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Many business owners have no idea what the value of their business is. And when the time comes to sell their business, they base its price on how much they need to fund the next phase of their lives and not on what it's worth. Having your business evaluated regularly is just one of the vital components of a successful exit strategy. Because to map out the path to exiting rich, you need to visualize your destination, determine where your starting point is, and begin with the end in mind. In this bonus episode of Your Business, Your Life, join Matt DiFrancesco and Michelle Seiler Tucker, Founder, and CEO of Seiler Tucker Inc. and best-selling author of Exit Rich, as they discuss why 80% of businesses never sell, how business owners can fix their businesses and sell it for maximum value, and why planning for an exit strategy is beneficial to everyone who owns a business. Michelle talks about: (06:25) Why most businesses fail to sell (08:04) How the GPS model works (10:36) Why NOT having an annual valuation checkup is financial suicide. (12:57) The 5 types of buyers (18:14) Why you should go to an M&A expert for your annual valuation checkup (22:10) Why you should always be building your business to sell, even if you don't plan on selling it (27:45) Why do we have to treat our business as our most valuable asset? (28:32) The value of having a mentor Connect with Michelle Seiler Tucker Website: https://seilertucker.com/ Book: https://exitrichbook.com/ Grab an audiobook copy of Exit Rich for only $2.99 and get all the supplements with the book plus a lifetime membership to the Exit Rich Book Club. This offer is only available for the month of May! To know more, go to the links below: Exit Rich on Amazon Exit Rich on Apple Connect With Matt DiFrancesco: matt@highliftfin.com (814)201-5855 LinkedIn: Matt DiFrancesco LinkedIn: High Lift Financial Facebook: High Lift Financial About Our Guest: Michelle Seiler Tucker MAMI, CSBA, CMAP, CBB is the leading authority on buying, selling, and improving businesses and increasing a business' revenue streams. She has personally sold over 500 businesses, and her company, Seiler Tucker Inc., has sold over 1,000. Michelle has been helping hundreds of business owners build scalable and sellable businesses for more than twenty years. Michelle is also the best-selling author of the book “Think & Grow Rich Today”, and “Sell Your Business For More Than Its Worth”, and her latest book “Exit Rich” is available now for purchase. In addition to being featured in INC., Forbes, and USA Magazine, Michelle makes regular radio and TV appearances on Fox Business News and CNBC

How do you Grow and Sell Your Business for the highest $$ amount possible? You listen to this Lady! Michelle Seiler Tucker is a Mergers and Acquisitions Master Intermediary (M&AMI), Certified Senior Business Analyst (CSBA), Certified Mergers & Acquisitions Professional (CM&AP) Certified Business Broker (CBB), Panelist for M&A Source, and Keynote Speaker. Michelle is a three time Author as well. She is the Best-Selling Author of the book “Think & Grow Rich Today”, “Sell Your Business for more than it's Worth”, and her latest book “Exit Rich” is available now for purchase, and as an Audiobook. In addition to being featured in INC., Forbes, and USA Magazine, Michelle makes regular radio and TV appearances on Fox Business News and CNBC. She's personally sold over 500 businesses and her company has sold over 1,000! For more than 20 years, Michelle's been in the trenches helping hundreds of business owners build a scalable and sellable business. She helps owners create a business that works for them, rather than the other way around and has help thousands exit rich! Michelle specializes in identifying a company's ST 6Ps™ checklist, and has assisted in driving the business to run on all 6 cylinders, all 6Ps. She has increased their profits and help formulate their ST GPS Exit Model, their build to sell model, so when owner are ready, they too can sell for their desired price tag! Michelle gets deep into the 5 types of buyers, and the 6 P's method of to grow and sell your business. Many soundbites and 'Golden nuggets' of wisdom here! https://exitrichbook.com/ https://seilertucker.com/ https://www.audible.com/pd/Exit-Rich-Audiobook/B09XYYKG15 --------------------- This is Episode 128, and it is brought to you by Chris Jones Media.. ..Helping business owners expand their customer base through video creation that delivers revenue growth. Book 15 minutes with me (Chris Jones) at https://thebowknows.com and I'll give you the scoop on how Video Marketing has helped my business, and how it can help yours. ✅Let's connect: LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chrisjonesmedia Instagram: https://instagram.com/chrisjonesmedia1 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@chrisjonesmedia Facebook: https://facebook.com/chrisjonesmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrsJones_Media Website: https://chrisjonesmedia.com Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/chrisjonesmedia Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-509014611 Youtube(Gaming): https://youtube.com/ChrisJonesMods --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chris-jones-media/message

How to Exit RichA formidable force in her industry, Michelle closes 98% of all offers she writes and, on average, obtains a 20 to 40% higher selling price for her clients. Her remarkable track record proves her persistence and dedication to creating win-win situations for both her buyers and sellers. Michelle is also the bestselling author of Think & Grow Rich Today and Sell Your Business for More Than it's Worth, has appeared in Forbes, Inc., CNBC, and Fox Business and even started her own podcast called Exit Rich. She has also been a “celebrity judge” on “Pitch Tank” alongside Steve Forbes and Whole Foods CEO John Mackey. She lives in New Orleans.Michelle Seiler Tucker is the author of EXIT RICH: The 6 P Method to Sell Your Business for Huge Profit and the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated. She has sold hundreds of businesses to date and currently owns and operates several successful businesses. She is a leading authority on buying, selling, and improving businesses, as well as increasing business revenue streams. She often posts about these topics on the company's business Blog.Acquiring Businesses, Businesses, Investing In Businesses, Selling Businessesmerger, Marketing, Brokerage, Author, MotherMichelleSeiler Tuckermarketing@seilertucker.com+15045251717

Does the thought of buying or selling a business make you feel uncomfortable or overwhelmed? Well, what if I told you that as scary as it may sound, there are people out there who will guide you and give you the necessary tools and resources, all the while setting you up for success? Michelle Seiler Tucker is the leading authority on buying, selling, and improving businesses, as well as increasing a business' revenue streams. Over the past decade, she has sold several hundred businesses and franchises and continues to help buyers from all walks of life buy the American Dream, create financial freedom, be their own boss, and obtain a better quality of life. Michelle's mission is to always deliver more than is expected. She sees opportunities where many are discouraged or have given up by identifying and correcting the top mistakes business owners make. Today, Michelle is the founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated, is the author of Sell Your Business for More Than It's Worth, Think & Grow Rich Today, and the soon-to-be-released book: Exit Rich. She is passionate about sharing her considerable knowledge and experience with others through her mentoring, training, and partnering programs. In this episode of the Rock Your Money, Rock Your Life, Michelle and I discuss how you can take your business from a 5x to a 10x valuation, why you can only grow a business as much as you can grow the owner, and why your lack of profits are never the problem, but the symptom of a bigger issue.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.seilertucker.com/podcast

One of the biggest challenges for family businesses, especially in the automotive repair industry, is that when they look to transition their business and move to a different part of their life, they don't have a plan in place for it. And in most cases, these are the businesses that end up failing. Some family business owners intend to hand over the business to the next generation. However, when the younger generation doesn't want to take over the business, they are left with no choice but to sell it. And without proper planning, most of these businesses end up being sold for pennies on the dollar. In this episode, join Matt DiFrancesco and Michelle Seiler-Tucker, Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated and author of WSJ & USA TODAY Bestseller EXIT RICH as they discuss how you can build a sellable asset and be able to sell your business for a huge profit. Michelle talks about: How to monetize our businesses when we need to have an exit plan Common mistakes in building a business that we can possibly sell in the future The worst time to sell a business How does the GPS model work? Why NOT having an annual business valuation is like financial suicide The 5 types of buyers The 6 P's of a business' infrastructure Why you must design your processes around your customer's experience Customer diversification vs. customer concentration Why the lack of profits is NEVER the problem ...and more Connect with Michelle Seiler Tucker https://seilertucker.com/ To get a copy of Michelle's Exit Rich book, go to https://exitrichbook.com/ LinkedIn: Michelle Seiler-Tucker Twitter: MSeilerTucker Connect With Matt DiFrancesco: matt@highliftfin.com (814)201-5855 LinkedIn: Matt DiFrancesco LinkedIn: High Lift Financial Facebook: High Lift Financial About Our Guest: Michelle Seiler-Tucker has been in the mergers and acquisitions business for a little over 20 years. Her firm Seiler-Tucker Inc. has helped to sell over 1000 different companies in various industries. She is highly successful, closing 98% of the deals she handles and on average, she gets 20%-40% more on the sale than what her clients ask for. Michelle is also the Best-Selling Author of the book “Think & Grow Rich Today”, “Sell Your Business for More Than it's Worth”, and her latest book “Exit Rich” is available now for purchase. She has been featured on INC., Forbes, and USA Magazine, and she makes regular radio and TV appearances on Fox Business News and CNBC.

