What Do Skeptics, Risk Taking, And Financial Hardship Have In Common?
Yesterday we had a young lady tell us a story about a guy who bet against the real-estate bubble and when it came crashing down became a multi-millionaire. As she told us this story, the theme became clear. She explained how everyone told him that he was crazy to think that way, he should be investing and making money like everyone else. Right in that moment, we had an epiphany. Here it is, "Whatever the masses are doing, I'm going to do the exact opposite." The masses are skeptics and the rest of the population are the visionaries, entrepreneurs, and go getter's.
This thought process wasn't that defined prior to our conversation with this young lady. The key difference between visionaries/entrepreneur and skeptics are, visionaries are willing to tap into a new realm of possibilities that might be scary or unfamiliar. Frankly, the masses aren't. The skeptics allow their fears to take over, which then allows them to find anything negative to validate their reasoning for not tapping into that unknown space of possibilities.
Visionaries and skeptics behavior are as different as night and day. There are tons of significant differentiating factors between the two. Visionaries/entrepreneurs are students to personal development and success, while skeptics are followers. A successful person doesn't let life's problems stop them from pressing forward; however, skeptics and the less inspired do.
Listen to this example, let's say we call one of our millionaire buddies who's house roof sustained some minor damage due to a storm and he or she has some contractors coming by to fix it. We say to him or her, "We've just got you some tickets to go to a Darren Hardy (Editor of Success Magazine) seminar the day the contractors are coming out to fix your roof. He's going to share some million dollar ideas with you." The chances that he or she reschedules the contractors to come out at a later date is 98 percent higher than that of the average skeptical less inspired person. Now let's fast forward, the millionaire goes to the seminar and gets an idea that helps him makes an extra ten million dollars. The skeptic or cynical person 98 percent of the time would say, "well, I have the roofers coming out and it will cost me 100 bucks to have them reschedule. Besides I heard Darren Hardy brain washes people." Probably heard that from another skeptical person!. So because of 100 bucks and that silly belief or comment about brain washing that they absolutely made up just to justify why they shouldn't go, they missed out on the idea that Darren Hardy shares that could have made them 10 million dollars. Are you laughing right now? It sounds insane right? Yes it does, but believe us when we tell you that we see it all the time!!!!!!!!!!
The point here is this, stop focusing on the trivial things like cleaning up the garage and fixing the screen door.
When you are presented with an opportunity to enhance your life, take advantage of it. Why not go to a Darren Hardy seminar, get an idea, implement it, and reap the rewards? Once you do that, you won't have to worry about that old screen door, the roof, or even the house for that matter. You'll now be able to afford a home where the screen door and the roof aren't damaged!
So guys, focus on what successful people focus on, not what the skeptics focus on. If you deviate from the norm and do the exact opposite of what the masses are doing, you are on the right track. Love to get your feedback so leave us your comments.