6 words that will change your life

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Patience grasshopper – I’m going to get to the 6 words, and for good measure I’ll repeat it about 6 times in the email.

But first, let me tell you how this came about…

You know, one of the greatest frustrations out there for someone who is trying to build wealth is knowing what to do, knowing that they have to do something, and yet not doing all that much.

I know this sinking-feeling all too well.

It’s a feeling that I revisited for 18 years in my early adult life when I was just getting started in life.

Only to simply fall back into inaction, procrastination, denial and major frustration.

Hey, I was motivated, I wanted more out out of life. Ever since I read my first ever book on success by David Schwartz. The Magic of Thinking Big. I knew that my life could and should be different.

It inspired me and motivated me… But yet, nothing changed.

…More frustration.

Nothing changed until I attended a seminar. Yes, I was a seminar junkie – I admit it.

I was looking for answers. If nothing else, going to seminar felt good, for a little while anyway.

But my frustration was brewing…

At that particular event, I asked one of the wealth educators what his secret was for success… You know when the presenter finishes and everyone gathers around them?

I wasn’t the only one around him at the time, so he launched into a mini-seminar that he delivered to about 20-odd people crowded around him.

He directed it to all of us, but it was as if he was talking to me.

He said, “You’ll never really change or take massive action until you simply do this…”

I was excited. Could this be the answer that I was looking for – one simple solution, that’s all I wanted. Not a simple, not a 7-step plan, just tell me the one thing.

Surely it’s not too much to ask.

He gave us all a piece of paper, asked us to draw a square box in the middle of it and then asked us again, “…without the need to share it with anybody, I want you to put a number in that box.”

“And that number is your net worth.”

Some of the group wanted clarification. He went on and said, “Simply take away your liabilities against your assets – what are you left with?”

I quickly pulled the piece of paper close to my chest as if I was hiding something. The reality was it didn’t take me long to come up with the answer and I was totally embarrassed by the result.

Do you know what the answer was?

I had a negative net worth of about $75,000. So I put -$75k in the box.

The mentor then asked us another question… “How do you feel about the answer you put in there?”

…for me, I felt crap. My excitement to the 1-second solution turned into even more frustration.

Here I was reading books, attending seminars, talking positive and yet the reality was I had very little to show for it.

The mentor said, “The only truth is the result.”

Those words rang through my ears for days, weeks and months after that particular event.

“The only truth is the result.”

“The only truth is the result.”

“The only truth is the result.”

There I was, 36 years of age, married with 3 kids and my net worth was in the negative.

It was at that point that my life changed forever.

Of course a lot has changed for me since then, but for some reason I remember that point and that time in my life, where I stopped procrastinating and started taking massive action.

…you know I do that exercise from time to time, when I’m on a plane or just lying on the couch watching sport. Pull up a blank piece of paper, draw a box in the middle and put in my net worth.

When I do that exercise, I have to either draw a big box or write really small…. Amazing how things can change.

That’s good for me – what about you?

Well, I want the same thing to happen to you. If you have to go through the frustration – good, if you have to get mad – even better.

If this email right now makes you feel a little bit reflective and you get a little bit down on yourself… We’re heading in the right direction.

Why?

Because if this works for you, then you’ll thank me big time, won’t you?

So go on, your turn now… Do the exercise, no one is around, no one is going to see the result – only you.

Look at it, if you’re happy with that… Good, things are going just great.

If you’re not – get off your arse, you’re a procrastinator. Admit it to yourself and start making plans and more importantly, start taking action.

…Today!

Remember one thing…

“The only truth is the result.”

This will go a long way to help you build momentum in your life right now and become like me – a reformed procrastinator living a life by design rather than somebody else’s making.