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08 Mar 2008 12:28:06 | Jason Oman
Want to learn one of the MOST important lessons I ever learned
from hanging out with multi-millionaires and spending more than
11 years of my life studying success and wealth? Well, as a
result of doing what I do for a living and from doing everything
to create my best-selling book 'Conversations with Millionaires'
I've been able to spend time with quite a few highly-successful
entrepreneurs. In addition to that, I spent over 7 years of my
life (prior to experiencing an real success for myself),
searching for the elusive 'secret' to wealth and success... But,
after meeting and hanging out with these wealthy millionaires
and money-making experts, and from going through more than 237
books, programs, wealth seminars, and workshops I finally
discovered that the true secret boils down to this... If you
want to become more successful, the key is NOT necessarily to
have everything figured out before you start going. Success can
really be a lot more like rock climbing than planning a trip
sometimes. You see, when you sit down to plan a trip like a
family vacation or something, you may want to spend the time to
plan out everything in advance. You may want to know exactly
what roads to take to get wherever you're going and things like
that. But, wealth and success can often be more like Rock
Climbing than a family vacation. Because someone who is about to
climb a rock may not even know 99% of the path they'll take.
They may just know that they need to head North (ie. "Up"). But,
they won't know which path up the rock will get them to the top.
So, what they do is find a hand-hold that is 'good enough' to
get started with and a place to put their foot that is 'good
enough' to get started with. Then, from there, they figure the
rest out as they go. Now that they're 'up-close and personal'
with the journey, it's easier to see what next step makes the
most sense. Of course, I'm not trying to take away from the
concepts like "good planning". But, what I've discovered can be
just as, if not MORE important, is to just barrel down and take
that first step. Just GET GOING! Because you can have a great
plan and still not take any of the steps. Obviously, that won't
get you anywhere either. Or, you can simply take the first step
and figure out the next step from THERE. And if you do it this
way then at least you're a step further ahead than if you took
no steps at all. Plus, from the new perspective you have after
taking that first step, it's often easier to figure out what the
next step is. What I'm saying is that getting on the road to
wealth and success is sometimes more about doing whatever you
can with whatever you ALREADY have and what you ALREADY know,
than it is about waiting to get started because you may not have
every step figured out yet. Does that make sense? Because doing
THAT is how you learn the next thing you need to know most! The
reality is that you know a lot more than you give yourself
credit for. You already HAVE more than you realize. You're
already capable of much, much, MUCH more than your current
results reveal. This isn't about a PEP talk or anything, either.
This is about putting your nose to the grind stone and doing the
ONE single thing ALL successful people do! What is it? It's
simply taking ACTION! Taking a step forward. Success is nothing
more than consistently taking steps forward. Then, over a period
of time, the results from those steps build upon themselves to
equal success. (And the time is usually faster than you would
have thought.) I know - I know. You've heard that it's all about
'taking action' 50 Gazillion times before, right? But, then why
aren't you doing MORE of it? Why are you still looking for some
OTHER 'secret'? Why do you spend more time looking for some
magical way to get 'beamed up' to the big time, than you do
taking the steps to GET to the big time? Here's something I
call... "The Fast Track To Success and Wealth". The secret is to
start taking action NOW. Start taking steps forward NOW. Do
something with whatever you ALREADY have, and do it NOW. Because
when you do that you will turbo-charge the time it takes you to
become more successful. How? Because the ONLY way to learn what
will REALLY work for you is to actually DO something. Then,
whatever results you get, use those results to figure out your
next step. Your next step may be to repeat the same thing over
again, because it worked good enough already. Or, it may be to
do the exact opposite, because it got the exact opposite result
from what you wanted. Or, it could be anything in-between. But,
you'll never know until you take that step and see what happens.
In other words, don't worry about knowing ALL the steps right
now. Just focus on taking ONE step forward. Then focus on taking
the NEXT step forward. Before you know it, you'll look back and
you'll be MANY steps farther than you were and you will see that
it probably wasn't as bad or hard as you thought it would be
anyway. The reality is that oftentimes you can NOT and will NOT
know the NEXT step until you take the FIRST step! If you've ever
done any rock climbing or seen someone do it on TV, then you may
already know that a rock climber doesn't know exactly where or
even HOW he will grab hold with his hands next. He doesn't know
exactly where he will put his foot next. He doesn't know whether
he will climb upward to the LEFT, to the RIGHT, or STRAIGHT UP.
The ONLY way he can find out which direction to go, where to
grab with his hands, and where to step with his foot, is to grab
the first spot that looks good enough with his hands and step on
whatever spot looks good enough with his feet. Then from that
perspective you can figure out your next move. But, if you never
take that first step, you'll never get to the top of the
mountain. So, now, an ACTION STEP: I recommend you look in your
local Yellow Pages and find a Rock Climbing Gym or a sporting
goods store with a rock wall. If you can't find anything called
a "Rock Climbing Gym" then just call a Sporting Goods store or
two and ask them where you can find a "Rock Climbing Wall" to do
some Rock Climbing. Here's what will happen when you go to one
of these places to do some Rock Climbing (which can be REALLY
fun, by the way. And don't worry it's very safe too!)... No
matter how long you sit there and stare at a certain wall to
climb...no matter how much time you spend trying to figure out
the path you'll need to take to get to the top... Once you
actually take that first step and begin, it never goes exactly
like you thought it would. So, you have to adjust and be
flexible and just go with it as you climb. Each step helps you
figure out the next step you'll need to take. And in fact, THAT
is a HUGE part of what makes it so FUN! Because if you knew in
advance exactly which steps you were going to take and it went
exactly as planned it would probably get boring pretty fast! The
fun is in the ADVENTURE of it! The fun is in the JOURNEY to the
top and then getting there and realizing you DID it! NOT because
you knew in advance HOW you were going to do it. But because you
figured it out along the way and you made it happen - even
though you didn't know HOW you were going to do it when you
started! So, if you're still waiting to take your first step on
the road to success, then just take it NOW and then focus on the
next step AFTER you take that first step. And if you've already
taken steps for success, then figure out what your NEXT step is
and take it NOW! Either way, make it FUN. Make it an ADVENTURE!
You CAN do it, my friend! I believe in you! Here's to enjoying
the Journey! Your friend, Jason Oman PS: I'm absolutely DEAD
serious about finding a Rock Climbing Wall! Not only is it a
good and healthy way to get your body moving, but it's truly an
AMAZING way to see how the journey to success works too! Try it
out and you'll see for yourself! In fact, even if you just go to
one to watch others and see how this kind of activity works
(without doing it yourself) it will still be enormously
beneficial when you look at it in terms of how it relates to the
journey of success! Do it to it, and let me know how it goes and
what you learn, my friend.
About Author :
Jason Oman is the # best-selling author and creator of the
worldwide blockbuster book "Conversations with Millionaires".
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