Michelle Seiler Tucker and Sharon Lechter, authors of EXIT RICH share how to build sustainable, scalable and when you are ready- sellable business and everything they learned along the way. Michelle is the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated, an M&A firm that has sold over a thousand businesses. Sharon is the CEO of Pay Your Family First and she co-authored the international bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad. Steve Forbes calls EXIT RICH a "goldmine for entrepreneurs." Sharon Lechter is an entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, international speaker, and Chartered Global Management Accountant. With a 35 year career as a licensed CPA and a life-long education advocate, she is the founder and CEO of Pay Your Family First, a financial education organization. Regarded as a global expert on financial literacy, Sharon has served as a national spokeswoman and Presidential Adviser on the topic for two US Presidents. Sharon co-authored the international bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad and has released 14 other books in the Rich Dad series. Over 10 years as co-Founder and CEO, she led the Rich Dad Company and brand into an international powerhouse. Michelle Seiler Tucker is the author of EXIT RICH: The 6 P Method to Sell Your Business for Huge Profit and the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated. She has sold hundreds of businesses to date and currently owns and operates several successful businesses. She is a leading authority on buying, selling, and improving businesses, as well as increasing business revenue streams. She often posts about these topics on the company's business blog. A formidable force in her industry, Michelle closes 98% of all offers she writes and, on average, obtains a 20 to 40% higher selling price for her clients. Her remarkable track record proves her persistence and dedication to creating win-win situations for both her buyers and sellers. Michelle is also the bestselling author of Think & Grow Rich Today and Sell Your Business for More Than it's Worth, has appeared in Forbes, Inc., CNBC, and Fox Business and even started her own podcast called Exit Rich. She has also been a “celebrity judge” on “Pitch Tank” alongside Steve Forbes and Whole Foods CEO John Mackey. She lives in New Orleans. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-richards/support

Sharon Lechter is an entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, international speaker, and Chartered Global Management Accountant. With a 35 year career as a licensed CPA and a life-long education advocate, she is the founder and CEO of Pay Your Family First, a financial education organization. Regarded as a global expert on financial literacy, Sharon has served as a national spokeswoman and Presidential Adviser on the topic for two US Presidents.Sharon co-authored the international bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad and has released 14 other books in the Rich Dad series. Over 10 years as co-Founder and CEO, she led the Rich Dad Company and brand into an international powerhouse.Michelle Seiler Tucker is the author of EXIT RICH: The 6 P Method to Sell Your Business for Huge Profit and the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated. She has sold hundreds of businesses to date and currently owns and operates several successful businesses. She is a leading authority on buying, selling, and improving businesses, as well as increasing business revenue streams. She often posts about these topics on the company's business blog.A formidable force in her industry, Michelle closes 98% of all offers she writes and, on average, obtains a 20 to 40% higher selling price for her clients. Her remarkable track record proves her persistence and dedication to creating win-win situations for both her buyers and sellers. Michelle is also the bestselling author of Think & Grow Rich Today and Sell Your Business for More Than it's Worth, has appeared in Forbes, Inc., CNBC, and Fox Business and even started her own podcast called Exit Rich. She has also been a “celebrity judge” on “Pitch Tank” alongside Steve Forbes and Whole Foods CEO John Mackey. She lives in New Orleans.Connect with Michelle & Sharon & Buy Their New Book: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sharonlechter/https://www.instagram.com/michelleseilertucker/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AuthorSharonLechter/https://www.facebook.com/michelletuckerinternational/Twitter - https://twitter.com/sharonlechterhttps://twitter.com/MSeilerTuckerWebsite - https://sharonlechter.com/ https://seilertucker.com/sell-a-business/about-michelle/ New Book: https://exitrichbook.com/ Follow The Story Box on Social MediaINSTAGRAM ► - https://www.instagram.com/thestoryboxpodcast/ TWITTER ► - https://twitter.com/jay_fantom FACEBOOK ► - https://www.facebook.com/thestoryboxpodcast WEBSITE ► - https://thestoryboxpodcast.com/SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE! Apple Podcast ► - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-story-box/id1486295252 Spotify ► - https://open.spotify.com/show/7h8Qv3r2ZV29f7ktJOwmgM?si=FXxYC1JFSHesBv7_d1WtNQ WATCH HERE:YouTube ► - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheStoryBox If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe to YouTube & Apple Podcasts, and leave a 5-star positive rating and review over on Apple Podcasts. Share it around with your friends and family.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thestorybox. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Does the thought of buying or selling a business make you feel uncomfortable or overwhelmed? Well, what if I told you that as scary as it may sound, there are people out there who will guide you and give you the necessary tools and resources, all the while setting you up for success.Michelle Seiler Tucker is the leading authority on buying, selling, and improving businesses, as well as increasing a business’ revenue streams. Over the past decade, she has sold several hundred businesses and franchises and continues to help buyers from all walks of life buy the American Dream, create financial freedom, be their own boss, and obtain a better quality of life.Michelle’s mission is to always deliver more than is expected. She sees opportunities where many are discouraged or have given up by identifying and correcting the top mistakes business owners make. Today, Michelle is the founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated, is the author of Sell Your Business for More Than It’s Worth, Think & Grow Rich Today, and the soon-to-be-released book: Exit Rich. She is passionate about sharing her considerable knowledge and experience with others through her mentoring, training, and partnering programs. In this episode of the Rock Your Money, Rock Your Life, Michelle and I discuss how you can take your business from a 5x to a 10x valuation, why you can only grow a business as much as you can grow the owner, and why your lack of profits are never the problem, but the symptom of a bigger issue.

