Time is your most precious asset. Are you being productive with the time that you have?

If you are someone who struggles with managing your time, you're not alone. Life can get hectic.

When we are insanely busy, it's easy to fall into the trap of saying, “I've got too much to do and not enough time to do it.” This mental block prevents people from accomplishing much of anything.

Inside this blog, Tatiana and I share with you the productivity hacks that allow us to get more done in less time.

If you're ready to stop procrastinating and start getting productive, read on…

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Do you use your time wisely?

Time is finite, meaning that you can never get more of it. What matters is what you do with the time that you have. We always do whatever we are committed to — if you're committed enough, you will dedicate the time to doing it. 

If you're not taking action towards something that you want on a given day, it's because you're not making it important enough. Thus, the issue isn't so much time management as it is priority management.

Managing your priorities means directing time towards tasks that are important and contribute towards your long-term mission, goals, and values. However, before you can focus on what is truly important to you, you need to identify where your zone of productivity is.

On a given day, when do you have the most energy and willpower?

There is a great book called The Willpower Instinct, which states that we have a certain amount of willpower that gets depleted throughout the day. When you have lower willpower, you will tend to fall into the trap of laziness.

I have always believed that the secret to one's success is found in the daily routine. Thus, the best way to strengthen your willpower is to create an empowering morning ritual. The better we train our willpower, the better equipped we are to achieve great things.

When you don't have a plan for your day, you fall into other people's plans. This is a recipe for disaster. If the first thing you do when you wake up is to check your emails and scroll on social media, naturally you'll feel overwhelmed and distracted. In the words of Richard Whately, “Lose an hour in the morning, and you will be all day hunting for it.”

This is why Tatiana and I wake up every day at 5 am and do our morning ritual before anything else.

We make sure that we take the time to nurture our mind, body, and spirit. This includes things like praying, reading, journaling, exercising, meditating, and practicing gratitude.

Our ritual sets the tone for our entire day, ensuring that we experience optimal productivity. As a result, we are better able to focus and prioritize our time so that our day doesn't control us.

If you don't show up for yourself, everything else suffers. Are you a morning person or a night person? That will help you determine when you should commit time to work on whatever it is that you prioritize.

When it comes to actually starting your workday, Tatiana and I believe in being intentional about what it is that you want to achieve. It's easy to keep checking things off of your to-do list and mindlessly performing tasks.

At the end of a workday, have you ever looked at your list and thought, “How did I manage to accomplish nothing even though I still worked for four hours on this task?” This is why it's imperative that you set an intention and write it down. When you see it in front of you, it will feel more manageable to achieve.

Having an intention gives you a sense of direction. There are a lot of things that disguise themselves as important, but they're merely urgent.

For example, emails are urgent, but not important.

As online business owners, Tatiana and I have a lot of emails in our inbox. When we receive an email, we feel like we need to respond to it right away. However, we've learned that our focus needs to be geared towards the things that will move the needle forward in our businesses. Emails can wait.

When it comes to accomplishing challenging tasks, we recommend that you eat the frog first in the morning.

This is a concept that was coined by Brian Tracy. Think of the ‘frog' as the thing that is on your to-do list that you have zero motivation to accomplish. Thus, ‘”eating the frog” means to do it first thing in the morning before you start working on anything else.

You need to understand that you're never going to accomplish everything on your list at the end of the day. Your list is always going to grow. All y0u need to do is focus on the most important thing(s) that needs to be accomplished on a given day. The important things are anything that creates income or sales in your business.

There is a great book called The One Thing which states that, if you do ONE thing every single day, five days a week, over time you will accomplish so much more than most people.

Lastly, as an entrepreneur, you must accept the reality that you can't do everything in your business. When you have an opportunity to outsource tasks, like customer support and social media management, do it! Upwork is a great platform that connects freelancers and business owners.

You can find highly qualified people from all over the world. Tatiana and I have hired a lot of people from this platform and have had great results from doing so. Outsourcing helps you spend more time focusing on your business, instead of in your business. This is the holy grail of time management.

This is how successful people manage their time.

Everyone has the same amount of time on a given day. Get real with yourself… are you using the time that you have wisely? In the words of Peter Drucker, “Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.”

As an entrepreneur, I can honestly say that nothing in business is as valuable as time. Learning how to prioritize the time that you have is a game-changer. When you make it a priority to master your time, you master every area of your life.

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The best way to accelerate your success is easier than you think.

Success isn't random. I think we can all agree that living the life of your dreams requires hard work, effort, and persistence. This is especially true if you are in the process of building an online business.

Nothing of value in life comes easy. However, if you become too obsessed with success, you will be miserable. Similarly, you cannot rely on others to create success for you.

Success is an inside job. Once you take your responsibility for your journey, your life changes.

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If you want to accelerate your success, do work that you love.

