I’ve come across a very interesting video on how people perform with reward-based incentives. It really had an impact on me and while it may seem counter-intuitive at first, it makes perfect sense in the end.
The way it’s animated is really quite awesome. I love this video and I hope you enjoy it too!
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If you’re going to utilize the T.V. (the box that becomes the Electronic Income Reducer if it’s used too much) for enjoyment this week, be sure to tune into NBC starting Tuesday, July 27 at 8 p.m. (7 p.m. CST).
You may have a similar experience as one of the families he’s going to help break through their self-imposed limiting blocks, beliefs, and errant ways in thinking.
In 2004, I was engaged in various freelance e-marketing gigs — copywriting for one client, strategy consulting for another, creating digital e-books for… well, another.
You get the gist… working FOR entrepreneurs who owned their own products and who were in the business, presumably, of ADDING value to people’s lives through those products.
Sure, it was nice to be able to work from my home-office… the work allowed me to be autonomous, self-reliant, and in control of my schedule and, most importantly, my association with people who I felt were like-minded, ethical, and in business for all the right reasons.
While those reasons are another conversation for another time, the short version of that phrase (“right reasons”) is this:
Is the business associate, vendor, JV partner, or client doing what they’re doing for the love of the game (to use an expression often associated with Michael Jordan) — for their genuine interest and fascination with their niche, product line, or topic ?
… at least the part of YOU who dares to go beyond your own comfort zone and continually strive for new, expansive experiences in life.
But, before we give you the details on what all this means, a big strong shout and cheer goes out to everyone in the USA celebrating the 4th of July Weekend! (And… anyone in Canada still celebrating Canada Day!)
We hope you’re doing fantastic, spending time with family and friends, and having an incredible holiday…
Before you head out to watch fireworks, take 5 minutes of your time to read just ONE thought — a recommendation for a “shift in thinking” — about your FINANCIAL GROWTH…
The other night — last Thursday, actually — I was in the gym working up a sweat and burning off some ideas.
Yeah, strange to say… I know. “Isn’t it calories,” you ask, “you’re supposed to be burning along with the sweat?”
Guess so… but, I don’t hit the hardwood with a basketball with the intention of caring about calories. I don’t count ‘em. My body just knows it needs to sweat, and I do it very well once I’m in the humid gymnasium at our local fitness club.
So, there I was, 20 minutes into my routine of 3-point shooting, running to the basket to get my shot (or missed shot — more of the former, though) , and letting all the mental energy I’d corked up throughout the day escape my noggin.
NOTE: If you, like me, have millions of ideas and business possibilities / To-Dos running through your brain, you really should try shooting hoops by yourself sometime, in a hot, sweaty gym.
And, out of nowhere, comes some wanna-be Mike Tyson, with this iPod earphones in place, shadow-boxing his way to the speedbag. That’s fine, as I too often like punching the crap out of it.
But two minutes later, he leaves the speedbag for the rack of basketballs.
And suddenly, he starts foot-dancing around one like he’s David Beckham or something.
So, while I’m shooting around, I’m wondering how long this guy across the court is gonna move a basketball around with his feet… and then it happened:
Ignorant people aren’t stupid but merely uninformed; a marvelous advantage when you need a perspective from “outside the box.”
The truly naïve are so thoroughly “outside” they’re not even sure what you mean by “the box.”
When you consult specialists within your industry, you’re talking to the builders of the box, the guardians of the box, the faithful defenders of THE BOX.
So when specialists fail to provide the innovative thinking you need, ask the opinions of intelligent people who have no experience in your industry. This is the second quickest shortcut to successful innovation. (I’ll tell you the quickest shortcut later.)
Each suggestion you hear will tempt you to say,
“But you don’t understand…”
Bite your tongue. Don’t say it. The goal of this exercise isn’t to drag people into your box but to get a fresh perspective from outside it, remember? So just listen and ponder all that would have to change if you were to implement the suggestion made by your naïve friend.
The naïve suggestion won’t be workable. What you make from it will be.
Uhmmmmm, now methinks this is gonna get all the spiritually-conservative, status-quo, freedom-loving types in an uproar.
In an era where there’s so much delusion and downright blatant propaganda about just what it means to be “free,” I can’t stand the thought of finishing today’s blog title with the misused word “Pride.”
Genuine pride for me, and most anybody else who has learned to see life through a much broader unconditional lens, is about things that are a lot more personal.
For instance, seeing my 19-month-old toddler climb up the stairs to the slide in the playground and slide down by himself, without needing Daddy’s assistance or cajoling.
Its about accomplishing a project with my wife and over-achieving business partner, Heather, knowing that we’ve just put more valuable information out in the world…. information that is designed to inspire, expand belief systems, effect change, and assist in getting results.
You see, contrary to what “they” (the Masters running the worldly show) want you to believe, there is NO pride in the blind patriotic and religious fervor that fuels a culture of war, over-the-top fear, and needless violence under the guise of ‘freedom.’
Not only are your neighbor, Aunt, and close co-worker of many years struggling to figure out finances, so is practically every frickin’ country on the planet.
Based off a lot of conversation, email replies, and support tickets, we know that a grand majority of our LWL readers are in the very same pot of snot that seemingly sovereign nations throughout this great planet are in:
Debt up to their noses. Yup, borrowing far beyond the means to pay is not only a sticky situation… trying to spend without producing or saving is one slimy mess too.