BOOK: EXIT RICH WEBSITE: https://exitrichbook.com/ INSTAGRAM: @michelleseilertucker Michelle is also the Best-Selling Author of the book “Think & Grow Rich Today”, “Sell Your Business for more than it's Worth”, and her latest book “Exit Rich” is available now for purchase. In addition to being featured in INC., Forbes, and USA Magazine, Michelle makes regular radio and TV appearances on Fox Business News and CNBC. She's personally sold over 500 businesses and her company has sold over 1,000! For more than 20 years, Michelle's been in the trenches helping hundreds of business owners build a scalable and sellable business. She helps owners create a business that works for them, rather than the other way around and has help thousands exit rich! Michelle specializes in identifying a company's ST 6Ps™ checklist, and has assisted in driving the business to run on all 6 cylinders, all 6Ps. She has increased their profits and help formulate their ST GPS Exit Model, their build to sell model, so when owner are ready, they too can sell for their desired price tag! She has taken her extensive knowledge, experience, expertise and proven formulas with buying, selling, fixing and growing businesses and packaged it into a step by step process within EXIT Rich. GRIND10 https://originmaine.com/?ref=THEGRINDER&utm_source=affiliate Addison Corbin @addisoncorbin addison@addisoncorbin.com James Chapman @jdchapman84

Episode Title: Michelle Seiler Tucker (Founder & CEO of Seiler Tucker Inc.)  In this episode we talk to Michelle Seiler Tucker (Founder & CEO of Seiler Tucker Inc.) as we discuss her new book, how to properly value your business, and knowing when to sell.  Michelle is the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated. Michelle has sold hundreds of businesses to date and currently owns and operates several successful businesses. Michelle Seiler Tucker holds the following professional designations and certifications: The Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary (M&AMI), Certified Senior Business Analyst (CSBA), Certified Business Broker (CBB), Best-Selling Author, and Panelist for M&A Source. Michelle Seiler Tucker is the leading authority on buying, selling, and improving businesses, as well as increasing a business' revenue streams. Over the past decade Michelle has sold several hundred businesses and franchises. She continues to help buyers from all walks of life buy the American Dream, create financial freedom, be their own boss, and obtain a better quality of life. What makes Michelle a formidable force in her industry is that she closes  98 percent of all offers she writes and, on average, obtains a 20 to 40 percent higher selling price for her clients! Her remarkable track record proves her dedication and persistence. Michelle makes sure the job gets done the right way and the profitable way. Her numbers are impressive, but it is her ability to create win-win situations for her buyers and sellers that guarantees her continued success. Michelle's mission is to always deliver more than is expected and to increase the odds of more businesses selling for the seller's desired sell price. She sees opportunity where many are discouraged or have given up by identifying and correcting the top mistakes business owners make. Michelle will fine tune a business into a “well-oiled machine” with the primary objective to sell it for the ultimate value. Through this process, she empowers her clients to afford the lifestyles they have always dreamed of and (most importantly) have always deserved! In addition, Michelle is the award winning and best-selling author of Sell Your Business for More Than It's Worth. This book details how to enhance the value of a business in order to obtain its optimal selling price. Michelle has received rave reviews from her esteemed colleagues: Bret Michaels (musician, Celebrity Apprentice winner), James M. Lafferty (CEO the Coca Cola Company), Dr. John Gray (New York Times Best Selling Author), Raymond Aaron (New York Times Best Selling Author), and Steven Bradbury (Gold Medal Olympian). In her second bestseller, Think and Grow Rich Today, Michelle details the importance of an entrepreneur's mindset as it relates to business in order to achieve success. Michelle is passionate about sharing her considerable knowledge and experience with others through her mentoring, training, and partnering programs. These programs have helped many individuals become successful M&A Advisor/Brokers. Michelle has also spoken alongside other prominent speakers: Eric Trump, Kathy Ireland, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Stedman Graham and more. She makes regular radio and TV appearances including interviews on Fox Business News, Forbes, CNBC, and is featured in INC and USAMagazines. Written by: Dominic Lawson  Executive Producers: Dominic Lawson and Kenda Lawson Music Credits: **Show Theme**  Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald  **Break Theme** Cielo - Huma-Huma  www.funkymedia.agency 

Michelle Seiler Tucker is a Mergers and Acquisitions Master Intermediary (M&AMI) and author of the best-selling books ‘Think and Grow Rich' and new release ‘Exit Rich' She talks to Alex about identifying a company's ST 6Ps™ checklist, assisting businesses in  increasing their profits and helping them to formulate their ST GPS Exit Model, their build to sell model. Mindset is key and every business owner thinks their ‘baby', their business, is prettier than everyone else's but the real winners are those who have an exit model and can sell their business for their desired price tag.   KEY TAKEAWAYS When you start your business, you should put in place a plan to exit You need to work out the destination for your business. Work out the place your business is in currently and then create a time frame to get you from your current position to your chosen destination for your business. You need to have a ‘why' You will have challenges so having a ‘why' is vital to keep you motivated You need to protect your best asset and you need to make sure your business can run without you. The 6 P's are the foundations on which your business should be built. People build businesses so you need to have the right people in the right roles within your business. What are your processes? These should be in place right from the beginning and based on the customer experience Proprietary is the highest value drive you can have. Build your brand and you can sell your business for a lot of money. As the business owner, you need to have a plan about what you are going to do after you have sold your business.   BEST MOMENTS ‘I want business owners to retire rich' ‘You cannot sell a business that is only you' ‘It's not about what you know it's who you know, your network is your net worth'   VALUABLE RESOURCES Business, Wealth and Mindset podcast series       ABOUT THE GUEST Michelle Seiler Tucker is a Mergers and Acquisitions Master Intermediary (M&AMI), Certified Senior Business Analyst (CSBA), Certified Mergers & Acquisitions Professional (CM&AP) Certified Business Broker (CBB), Panellist for M&A Source, Keynote Speaker.   Michelle is also the Best-Selling Author of the book “Think & Grow Rich Today”, “Sell Your Business for more than it's Worth”, and her latest book “Exit Rich” is available now for purchase. In addition to being featured in INC., Forbes, and USA Magazine, Michelle makes regular radio and TV appearances on Fox Business News and CNBC. She's personally sold over 500 businesses and her company has sold over 1,000! For more than 20 years, Michelle's been in the trenches helping hundreds of business owners build a scalable and sellable business. She helps owners create a business that works for them, rather than the other way around and has helped thousands exit rich! Michelle specializes in identifying a company's ST 6Ps™ checklist and has assisted in driving the business to run on all 6 cylinders, all 6Ps. She has increased their profits and help formulate their ST GPS Exit Model, their build to sell model, so when owners are ready, they too can sell for their desired price tag! She has taken her extensive knowledge, experience, expertise and proven formulas with buying, selling, fixing and growing businesses and packaged it into a step by step process within EXIT Rich.   ABOUT THE HOST Alex is a prize-winning chartered accountant with experience in financial markets from trading finance, capital hedging, structural foreign exchange and interest rates to operational risk from the world's top financial and advisory institutions including Deloitte, RBS and JPMorgan Chase Alex has been involved in property development programmes across different types since 2008, building and managing a portfolio that includes standard buy-to-lets, student accommodation and other houses in multiple occupancy (HMOs). He specialises in raising finance, providing potential investors, investors and joint venture partners with ad hoc (to their specific requirements), hands-free and hassle-free property investments solutions as well as coaching and mentoring Alex aspires to share business and financial knowledge with upcoming entrepreneurs and experienced business minds to learn and master the concepts and mindsets required to succeed, stand-out, have the edge and make a difference. Alex is also a keen traveller, cyclist and photographer.   CONTACT METHOD Facebook https://www.facebook.com/alexsapalaofficial/ Twitter - @alex_sapala https://twitter.com/alex_sapala You Tube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgZ1DCPGAu5c2yhOkfGZRSQ                       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we talk to Michelle Seiler Tucker (Founder & CEO of Seiler Tucker Inc.) as we discuss her new book, how to properly value your business, and knowing when to sell. Michelle is the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated. Michelle has sold hundreds of businesses to date and currently owns and operates several successful businesses. Michelle Seiler Tucker holds the following professional designations and certifications: The Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary (M&AMI), Certified Senior Business Analyst (CSBA), Certified Business Broker (CBB), Best-Selling Author, and Panelist for M&A Source. Michelle Seiler Tucker is the leading authority on buying, selling, and improving businesses, as well as increasing a business’ revenue streams. Over the past decade Michelle has sold several hundred businesses and franchises. She continues to help buyers from all walks of life buy the American Dream, create financial freedom, be their own boss, and obtain a better quality of life. What makes Michelle a formidable force in her industry is that she closes 98 percent of all offers she writes and, on average, obtains a 20 to 40 percent higher selling price for her clients! Her remarkable track record proves her dedication and persistence. Michelle makes sure the job gets done the right way and the profitable way. Her numbers are impressive, but it is her ability to create win-win situations for her buyers and sellers that guarantees her continued success. Michelle’s mission is to always deliver more than is expected and to increase the odds of more