If you are stuck in a job that you hate right now, I know that this may sound like annoying advice. Sometimes we get stuck on a path that wasn't even ours in the first place. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't believe that they have control over their own destiny. As a result, they end up living someone else's dreams.

Tony Gaskins Jr. said it best – “If you don’t build your dream, someone will hire you to help build theirs.” You may not believe it yet, but you have 100% control over your happiness and success in life. When your attitude shifts and you start seeing yourself as the driver of your own life, the game changes.

The first step to living in alignment with your truth is making a decision that you are ready to embrace your true self. This requires that you stop caring so much about what others think you should do or who you should be. A lot of people invest way too much time and energy trying to be accepted by others. From personal experience, this gets you nowhere. It is only when you decide that you are ready to discover your unique purpose that you step into your power.

The first way to accelerate your success is to figure out your ‘why.'

Your ‘why' is your purpose. If you don't know why you are here it can be hard to keep going when life knocks you down. The question is… how do you find it? Well, I know that your purpose won't magically fall into your lap. You've got to make figuring out your life purpose BE your sole purpose. Your purpose won't find you if you don't take action. You've got to be intentional about the decisions that you make on a daily basis.

Take a step back and ask yourself, “What do I want and why do I want it?” Answering this question is what will allow you to get to where you want to go so much faster. When you do work that you love, the world is your playground.

Imagine as if you are driving down a highway. There is a fast lane and a slow lane. When do you drive in the slow lane? Well, it's usually when you are looking for an exit. This is when you know that you are living a life of mediocrity. In my experience, this only results in a life of pain and suffering.

A study that analyzed the behavior of 30,000 bosses and managers found that 11,000 of the worst-performing of these managers displayed mediocre performances. They had become passive which, in turn, blocked them from higher levels of performance at work. If you want to accelerate your success in life, you must dare to be different.

The second way to accelerate your success is to model the habits of successful people.

Not only that, but you need to surround yourself with these types of people. Who has the life that you want? Study this person's behaviors. Become obsessed with learning as much as you possibly can from him or her. If you want to be rich, you won't achieve this goal if you hang out with people that are broke. Similarly, if you want to be a happy person, but you surround yourself with negative energy, you will naturally fall into this state of being. It's fair to say that the people in your life influence who you become. 

According to psychologists Elaine Hatfield and John Cacioppo, these effects are due to the concept of emotional contagion. As human beings, it is our natural tendency to mimic those around us. By nature, you will feel compelled to unconsciously copy whomever you are spending time with on a regular basis.

As Jim Rohn once said, “You are the average of the five people that you spend the most time with.” Look at your circle of friends. Are they lifting you up or holding you back? If it's the latter, it's time to find new friends. At the end of the day, it all comes down to how bad you want success.

If you do work that you love, I promise that success will follow.

Life is short. If you are not living in alignment with your purpose, today is the day to change that. The world is waiting for your gifts. Do work that makes you come alive inside. Doing so will allow you to discover things about yourself that you never knew existed. When you start seeing success as something you control and something you dictate, your entire outlook on life will change.

Are you ready to drive in the fast lane and create success, on your terms?

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Are you ready to learn the #1 success secret of Tony Robbins, Oprah, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett & Elon Musk?

Success always leaves clues. By learning the principles and strategies that others have used to succeed in life, then you can do the exact same thing.

As Tony Robbins said in his best-selling book, Unlimited Power: The New Science Of Personal Achievement, “If you want to achieve success, all you need to do is find a way to model those who have already succeeded.” 

Unfortunately, a lot of people get overwhelmed with too much information. They fall into the trap of analysis paralysis. Not surprisingly, they stay stuck in one place.

If you want to move forward in life you have to take massive action. Today is the day that you will learn how to do just that!

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It's easy to model the #1 success secret of wealthy people.

Commit to starting or joining a Mastermind Group. The most successful people in this world mastermind their way towards success. All in all, I have found masterminding to be one of the most powerful tools for achieving my goals. I have been able to become a multi-millionaire at a relatively young age. This is has been, in large part, due to my ability to attract high level, successful people into my life.

How did I do this? By ensuring that I am never the smartest person in a room. The reality is that who you surround yourself with is who you become. Your environment plays a huge role in the direction that your life will take. If you are struggling to make progress, ask yourself, “With whom do I spend the majority of my time with?”

For example, if you want to be a millionaire but you hang out with lazy people, you are not going to achieve your goals. End of story. In the words of the motivational speaker, Jim Rohn, “You are the average of the five people that you spend the most time with. Choose carefully.”

This is why I believe that everyone needs an empowering ecosystem. This is a group of successful individuals who are crushing their goals and living life at a high vibrational state. A study published in Psychological Science reports that when people are running low on self-control, they often seek out self-disciplined people to boost their willpower.

