Robin J. Elliott: Joint Ventures with the Prophet of Profit, Training, Strategic Alliances

People who have a deadline to accomplish a certain goal, whether it be financial, structural, a position to be achieved, or a sales target, need to get into a “Push” mentality. You can choose to be a loser and back off, simmer down, cool off, give up, compromise, lower your standards, start making excuses in advance, complain, whine, or PUSH. Winners PUSH. They don’t know how to quit. And so they win. The discomfort of quitting far exceeds the discomfort of pushing.

What do I mean by PUSH? Here are a few questions that will put you into a push mode, and by taking responsibility, you will be amazed at how powerful you will become:

Have I asked EVERYONE I KNOW to buy / join / take action / attend? If not, why not? Do I fear their choices more than failure? If I have asked them, I will ask them again! Every “NO” gets me closer to a “YES!”

Who can reach a large group of people in my behalf, to sell / announce / promote my product / service / opportunity? Have I asked them what it will take / what they want in return for enthusiastically promoting me?

What group of people can I get to, how can I do it, and who can help me? Can I attend every business networking meeting and promote there? Have I emailed everyone I know and asked them to e mail their people?

If I was really desperate and my life was at stake, what would I do to achieve this goal? Is my Comfort Zone limiting my success? What haven’t I tried?

If I was giving advice to someone else how to accomplish this objective, what advice would I give THEM?

Who has already accomplished this goal, that can show me what to do and how to do it?

If I am using TIME as an excuse, what activities can I cancel / postpone in order to free up the time I need to make this happen? Being BUSY and being PRODUCTIVE are not necessarily the same thing.

MAKE it happen. Don’t accept the possibility of failure / defeat. INSIST on success, whatever it takes. Be a warrior, not a worrier. Check your attitude. Get positive, optimistic, and enthusiastic. As Dale Carnegie taught us, “ACT enthusiastic, and you’ll BE enthusiastic!” Focus on what you want, not on what you don’t want.
Align yourself with strong winners, top achievers, and motivated producers. Call the most successful person you know and ask for their advice, then TAKE their advice and ACT upon it. PUSH.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

They run from opportunity to opportunity, meeting to meeting, book to book, seminar to seminar, scheme to scam and back again – always looking for a way to get rich with no work or commitment – instant money – quick fix – magic bullet. They spend a fortune on information they never apply, or apply for a week before they quit to run after the next best thing, the newest deal, the brighter package, the more colorful balloon, like kids in a candy factory, until they vomit and go home looking green, but no green miraculously appears in their bank accounts.

The fact is, a winning mind can take a mediocre, failing business in the wrong area with bad employees and overwhelming debt, and turn it into a million dollar dream, while a losing mindset will take a beautiful opportunity in a perfect market, and fail miserably. It has little to do with the opportunity, the market, the product, the support, the service or the time of year, and everything to do with your mind. When your thinking, mindset, attitude and perception is properly aligned, your mind becomes a money magician, a money machine, a money maker – a DollarMaker. When your wonderful Reticular Activating System is correctly used, and your subconscious mind properly conditioned, you simply can’t fail to get rich.

Now if that sounds too good to be true to the average cynic, if your skepticism simply won’t allow you to accept that statement, let’s consider this: If we put Alan Greenspan, Warren Buffet, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates in a new city, with no money, reputation, database, connections, credentials, reputation, or credibility, how long would it take each of them to get rich all over again? Not long, because their minds are so programed, honed, skilled, and trained, that they wouldn’t be able to help but get rich. It’s not where you are; it’s WHO you are. It’s not the circumstances you find yourself in – it’s how you interpret them and what you do with them.

Now I know you’ll say, “But, Robin, even if I had the right mindset, I would still have toi take action, right?” Yes. Here’s the truth: People who do not take action that will make them rich do not have a wealth mindset. People who really understand wealth BELIEVE they will get wealthy, so they take action. If you believed there was a million dollars waiting for you at the bottom of a barrel filled with rotten food, dead cats, and manure, you would dive in and get it. If you didn’t believe the million dollars was there, you would procrastinate, make excuses, and whine. The only reason people don’t show up and take massive action is that they don’t understand or believe. Their minds are not Money Machines – they are Manure Machines that produce mediocrity, failure, compromise, and defeat. They are not Mental Warriors – they’re Mental Worriers. They are not Prophets of Profit – they’re Prophets of Problems.
 