businesses selling for the seller’s desired sell price. She sees opportunity where many are discouraged or have given up by identifying and correcting the top mistakes business owners make. Michelle will fine tune a business into a “well-oiled machine” with the primary objective to sell it for the ultimate value. Through this process, she empowers her clients to afford the lifestyles they have always dreamed of and (most importantly) have always deserved! In addition, Michelle is the award winning and best-selling author of Sell Your Business for More Than It’s Worth. This book details how to enhance the value of a business in order to obtain its optimal selling price. Michelle has received rave reviews from her esteemed colleagues: Bret Michaels (musician, Celebrity Apprentice winner), James M. Lafferty (CEO the Coca Cola Company), Dr. John Gray (New York Times Best Selling Author), Raymond Aaron (New York Times Best Selling Author), and Steven Bradbury (Gold Medal Olympian). In her second bestseller, Think and Grow Rich Today, Michelle details the importance of an entrepreneur’s mindset as it relates to business in order to achieve success. Michelle is passionate about sharing her considerable knowledge and experience with others through her mentoring, training, and partnering programs. These programs have helped many individuals become successful M&A Advisor/Brokers. Michelle has also spoken alongside other prominent speakers: Eric Trump, Kathy Ireland, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Stedman Graham and more. She makes regular radio and TV appearances including interviews on Fox Business News, Forbes, CNBC, and is featured in INC and USAMagazines. Visit our website TheStartupLifePodcast.com Follow The Startup Life Podcast Facebook Page Want gear from The Startup Life? Check out our gear! Check out other great podcasts from The Binge Podcast Network. Written by: Dominic Lawson Executive Producers: Dominic Lawson and Kenda Lawson Music Credits: **Show Theme** Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald **Break Theme** Cielo - Huma-Huma

In this episode we talk to Michelle Seiler Tucker (Founder & CEO of Seiler Tucker Inc.) as we discuss her new book, how to properly value your business, and knowing when to sell.    Michelle is the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated. Michelle has sold hundreds of businesses to date and currently owns and operates several successful businesses. Michelle Seiler Tucker holds the following professional designations and certifications: The Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary (M&AMI), Certified Senior Business Analyst (CSBA), Certified Business Broker (CBB), Best-Selling Author, and Panelist for M&A Source. Michelle Seiler Tucker is the leading authority on buying, selling, and improving businesses, as well as increasing a business' revenue streams. Over the past decade Michelle has sold several hundred businesses and franchises. She continues to help buyers from all walks of life buy the American Dream, create financial freedom, be their own boss, and obtain a better quality of life. What makes Michelle a formidable force in her industry is that she closes  98 percent of all offers she writes and, on average, obtains a 20 to 40 percent higher selling price for her clients! Her remarkable track record proves her dedication and persistence. Michelle makes sure the job gets done the right way and the profitable way. Her numbers are impressive, but it is her ability to create win-win situations for her buyers and sellers that guarantees her continued success. Michelle's mission is to always deliver more than is expected and to increase the odds of more businesses selling for the seller's desired sell price. She sees opportunity where many are discouraged or have given up by identifying and correcting the top mistakes business owners make. Michelle will fine tune a business into a “well-oiled machine” with the primary objective to sell it for the ultimate value. Through this process, she empowers her clients to afford the lifestyles they have always dreamed of and (most importantly) have always deserved! In addition, Michelle is the award winning and best-selling author of Sell Your Business for More Than It's Worth. This book details how to enhance the value of a business in order to obtain its optimal selling price. Michelle has received rave reviews from her esteemed colleagues: Bret Michaels (musician, Celebrity Apprentice winner), James M. Lafferty (CEO the Coca Cola Company), Dr. John Gray (New York Times Best Selling Author), Raymond Aaron (New York Times Best Selling Author), and Steven Bradbury (Gold Medal Olympian). In her second bestseller, Think and Grow Rich Today, Michelle details the importance of an entrepreneur's mindset as it relates to business in order to achieve success. Michelle is passionate about sharing her considerable knowledge and experience with others through her mentoring, training, and partnering programs. These programs have helped many individuals become successful M&A Advisor/Brokers. Michelle has also spoken alongside other prominent speakers: Eric Trump, Kathy Ireland, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Stedman Graham and more. She makes regular radio and TV appearances including interviews on Fox Business News, Forbes, CNBC, and is featured in INC and USAMagazines.   Visit our website TheStartupLifePodcast.com Follow The Startup Life Podcast Facebook Page Want gear from The Startup Life? Check out our gear! Check out other great podcasts from The Binge Podcast Network. Written by: Dominic Lawson  Executive Producers: Dominic Lawson and Kenda Lawson Music Credits: **Show Theme**  Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald  **Break Theme** Cielo - Huma-Huma 

Michelle is also the Best-Selling Author of the book “Think & Grow Rich Today”, “Sell Your Business for more than it's Worth”, and her latest book “Exit Rich” is available now for purchase. In addition to being featured in INC., Forbes, and USA Magazine, Michelle makes regular radio and TV appearances on Fox Business News and CNBC. She's personally sold over 500 businesses and her company has sold over 1,000! For more than 20 years, Michelle's been in the trenches helping hundreds of business owners build a scalable and sellable business. She helps owners create a business that works for them, rather than the other way around and has help thousands exit rich! Michelle specializes in identifying a company's ST 6Ps™ checklist, and has assisted in driving the business to run on all 6 cylinders, all 6Ps. She has increased their profits and help formulate their ST GPS Exit Model, their build to sell model, so when owner are ready, they too can sell for their desired price tag! She has taken her extensive knowledge, experience, expertise and proven formulas with buying, selling, fixing and growing businesses and packaged it into a step by step process within EXIT Rich. Top 3 Takeaways From Michelle 1. Figure out the "who" in your business and make sure it is not you. 2. Buyers don't want to buy a job, they want to buy a business. 3. Whoever makes it the easiest for the consumer to do business with them, wins. Get Michelle's Book> https://exitrichbook.com/ Today's episode was brought to you by BetterHelp. Affordable, private online counseling. Anytime, anywhere. Get a special discount when you visit betterhelp.com/grind Today's episode was brought to you by Teachable. Teachable is a platform that allows independent entrepreneurs and creators to build and sell fully customizable online courses and services. Join over 100,000 instructors who have transformed their knowledge into world-class courses and have earned more than $500 million to date. Visit teachable.com/grind

Welcome to the Thinking Big Podcast. This episode is part 9  of a special 14 day Think and Grow Rich Challenge. Today we are going over the 11th step to success, the step on The Subconscious Mind - The connecting link. This is probably my favorite chapter I recently hosted a live 14 days Think and Grow Rich challenge that benefited Feeding America and I thought it would be great to put the challenge right here on the podcast.  So for 14 days I will be releasing a new podcast and the associated challenge that covers each of the 13 steps of Think and Grow Rich plus a bonus challenge on the introduction. It doesn’t matter if you have ever read the book or not, the challenge is designed for anyone to do. There is a link in the show notes so you can sign up for free and get download all of the challenge worksheets and a PDF copy of the original Think and Grow Rich Today we are thinking big on The Subconscious Mind. The 14-day Think and Grow Rich Challenge. https://www.sean-osborn.com/14daychallenge   Free Audibles book http://bit.ly/thinkingbigaudible   Connect with Sean Osborn at Thinking Big Coaching Website http://www.thinkingbigcoaching.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thinkingbigcoaching/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thinkingbigcoaching/ Until tomorrows challenge, remember to always think big Ratings and reviews directly impact search rankings for the Thinking Big Podcast. So please help and rate and review the podcast. Episode Transcription: Welcome to the thinking big podcast. This episode is part nine of a special 14 day think and grow rich challenge today. We're going over the 11th step of success. The step on the subconscious mind, the connecting link, and this is probably my favorite chapter in the book. I recently hosted a live 14 day think and grow rich challenge that benefited feeding America. And I thought it would be great to just throw this out here on the podcast for everybody to listen to. So for 14 days I will be releasing a new podcast and the associated challenge that covers each of the 13 steps in think and grow rich plus a bonus challenge on the introduction. It doesn't matter if you've ever read the book or not. This challenge is designed for anybody to do. There are links in the show notes, so you can go sign up for free and get the downloads of all of the challenge worksheets, plus a free PDF copy of the original think and grow rich book. So today we are thinking big on the subconscious mind. (01:30): Hello and welcome to tonight to night is God. It's one of my favorite chapters in the book. It is the chapter in the step on the subconscious mind, such a powerful step, such, such fun. I can't wait for tonight. So like always, we're going to start off with a few quotes that align with the subconscious before we get into it. The first one is Ralph Waldo Emerson. Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your promotion. Wallace D waddles, the power, which is in you is in the things around you. And when you begin to move forward, that things will arrange themselves for your advantage. And we, you know, I don't want to get too geeky on this, but I kind of want to get a little geeky on the subconscious mind. We went into it a little bit on an earlier chapter, but I wanted to really dive in again a little bit into the subconscious mind and the vastness of it and the power of it. (02:36): Because once you truly understand the power of the subconscious, how much it can really do, and that you have the ability to turn anything over to it, you can have it working on whatever you want it, whatever you want it to be working on, you could absolutely have it worked on everything. So we're going to go back into just a little bit of the, you know, the subconscious and the conscious. Again, most of us know what this consciousness subconscious mind is. Most of the people, you know, watching this are, are pretty aware with the personal development, but the subconscious mind opera operates at about 4 billion bits per second. And that is absolutely astonishing compared to the 2000 bits per second, that our conscious mind works at. You know, our conscious mind is only aware of one half of 1000000th of a percent of what the subconscious mind can do. (03:29): If you think about it, your subconscious mind, every second takes in 8 billion bits, it's doing 8 billion bits. Every second, it would take 8,000 novels to write 4 billion zeros. It's just amazing on what your subconscious can do, and you have the ability to turn over anything you want to it. You can program your subconscious mind to kind of do anything. And like we talked about the self driving car, you know, and in three months, you know, you turned over, you programmed your subconscious mind pretty much how to drive by itself. You know, you no longer consciously drive, unless you're 16, you no longer consciously drive. You're driving through your subconscious mind. And you were able to program that into your subconscious. And if you look at cars nowadays, you know, the Tesla, you know, the latest in engineering is, is developing, you know, self driving cars. (04:31): You know, they've got, it's loaded with computers, sensors all the way around the car cameras, all the way around the car. It has to know all these different things going on. What's coming from behind. What's in front of you, how fast you're going. Are there any percent pedestrians, what does that sign say? All of this stuff that, that those computers have to see, recognize and do something with. And you did that automatically. So if you think about, if you can program your subconscious mind to do that without even really knowing that you did it, or even trying to do it, if we tried to program our subconscious mind with positive things and with the things that we want, what do you think it could do with that? (05:13): What do you think it could do with the things (05:16): Really wanted to program? What would you program your mind to do if you knew it could do it? What would you program your mind to do when you see, you can turn over what ever you want to your subconscious mind. And it's through the, you know, that the habits that we do, it's like driving. Once you drive every day, you by habit, you automatically program your subconscious mind, as well as affirmations and auto suggestions. You have step that we've gone over. And again, it doesn't have to be true or false or fake or real, whatever you turn over, it's going to work on positive or negative. And the subconscious mind receives it Biles. And it remembers all since impressions or thoughts and by impressions, I mean, everything that you sense, whether it's from your five senses, whether you, whatever, you see, whatever you hear, whatever you feel, whatever you taste, whatever you smell, every sense impression or thought that you've ever had is actually in your subconscious mind. (06:13): It's stored all of that, regardless of its nature, positive, negative. It doesn't matter. It is stored all of that. And when people tell me, you know, and for a long time, I was like, I have a crappy memory. I can't remember shit. I just can't remember anything. We don't have memory problems. Cause again, it stores everything. What we have is we have a retrieval problem. We don't know. We don't know how to go in and retrieve the stuff that's there. And you can really be voluntarily plant in your subconscious mind, any plan, any thought or any purpose, which you desire to translate into its physical or monetary equivalent, whatever you want to put in there to do. It's like programming computer. If I want to program a computer to do Excel, boom, I'm going to run Excel and it's going to, that's what it's going to do so we can do whatever we want to do. (07:06): We can program, have what we want. And we are living daily in the myths of thousands and thousands of impulses from our five senses that are coming in and reaching our subconscious mind without even our knowledge. If you look at advertising, you know, again, pictures, boom, they go kind of right in without, you know, it was consciously, you know, looking at and evaluating those, but advertising stuff with, you know, social media, all the things you're seeing in your hearing, all of these things are happening every second, every day, without you even knowing about it, it's just automatic. Again, your conscious, aware of one half of one, millionth of a percent of all the sense impressions that you're getting. You're only aware of the things that you're, that you truly, that you've trained yourself to be aware of. And some of these impulses are negative and some of these impulses are positive and a great deal of them are negative. (08:02): And from now on, you know, part of what this chapter's about from now on try to help shut off the flow of any negative impulses and aid in a voluntary influencing of your subconscious mind through positive impulses of desire. A Raymond Charles Barker has a, has a fantastic quote on this. And he says, it takes as much hard mental work to fail as it does to succeed. Failure is actually a success negative. And for me, what he's saying there is he saying, if we have failure, we've just been successful at thinking the negative. It works, regardless of what, if you think positive, you're going to get positive for such to think negative. So when we fail, we're actually, it's actually a, it's a success. We, we we've, we've succeeded at being negative. So by changing your, your thought habits and in trying to focus positive things into our subconscious mind, what we're doing is we're able actually to possess the key that really unlocks the door to our entire subconscious mind, you know, further, you will control that door so completely. (09:12): If you do this, that no undesirable thought will be able to influence you or get into your subconscious mind when you get to that point where you can just turn off in it, you hear some Nope, Nope. Negative. Nope. Not gonna hear it. Nope. You've gotta be able to turn that off. And remember it is equally, you know, influenced your subconscious is equally influenced by negative thoughts that we just allow in. We just automatically allow negative thoughts in, and it's when I go back and I say, you know, anybody can think and grow rich, but what do we normally do most of us think and grow poor because the negative thoughts and for me, here's the thing, a positive and a negative emotion for me cannot occupy my mind at the same time. I don't think it's possible for anybody. If you, if you have a positive emotion, you cannot, at the same time, have a negative emotion. (10:03): And for me, a single negative thought or emotion is sufficient to block my mind and me from helping me achieve my goal, a single negative thought, I can't do that. I'm not good enough. Who do I think I am? All these things. A single negative thought can actually stop me, stop the motivation, stop the persistence, stop the desire to do it. And the subconscious mind is absolutely more susceptible to influence when it is mixed with emotions. And that's part of what's in this book is when we mix our thoughts with emotions, it is much more resonant to us. It, the feeling emotion by those, you, it is just so much more powerful when we actually put our thoughts and we put emotions, emotions with it. So it think about it. If you are having a thought, I want to do this, you know, this is, I want this goal right here. (11:05): And you mix that with love, or you mix that with a sexual desire. You mix it with one of these positive emotions, your desire to go and, and it makes it much more real in your subconscious mind when you mix it with an emotion, whether positive or negative. And in fact, there, there is evidence that only emotional thoughts have any influence on the subconscious mind. So we need to strive to mix our thoughts all the time with only positive emotions. Sometimes we do it sometimes negative or good. Sometimes I like, I hate to say it, but sometimes they get like when you, when you want to get bingettes or when you're mad at someone, does that not drive your thoughts a little bit more? It's not the correct way to do it, but you can see that when you have negative emotions, it motivates you to do stuff even more. (11:54): So we try to do them with positive, only emotion, and you're not going to be successful with, with negative emotions, but you can see where that leads. And in the book, he talks about seven major positive emotions and seven major negative emotions. And the positive emotions that he talks about are desire. Faith, you know, paint that you can do. It love sexual, longing, enthusiasm, romance, hope when you mix your thoughts and ideas with those, they become much more powerful. And he says, you know, there's seven, you know, seven major negative emotions is fear, jealousy, hatred, revenge, greed, superstition, anger. So just as one more positive, one more work negative on our subconscious mind. And so thinking back, I want you to think back over the last 30 to 60 days, and I want you to estimate what percentage of your emotions were positive and what percent of your emotions were negative. (12:52): Think back 30 to 60, 30, 60 days, you know, how many, how much of your thoughts were actually positive and how many were actually, and again, if you're honest, they're going to be, they're probably going to be more negative than they are positive. And what were the most when you're looking at those, you know, what were the most notable, positive thoughts that you had? If you go back over your positive, which ones are notable and the same thing for negative thoughts out of all the negative thoughts that you have, what are the negative ones that were most notable in your, in, in all the thoughts you have, you see patterns in those, in both your positive and your negative. And what I want you to do is I want you to list three specific steps that you can do to avoid the negative emotions in the future three steps. (13:36): What can you do to eliminate or to stop a Boyd, negative emotions in the future? You, what are three things you can do? And that is actually the challenge for today. So however, you're getting this, whether it is, you know, live right now with video or at a later time, you're watching it go. There's always going to be a link to go and download the challenge, go and download the challenge for the day and fill it out. It can be a very beneficial thing for you to do so here, here it is. Fill it out. It's going to have you go through this. How do you visualize it? Have you put some feeling in with it? So until tomorrow I will see you guys later.