This is where the power of a Mastermind Group comes into play.

The concept of a Mastermind was first coined by Napoleon Hill. In his book, Think and Grow Rich Hill said that “a Mastermind Principle consists of an alliance of two or more minds working in perfect harmony for the attainment of a common definite objective. Success does not come without the cooperation of others.” 

When it comes to achieving your goals, accountability is a critical component of success. This is where a lot of people get stuck. It can be hard to hold yourself accountable. This is especially true when you have a lot going on in your business.

This is why social accountability is such a powerful tool. It outsources your willpower to follow through. More importantly, it uses the innate human desire for consistency to keep you moving forward towards your goals. In a Mastermind Group, members create an environment of accountability.

This can make all the difference, especially when you feel like giving up altogether. Those of you who are entrepreneurs know the realities that come with being an entrepreneur. In reality, it is a rollercoaster ride of intense highs and lows.

I have been in the entrepreneurial game for nine years now. In the beginning stages of my journey, I felt defeated. I dabbled in many different areas of business. Even though I was consuming a lot of content, I still wasn't getting any results.

Keep in mind that, as an entrepreneur, you are required to wear multiple hats. Literally, every decision that you make depends on you. In my experience, this can cause a lot of frustration and stress. Not surprisingly, this is why a lot of businesses fail. The world of entrepreneurship can be challenging terrain to navigate. This is why it's so important to surround yourself with people who motivate you.

Having a strong network of like-minded people is invaluable.

Imagine being a part of a Mastermind Group of 6 to 8 people who meet on a regular basis. The intention behind this group is to brainstorm, network, and hold each other accountable. Some of the most important feedback that I have ever received has come from members of my Mastermind Group. By receiving the knowledge and resources of members, it will open your eyes to a world of possibilities. More importantly, it will give you the space to advance your business goals and create a network of life-long friendships.

Are you ready to mastermind your way to success?

Ultimately, the life that you want and the person that you want to become is determined by who you spend time with. To sum up, commit to building relationships that support your personal and professional growth. In the words of Bill Gates, “Surround yourself with people who challenge you, teach you, and push you to be your best self.”

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Do you want to start an online business but don't know how?

I hear a lot of aspiring entrepreneurs talk about how they cannot wait to be their own boss, travel the world and have financial freedom. However, they are unaware of what is involved in order to make that happen.

Your life will not change if you just sit in front of your computer and consume content. Don't get me wrong… knowledge is power but it means nothing if you don't do something with it.

My goal is to challenge and push you in the right direction so that you take massive action.

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The best way to start an online business is to just START.

Stop waiting for the perfect moment, the perfect business model, or the perfect course to start. A lot of people have the desire to make progress in their online business, but they don't. If you are someone that has been sitting on the fence, know that now is the time to dive in!

I'm not saying this to offend you. Rather, I want to get your attention so that you feel empowered to break the pattern of being stuck. All that matters is that you do something.

Taking massive action is how you learn and grow. Don't get caught up in the knowing stage. True mastery is achieved when you are doing and living something. That is what leads to results in life. What you need right now is to gain experience. You could start a YouTube channel, a Facebook page or a blog. I don't care what it is. It may not be the most ideal thing. However, anything is better than what you are doing right now, which is nothing.

Research by psychologists Arie Kruglanski and Tory Higgins suggests that we have two complementary motivational systems: the “thinking” system and the “doing” system. Generally, we are only capable of using one at a time. If you get caught up in the thinking mode, you won't make any progress in life. Change can only manifest itself through action.

If you are not getting the results that you want, it's time to stop thinking and start doing.

Experience is what will allow you to cultivate and develop the skills that you need in order to be successful in business. If you just pick one skill and practice mastering it, over time, you will make income from it. There are so many opportunities online. You just have to pick one. If you end up changing your mind down the road, that's OK. You won't have wasted your time because you will have gained knowledge that you can take with you to the next opportunity.

When I first started my entrepreneurial journey, I dabbled with a lot of different things. Even though I experienced a lot of failures, the process of taking action allowed me to develop a solid skill set. By the time that I started my online business, Project Life Mastery in 2012, I had a huge advantage. I had a wealth of knowledge at my fingertips. As a result, I was able to accelerate my business success.

Successful people make clear decisions and they stick with them.

Instead of allowing fear and doubt to hold them back, they are constantly adapting and changing. Trust me when I say that there is a cost of inaction. Every day that you aren't taking action, you are losing money. More importantly, you are missing out on designing the life of your dreams. You start creating your dream life the moment that you say, “I'm going to do this one thing. It may not be right, but I'm going to go all in and try.”

