch for a few moments and then run followed by a cool down, walk.

Think Big. Get Big Results.

"If you are going to be thinking anyway you might as well THINK BIG." -Donald Trump

Bryan Dulaney
FitRichLife

Ken, wonderful post and thread. This is
super-important stuff. For anyone intent on
serious success, getting your mental game
straightened out is the start of everything.

I once heard Dan Kennedy answer a question... if
you lost everything and had to start over from
scratch, what would you do?

He said the first thing he would do would be to
focus on his mindset and getting his internal
mental game in place.

This might all sound woo woo and airy-fairy, but
getting your beliefs in alignment with where you
want to go is CRITICAL.

Trust me folks, it is what all your success will
be built... and I say this from personal
experience.

I started from nowhere with no money... and after
I read about the concept of self-sabotage, I
thought that's what I had. I knew other people who
just seemed to come by money really easily... but
it NEVER EVER came easily to me. It fact, it never
seemed to come to me at all, no matter what I did.

Which is why this is interesting:

That's totally accurate, but it took me a long
time to figure that out... and even with my
business in the multi-million per year range, I'm still
learning it.

For me, it started when I bought Tony Robbins'
program off an infomercial. The $129 was more than
I could imagine spending... but after watching
that infomercial probably 10 times, I picked up
the phone and ordered. And that started me on my
journey.

It still took me a while to get started... and
once I did, I kept thinking too small.

But I kept getting this wake-up calls from the
universe that kept telling me to think bigger...
and thank goodness that I was actually listening.

For instance, when I started publishing online, I
was only doing it to have something to put on my
resume. I thought if I could build up a list of
500-600 subscribers to a free newsletter, then it
would look really good on my resume.

Then one day I woke up and found I had a couple
hundred new subscribers sign up overnight. It
turned out that my site had been mentioned on a
PBS TV show. Knock knock... the universe was
telling me to think bigger. I still hadn't made a
dime online, but I could see that it was possible
for me to make an impact.

That was a huge realization. It was the universe
knocking... telling me to think bigger. To raise
my expectations. And to work hard to fill those
expectations.

That just kept happening over and over, year after
year... first I was just hoping to make $10k a
year. Then $30k. Then $70k. Then that magic $100k.
Then I couldn't imagine $300k. Then a million
seemed insurmountable.

Each step of the way I had to learn to keep
thinking bigger... but this is the cool part -
that has become easier and easier over time. And
much more natural... to the point where making the
jump from a million to multi-millions was almost
easy... it just seemed as natural as night
following day.

But I will admit... I still have a hard time
thinking of $30 million, or $50 million, or $100
million. Time to get my head on straight. :-)


- Jeff

Great thread!

Getting into the right mindset and continuously taking action is really all it takes. Eventually your earnings begin growing faster and faster, and the potential you see in yourself increases exponentially.

But if you stop taking action and moving forward too early, it all falls apart. You've GOTTA keep it moving, even if things don't seem to be going your way.