To alter your life, begin by being a great scholar.

I may have reversed that and mentioned, “to NOT change your life, be a nasty scholar” and that’s true. I’ve reached the totally different outcomes that I’ve achieved in my life by being a reasonably good scholar. So what does that appear to be? I’m going to additionally cowl the place individuals mess this up or blow it. Initially when you’re studying this I’m going to imagine that you simply’re some sort of entrepreneur. Possibly you’re a Community Marketer and also you’re somebody that’s actively wanting to earn more money and influence extra individuals.

First matter I’ll discuss is simply the idea of investing in your self-development, investing in your self. Proper? Now Elon Musk mentioned this not too way back, he mentioned “there’s no purpose for school as a result of you may YouTube and determine about something” and basically he’s proper to a level, however that additionally requires a sure relentless character that may be a main motion taker….that’s like “you may study rather a lot by means of YouTube,” you may study rather a lot by means of free. Usually what I discovered is folks that aren’t used to implementing “free” is their costliest choice. Why? As a result of it gobbles up on a regular basis. So “free”…as odd as this sounds can truly be very costly, as a result of if you’re going round in circles and you already know studying issues that contradict one other factor and also you’re not getting the clear steps otherwise you’re going off in a route and also you simply don’t have the total image that may truly be very expensive. However it’s a value that most individuals don’t think about. It’s a misplaced alternative proper? It’s an ignorant tax. It’s “I’m undecided what to do with what I’ve proper now” so as a substitute of constructing 50,000 100,000 200,000…as a substitute of constructing that you simply make both nothing or little or no. That’s expensive! What I discovered is the extra that I invested in myself the extra clear the instructions had been. The extra “go do that, don’t do this” proper? You must have a look at when you’re in enterprise and also you’re making an attempt to develop a enterprise. You must have a look at self-development teaching, mentoring, masterminds or no matter, you may’t see these as bills…it’s important to see these as investments. If somebody is upgrading a pizza restaurant and also you’re at capability and get 200 orders of pizza a day and that’s all of your little oven can manufacture and the factor’s simply going to overheat and when you upgraded that oven to have the ability to pump out a thousand pizzas that might not be an expense that might be an funding. That might be an funding so that you can enhance the capability of what you are promoting…that’s what you’re doing once you spend money on teaching.

To be a great scholar it’s important to have a look at it like that, as a result of when you don’t…right here’s what is going to occur. I’ve seen it occur to good folks that simply don’t get this….They may say “okay I’ll purchase that factor it’s $5,000” or no matter it’s, proper? Then the minute they pay that over they’re regretting that call. They’re like “nicely I haven’t made it again but” and since they really noticed it as an funding…they noticed it as a lotto ticket, they noticed it as an expense. If that Lotto ticket doesn’t scratch instantly then it’s an expense.

Be prepared to speculate.

Perceive that free is typically your costliest choice.

Perceive it’s not an expense.

These are the primary preliminary stuff you need to search. The steps, not simply the data. Some individuals do change into skilled college students the place they’re simply gobbling up data. You see this in self-development, however you additionally see it in faculties too.

I do know folks that simply preserve getting new levels. They’re perpetual college students. Most of the previous levels they’ve already gotten they’re not utilizing. They’re dropping some huge cash and so some individuals do the identical factor with some self improvement. They go from mastermind to mastermind to mastermind, networking and studying issues however not actively looking for “what do I do with this.”

Discover the place it comes from? It wants to come back from you. “What am I going to do with this? What steps am I going to take based mostly on this, so I don’t require a mentor or a coach to inform me what steps to take as a result of I’m working every little thing they inform me by means of a filter that claims, what am I going to do with this.” not “oh that is fascinating.” I’m not doing that….what I’ve seen is that if you concentrate on data in motion as like a filter,  a water filter or one thing. For some individuals, for me for instance, the best way God wired me and I’m certain a few of this I’ve discovered and a few of it’s from God however the best way that I deal with stuff is I get data and I’ve a paper skinny filter of…. can I take that data, convert it into motion? I’ll speak just a little bit about that for some they take data and it’s nearly like there’s a brick in between data and motion. They get rather a lot of their minds, nevertheless it by no means interprets. Not even that they assume they’re purported to do one thing with it as a result of they’ve stepped into being a perpetual scholar or a shopper. Consuming is enjoyable if it’s for leisure however consuming will not be what entrepreneurs needs to be targeted on. Let me inform you, y’all take heed to 18 podcasts a day. I don’t perceive the way you get something carried out. I’ve listened to…I don’t know two podcasts within the final month perhaps and so they had been undoubtedly good however I don’t have time for that, I don’t have time. A few of you’re all caught up similar to some individuals are all caught up on their Netflix binging, some individuals are all caught up on their podcasting however they’re not caught up in huge motion. They’re simply not taking huge motion.