Yes, you may fall. However, all that matters is that you pick yourself back up and keep moving forward. If you can do this, opportunities will start opening up for you. You will start to figure out what your strengths are. From there, you can modify the direction of your life in a way that serves your highest self. Every entrepreneur that I know experiences a lot of highs and lows along their journey. That's just how business works. However, if you can learn how to trust the process, you will achieve success in life.

If you want to start an online business, today is the day!

If you continue to wait eventually you will lose interest and check out altogether. Don't ever give up on your dreams. Be a doer and take action. More importantly, never stop believing in yourself. Have faith that you are on the right track and that you will get to where you want to go.

If you can trust that your success is inevitable, there is no limit to what you can achieve. Are you ready to take a leap of faith and create the business of your wildest dreams?

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If you want to be successful than you need to follow the success principles that others have mastered.

A lot of people have a skewed understanding of what success is. Success isn't a final destination. Rather, it's a journey moving towards the accomplishment of the goals that matter to you.

More importantly, success doesn't happen overnight. Rather, it is a by-product of the decisions that you make on a daily basis.

In the words of Bo Bennett, “Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” Are you ready to learn how to be successful in life?

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What does it take to be successful?

This is a great question and something that I get asked often. There are countless books and courses that will offer their unique perspective on what success looks like to them. With so many perspectives, it can sometimes be difficult to know what to focus on. Everyone has their own definition of success and that is totally OK. I want you to define success on your terms.

Everyone has a strong desire to be successful in life. It's knowing what it means and how to get there that people struggle with. In my role as an entrepreneur and business coach, I want to help you figure out how you can achieve what you in life.

Not only that, but I want to encourage you to take massive action with it. If you don't take action, you are only left with a dream. Where people get stuck is that they have unrealistic ideas of what success is. They may hear about someone that achieved massive success overnight and think that they too can achieve it.

Overnight success stories make up only 1% of the population.

You've got a better chance at striking gold than making millions of dollars overnight. Don't get me wrong.. it's natural to want to look for get-rich-quick schemes. By nature, your brain is always looking for the path of least resistance. However, if you really want to learn how to be successful, you've got to go against your instincts.

After coaching hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs, I have found that the most common challenge that people face is the desire to achieve overnight success. If you adopt this viewpoint, you will dabble and most likely give up. Nobody wants to be a quitter.

In his book,Think and Grow Rich: The Original, an Official Publication of The Napoleon Hill Foundation, Napoleon Hill said, “If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a “quitter.” A quitter never wins and a winner never quits. Lift this sentence out, write it on a piece of paper in letters an inch high, and place it where you will see it every night before you go to sleep, and every morning before you go to work.”

For the majority of people, success takes time.

It took me over 3 years to start making any money online. You cannot replicate what I have achieved in a short period of time. Success in life is determined by what you do every single day. This is why I am a big believer in practicing consistent habits.

Your habits are the result of behaviors that you have been repeating for years. If those habits aren't healthy, that is when you get into trouble. Bad habits suck away your energy. The problem is that bad habits can feel really good while you are engaging in them.

Dr. Russell Poldrack believes that pleasure-based habits are harder to break. The brain releases a chemical dopamine when it experiences an enjoyable behavior. Dr. Poldrack says, “If you do something over and over, and dopamine is there when you’re doing it, that strengthens the habit even more. When you’re not doing those things, dopamine creates the craving to do it again.”

Conversely, when you adopt healthy habits, you are pulled towards your goals, instead of being pushed by them. I want to share 7 must-have success habits that I encourage you to integrate into your life today.

1. Manage Your Time Effectively

If you haven't realized it already, time is your most important asset in life. You can't get it back, which is why you need to maximize it at all times. When you manage your time more effectively, you create more freedom in your life.

Everyone has the same amount of time during the day. However, not everyone uses it in the same way. If you don't have time, then you haven't created priorities. When it comes to prioritizing your to-do list, if you want to get more done, you need to do less in your day. Determine what are the most critical tasks that you need to complete and forget about everything else.

If you want to learn how to be more productive, look at some of the most successful people in the world. People like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates understand that their time is precious. This is why they have mastered the art of productivity. Doing so ensures that they are always maximizing their time.

In order to do this, one thing that they do is wake up early. Almost every successful entrepreneur that I know starts their day at around 6 am. They are crushing their tasks before the world has even woken up. They don't necessarily work harder than everyone else. They've just learned how to work smarter and it pays off, tenfold.

2. Make Health Your First Priority

In my eyes, without health, you've got nothing. Everything in life feels hard when you are not experiencing optimal levels of health and wellness. Unfortunately, not enough people make health as much of a priority as they should.

Everyone has time to be healthy. Your body is a temple and it should be treated that way. Would you put low-quality fuel into a $300,000 car? I doubt it. Think of your body like an expensive car and treat it as such.