Welcome to the Thinking Big Podcast. This episode is part 8  of a special 14 day Think and Grow Rich Challenge. Today we are going over the 7th step to success, the step on Decision - The mastery of procrastination.  I recently hosted a live 14 days Think and Grow Rich challenge that benefited Feeding America and I thought it would be great to put the challenge right here on the podcast.  So for 14 days I will be releasing a new podcast and the associated challenge that covers each of the 13 steps of Think and Grow Rich plus a bonus challenge on the introduction. It doesn’t matter if you have ever read the book or not, the challenge is designed for anyone to do. There is a link in the show notes so you can sign up for free and get download all of the challenge worksheets and a PDF copy of the original Think and Grow Rich Today we are thinking big on decisions. The 14-day Think and Grow Rich Challenge. https://www.sean-osborn.com/14daychallenge   Free Audibles book http://bit.ly/thinkingbigaudible   Connect with Sean Osborn at Thinking Big Coaching Website http://www.thinkingbigcoaching.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thinkingbigcoaching/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thinkingbigcoaching/   Until tomorrows challenge, remember to always think big Ratings and reviews directly impact search rankings for the Thinking Big Podcast. So please help and rate and review the podcast.   Podcast Transcription: 0:00 Welcome to the thinking big podcast. Today is Part Eight of a special 14 day thinking Grow Rich challenge. And today, we're going over the seventh step to success, the step on decision, the mastery of procrastination. I recently hosted a live 14 day thinking Grow Rich challenge, and I thought it would be great to put this right here on the podcast for anybody to listen to. So for 14 days, I will be releasing a new podcast, and the associated challenge that comes with each of the 13 steps in thinking Grow Rich, plus a bonus challenge on the introduction. And it does not matter if you've ever read the book or not. This challenge is designed for anybody to do. There are links in the show notes so you can sign up for free. Get the download to the challenge worksheets, even a free PDF copy of the original book thinking grow rich. So today, we are thinking big on decision. 1:26 Hello, and welcome to the chapter on decision. This is the mastery of procrastination. It's the seventh step to success. And we're going to start off again, like always with some great quotes from other great minds that have to do with decision making and the importance of it. Raymond Charles marker success and failure are the result of the use of mind. Every success motivated mind has been a decisive mind. Every failure motivated mind has been an indecisive, indecisive mind. Wallace D. Wattles act now is never anytime but now. And there will never be any other time. But now, Tony Robbins, Don't ever leave the moment without making the decision. JOHN Maxwell, inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail deficiency in decision making ranks much higher than the lack of specific knowledge or technical know how, as an indicator of leadership failure. And tonight's challenges on the decision making the seventh step. But before we can make a decision before we can really go in and say this is what I'm going to decide right now, we have to know what we want. And that's why on day one, the statement of desire, we have to get that nailed down, we have to know what's the one thing that we know we want you know, what is that one thing that we want? You know, when I asked people it's funny when I when I'm when I'm in a group of people, or I'm doing a seminar, you know, I ask people, what do you want? Most people hesitate? Or they can't tell me what exactly they want. Now, when I asked them what they don't want, they start spewing out all kinds of things. I don't want to be unhealthy. Or I don't want to you know, work, you know, 80 hours a week, oh, I don't want to, you know, I don't want to be broke. I don't want to, but they can't tell me what they do want. And here's a little thing on this subconscious mind, which we'll get to that I think in day 10 I think but your subconscious mind does not know when you say you don't want Are you more or less I want more of this or I want less of this or I do want this or I don't want this, all it knows is this. You know, so when you say I don't want to be broke, your subconscious mind is hearing broke, dude, I'm gonna make you broke. When you know when you tell yourself I don't want to be unhealthy. Your subconscious mind tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, I'm gonna be unhealthy, unhealthy, that's when it gets it doesn't get to I do or more or less. So we have to be specific on that. And one of my mentors, Parma, Walmart. Now he says, if you are struggling in any area of your life, it's because you are not making a decision that you need to make. So if you're struggling in health, if you're struggling in your finances, or you're struggling in your career, it's because you are not making a decision that you need to make and that you probably know you need to make. 4:37 And a common reason for failing to become successful to become wealthy is the inability to make and stick with a decision. When you do make that decision. You have to stick to the decision. And if you look at a farmer, let's say you're you're you're a farmer, and one day you plant corn and you wake up the next Morning and you look out on your field, it's all bast, and you don't see any corn. And you say, damn, you know what I'm gonna plant soybeans. So you go dig all the corn up and you plant soybeans, and then you wake up the next day and look out there, and there's no soybeans. So you dig that up and you plant something else. things take time, when you make a decision, you have to stick to that decision. It takes time to develop, it takes time for that seed to mature, it takes time for that seed to incubate, and to grow. And people who can't reach decisions promptly and stick with them will fail to achieve if you don't stick to your stick to your decisions. You won't achieve it. You know, they they people who do that lack the desire of their own, and are thus they're easily influenced by the opinions of others, allowing others to do the thinking for them. And there is a great quote from Bernard, George Bernard Shaw on this. It's 2% of people think 3% of people think they think, and 95% of people would rather die than think, oh, oh, that's true. Oh, that is so true. We have minds of our own, which we must use to make decisions if you want to succeed. decisive people are undeterred by others criticisms, your How many times have you heard criticisms, and you just kind of bow down and, and people who are very decisive, are undeterred by that. What they want to do is what they're going to do, that's all there is to it, regardless of what someone else thinks, when you know, your definiteness of purpose, you know, your decision is sound, you know, you're not going to be deterred by other people, indecisive people, on the other hand, take others negative opinions to heart, and sometimes develop even inferior complexes as a result of that, you know, how many times have you told people, friends, families, whatever your ideas, and, and they started talking negative, now, you can't do that? How you gonna do that? Right? You know, so for most of us, what we do is when we do make decisions, up until now, hopefully this will help grow is we make decisions as backwards, we really do. We have been developed as a, as a society as a culture to really make decisions asked backwards, we think a decision is at the end of the line. So when we, when we have an idea, read the making the decision, what we'll do is what we'll say, Oh, that's a great idea. But I don't know the people that I need to know. So when I know the people, then I will go, and I'll make that decision, or I don't have the time, I don't have the money. When I have the money, I will make the decision, and I will go do that. Here's the thing, you're never going to know the people, you're never going to have the time you're never going to have the money, you first make the decision. See, we always have the decision decision on the back end. That's the decision goes on the front end, you make the decision, then you find the people, then you find the money, then you find the how you do that. Procrastination is the opposite of decisiveness, and is probably one of the most common obstacles that you must overcome. There's a great quote from Wayne Gretzky skate to the puck. So when you make a decision, 8:28 don't make a decision based on where you are now. Don't make a decision based on your current where you currently think you are. Make a decision based on where you're going to be in three years. decision based on when you're gonna be in five years, skate to the puck, shoot the puck out there and then skate to that make your decision based on that not your current realization of where you are. And here's the thing we talked about this a little bit ago. Don't tell anybody about your ideas. I'm telling you don't tell anybody, anybody about your ideas, except your mastermind group. And your supporters, the ones that are encouraging you do not tell family do not tell friends do not tell. And here's the thing The first time I read Think and Grow Rich, and it's it actually says in there. I thought it was because I didn't want anybody to steal my ideas. Don't tell anybody, because someone might just steal my idea. Well, let's push it. The reason we don't tell anybody is because that negative thoughts that we're