You need to study to be what I name extra “elastic.” So when you find yourself watching an infomercial you’re studying one thing which you can truly implement into your organization, into your group, into what you are promoting. Proper? You attend a webinar and it causes you to sort of mirror and assume and say, “you already know what? perhaps I ought to return to that factor and get the three steps I have to take from it.” Proper? However it wants to come back from you. While you search to eat you’ll get it each time as a result of there’s loads to eat. A few of us which have struggled with distractions through the years… like proper now they’re exhibiting the loopy Biden Christmas video and individuals are arguing… Effectively that’s horrible…it’s all a distraction. You may’t do something concerning the Biden Christmas video, you may’t. In case you hate Trump, you may’t do something about that both. What you are able to do is you are able to do one thing about what you are promoting, you are able to do one thing by going reside, by doing movies, by prospecting, by writing articles, by doing stuff as a substitute of “how do I really feel about this factor.” Getting on the market and impacting and serving to extra individuals which you aren’t serving to by specializing in the issues that set off you with none sort of options. Proper now there’s only a bunch of weapons of mass distraction and so they’ve simply been coming in several sizes and styles through the years however proper now you’re coping with a lot. I’m not saying not to do that stuff, what I’m saying may be very clearly right here is don’t do this stuff when you haven’t carried out your work.

What’s your work?

What’s that each day routine that might make your objectives inevitable? After I wished to change into the primary earner of a community advertising and marketing firm my each day routine was 20 no’s a day, a video a day and self-development day by day. Nobody is shocked that that labored. It labored, and made thousands and thousands of {dollars} with that firm. Was I updated on all my Netflix? Positively not. Was I updated on all of the totally different podcasts that I like? Positively not. I used to be means behind on all that stuff. Some are means too obsessive about being up-to-date on the data and consumption than they’re obsessive about taking motion, then they’re obsessive about serving to others, then they’re obsessive about making a distinction and truly going and providing options to individuals. If you’re studying this you’ve gotten one thing that extra individuals have to learn about! You could have a juice or a capsule or a journey deal or no matter teaching you’ve gotten…one thing that individuals may actually profit from if solely you stopped focusing a lot on consuming. We’ve totally different mentorship packages and issues and we attempt to make them the perfect we are able to. We add issues, we do numerous totally different coaching that customers even in higher-end packages will get caught up in consuming every little thing. Proper? They’ll be like “I missed that one final week, what do I do?” It’s like nicely initially are you taking motion each day? As a result of when you’re not, don’t fear about it simply but. Have you ever taken motion on the issues that you simply heard in the present day or yesterday?

One thing that John Maxwell mentioned to our Maxwell Mentorship group a pair days in the past, he mentioned “when you assume you’ve gotten the precise reply to all your questions you’ll by no means be a 1percenter.” It’s onerous. You’re transferring ahead imperfectly realizing that there could also be a greater reply to this however I’m going to make use of what I’ve, I’m going to do the video as finest I can. Take into consideration this…I don’t know the quantity however I did 13 years of movies on a cellphone or a not nice digital camera earlier than I bought a pleasant digital camera. I get feedback now since I’ve been utilizing this cleaner setup, however I did 13 years earlier than getting a pleasant one. At first I had just a little mino. Now there’s a flowery Mino I had the el cheapo mino had a USB like a switchblade and also you’d hit the button. I did 1000’s of movies on that crappy little factor. It had a switchblade USB so that you’d plug it into your laptop, however there are individuals that may make investments 1000’s of {dollars} right into a digital camera setup, lighting, mic and every little thing after which not do something with it or not do a lot with it. Take what you’ve gotten and transfer ahead. Go begin placing out content material, go begin prospecting, begin reaching out to individuals. You must see that if you wish to be a great scholar.