Work-life balance is a struggle for a lot of people. If you think that your work alone is going to give you success, then you may spend countless hours working, at the expense of your health. It all comes down to finding your version of balance and committing to adopting healthy habits.

Eat well, get a lot of sleep, and exercise. If you want to achieve your goals, you need to nurture your needs first. This is what will give you the mental strength to go out into the world and achieve success.

3. Spend Time With People Who Inspire You

Successful people spend time with people who inspire them. This is how they are able to accelerate their success in life. As the renowned personal development coach Jim Rohn used to say, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” 

Take a look at your circle of friends and determine whether they are lifting you up or bringing you down.  Don't ever forget that your peer group ends up affecting your self-image. If you are spending time with people that aren't going anywhere in life, you will follow suit.

Energy is infectious and that includes the bad stuff as well as the good. Make it a point to remove yourself from environments where toxic and negative people like to hang out.

The best way to find people who inspire you is to be in rooms where you know the least. I know this doesn't sound fun, but it works. If you think you know everything, then you won't be open to learning anything new. Your ego is your enemy.

Take every opportunity to attend events, seminars, and masterminds where you can absorb the knowledge of super successful people that have been where you want to go. This will motivate you to accomplish your goals in life.

4. Commit to Learning 

The most successful people in this world share a passion for learning. They are committed to constantly broadening their understanding of the world. It has been said that Warren Buffett spends five to six hours per day reading five newspapers and 500 pages of corporate reports. How many books have you read this year?

The problem is that people don't take learning seriously enough. If you want to be successful then you need to make learning one of your core habits, just as much as you exercise. In today's ever-changing world, if you aren't learning, you aren't growing.

Making an effort to deepen your knowledge and have a solid understanding of your industry is critical to building credibility and becoming a person of influence. Learning, in general, is great. However, I suggest that you choose a specific area of interest and master it.

There are other people who have already achieved what it is that you are striving for, so why not learn from them? Don't reinvent the wheel. That is only a waste of time and energy. A great way to take your knowledge to the next level is to hire a coach or mentor who can help you master the principles of success.

5. Embrace Failure

A life without failure is a life without growth. You don't become successful by hanging out in your comfort zone. This is a safe, warm place but nothing exciting happens there. You have to stretch yourself and go beyond what you think is possible.

Yes, you could fail. The unknown can be a scary place. However, this is a weak perspective to have. When you embrace failure, you open your eyes to new opportunities. Failure is the stepping stone to success. With every failure, you get one step closer to what you want in life.

If you live a life that is void of challenges you will never know how far you can go. This why you need to fail more. It's your tool towards being a better version of yourself. Are you ready to get out of your own way?

6. Take Action 

Learning is great, but it means nothing without action. People fall into a state of inaction when they procrastinate. If you struggle with this, I encourage you to start with your most important task first thing in the morning. Once you tackle that task, you will be motivated to take more action.

Successful people take action even if they aren't fully ready to do so. This is how they are able to continually move towards the accomplishment of their goals. I'm not saying that you should make bad decisions.

However, sometimes it's better to make any decision than no decision at all. If you end up making a mistake, learn from it. That's how you become more successful in the long run.

Opportunities come and go in life so if you are not taking advantage of them, you will miss out. If you are taking action every single day, you will have a competitive advantage. Even if your progress is small, all that matters is that you are consistent with it. As Tony Robbins once said, “The path to success is to take massive, determined actions.”

7. Be Willing To Work Harder Than Ever Before

You will not achieve real success in life if you are not willing to put in the hard work to get there. Hard work compounds over time. It gives you the opportunity to create your ultimate dream lifestyle. Don't buy into the stories of overnight success.

Success is hard work. Yes, there will be blood, sweat and tears shed. However, if you want it bad enough, it will be worth every second of the fight. It will mean that you need to sacrifice evenings and weekends and be okay with missing out on fun stuff.

I spent years making sacrifices. It wasn't easy at first. However, once I started to see results from my efforts, I realized that my sacrifices were worth it. Successful people work harder than anyone they know. They hold themselves to the highest of standards every single day and inspire others to do the same. Their work ethic is paramount.

JC Penny said it best – “Unless you are willing to drench yourself in your work beyond the capacity of the average man, you are just not cut out for positions at the top.” Are you ready to go all in? You owe it to yourself to do so.

This is how to be successful in life.

If you can master these 7 habits, you will put yourself in the driver's seat of success. Always remember that the person you become matters more than any amount of money that you make. Are you ready to master success?

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If you've ever wondered why I do what I do, I'm here to answer that question.

Imagine that you didn't have to work for money anymore. Would you still work? When I first started learning from other people I remember being curious about this. People always ask me, “Stefan, if you are so successful in your life, then why would you share your knowledge, secrets, and strategies with others?”