If that’s not you, congratulations!
You’re the minority, playing in a very small crowd of people who ‘get’ how money, quid-pro-quo, lifestyle structuring and design work.
But, if you’ve yet to get your feet wet in the smart money pool — a place where common sense meets hard work and self-reliant critical-thinking — isn’t it about time?
Isn’t it about time you closed the damn metaphysical book that you only bought because it made you feel good?
Isn’t it about time you realized that some teleconference or webinar about wealth, by some loftier-than-thou self-professed inner-world guru, isn’t the train you want to be riding on?
Isn’t it about time you learned how to protect yourself from the financial tornadoes sweeping the globe, through an understanding of asset protection, cash preservation, and anonymous living?
Isn’t it about time you started putting your money to work through low-entry, high-yielding investments in natural resources, commodities, energy, etc. — “foundational international industries” that make all economic and social activity possible?
Well, if you said yes to at least 3 of the 4 questions above, you should take the time to read this page…
In it you’ll see that we’re not asking you to do anything that we’re not also doing.
Myself and Brad Wajnman (the Managing Editor of The Wealth Vault) just got back from Vegas where we mingled, networked with, and learned from some of the brightest, most in-the-know global investors on the planet.
Well, if you don’t, in theory, neither do I. You see, time is the one constant that all us human beings have. After all, we each have the same 86,400 seconds per day to do what we need, want, and have to do.
Somebody once said that life gives us only two things: opportunity and time. Now, when you think about the old adage, time is money, can you see how that really means that life gives us money?
If you weren’t born with a silver spoon in your mouth, that might not seem right, but it really is. See, whenever you do something, or get something, you use up one or more of three resources: time, money or energy.
And really, since everything in the Universe is made up of energy at a quantum level, all three of those are energy. So let’s take energy out of the equation and say that you either use (spend) time or money. Always. Every second of the day. All 86,4000 of them.
In return, you get a certain level of value back (another form of energy). You can trade time for sleep (value), trade money for food (value), trade time and money for a date with someone special (value), and on and on.
Now, you know from high school physics class that energy can not be created or destroyed; it can only change forms. So when we say we “make money” or “make time” for something, what it really means is that we’ve effectively turned one into the other… or another type of value into one… or one into more of the same.
Huh?
If that’s about as clear as mud, just stick with me for a minute (see, I’m asking you to give me some of your time… and I’ll give you value in return, in the form of some thought-provoking information).
It can be a crazy world out there at times — a world driven by crowd-thinking, political correctness, and philosophical nonsense that is bombarding you to “fit in.”
If it’s not conservative religious groups trying to regulate and control morality, it’s human rights activists going overboard to the point of trumping common sense.
Because of time-worn social norms, meddling governmental regulations, protectionist mindsets and victim-driven thinking, it’s NOT easy to fight the peer pressure to fit into a mold that isn’t YOU.
Is the world missing the real you because you’ve been conditioned to play it safe?
That’s not something we need to expand on any more than just asking that question.
Because, here’s something you can do to find out:
LISTEN to the song, from 3 Doors Down, via the video below. Close your eyes (you really don’t need to watch the Shrek clips, as it’s not the images that really matter). Feel the energy of the words. And, when listening to the song, in a quiet place, just ask yourself:
“Is it okay that I fight to ‘be myself’, even if others don’t approve?”
Only you can really know for sure.
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For another version — the official Let Me Be Myself Music video — watch at YouTube
Here’s the RUB though: finances often hold 90% of the populace back: without a solid flow of income, without understanding how to use money to grow money, without fearless cash-flow, you’re standing in quicksand.
No we’re not fanatics of the color blue… If your browser displays the entire post below in DARK BLUE, please use FireFox to view it. The background of our blog displays WHITE in 90% of browsers.
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Last year, in May, we included a seemingly misfit person — someone no longer with us — on our Hidden Heroes series that so many “in crowd” thinkers (let’s call them the ‘comfort-zoned herd’) shied away from.
Why?
Simply because the intensely passionate, self-styled, preaching comedian named Bill Hicks caused them to think DIFFERENTLY.
He had depth and a sense of spirituality, without surface-level drivel and ‘feel good’ musings attached to his messages.
Our ode to Bill has already been written, via our Hidden Heroes #3 post, so we won’t continue to edify him here.
However, we do want to make sure you know that his legacy is soon to be captured by American: The Bill Hicks Story, a new and very promising-looking documentary that combines animation, footage of Hicks’ stand-up sets and remembrances by ten of the people closest to him.
Click the play arrow below to watch the short trailer:
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For selected interview clips from the documentary, click here…
Interesting Report: It’s about intelligence, as it relates to credit. We know a guy in Neveda (who we consider a friend now) who can, without question, clear up any confusion you may have about credit repair. Like Bill above, Jay is a no-nonsense, no-B.S. kinda guy. This report is a fascinating read…
, and letting all the mental energy I’d corked up throughout the day escape my noggin.
In an era where there’s so much delusion and downright blatant propaganda about just what it means to be “free,” I can’t stand the thought of finishing today’s blog title with the misused word “Pride.”
