When you see a Billionaire, Do you See Yourself?
Currently in the United States there are about 3 million millionaires. That is equivalent to about 1% of the entire population. So, statistically speaking 1 out of every 100 Americans is a millionaire. Could you be one of the coveted 1%?
Can you picture yourself in that 1%? Now pictures that there are approximately 360 billionaires in the United States.
The amount of people who are joining the class of super rich is growing daily. Once you become a millionaire you are only three orders of magnitude (1,000) to becoming a billionaire. So the difference in a millionaire and a billionaire is 1,000 million dollar sums of money.
If you can really envision yourself at that level of money making success then you must realize that there are only 10 steps to making it a reality. Quite possibly you have already completed one or more of the steps and this article is intended to allow you to see where you are and what more you have left to do to make it to that first million.
1. You Must have a Vision
For those of you who love the old musicals, remember the song from South Pacific called, Happy Talk. The chorus gives this wonderful admonition:
you got to have a dream if you dont have a dream how you gonna have a dream come true?
So simple. So true. So important. Yet too many people walk through life with no vision at all. How can they ever have their dreams come true?
Motivation is not enough; you have to be motivated to dream yourself through the creation and implementation of your vision.
2. WHY?
So you want to be a billionaire? Why? This is not a trick question. Because if you dont know why " if your why is not strong enough, you may never make it to the first six-figure level.
Make sure your why is bigger than you are (bigger than your mere wants). Once you get up past the six-figure level (monthly or yearly, either one) and move ever higher, believe it or not, things will begin to bore you. There must be a higher calling that compels you to keep moving ever upward. Locate your why!
3. Surround Yourself with Successful People (Mentors)
You do not have to be a pioneer. There are tons of people who have done this before you and they have a lot of lessons in their experience.
Many of the really successful ones have shared their challenges or tips in easily accessed forms of media. There is no need to try and blaze a new trail, just follow the one that works.
4. Find the Right Means to make $100K a MONTH
If you want to dig a little pond in a corner of your backyard, a shovel may work. If you are digging the foundation for a 100-story skyscraper, you may need a little more than a shovel. How about massive earth-moving machinery?
If you are serious about a ten-figure income, you will need an income-producing vehicle that will accommodate your goals. Stop messing around with marketing $15 and $20 items. Only big ticket products are going to get you where you want to go. Find the best vehicle to fit your plans.
Outsource When You Can
It was oilman J. Paul Getty who stated: I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
would rather make 1% off a 100 people than 100% of my own efforts.
Many of the network marketing opportunities available today offer individuals an amazing amount of leverage by using the efforts of many others. This must be included in your steps to earning a ten-figure income.
6. Use Your Head When Investing & Stay Out of Debt
The biggest difference between the middle class and the wealthy is that the middle class spend most of their time working or earning their money. They are stuck paying interest on loans etc, while the rich are earning from their interest.
Its a simple fact the wealthy know how to invest and know how to earn a reasonable, steady rate of return without high risk. Learn from them to put your money to work. If you want to be wealthy; learn from the wealthy and act like the wealthy.
Create A Healthy Lifestyle
The old adage says it take around 21 days to make a habit. This can be good news if you are trying to settle into new and positive habits.
Where you are today is the sum total of choices (both large and small; both good and bad) that you have made every day in your past. It has been said that it takes 21 days to form a habit. Whether or not that is true, you can certainly use it to create good habits in your life. Achieving good health (and a healthy state of mind) is as imperative to your wealth as any business model you might latch onto.
Your body is the vehicle that will maintain you through it all. You must treat yourself well physically and mentally in order to succeed in life. Good health leads to a good mind and that is the number one tool to being a good business man.
8. Strive for Excellence
To strive for excellence does not mean you must be perfect. But it does mean you must do everything in your power to be the best you that you can be. This is closely related to #7, in that you cannot abuse your mind and body and still achieve greatness. Nor can your make half-hearted efforts in your endeavors.
Once you are on the road to greatness you cannot slip into hypocritical behaviors or thought patterns as they will eventually destroy your efforts. Dream big and seek only the fruition of that dream in all your life endeavors.
9. Envision Your Future
This step is similar to Step#1. While the utmost importance of course is always to have a dream (noun) you must never forget to dream (verb) as well. Using imagery tools to keep the dream in close proximity is an effective means of helping to make it happen.
There are tons of techniques you can use. Some people may mediate, others envision and still others use vision boards, dream boards or goal maps. Some may use all the techniques combined to attract their goal. Using note cards or journals to record your desires in the present tense as if they are in the midst of happening (which they are) keep your focus adjusted and attract the dream into reality. You should always spend your time focusing on what you want rather than what you dont want!
10. Quitters Never Win
You may experience times when things arent going as well as you hoped. You may hit a bump in the road or be frustrated but as long as you dont quit, you havent failed. Failure is only when you throw in the towel and stop trying. Things will happen that force you to make decisions, change directions or adjust your outlook and goals and these are only to be expected.
If you have set your goal to have a ten-figure income, keep putting one foot in front of the other no matter what life throws at you.
Whatever you can believe and conceive, you can achieve. - 16955
Currently in the United States there are about 3 million millionaires. That is equivalent to about 1% of the entire population. So, statistically speaking 1 out of every 100 Americans is a millionaire. Could you be one of the coveted 1%?