People tend to think that, if you selfishly keep knowledge to yourself, then you will be able to prosper even more. It's based on the belief that the more people that know about a great opportunity, the more difficult it will be to achieve success. The skeptics love this way of thinking, but it's never been a part of my reality.

Are you ready to learn why I do what I do? In the words of Pablo Picasso, “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”

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I believe that there is more than enough for everybody. However, not everyone shares my belief. People that live in scarcity have a hard time seeing or believing my perspective. They convince themselves that life is limited and that opportunities are few and far between. This is far from true.

Do you adopt an abundance mindset or a scarcity mindset?

In his research, Princeton University psychology and public affairs professor Eldar Shafir explores how people's minds are less efficient when they feel they lack something. When we feel lack, it wreaks havoc on our cognitive and decision-making abilities. Not everyone is selfish and just focused on making money. Some people actually want to make a difference and help people, even at their own expense.

This is my purpose in life.

There is a lot of joy, happiness, and fulfillment that comes when you serve and contribute to something greater than yourself. A mentor of mine once said, “You'll never be great in life when you only focus on yourself. The only way to become great in life is when you serve something greater than yourself.”

Do I want to make money? Of course. I want to be financially abundant so that I can continue to invest in myself, take care of my family and my kids, and contribute to non-profit organizations. I want to continue growing my team so that my business can flourish and I can serve even more people than I already do.

Some people judge me and say that all I want to do is make money. There is no way that I could do what I do if I didn't make money. A business has to make money. It's the #1 goal of any business out there. I couldn't create free YouTube videos, podcasts, and blog posts, nor could I have an amazing team behind me, if I didn't make money.

If you could be more abundant with your health, then should you? Of course! If you could make more money, then should you? Of course! Abundance is abundance. It doesn't matter what label you attach to it. I'm driven by money, but I'm driven more by contribution.

I want to be a person of value. 

I've always believed that, if you want to earn more money in life, think about how you can be more valuable in life. This is the place from which money flows. If you want to build a brand, a solid reputation, and create trust with people you can't solely be focused on making money. Money is only a byproduct of creating value in the marketplace. I wouldn't have been able to build my brand to where it is today if I was just focused on money.

When you are building a business that is focusing on serving, you aren't operating on fear and scarcity. I operate from the belief that Zig Ziglar has, which is that, “If you help enough people get what they want, then you too can have what you want.”

In order to have more, you must give more.

People who have a scarcity mentality have a difficult time grasping the concept of contribution. When you hold onto fear for dear life, you don't have anything to give because you are so scared of losing what you already have. That's what you have to free yourself from.

I do what I do because I love it. I've been through a lot of challenges in my life. It took me so many years to overcome what I've been through in order to get to where I am today. When you finally overcome the problems that you've struggled with in your life and you achieve something great, all that you want to do is share that knowledge with others. You want to prevent people from going through the same suffering that you did.

I want to inspire people to become the masters of their lives. 

I've worked hard to get to where I am today, but in the grand scheme of things, money isn't what fulfills me. I live by Andrew Carnegie's words who said, “I spent the first half of my life making money and the second half of my life giving it away to do the most good and the least harm.” I love this approach to life.

The next time that someone asks me why I do what I do, I can send them this video! This is me, in full transparency, speaking from my heart. You may be skeptical that my bigger mission in life is to contribute instead of just making money, and that is OK. At the end of the day, all that matters is that I can look at the image staring back at me in the mirror and be proud. I'm leaving you with a powerful message from Kamal Ravikant.

In his book, Live Your Truth he said, “Reach out, share your truth, tell someone, ‘This is who I am. This is what I stand for. Hold me to it.' Often, we'll do far more for another than we will do for ourselves.”  This is my truth.

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What it’s REALY like to be a millionaire. Is this something you have ever thought about? Many people have an idealized notion of what it means to be a millionaire.

Just because someone is a millionaire, that doesn’t necessarily mean that their lifestyle aligns with their bank account.

Most successful millionaires do not live how you think they do. Not only that, but they set themselves apart from others by the skills that they have mastered; like confidence, discipline, emotional intelligence, and money management; to name a few.

Becoming a millionaire doesn’t happen overnight. I know that many of you have goals and aspirations of joining the ‘millionaire club’ one day, so I’m happy to share my story with you.

Are you ready to learn what it’s REALLY like to be a millionaire? You may be surprised by what I have to say.

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Since I was 17 years old, becoming a millionaire was a goal of mine. I became a millionaire when I was 28 years old.  When I achieved the label of ‘millionaire', it didn’t mean that much to me, like I thought it would.

A more pivotal moment in my life was the point at which I was making a 6-figure salary. That is when my life transformed. I was able to travel, quit my 9-5 job, and I didn’t have to worry about money. I had finally achieved financial freedom.

This is what it’s REALLY like to be a millionaire.