How do we achieve this miraculous Money Mindset? How do we turn our minds into dynamic DollarMakers? We always live up to the expectations we have of ourselves, so we need to change those expectations. We achieve what we believe, so we need to change our beliefs if we want to change our bank balances. We need to move from fear to faith, from a scarcity mentality to a prosperity awareness. How do we make these mental adjustments? I gave you a clue earlier in this article: If you thought the same way that Bill Gates thinks, would you make better choices and get better results? You better believe it. You would do what he does and get what he gets. If you interpreted things the way Warren Buffet does, would you make more money? Of course. Input equals output, so we need to think like successful people if we want the same results. We will follow in their footsteps to lives of fortune and fun.

Here’s how to program your mind for guaranteed success: Think like a rich person. Your mind will turn opposition into opportunities, detours into dollars, challenges in chattel, mediocrity into magic wealth. Every action begets results. If you want different results, you have to do different things. To do different things, you have to make different decisions, and to do that you need to see things and interpret things differently. That’s the key. To think differently. You are one quality decision away from anything you want, Jim Stovall tells us, and he’s right.  How? Actually, it’s quite simple.

When I read a book written by a successful person, I am in fact thinking his thoughts! The more I think the thoughts of a winner, the more I BECOME a winner. You are what you think. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. The winner thinks a thought and writes it in his book. You read the book, so you read his words, which means you literally think his thoughts, if you’ll excuse the pun. While you read this, you’re thinking MY thoughts – scary, isn’t it? When I got into business, I listened to the words (thoughts) of Paul J. Meyer, over and over again, from audio cassettes, and I read his writing (thoughts) over and over again. In addition, I immersed myself in the thoughts of Earl Nightingale, Tom Hopkins, Napoleon Hill – every winner I could find – and I still do.

To turn your mind into an automated, programed DollarMaker, read my book, “How to Retire in One Year.” Listen to the audios on my website. Read my Blog. Watch the videos on DollarMakers.com – attend our conference calls and Bootcamps, and MIX WITH SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE ONLY. Do not read books by losers, spend time with losers, or talk with losers, or you will become a loser. I was talking with some friends recently. Not one of us had any friends who smoked. There’s a clue there. Mix with winners ONLY. Control your input, and you will control your output. When is it enough input? When you have achieved all your goals.

Here’s the good news. The more your mind becomes a Money Magician, the more difficult it will become for you to tolerate losers or read rubbish. Success becomes automatic. How soon do you want success? Massive sowing and input gets faster results – it depends how badly you want success. If you want to retire in a year or less, my book even contains a complete goal setting system, to guide you to your goal! It doesn’t get easier than that. It will reveal all the resources you need. It’s the Money Mind Manual, the Blue Chip Bible, the Wealth Workbook, the Swiss Army Knife to Success.

Welcome to your exciting future.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

The past is not equal to the future. The only thing you can control in life is your reaction to your circumstances and opportunities, and when you control your reaction to and interpretation of your circumstances in a positive way, you can create any future you want. You can go through life looking through the rear-0view mirror at your past, or you can start creating a wonderful future – and the future starts RIGHT NOW. Isn’t that exciting?

You can let the sad past pull you down, disempower you, discourage you and distract you, or you can create an exciting goal for your future and allow that positive objective to pull you through any temporary detour along the way. Remember, no-one can do it for you, and no-one can do it to you. YOU are the creator of your life, and you are responsible for the life you have, as well as the life you’re going to have. You can live in regret about the past or enthusiasm about the future – you decide what you want to focus ion. The past is dead, and there’s nothing you can do about it, but the future is whatever you decide to make of it! The future is your BEST FRIEND.

So don’t allow past hurts and disappointments to pull you back and slow you down. Turn your back on the past, face the future boldly and optimistically, and determine that you won’t quit until you make all your dreams come true. It’s never too late to start over, and every new day is a new birth of your own, personal future. You’ll be amazed at what you can accomplish with persistence, enthusiasm, a positive outlook, hard work, and good friends. Most of all, you need a very clear picture of your goals. The clearer and more vividly you can visualize exactly what you want your life to look like, the sooner and the more likely it will become a reality. Paul J. Meyer said, “Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass.” Forget about the past – it’s dead. Create the future you want.

Robion J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Hiking in pristine conditions on Mount Seymour, British Columbia, last weekend, I learned an important lesson. The sun was shining, deep, virgin snow glittering like a million diamonds, incredible views across the ocean. Jonathan Marks was walking with me, and we were discussing risk tolerance. He is an astute, seasoned businessman, and I always enjoy chatting with him. He has lived in South Africa, New Zealand, and now Canada, and has succeeded in numerous businesses. I asked him if I could use his concept and he kindly agreed.

