How To Become Rich Fast
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Have you met a “Know-It-All”?
I met one the other day. He said he was a businessman for 14 years.
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But through
our 15-minute conversation, I learned that his business was going through hard times.
I asked him, “Do you have a business mentor?”
He didn’t even know what the word meant.
So I explained to him, “You
need to look for a businessman who is 20 times more successful than you are in your particular business.”
His next statement floored me. He said, “There’s really nothing else I need
to know. I’ve been doing this business for 14 years now. It’s just a bad economy,
that’s all. That’s why we’re going through a rough time.”
I didn’t tell him what I learned from MY mentors: That great businesses are
like surfers who ride whatever economic wave comes to them. The bigger the wave, the
higher the surfer goes!
Great businesses can become more profitable during recessions.
I didn’t tell him that he needed to improve his relationship marketing—because he
wasn’t listening.
I didn’t tell him that he needed to build his relationships with the key people in his business—because he
wasn’t listening.
I didn’t tell him that his main product has become outmoded and he needed to cannibalize his product with
an upgraded one—because he wasn’t listening.
He wasn’t a student.
He was clearly a man with great abilities.
But abilities aren’t enough.
Read carefully: It’s not your abilities but your attitude that will bring financial abundance. Specifically,
your attitude of being an eternal student.
Chisel this truth on stone: If you stop learning, you stop leading.
Because a leader is a learner.
If you want to double your earnings, double your learning.
Futurist John Naisbitt said, “The most important skill to acquire is learning how to learn.”
Here are 10 questions that Leadership Expert John Maxwell suggests that we ask ourselves, to measure
how teachable we are:
• Am I open to other people’s ideas?
• Do I listen more than I talk?
• Am I open to changing my opinion based on new information?
• Do I readily admit when I am wrong?
• Do I observe before acting on a situation?
• Do I ask questions?
• Am I willing to ask a question that will expose my ignorance?
• Am I open to doing things in a way I haven’t done before?
• Am I willing to ask for directions?
• Do I act defensive when criticized, or do I listen openly for truth?
Did you answer “No” to any of these questions?
If so, be humble.
Be teachable. Be a student and work on your humility
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