A lot of people get consumed with the idea of making ‘big’ money, fast. Adopting this get rich quick mentality can be a form of ego gratification or an insecurity.

When you are obsessed with making a lot of money, it is easy to lose sight of what really matters most in life – happiness. The fact is that money does not buy happiness.

Research shows that wealth may make it harder for you to appreciate simple pleasures in life, and that’s bad news for your mindset, given that most of life is made up of simple moments that have a lasting impact on our lives.

Michael Norton, co-author of the book, Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending, suggests that, while this is all well and good, the simple pleasures in life don’t seem as exciting as the extraordinary ones.

However, he points out that you can shift this perspective by giving up a simple pleasure for a period of time, which will allow you to savor it even more when you bring it back into your life.

Oftentimes our favorite moments in life don’t involve extravagant things. Rather, they are simple things, like a conversation that left you laughing for hours with people that you love.

This is what it’s REALLY like to be a millionaire.

As many of you know, I preach the value of life mastery. I believe that relationships, health, and positive emotions trump money. You can have all the money in the world, but still be depressed, lonely, and unhealthy. In my eyes, that’s not a definition of success. That’s failure.

I know that I said earlier that I don’t think that money can buy happiness, but there are some circumstances where I believe that it can.

Money allows you to travel the world and experience new and exciting things. Memories of places that I’ve gone and the people whom I’ve shared those experiences with have brought an abundance of joy and happiness to my life.

Money also allows you to invest in yourself. If you aren’t growing, you are dying. The more that you are progressing in life, the happier you will be. For example, I am able to purchase things like a PEMF EarthPulse mat for my bed, which improves my sleep, so that I can perform at my best, every day.

Lastly, one of the biggest things that money provides you with is time. When you leverage it correctly, you can use time to do more of what you really love.

To make a million dollars you need to become someone of value and develop incredible habits that translate to all areas of your life. That is what I am most proud of in my life. The money that I’ve made as a result of the work I’ve done is merely a secondary benefit.

This is what it’s REALLY like to be a millionaire.

Jim Rohn once said, “The greatest reward in becoming a millionaire is not the amount of money that you earn. It is the kind of person that you have to become to become a millionaire.”

Are you ready to upgrade your lifestyle? Be proactive and strive to become the best version of yourself. When you commit to life mastery, anything is possible.

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Do THIS every 90 days, then watch your life and business change. I would like to share a powerful self-improvement ritual that will ensure that your business consistently grows every year.

I am a big believer that, at the beginning of every year, you need to set goals for yourself and check in to ensure that you are making progress.

The ritual that I am going to share with you involves more than just setting goals. It’s about taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture of your business and your life.

If you want to achieve success, you need to assess the direction of your business and your life, in order to ensure that you are gaining ‘altitude’, as Eben Pagan says.

Are you ready to learn about a game-changing ritual for your business and your life? Do THIS every 90 days, then watch your life and business change.

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Every 90 days I schedule a meeting with my team, and I create a specific format for it. If it’s only you in the meeting, schedule it in the same way.

Here is the meeting format that I recommend you follow. Do THIS every 90 days, then watch your life and business change:

1. Review The Vision For Your Business

A clear vision gives a business and a team a sense of direction and inspiration. In my business, I make an effort to ensure that everyone on my team is in alignment with my vision, and that we discuss what that vision is on a regular basis.

Not only that, but if the vision changes in any way, we talk about the ways in which we will need to adapt our business processes in order to ensure that we are constantly growing and expanding.

Keep in mind that it’s important that you continually check in with people to ensure that they are still on board with your vision.

2. Review The Values For Your Business And Your Life

Values are critically important for your business. Not only that, but you want to make sure that there is alignment between the values that you adhere to in your life and the ones that you promote in your business.

What does your business stand for? If you have a team, you need to communicate to them which values are most important to you.

3. Give And Receive Feedback

Feedback is a great way to develop a sense of awareness about where we can improve, so that we are consistently making progress. A lot of people forget this step in their business because they don’t create a ritual to assess themselves and their team.

There are three people on my leadership team, including myself. These are people that I trust and whose opinions I value. Like any relationship, disagreements can come up within a team, and if they aren’t expressed openly it can cause resentment amongst team members.

Each person in the team shares what he or she feels they believe that they are good at, and what they can improve. I then reflect upon what I believe that I need to improve upon, and then I allow the other members of my team to do the same.

My job is to shut up, listen, and take notes. I want my team to be honest with me. The goal is to help each other grow and improve. This is a great trust-building team exercise.

4. Analyze Your Business

As a group, my team and I then brainstorm the areas where we feel that our business has done well. We celebrate and acknowledge our accomplishments over the last 90 days, and the areas where we think we can make improvements.

We also talk about any ideas or suggestions that the team or myself may have for moving forward into the next quarter.