Here’s what Jonathan taught me. The context was buying residential properties and having tenants rent them to pay down the mortgage. This is a risky business, since tenants are protected by the socialist laws and often rip the owners off, don’t pay, damage the homes, etc. He said, let’s assume that statistically, 50% of tenants are very good – they pay, they stay, and they look after the property. the other 50% are the “Tenants from  Hell” – they don’t pay , they don’t stay, and they damage the property. How can we use this scary, imaginary statistic to understand how we can reduce risk over time?

Suppose you get twenty tenants in twenty properties. Ten are good, ten at bad (50%). So you get rid of the ten bad ones and replace them with ten new ones. Now, according to our hypothetical statistic, 50% of these new tenants will be great, and the other five will be bad. So you get rid of five. You now have 15 great tenants! So you get five new ones. Half of them will be great, half will be bad. So you kick the bad ones out and replace them… As you can see, over time, you clean out the muck and keep the good tenants, until all your twenty tenants are great.

This objective understanding can be applied to any business situation, particularly when it comes to employees, team members, and Joint Venture partners. If you build a sales team and half of them are losers, keep on replacing the scavengers and parasites with new people until you have the dream team. Most people quit so easily, it’s scary. They try one or two Joint Ventures, they don’t work, so they run home crying to their mommies. They join a business and within two months they’re whining that it doesn’t work. Weak, stupid, lazy, and dishonest people never succeed. Someone once questioned why I “couldn’t keep” my sales team members. I don’t keep parasites on my team. I told them, “I will keep replacing losers until I end up with a team of winners.” It’s a selection process. Some will, some won’t – so what? NEXT!

In Network Marketing, the same applies. Most don’t, some won’t, other’s can’t, no problem. Keep on recruiting and focus on the five percent that will be champions and make you rich, no matter how long it takes – just keep on keeping on UNTIL. Not “IF”, but UNTIL. WHEN. Offer people a good chance, give them the benefit of the doubt, allow them to try to prove themselves, and don’t take it personally when they can’t cut the mustard – just remove and replace. It’s a simple sorting process.Persistence and consistence always wins the day – the tortoise and the hare.

Success is by design, not by chance, and the ability to persists over time is the key to real success.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

“Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand 

This book certainly changed my life, and I adopted the philosophy of Objectivism while reading it. It paid off. I suggest everyone reads it. It will also explain why many people are no longer in my life; simply put, Atlas shrugged.
Alan Greenspan said of this book: “’Atlas Shrugged’ is a celebration of life and happiness. Justice is unrelenting. Creative individuals and undeviating purpose and rationality achieve joy and fulfillment. Parasites who persistently avoid either purpose or reason perish as they should.” One of the most influential business books ever written is a 1,200-page novel published 50 years ago, on Oct. 12, 1957. It is still drawing readers.

David Veksler writes:
“I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”
Thus, the hero of Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged chooses sides in an epic struggle for man’s soul – not in heaven, but on earth. The central plot of Atlas Shrugged is a mystery story: as Dagny Taggard, a successful railroad executive, watches the entrepreneurs and inventors of her society disappear one by one, she seeks to discover the source of the scourge that is destroying her world. She witnesses the consequences of the ethics of altruism and collectivism as her society descends into socialism, productive men are turned into slaves, and mooching beggars into her masters.
Throughout the novel, Ayn Rand presents clear examples of her philosophy in action through strong heroes and treacherous villains who demonstrate the importance of philosophy and the consequences of moral and immoral lives. Her characters ask and answer numerous important questions such as “Is reality independent of our minds or is it shaped by them? What is the result of basing our actions on emotions and what happens when we base them on reason? Why are so many successful individuals hated for their success? Should love be free or must it be earned? What is the proper role of government?” However, the most influential question Atlas Shrugged answered for me was “what kind of life must a man lead to achieve a state of guiltless happiness?”
The influence of Atlas Shrugged on my life has been so profound that I am still learning new applications of the philosophy Ayn Rand presented every day. This book is for everyone who has ever questioned the ethics of altruism and asked “what is the purpose of my life?”

If every teenager was to read this book, and then reread it in adulthood, the world would be a far better place to live in, and parasites, collectivists, and witchdoctors would not be in the powerful positions they currently hold. But for now, my message to true producers and creators is, “Don’t hesitate, when appropriate, to shrug.”

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com