Can you picture yourself in that 1%? Now pictures that there are approximately 360 billionaires in the United States.
The amount of people who are joining the class of super rich is growing daily. Once you become a millionaire you are only three orders of magnitude (1,000) to becoming a billionaire. So the difference in a millionaire and a billionaire is 1,000 million dollar sums of money.
If you can really envision yourself at that level of money making success then you must realize that there are only 10 steps to making it a reality. Quite possibly you have already completed one or more of the steps and this article is intended to allow you to see where you are and what more you have left to do to make it to that first million.
1. You Must have a Vision
For those of you who love the old musicals, remember the song from South Pacific called, Happy Talk. The chorus gives this wonderful admonition:
you got to have a dream if you dont have a dream how you gonna have a dream come true?
So simple. So true. So important. Yet too many people walk through life with no vision at all. How can they ever have their dreams come true?
Motivation is not enough; you have to be motivated to dream yourself through the creation and implementation of your vision.
2. WHY?
So you want to be a billionaire? Why? This is not a trick question. Because if you dont know why " if your why is not strong enough, you may never make it to the first six-figure level.
Make sure your why is bigger than you are (bigger than your mere wants). Once you get up past the six-figure level (monthly or yearly, either one) and move ever higher, believe it or not, things will begin to bore you. There must be a higher calling that compels you to keep moving ever upward. Locate your why!
3. Surround Yourself with Successful People (Mentors)
You do not have to be a pioneer. There are tons of people who have done this before you and they have a lot of lessons in their experience.
Many of the really successful ones have shared their challenges or tips in easily accessed forms of media. There is no need to try and blaze a new trail, just follow the one that works.
4. Find the Right Means to make $100K a MONTH
If you want to dig a little pond in a corner of your backyard, a shovel may work. If you are digging the foundation for a 100-story skyscraper, you may need a little more than a shovel. How about massive earth-moving machinery?
If you are serious about a ten-figure income, you will need an income-producing vehicle that will accommodate your goals. Stop messing around with marketing $15 and $20 items. Only big ticket products are going to get you where you want to go. Find the best vehicle to fit your plans.
Outsource When You Can
It was oilman J. Paul Getty who stated: I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
would rather make 1% off a 100 people than 100% of my own efforts.
Many of the network marketing opportunities available today offer individuals an amazing amount of leverage by using the efforts of many others. This must be included in your steps to earning a ten-figure income.
6. Use Your Head When Investing & Stay Out of Debt
The biggest difference between the middle class and the wealthy is that the middle class spend most of their time working or earning their money. They are stuck paying interest on loans etc, while the rich are earning from their interest.
Its a simple fact the wealthy know how to invest and know how to earn a reasonable, steady rate of return without high risk. Learn from them to put your money to work. If you want to be wealthy; learn from the wealthy and act like the wealthy.
Create A Healthy Lifestyle
The old adage says it take around 21 days to make a habit. This can be good news if you are trying to settle into new and positive habits.
Where you are today is the sum total of choices (both large and small; both good and bad) that you have made every day in your past. It has been said that it takes 21 days to form a habit. Whether or not that is true, you can certainly use it to create good habits in your life. Achieving good health (and a healthy state of mind) is as imperative to your wealth as any business model you might latch onto.
Your body is the vehicle that will maintain you through it all. You must treat yourself well physically and mentally in order to succeed in life. Good health leads to a good mind and that is the number one tool to being a good business man.
8. Strive for Excellence
To strive for excellence does not mean you must be perfect. But it does mean you must do everything in your power to be the best you that you can be. This is closely related to #7, in that you cannot abuse your mind and body and still achieve greatness. Nor can your make half-hearted efforts in your endeavors.
Once you are on the road to greatness you cannot slip into hypocritical behaviors or thought patterns as they will eventually destroy your efforts. Dream big and seek only the fruition of that dream in all your life endeavors.
9. Envision Your Future
This step is similar to Step#1. While the utmost importance of course is always to have a dream (noun) you must never forget to dream (verb) as well. Using imagery tools to keep the dream in close proximity is an effective means of helping to make it happen.
There are tons of techniques you can use. Some people may mediate, others envision and still others use vision boards, dream boards or goal maps. Some may use all the techniques combined to attract their goal. Using note cards or journals to record your desires in the present tense as if they are in the midst of happening (which they are) keep your focus adjusted and attract the dream into reality. You should always spend your time focusing on what you want rather than what you dont want!
10. Quitters Never Win
You may experience times when things arent going as well as you hoped. You may hit a bump in the road or be frustrated but as long as you dont quit, you havent failed. Failure is only when you throw in the towel and stop trying. Things will happen that force you to make decisions, change directions or adjust your outlook and goals and these are only to be expected.
If you have set your goal to have a ten-figure income, keep putting one foot in front of the other no matter what life throws at you.
Whatever you can believe and conceive, you can achieve. - 16955
About the Author:
Rob Walcher can be considered as one who sets these ten steps into motion on a daily basis. He shot to the top in two different direct sales companies in a matter of 18 months and has become known as the Ten-Figure Guru. Rob has subsequently helped hundreds of entrepreneurs achieve their own success. If you want to learn how to get comfortable with a few more zeroes in your income and work directly with Rob CLICK HERE
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