Secret #7:  Continual Learning

I cannot stress this enough, I spend $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 on my own education every single year.  I don’t think that I’m so smart that I have all the answers.  I am humble enough to understand that there are lots of other people out there that have tons of answers.  And I spend money because I know that keeps me motivated to do what they tell me to do.

If I go spend $10,000 for a seminar (which I have) I am going to pay a whole lot more attention to what’s going on and actually follow what they’re telling me instead of the seminar where it’s only $195.

Same thing if I buy a package for $5,000, I’m going to pay attention to it. 

Continual learning is the key.  Remember, your brain is like a bucket with a hole in it.  So you put all of this stuff in it, and slowly it just kind of seeps out.  You’ve got to keep replenishing and putting more stuff in there.

Remember, it doesn’t matter what happens to you.  Nobody can take away your knowledge, all the stuff that you get.  Look, if somebody came, took away my entire business and if they just left me with my customer list, the knowledge in my head and the people I know, I’d be right back on my feet within a month, two months, three months, tops.

My friend Frank Kern is a perfect example of this. His business was wiped out by the government and he’s right back on his feet because of what he knows. He bounced right back to a great six-figure income all within a couple months of starting over. And now he’s into 7-figures living in the beach in LaJolla.

Knowledge is so important and continual learning.  Like I said, if you just study something for one hour a day, for three years, you’d become an expert.  If it’s one hour a day for five years, you’d become a world expert.

Personally, I’m always reading, listening to tapes or watching videos. I love to turn ‘down time’ into learning time. I can’t remember who I heard it from, I think Brian Tracy, but they said turn your car into a “university on wheels”. I took that to heart and anytime I’m in the car I always have a CD or tape in teaching me something. I suggest you do the same.

This specialized knowledge you keep feeding yourself is going to help you get to any level you want.

 Secret #8:  Gratitude 

This is one of those woo-woo, kind of fluffy metaphysical things – but it works. 

Every time I check my e-mail and I have orders come in, I actually silently say, “Thank you” for each of those orders that come in. It sounds strange but having gratitude keeps you connected to the source of what’s bringing you what you want.  And the more you’re thankful, the more you’re going to get that.

Think about your own life. If you are grateful for something don’t you get more of it? On the other hand if you neglect it or you simply start assuming it should come to you – doesn’t that seem to turn off the “spout”?

Being grateful is one of the most powerful forces you employ for your own benefit. Take a minute or two right now just to sit and think about absolutely everything in your life for which you should be thankful for. C’mon do it! I mean it.

• Do you have a roof over your head?
• Clean sheets?
• A warm house?
• How about your health?
• Do you a family that loves you?
• Have you made your first dollar (or million) online?
• A dog or cat that loves you?
• Money in your retirement account? Etc.

Keep thinking and I know there is a whole slew of things you should be thankful for right now.

If you’ve done this exercise you can’t help but feel incredibly happy and joyful. You can only focus on one thing and most people tend to focus on what they don’t have. That only gives more of what you don’t have and what you don’t want. But by being grateful for the things you already have in your life you’ll get even more. 

Alright we’ll finish up with secret #9 in the next post…

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