It takes being a great scholar to alter your life. In case you may change your life with out being a great scholar it could have already been modified. To alter your life, to alter your earnings bracket, to alter your relationships, to alter every little thing, it’s going to take you being a great scholar. A superb scholar is an implementer, somebody who takes what they hear and so they implement they’re not simply consuming. That is the naked minimal of what it is best to do with the stuff you do eat…is the idea we train known as ILT. Make investments, Be taught, Educate. You invested your time (presumably cash) to study one thing after which train it. I don’t undergo a great e book (nicely initially I pray on each e book that I learn now so I don’t learn dangerous books…I simply don’t. My spirit will sort of nudge me “this isn’t for you.” okay no downside) with out performing some movies from that e book. With out sharing, with out edifying the writer, with out giving a takeaway. We’ve John Maxwell coming into our mentorship program each different month, I don’t sit by means of his coaching and never go reside with my notes. I do it each time. Already from Thursday John Maxwell I did a reside with all my notes (it’s on my web page if you wish to test it out) and I did 5 brief movies, in order that’s the minimal. I imply sharing what I’m studying = naked minimal. However it shouldn’t finish there, it needs to be “okay now that I’ve discovered this, now that I’ve taught this, how does this alter my each day routine? How does this alter how I present up? How does this alter my current relationships? how does it alter my present connections or assist me get new connections?” There must be that want, as a result of if there’s not what I discovered is when you don’t internally have that want for “I’m going to eat this and determine what steps I can take from it” even when the particular person offers you steps, you received’t hear them.

I bear in mind I used to be teaching this man and he mentioned, “Ray I simply simply have to know what to do.”

I used to be making an attempt to assist him since you ought to all the time be doing that however to improve it’s important to alter, it’s important to analyze, kick round and improve who you’re being proper now. That doesn’t imply cease the “doing” to give attention to the “being” it means you retain doing however you additionally work on the “being.” Who’re you “being?”

So I mentioned, “okay listed below are my ideas, go do that, this and this after which work on this.”

Subsequent week’s teaching name he says, “I simply want a blueprint, I simply have to know what you probably did…”

“What we talked about final week.”

“No you already know.”

So I bought to fascinated about it, it’s important to come from that mode of “no matter I eat…what can I do with it?” and on the flip facet similar to along with your podcast, similar to along with your Netflix. A few of you already know and have been following me since I was a Marvel lunatic. I used to be an enormous fan of Marvel. I don’t care that it’s now 2 or 3 years since I watched a Marvel film. I don’t have to catch up. So don’t be in that I need to eat every little thing, as a result of if you’re you received’t have time to do something. In case you’re in some sort of program similar to the buffet, I’m not upset if I don’t eat the kale. I’m by no means going to eat kale from a buffet. I’m simply saying. I’d eat the ribs, I’d eat the rooster breast, if I’m dishonest I’d eat the mashed potatoes to be trustworthy, however I’m not consuming the kale. However I’m additionally not upset that I didn’t get to eat the kale. I’m not upset that that was an choice for others to eat however that’s precisely how some individuals deal with packages. They’ll be part of a program and so they’ll say “omg there’s 4 various things every week…oh man I’m beside myself… oh what do I do right here.” Effectively you eat no matter you eat and also you attempt to implement from what you consumed. In 10 years this yr I’ve been investing six figures into my private improvement (yearly not not complete) and I’ve but to be in a program (a mentorship, a mastermind, a Group, a Fb group) that I consumed 100%. By no means. Not one time, however in each case that I can consider apart from perhaps one which was truly a very long time in the past longer than 10 years in all the ones though I didn’t eat all of it I bought huge worth. Lots of them I paid for yr after yr as a result of I might tune in and I might get no matter I used to be going to get which might trigger me to create motion. I’m a part of two totally different $35,000 a yr masterminds. The one I’ve barely logged into however I’ve had a pair calls with the man that heads it up, completely value it to me. The opposite one I’ve solely carried out one group exercise in eight or 9 months, however there’s a specific a part of this system I actually like and I do this half. I in all probability do 10%. I in all probability present up for 10% of it however I get far more than what I make investments so it’s completely value it. 