going to get back and here's the thing, our family and friends, they absolutely love us. But they have their own bs thrown belief system. They don't want to see us get hurt. You know, they don't want us to be in pain. So they give us their Bs, saying, Oh, are you sure you want to do that? I don't know if you want to do that. Friends and relatives, while not meaning to be bad will handicap us with their opinions and their ridicule, which is meant sometimes meant to be humorous. We all have family and friends like that. So do not add it. One of the quotes in the book is, tell the world what you're going to do. But first, show it. Don't tell people to show people what you're going to do. So people who have failed to accumulate success have if you've failed to get where you want, without exception, have the habit of reaching decisions, if at all, very slowly, and up changing these decisions quickly and often. So that's really what today's challenge is about. Okay, so if you pull out your worksheet for today, today's challenge, you know, if you are, I'm gonna go through this, I'm gonna go through this worksheet with you download. If you're listening to anything else, download the worksheet, it's there for you. But page one, if you are struggling with any area of life, it's because you are not making the decision that you need to successful people, people reach decisions, quickly unsuccessful people do the opposite. So I want you to answer a few questions here. answer the following questions, I make decisions quickly, true or false. I would rather make my own decisions than rely on the opinions and advice of others. I rarely influenced by pinions of others, I have never lost out an opportunity because I failed to make a decision. True or false. I am slow to reverse any decisions that I make. So I want you to go and really think about those questions. The more truth obviously, the closer you are to having great decision making page to the challenge. What is an important decision that you are not making right now, I want you to sit down even in a dark room, meditate, whatever it takes, but sit down and get in a quiet spot and think think hard. What is an important decision that you are not making right now. It'll come to you, I promise you, it will come to you. If there's an error again, if you're struggling, just sit back. Ask ask what you know, what decision Am I not making and see what answers come back? Number two is why is it so difficult? What is preventing you from making that decision? What What is it that's holding you Why are you not making that decision? what's holding you back? And three? What specifically do you need to finalize your decision that more information of some kind, more resources? What concrete steps will you take together what you need? Now keep back now it goes on to keep your own cancel don't counsel don't tell other people reach your own decisions and follow them. So that is today chat is today's challenges. Let's get clear on what we want and make the decision once and for all draw the line in the damn sand. Make the decision until tomorrow. Tomorrow's is on the subconscious mind, which is probably one of my favorite chapters. Absolutely love the mind and the subconscious mind. So until tomorrow, I will talk to you later.

Welcome to the Thinking Big Podcast. This episode is part of a special 14 day Think and Grow Rich Challenge. Today we are going over the ninth step to success, the step on the power of the mastermind, the literal driving force.  I recently hosted a live 14 days Think and Grow Rich challenge that benefited Feeding America and I thought it would be great to put the challenge right here on the podcast.  So for 14 straight days I will be releasing a new podcast and the associated challenge that covers each of the 13 steps of Think and Grow Rich plus a bonus challenge on the introduction. It doesn’t matter if you have ever read the book or not, the challenge is designed for anyone to do. There is a link in the show notes so you can sign up for free and get download all of the challenge worksheets and a PDF copy of the original Think and Grow Rich Today we are thinking big on the power of the mastermind. The 14-day Think and Grow Rich Challenge. https://www.sean-osborn.com/14daychallenge   Free Audibles book http://bit.ly/thinkingbigaudible   Connect with Sean Osborn at Thinking Big Coaching Website http://www.thinkingbigcoaching.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thinkingbigcoaching/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thinkingbigcoaching/ Until tomorrows challenge, remember to always think big Ratings and reviews directly impact search rankings for the Thinking Big Podcast. So please help and rate and review the podcast. Episode Transcription: (00:00): Welcome to the thinking big podcast. This episode is part of a special 14 day think and grow rich challenge. And today we are going over the ninth step to success. The step on the power of the mastermind, this is literally the driving force of success. And I recently hosted a live 14 day think and grow rich challenge. And I thought it would be a fantastic idea to put it out here on the podcast so everybody could listen whenever they wanted. So for 14 days I will be releasing a new podcast and the associated challenge that covers each of the 13 steps in think and grow rich, plus a bonus challenge on the introduction. And let me tell you, it doesn't matter if you've ever read the book or not. This challenge is designed for anybody to do. There is a link in the show notes, so you can sign up for free and get all the download challenges, all the worksheets and even a free PDF copy of the original book think and grow rich. So today we are thinking big on the mastermind. (01:04): Welcome to the thinking big podcast with Sean Osborne, the show helping you think bigger into your life and potential Sean believes, but equipping you with the tools, strategies, and philosophies required to be successful in all aspects of your life. You can achieve anything you believe in empowering. Our own growth makes a deeply positive and lasting impact on our lives community and our world. Now here's Sean. (01:29): Hello everyone. And welcome to day seven of the 14 day think and grow rich challenge today. We are doing the challenge on the power of the mastermind. And I can tell you that this is one of the chapters. This is one of the things that has made the most difference in my development in my success is the mastermind. It is one of the most powerful tools that we will actually discuss within this entire thing to grow rich chap thinker grow rich, a challenge. They're all important, but this is the one that has made the biggest amount of change in my life. And Hill describes the mastermind, you know, as being defined as, you know, coordinated knowledge and effort in the spirit and harmony between two or more people for the attainment of a definite purpose. And you're hearing, especially nowadays, you're hearing a lot of people talk about masterminds and they're having a mastermind. (02:33): And there's a big difference between the mastermind that Hill's talking about. And some of the stuff that you're, that you're seeing out on the market that you're reading about, that's, it's different. So a lot of things that you're saying out there are really not what I would consider masterminds. They're more workshops or more book studies. They're more, you know, people could call this what we're doing here, a mastermind on and grow rich. But that is not what he's, what he's talking about. The mastermind he's talking about is bringing people together in a spirit of harmony that creates a third mind, a more powerful mind. And I have discovered personally that Mashburn groups have unleashed my most important efforts. My most important efforts of everything that I've done have come as a result of a mastermind you in the form of new ideas, in the form of inspiration, you know, previously unknown resources that are brought to me. (03:34): And most importantly, it's really a spiritual energy that goes beyond her own intelligence and reasoning. When you, you, to me, you do mastermind, you have mastermind groups with people in order to access the mastermind to access the mind when you bring people together. And you're in harmony, you have access to a much more powerful mind that the two of you or the three of you are having many people don't have individually and mastermind groups is one of the essential things behind every successful person that I know. And if you go to a line one 22 within this chapter, and he says, a group of brains coordinated or connected in a spirit of harmony will provide more thought energy than a single brain. Just as a group of electric batteries will provide more power than a single battery. And I think a better illustration that really is, if you look at what they call draft horses, you know, that pool, each draft horse can pull around 8,000 pounds. (04:44): So you would think that two draft horses would do 16,000 pounds. I mean, I'm not a math genius, but a plus eight to 16, but that's not the case to to draft horses can actually pull 24,000 pounds working together. And we are the same with our brains. No two minds ever come together without thereby creating a third invisible intangible force, which may be likened to a third mind. What I call the mind, the mastermind. And I am always in masterminds. So this is one of the challenges is in the book, but I am always in masterminds. I have been for years and I'm normally in two different masterminds right now. I'm in two different masterminds and actually run a mastermind as well. But they are that important that I