By: Wendy & Jerome We've heard just about every reason. -No time -No money, no capital -Fear of failure -No ideas -No network -No friends -No skills -No confidence -Other priorities -Procrastination -No business knowledge -No opportunity -No wisdom -No brains -No contacts -Never been a bankrupt -No mentors -No blessings -No guts -Too comfortable, have too much -No supporter -No objective (Why is this list longer than the previous list?!) I want to ask you this question, the 2nd time we asked for your participation, what is going on in your mind? It takes courage to get out of your comfort zone. If you say it's ok, I don't need to participate, I'll give someone else the chance to solve their challenges, the other person becomes a millionaire and you say, yeah, because I gave them the chance. We have to be responsible for our own actions. You know what? "Millionaires do things non-millionaires don't want to do." Do you believe that you can achieve more and have more in this lifetime? Yes! And in order for you to do that, I'd strongly encourage you to get out of your comfort zone and do things that others will not want to do. Ok, so let's look at what is stopping you from becoming a successful entrepreneur. No time. Do you have more than 24 hours a day? Do you have less than 24 hours a day? Actually, all of us have the same amount of time, isn't that true? And yet are there people who are the same age as you, no matter what age you are, who are very successful? Yes. So is this a real reason? No money. Is it true that you cannot start a business with no money? Or is it because at this moment, you don't know how to? If you don't know how to, can you learn? Absolutely. Let's sum up a few of these obstacles: fear of failure, no experience, no confidence, no skills, no guts, too comfortable. There are two main things that keep people broke. 1)You'll see a lot of people like that in our country. They're in their what? Comfort zone. Comfort zone is going to keep you broke. Why? Because one day soon, you will realize that your comfort zone is no longer what? Comfortable. Is that true? The reason we say this is because the global economy is changing very quickly and if you don't continuously get out of your comfort zone to learn new things, it's easy to be taken over by someone younger, someone more driven. 2)Another thing that keeps people broke is the lousy four-letter word. Can you guess the word? It's FEAR. When you have fear in life, you dare not talk to people, you dare not network, you dare not talk to successful people, dare not ask for what you deserve. You're afraid of what people think of you, say of you. When you have fear in life, do you tend to take more action or less action? Less. So fear leads to inaction. And when you take less action, will you have more experience or less experience? Less experience. So inaction leads to inexperience. And when you have a lack of experience in life, do you tend to have more ability or less ability? Less ability. So inexperience leads to inability. And when you don't tend to have the ability to accomplish this and that in life, do you tend to have more fear or less fear? More fear. This is what we call the 'Fear Cycle', and it's a vicious cycle. In fact, many people out there are living their life in the fear cycle. How do you identify whether you are one of them? (you may already know you're one of them.) People living in their fear cycle tend to have a very small network of people around you. You don't really have the courage to talk to people who are more successful than you. You don't dare to take yourself to their level, and you tend to be afraid of what people will think of you, say of you and you're always trying to live up to other people's expectations rather than designing your life exactly the way you want. Now, if you can replace fear with total courage, do you think you'll be more wealthy? I want you to think, What is your fear costing you, up till now? Imagine in your whole life, what it would have cost you. Is it possible to get out of your fear cycle? Yes! You can get out of your comfort zone and take action. Once you take action, you will gain experience and when you have more experience, you will have more ability and you will have less fear and that is when you will have COURAGE. Courage is not without fear. When we say someone is courageous, it doesn't mean they're not afraid. It means that the person feels the fear and takes action anyway, and this becomes a virtuous cycle. Two years ago, someone who attended one of our free talks actually got so inspired that he went out there and started his own business. He didn't attend our program, just the free talk. Do you think he made money or not? Unfortunately, he didn't. he lost about $30,000 and he came back last year to sign up for our Entrepreneur Action Program. He told us this. He said: "In the future, when you share this fear cycle, please add in something else. Please tell the rest of the people that it's not just about taking action. It's about taking the RIGHT ACTION. If it's the wrong action, wrong experience, wrong ability, you get even greater fear." So he said: "It's important that you take the right action." Do you think the right action is learning from others? Do you agree that if you learn from other successful people, it can shortcut your success journey? We can tell you this: we wouldn't be where we are today if we didn't continuously learn from many past mentors and masters. We don't mind sharing with you that over the past six years, we've invested a six-figure sum, just by attending programs and having mentorship from people all around the world. Why? Because we don't have parents who are entrepreneurs who can teach us. Our parents are good honest people, but they have absolutely zero understanding of entrepreneurship. And they used to tell us things like: "Don't get into business. It's too risky. Play safe in life." Do you find it somewhat familiar? My gosh, haven't we been conditioned? In the united states, it shows that of the top entrepreneurs in the united states, 76% of them had entrepreneurial parents. The reason is this: If your parents are relatively successful in business, can they pass on that mindset to you? Yes. And that mindset is extremely important. If you don't have that network within your family to share with you, it's important for you to learn from others. And trust us, all the skills, knowledge and experience of doing business, all these can be learnt. As a recap: *What do millionaires do? Millionaires do things non-millionaires don't want to do. *What are the two main things that keep people broke? 1)Comfort Zone 2)Fear *How do you replace fear with courage? By taking the RIGHT ACTION. The right action will lead to experiences that will lead to you having the abilities that will give you the courage to pursue your dreams and happiness. *What is one action that can help you to shortcut your success journey? Learning from other successful people. Get out of your comfort zone and do something that will bring you closer to your dream of becoming a successful entrepreneur. You can create your life exactly the way you want it.
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