Archive for September, 2008
The Strangest Secret is Not So Strange
If you’re like me, Earl Nightingale was one of your first success teachers. I loved his records, tapes, then CD’s. His teaching is foundational to winning in life. Farmers understand his great teaching – to them, his “Strangest Secret” is not so strange. Nevertheless, his message is very exciting, in that it provides the hope, and indeed the promise, that we can change our lives. Watch this excellent, short movie.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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If you like Boston Legal and hate smoking, you’ll love this Closing Argument
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No commentsThat Slight Edge
Winners know that going the extra mile makes the difference. Watch this excellent, short movie.
At 211 degrees, water is hot. At 212 degrees, it boils, and creates steam. That steam can be used to power a massive locomotive. One extra degree of perseverance, persistence, commitment, and enthusiasm makes all the difference.
In golf, the average margin of victory over the last 25 years in all major tournaments combined was less than three strokes.
Olympic Gold Medals: In the 2004 Men’s 800m Race, the margin of victory was .71 seconds.
Indy 500: The average margin for victory in the past ten years was 1.54 seconds!The average winning was $1,278,000 – second place a mere $621,000.
DollarMakers attracts winners who insist on success and commit to being the best.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
No commentsEntrepreneurs – Need Problems to Feel Alive?
Gambling addicts gamble until they lose everything. Alcoholics drink until they pass out. Certain entrepreneurs feel most alive when they are in a tight financial corner. So they subconsciously have to create that level of threat, pain, and danger in order to be forced to use their creativity to work their way out of the problem. That way, they escape boredom, and the challenge and the overcoming of that challenge puts them on a high. It tests their skills and mental strength, validates their ability, and makes life interesting. It’s the game, baby. Usually, those entrepreneurs are not consciously aware of what they’re doing. They’re blissfully unaware of their self-sabotage and self-made cycles.
At some point in my entrepreneurial life, I recognized that I was partly subject to this insidious and subtle affliction. Success for the sake of success has its downside. Money can be very tedious. (It can also run hand-in-hand with the avoidance of success when success would mean contribution to a hated cause or despised person, or create a situation that is more uncomfortable than the lack of success, however that is not for this discussion.) Self-discovery takes testicular fortitude and incurs emotional pain, however the results are well worth the private confrontation. Recognizing the root cause is one thing, however replacing it is quite another. Artificially exceeding the pain threshold by reinterpreting your circumstances and the ramifications is a smart choice.
In my case, I disciplined myself to accept the success, recalibrate and re-engineer the internal meaning and consequences thereof, and supplant the boredom with massive and intense innovation, creativity, and expansion. The benefits of replacing the challenge in a more positive way surpassed the discomfort of recognizing a dangerous and elusive pattern that took a lot of introspection and detachment to unveil, and strict personal discipline to overcome. Entrepreneurs have the freedom to create massive wealth, however they must first create the foundational, personal freedom that will release that wealth. My book, “Break Free!” may help a bit in that regard.
Obsessive compulsive behavior, perfectionism, high expectations, extreme sensitivity, and self-destructive tendencies often point to extreme entrepreneurial potential. Finding a way to channel the creativity in real entrepreneurs is fundamental to optimal achievement, and running the local sandwich shop or selling tires will simply drive the true entrepreneur to practice the cycle mentioned here. “Let me see if I can still do this job while I’m drunk.” The most effective, powerful, unlimited, creative, and synergistic business model I have found is Joint Venture Broking – that’s why I do it. It offers total freedom, massive contribution, and the opportunity to be true to yourself. By tying your work to your vision and values, and attaching a serious personal cause, especially one that attacks that which you hate, one can, in my opinion, create a much higher high.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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