WEEK 179: VIEW OF INVESTMENTS TO ACCELERATE GROWTH

I would rather learn vicariously learn through the mistakes of others, than myself.    Charlie Munger

REFLECTIONS (learnings and actions): Do you want growth in an area of your life?

Health, business, relationships?

Last week I mentioned ONE insight to help you do this which was to "hire the best mentors, and do what they tell you to do."

Yet, I left out one crucial step you have go through before you can do this.

Well, what is it?

I will tell you but wanted to tell you about how I was able to (actually) self-publish my first book (it all ties in, so keep reading).

The research, organizing, and writing of course was all done by myself but that was not the hard part.

The hard part was actually finding a way to get it published. 

By publishing I mean get actually on Amazon direct publishing, which entailed about 10 more steps. 

At this point my book had taken me 2.5 years to get to manuscript form and I was so close I thought. 

Now, I prided myself on doing everything by myself and wanted to finish the process. 

Yet...

I was so close and wanted to finish the book!

So, I leveraged a secret I had used to get the book to the point, which you already know. 

"Hire the best mentors, and do what they tell you."

That is how I was able to find out how to organize my outline and the strategies to get the word count up to 35,000 plus words.

So I went out and looked for a mentor who could help me one, edit, but two, help me with the marketing/publishing aspect to finish the process. 

I vetted my options and spoke to a few companies and finally found one.

They outlined all the steps I needed to do (much more than I anticipated) and would give me every resource for me to hit each milestone. 

All I had to do is invest. 

Yet...

I felt scared. 

"What happens if it does not work?"

"What happens if I am not able to do what they tell me?"

"Are they able to do what they said they could?"

and on, and on...

Literally I was talking myself out of making the investment...even though I knew it was EXACTLY what I needed. 

Now here is the one lesson you need to understand about growth and acceleration.

Move in and write this down.

Growth and acceleration come from hiring the best mentors, and doing what they tell you, I have told you this. 

But in order for that to happen you need to view investments properly?

And how do you do that?

Well, there are actually two ways you can view investments and 99% of the planet views them in properly.

In proper way:

You think in terms of LOSS.

-What could I lose?

-What happens if it does not work?

The brain in all the amazing things it does is wired or optimized for safety, not progress. 

But this thinking hinders your growth. 

This way of thinking will do two things. 

First, even if you make the decision you will sabotage yourself and not do everything you can to make the investment work for you.

Second, the greatest loss though is you talk yourself out of it and say you can do it on your own. (reminder you are looking for acceleration here).

This will lead to you either one, burning out before you achieve what you want to, or two, being so exhausted you are not able to enjoy the fruit of your labors once you get there. 

So what is the PROPER way?

View the investment as an asset and opportunity.

Know you are accelerating the learning curve, and bypassing years of frustration.

Said this before, but Charlie Munger the "right hand to Warren Buffet has stated, "I would rather learn vicariously learn through the mistakes of others, than myself."

Simple really (most powerful things are). 

Thus, invest knowing it is an opportunity to accelerate your learning and bypass costly, timely mistakes by learning from others who have gone where you want to go.

Will tell you there in only ONE 100% guarantee in life, that is if you never try, you will never grow.

An investment will have to made in order for growth to occur.

Thus, if ACCELERATION is what you want then "hire the best mentors and do what they tell you."

In oder to do this, have a proper view of investments or you will never be able to pull the trigger. 

So to wrap it up.

First, have a proper view of investments so you can hire the best mentors and do what they tell you to do.

This has been one of my secrets for a very long time for accelerated growth.

Delay No More,

J

WEEK 178: ONE INSIGHT TO ACHIEVE ACCELERATION IN ANY AREA

If you want to succeed, all you have to do is find a way to model those who have already succeeded.   Tony Robbins

REFLECTIONS (learnings and actions): Would you like to know ONE thing which can help you accelerate your progress in any area of your life?

Health, business, relationships...

Well, you are in the right place today as I will share with you in the next 5-minutes ONE insight that will allow you to do so.

Now going to be a little vulnerable and tell you I struggled with this for years, before I was finally able to find the answer.

And once I did, everything changed. 

Literally, what had taken many years to make little progress started getting achieved within a matter of months or days in some cases. 

Today, I want to share my health journey.

More specifically my search for my six-pack.

The last time I saw was my senior year of high school.

Then like a new coat of paint, it started to fade and I lost it all together by my senior year of college. 

I continued to regain it every year, but was always caught in a vicious cycle of lose some, gain a lot back.

The thing was I tried everything. Low carb, pure protein, vegetarianism...

But all with the same result. 

I was literally caught in a downward spiral that I could not get off. 

It was unnoticeable at first. 

5 lbs in one year. Not bad.

4 lbs the next year.

5 lbs the following year. 

But...

Over a 5-year span I gained over 20 extra pounds. 

And my search to regain my six-pack was lost.

I felt hopeless and defeated, and the scariest thing is I resigned myself to just being bigger as I aged. 

And the craziest thing is I an intelligent individual and have the drive few others have.

Why could I not figure this out?

Answer.

I did not know what I did not know.

So fast forward to a point where I was the heaviest I have ever been, feeling inconsistent energy, and confidence an all time low (would have to battle myself daily to put myself out there).

Then it hit me.

I remember reading a quote by Tony Robbins, "Long ago I realized success leaves clues, and that people who create outstanding results do specific things to create those results. I believed if I duplicated these actions of others, I could reproduce the results hey had."

I had been trying for over a decade to get my health back and finally see my six-pack again.

Yet, I was trying to figure everything out by myself.

Thing was I did not spend any time in university studying the body. Tell you the truth everything I knew about diet, food, and the body were taught to me my mainstream media (scary).

Thus, I went on a search and found someone who had done what I wanted to do...master my health.

It took some time to vet my options, but once I found him I put in all the chips.

The result?

Well, remember I told you earlier I had been searching for over a decade?

It took 45 days.

No typo. 45 days to master my health and get my six-pack back.

10 years vs 45 days.

If you would have given me that choice in the beginning I would have chosen 45 days. 

So what is the ONE insight you can start using to accelerate progress in any area of your life?

Hire the best mentors, do what they tell you to do.

It is the secret that separates the good from the great.

Want to achieve new levels in health, business, life?

Find someone who has gone there and let them show you the map on how to get there yourself. 

Simple, yet powerful!

Want acceleration?

Apply this ONE insight and watch your progress in any area of your life accelerate. 

Delay No More