5. Set Goals & Actions for Next 90 Days

Things change throughout the year, so you need to be flexible. In my team, we reassess the goals that we had during the previous quarter, and then for the next quarter we decide what we want to focus on.

I always try to make sure that my team and I have goals in multiple parts of our business, and that each individual has a goal that they are moving towards.

When everyone has a goal, it allows him or her to brainstorm creative ways that they can achieve it. I also make sure that there is always a reward for achieving a goal and make sure that the goal is S.M.A.R.T. (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Timely).

6. Inspire Personal Growth and Development

Every quarter I want to make sure that my team is learning and growing, whether that’s in the form of reading books, attending seminars, taking part in courses, etc.

These are things that I support my team with because I want to invest in them, like I invest in myself. By giving the people on my team the opportunity to develop new skills, that in turn supports the growth of my business as well.

My team then shares their ideas with the group, and then for the next quarter we determine how we are going to commit to learning. We make sure that everyone on my team has goals that they are moving towards.

I highly recommend this ritual. If you want to succeed in business, you need to work on it, not in it. Take it seriously and commit to mastery.

You need to be constantly checking-in, assessing, evaluating where you are at, and where you want to go. This is what the most successful companies in the world do.

Act as if you are bigger than you are. Do THIS every 90 days, then watch your life and business change.

Are you ready to take your life and your business to the next level? In the words of Frank Ocean, “Work hard in silence. Let your success be the noise.”

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Here is the best entrepreneur advice for beginners.

At the beginning of an entrepreneurial journey it can feel like a roller coaster ride, filled with highs and lows. If you want to succeed in the startup world, you need to learn how to navigate this bumpy terrain so that you come out on top.

The reality is that 8 out of 10 businesses fail in the first year. How would it feel if you could avoid the mistakes that 80% of people make? If more entrepreneurs were armed with the right advice, I think that these numbers would be lower.

Starting a business requires a myriad of personality traits; like hard work, grit, patience, sacrifice, energy, and a passion to succeed. Only the strong survive. Are you one of them?

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In this book, The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster: Why Now Is the Time to #JoinTheRide, Darren Hardy says that people who make the jump into entrepreneurship just aren't ready, prepared, or equipped.

I want to share with you the best entrepreneur advice for beginners, comprised of 5 skills that every entrepreneur must master:

1. Believe in Yourself

Making the choice to become an entrepreneur takes courage, especially when family or friends don’t support your vision, which is why you need to believe in yourself.

The most successful people in this world didn’t get to where they are today by doubting themselves. Talk to yourself as if you are a winner.

If you don’t believe in yourself, who will believe in you? This is your life, your choices, and your destiny. Make it count. As Henry Ford once said, “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” 

2. Master Your Emotions

If you want to succeed at anything in life, it starts with going inward and learning how to master your emotions. Successful entrepreneurs don’t let their emotions drive their decisions. Rather, they remain calm and calculated under pressure.

A business that is based on reactive decisions will only result in failure. Yes, you will get triggered, but it is up to you to learn how to calm your ‘emotional storm’ so that you can master any challenge that stands in your way of success.

3. Enjoy The Process Of Success

If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you need to learn how to enjoy the process of success. If you only focus on external rewards from your efforts, you will always be in the rat race. Don’t be a slave to your external environment.

Even when you start making a certain amount of money and become financially free, it won’t be enough. You will always be looking for the next best thing.

The chase will never make you happy, which is why you need to become less attached to the final outcome and enjoy the process of success. That is where the real growth lies.

4. Focus on Contribution

Take a moment and think about how lucky you are to be able to do what you love. Having an appreciation for your accomplishments carries more meaning when you are able to give back and make a positive impact on the lives of others.

At the end of the day, contribution is the ultimate reward in life. I believe that we are all here to give and contribute something, beyond ourselves. Not only does it give you a sense of lasting fulfillment, but it also serves to accelerate your success at a much faster pace.

In the words of Zig Ziglar, “You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.”

5. Don’t Be Afraid Of Failure

If you have experienced failure in the past, great! Failure is a normal part of the learning process of life. Thank your failures for the lessons and then let them go.

Accept and learn from your past, but don’t live there, because it doesn’t dictate your future in any way unless you allow it to. If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you will get what you’ve always gotten.

It’s easy to feel shitty when things don’t go your way, but if you want to truly succeed as an entrepreneur you have to use pain as motivation, and develop the mindset and the willpower to keep pushing despite the obstacles that stand in your way.

Use failure as a tool for growth and change. It has the ability to propel you forward and prepare you for what lies ahead.

Being a successful entrepreneur doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a long-term commitment, but the payoff is sweet. This is the best entrepreneur advice for beginners. I challenge you to start utilizing these skills in your business. The result? Business mastery.

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