Becoming successful, wealthy is a long journey. It’s not necessarily a tough journey, it can be an easy one. Certainly you want to have a successful business or achieve financial freedom as early as possible.
One of the way to achieve your success in the earliest time possible is to practice the principle of LEVERAGE. So, leverage on what? In this post, let’s discuss - leverage on other’s experience.
Find someone who has done it before to guide you in your success journey. This person has been through the pitfalls of the journey, to be able to leverage on his experience, you are able to avoid them, thus speed up your success journey.
The easiest way is to read their books or listen to their audio book if they have any. This is the cheapest form of investment. I invested a lot of my time in reading. It helps me get into the brains of all these successful people, learning about how they succeed, what are their secrets to success. Secrets of Self Made Millionaire is one book I read it twice to get the juice out of the book.
Another effective way is to attend talks, seminars and workshop run by these people. There are many of these success gurus, and their courses don’t come cheap, but most of the time the values I got out of the course worth every single cent. You realize I used some of the time, because some are craps.
The final method we are discussing today is to give these people a call; buy them lunch, ask for an hour of their time etc. Get to talk to them in a private session. If possible, get them to be your mentor. Getting them on board will shorten your learning curve by at least 5 years. I have been actively looking for mentors to guide me. By talking to them for an hour, it always gives me insight on my own journey.
Over the years, I had a few mentors who had supported me. It helps me grow in a tremendous rate. When I look back my life to where I started, I saw a huge transformation. I am glad I took this path, I never regret make that decision to start my business 5 years ago.
