If a multi-billionaire walked up to you tomorrow and said, “I can show you how to make 1 million dollars in the next 6 months. You’ll have to work many hours a day and make some sacrifices but at the end, you’ll have your money,” what would you say?
You’d think for a second as to whether or not it was worth it, then you’d say, “OK, show me.”
Then let’s say that multi-billionaire handed you a notebook with a step-by-step system in it and said, “Follow this and 1 million will be yours in 6 months.”
What would you do then?
Any logical person that wanted 1 million dollars and was willing to work for it, would take that notebook and follow the system.
They’d do exactly what it said.
But that’s not what happens. We don’t do that.
These notebooks exist everywhere – they’re called books. Many a successful person has poured years into developing and sharing his/her system for success in his/her field…
…Yet we don’t listen.
Why not?
I’ve been working a lot with Clay of the Hollywood Physique. He gives people a complete system for having the Hollywood look that most every guy wants.
And it works.
There are countless people who have followed the system and got the results it promises.
But it’s crazy… it’s hard as hell to get people to just follow it.
They try to tweak it. They try to add to it. They try to swap exercises. They try to add protein powder to the diet. They try to cut corners.
Why?
Why are we incapable of listening to successful people and following what they say?
I’ll tell you this: the people who get the best results on Clay’s program, don’t ask a lot of questions. They don’t bitch or complain about the sacrifices they’ll have to make.
They just do it. They believe in it.
Overtime, they make adjustments to better fit them personally. But that’s only after they’ve started following the system exactly and seen how it works.
Don’t begin innovating, tweaking, etc before you’re ready.
- Step 1: Find the people you want to be (this could take some research because you have to be certain they’re not full of shit.)
- Step 2: Listen to what they say.
- Step 3: Implement what they say EXACTLY.
- Step 4: See what happens. Get results.
- Step 5: Optimize and make better.
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Derek – Solid stuff here. I think part of what holds us back is that early on in life, we are forced into school to take orders from strangers, rather than seek out our own leaders we want to be like. Luckily school finally ends and we can learn to learn differently.
This is a) a kick in the ass for me, b) oh-so-unbelievably-true, and c) essential reading for everyone looking for ways to get stuff done fast. Awesome post.
Here’s a true story on this subject that kicked me in the ass recently. It’s about a guy who runs two entrepreneurial coaching groups, one for folks making $100K in a year and one for folks making $500K in a year:
“Now, he’s got the $500,000 group. So, he was sharing that one day the $500,000 group is going on, and he coaches that group … and then in the offices there, there was a $100,000 group going on, and he always popped in to say hi.
They asked him what’s the difference between the $100,000 group and the $500,000 group? And [he] said, ‘Well, it’s very interesting, because the people in the $100,000 group are actually much smarter than the people in the $500,000.’ And they were kind of leaning forward and saying, ‘Well, what do you mean by that?’ He said, ‘Yes, see the people in the $500,000 group, I tell them what to do and they just do it. See, the people in the $100,000 group, they know a better way.’”
Dave, this is a great story and there’s a lot of truth in it. Thanks for sharing.