You must watch your consumption engine as a result of the world needs you as a shopper. Politicians need to confuse you, they need to get your consideration so that you simply’re wanting over right here whereas they’re doing this over right here. Proper? So don’t be distracted. Don’t be only a shopper. Ask your self, “what can I do with this data?” If you end up consuming quite a lot of data which you can’t do something with, cease consuming it. I’ve to remind myself of this typically. I’ll be on Twitter and I’ll see some political issues I’m like “huh?” and I’ll watch it for just a little bit and I’m like what can I do from watching this? I can’t do something from this, I’m not serving to anyone by watching this, I’ve to be a greater steward of my time. Psalm 39 talks about how our life is so fleeting. It is a momentary deal. Everybody thinks that is everlasting, that that is the one shot they’ve proper? That is momentary, being on this Earth. Do what you may, use each minute as a result of what now we have is from God. God gave us these minutes so how are we going to make use of them? Are we going to make use of them simply consuming and never producing, not impacting, not serving to, not fixing? I hope not. So once you present up, as you’re looking for the steps, “what do I do with this data?” If you’re in a training program don’t simply say “okay I feel I’m going to do that” or don’t simply say “you already know what I sat by means of that and I don’t know what to do when’s the subsequent one?” No, ask your coach, attain out to them and say “hey right here’s what I feel…”

Finest boss I ever had was Maggie. There have been instances at first after I first began working along with her I’d come to her and I’d say “hey now we have this downside” and she or he’d say, “don’t deliver a monkey with out a banana.” I’m like “excuse me what are you saying?” She goes, “don’t deliver me an issue till you’ve a minimum of considered a potential resolution, now it’s possible you’ll consider the unsuitable resolution and I’m going that will help you however don’t come to me with an issue with out a suggestion.”

That’s a robust sort of life lesson. She mentioned “don’t deliver a monkey with out a banana.” So don’t go to your coach with a “I don’t know what to do” go together with a “I feel that is my finest method, what do you assume? I feel these are my subsequent finest steps. What do you assume?” They’re going to say “hey you already know what, I like that. Let’s tweak that…add this, you don’t want to try this…” They’re going to provide you nice suggestions. They’re going that will help you tweak in the event that they’re value salt. They’re going that will help you out, however too many individuals give attention to consumption. “I completed the webinar now I’ve to go chase the children, I’ve to go do that” and so they by no means even give you motion steps. Not solely do they not give you motion steps, additionally they don’t return to their coach and say “hey I feel these is likely to be the perfect motion steps” they don’t do any of that, so fairly quickly life occurs they neglect about what they consumed and there’s no probability of any motion being taken.

You must have it in you. It’s not within the coach, it’s in you. You must have it in you “I’m consuming this for a objective. I’m consuming this in order that I can go and do nice issues, so I can go influence extra individuals, so I could make extra gross sales,” no matter your aim is…you need to sit, eat, do this factor after which come again to the coach and say, “hey right here’s what I’m pondering based mostly on “___” I feel I have to do these three issues and I have to cease doing this factor.” A superb coach goes to say, “sure go do these issues, report again in.”

Don’t be your individual Island.

I see so many individuals eat then they’ll let life occur, they’ll neglect what they consumed, they haven’t taken any new motion after which they blame this system they’re consuming. Effectively pay attention, I can eat weightlifting movies until I’m blue within the face, I can eat schooling from a private coach, not elevate the load and nothing adjustments. What does consumption need to do with it? You must have a look at consumption as potential power. I can do one thing with this. Will I do one thing with this? I can’t do your sit-ups for you. I can’t create your content material for you. I can’t write your articles for you. I imply chat gbt I suppose can assist you write them, however you continue to need to get them out. You continue to need to go do issues, go meet individuals and join with individuals, however it’s important to have that in you. I’ve seen through the years even when the coach says, “okay gang we’re completed with the webinar go do that, this and this.” If that’s not coming from you wanting and saying, “what steps will I take from this..” you received’t do them. You’ll assume he didn’t give steps or she didn’t give steps and also you received’t do it. You’ll keep a shopper.

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