Decades ago, the ultimate financial goal was to become a
millionaire. But these days, thanks to inflation, a million
dollars doesn’t buy all that much.
That’s why you probably want to become not just a
multi-millionaire ($2 million or more) but a mega-millionaire
(Lots of millions or more).
And just as the goal itself has shifted, so have the rules to
get there. Most self-made mega-millionaires will tell you they
didn’t follow rules, and in fact, set out to break most rules in their
quest to earn their fortune.
Here are the rules they especially recommend you break if you
want to become wealthy:
- Follow the rules – we already covered this one but it bears
repeating. If everyone is following the same rules and none of
them are getting rich, you know the rules themselves are at
fault. - Don’t sell – I don’t know how, when, or where it became
fashionable to think of selling as something worse than
cleaning toilets. The fact is, nothing happens until something
is sold, and the better you get at selling (online or
offline), the more you will earn. - Get a mentor – yeah, I’m sure that the self-made
millionaires and billionaires of the world are eagerly staring
at their cell phones waiting for you to call and pick their
brains. Forget mentors and instead figure out what skill you
need and then pay an expert to teach you that skill. - Wait your turn – people wait for the right job, for
promotions, for opportunities, and for the right time. You can
waste an entire lifetime waiting for things to come to you or
you can jump the queue and go get them yourself. - Obsession is bad – like heck it is. Figure out how you’re
going to create your fortune and then become obsessed with
getting it done. - Network like crazy – because you want a thousand people on
your contact list and not the slightest knowledge of who 980
of them are, right? Nope. Instead, focus on building a handful
of super-strong relationships. - Invest in other people’s stocks – this is great if you want
to be rich when you’re 75. Just invest in other people’s stock
funds and wait a few decades for the money to build. Or you
could invest in your own skills and your own business and earn
your fortune in the next 5 years. Your choice. - Do what you love – and the money is supposed to follow,
right? In an ideal world, this works. But there’s a very good
chance that what you love is not going to build you a
mega-million dollar bank account, so instead you might want to
figure out what people want to spend money on and make that
your business. - If you fail to plan then you plan to fail. What a load of
horse manure. Look, if you want to spend the next year
planning what you’re going to do, then you may as well spend
that year watching television. Instead, decide what you want
to do, figure out the first 1 or 2 steps, plan those, and then start
taking action. - Don’t launch until it’s perfect – you could spend a year
creating the perfect product that no one wants to buy. Or you
could spend 2 weeks creating the minimum viable product and
see if there’s a market for it. In the first case, you need an
entire year just to see if you’re on the right track, and in
the second case, you could create 26 MVPs in a year, find out
which one or two of them are pure gold and be earning six or
seven figures by next year. Your choice.
Looking for a Blueprint to help you through the
process, I can recommend my friend John Thornhill.
Register for his Free Webinar, HERE.