always have multiple masterminds that I'm in and some of them are different. So I've been in different masterminds for different things. (05:43): General masterminds are fantastic where you're a group of likeminded people, and you're just brainstorming. You're accessing, you know, all of these things that you can't access by yourself because no one person has enough experience, enough education, and the ability to accumulate anything of great success, whether it's be fortune or whether it be and whatever it is that you're wanting to do, one is not a big enough number. And there is, you know, seldom talk, you know, about this principle behind you at the six exit, the success of every winning athlete, every famous musician, every wealthy business person I've ever known or have ever studied. And I can tell you everyone, you know, no one, it's not the, you know, it's not the IQ, it's not the college GPA. It's not the right family. It's, it's not the, you know, good looks. They have surrounded themselves with other successful people. (06:44): And the concept of surrounding ourselves with, you know, successful people thinking big people is as old as man itself. It's in history. If you look at ancient Greece and you look at, you know, bled Owen, Aristotle, and Socrates, all surrounded themselves with those who would challenge their thing and expand access banned that arsenal of possibilities. And I've already mentioned in a previous previous challenge, you know, in finger Ridge Hill talks about Carnegie's secret of success. His law of success and Carnegie himself had a mastermind, you know, a group that he surrounded himself with for advice, for counsel, for personal cooperation and other businesses, they all had groups of people that they discussed with and a mastermind with. And probably one of the most famous quotes and regards to masterminding in, in a sense comes from Jim Roan. And he's famously said, you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. (07:49): And I like to dig a little deeper, and it's the five people who you are most in line with most you you're influenced by if you, if I go meet with any person, any client, and it doesn't matter. And I see who they're hanging out with, I can tell, tell them exactly where they will be in five years, unless you grow, unless you change. Unless you have masterminds with bigger people in you align yourself with more successful people. You're going to be the average of the five people that you're hanging out with and look around, look around in your life. And I can tell you if you, if you honestly look around those principles are absolutely confirmed. And I had the thoughts of my first company when I was with very successful people. My first company, you know, these people, I got onto their thought vibration by being in mass quote masterminds with these people that they're, that vibration of thought. (08:46): They really expected me to do these things. I expected more when I was within a mastermind or when I'm within masterminds of successful. And if you go to lines 56, you know, he'll says no individual may have great power without availing himself of the mastermind. Anybody you've looked at anybody you've seen that is successful has had a mastermind behind them. Henry Ford, you know, talks about it in the book. You know, he's what he had. He had three months of school, you know, he was uneducated his illiterate, but he could push the button on his desk. Any one of a, you know, hundreds of buttons. I'm not sure how many buttons he had, but he pushed a button and he could get any general knowledge that he wanted. You know, Andrew Carnegie, you know, had one per his steel business, that's it? He, wasn't a huge steel person. (09:38): What he, his mastermind helped him do that. You know, Franklin D Roosevelt had one that he called. I think he actually called it the brain trust. So this whole purpose of the mastermind challenge is to align yourself with a group of as many people as you think it's needed for the creation of carrying out your plan or plans for the accumulation of whatever success you want, whether it's money, whether it's in your career, whether it's in your relationship. But I can tell you this before forming your mastermind Alliance, you need to decide what advantages and what benefits you offer as an individual member to your group and return for your cooperation. It's like anything else in life, you know, nothing's free, nothing's free. What can you offer your mastermind in return for what you get from them and arrange to meet? And, you know, once you get your mastermind, you know, once you, you, you've got your mastermind going, arrange to meet with the members of your mastermind, as often as possible, they see as much as, you know, twice a week until you have perfectly aligned yourself with everybody within that group. (10:48): And for instance, my masterminds, we meet most of my masterminds. We meet every other week, but in between the masterminds, I have calls and talks and zooms and whatever technology we can use to communicate with the other members of the mastermind. So that even though the group only meets once every two weeks, there, there is not a week that goes by that I don't talk with at least one or two people from one of my masterminds. And you need to maintain really. He says that in the, in the book, you need to maintain perfect harmony between yourself and every member of your mastermind. And he says, if you fail to carry this out doesn't I think he says out, you know, carry this instruction, know to the letter you may expect to meet with failure. Now we're going to go through the mastermind tool in a second. (11:35): So this is the challenge for the day. You know, here, here's the actual challenge. And the goal of this is really two part one to start thinking about your mastermind and who you'd want to be in it. You know, that's got a spot where you can list people who you want to be in your mastermind based on what they bring to the table. And honestly, there's, there's two ways that you can go about doing a mastermind. You can create one yourself, or you can join someone else's mastermind. There's the two I've done them, both. I paid the two that I'm in right now. I pay for, I pay for the host of the mastermind and what, what that's buying me is their connections and aligning me with people. They're very good at doing what they do. And they align. They align the groups with other people that will all benefit each other. (12:27): So do not be afraid of going out and searching and paying for a mastermind. Again, you can start your own. You can do, you know, however you want to do your mastermind, but align yourself with more successful people. Here's the thing you don't want to be the biggest fish in the pond. You don't want to be the biggest fish in the pond, but at the same time, you cannot be such a small minnow to sharps. Cause you won't be able to benefit. Again, part of this is looking at what you can offer them. So, as an example, if I was to go into a mastermind with, you know, let's say Tony Robbins and John Maxwell and Elon Musk and all these people that have a thought vibration, that's way up here. I would be, I'm too small about fish. I would not benefit them. Like they would benefit me. (13:15): And it's almost like a high school, you know, I hit set, but you want to be with people that are within your thought or just above your thought to challenge you, to push you. You do not want to be the biggest fish. And once you're the biggest fish in your mastermind, it's time to find another mastermind. It's time to start another mastermind. It's time to go out and, and, and, and look for another mastermind to be in. And the second part of the challenges really start to sit down and figure out what you can offer as a benefit to other people in a mastermind. And I'm not talking about just technical things like, Oh, I can offer it things. You as a person, what can you offer? It's much think of what can you offer as you, not as what you do as what you are, what can you offer is what you are young, what things have you done in life? (14:04): And what challenges have you conquered? You know, what problems have you solved? What are your superpowers? You know, what are, you know, what are some of the things that, that you've done that come easy to you? You know, start thinking of those things because it's not, again, I get a lot of questions on people like, well, I can only offer this and this it's not the, it's not the technical things. I don't know how else to describe. It's not the tangible things. It's intangible things. It's the things that make you, and I'm telling you this, every single person watching this, every single person in this challenge has a ton to offer. Every single person has a ton to offer. We need to recognize that. Remember, as he'll said at the beginning, we need to recognize already in us, you have it there. So now we're going to pull this together. (14:56): We're going to start creating a mastermind. You're going to start looking at other people. You're going to start trying to develop these relationships and these groups of people that will absolutely push you and expect more of you than you do of yourself. So here's, today's challenge. It's again, it's the mastermind challenge. Do this one again, this is probably one of the, the best tools for success that, that, that I can talk to you about this. This will give you more bang for buck. You have to do all of the steps. Don't don't get me wrong. I have to go, but you will get so much out of a mastermind. So until tomorrow, thank you. Thanks everybody for stopping by at night. Thanks everyone for playing full out in this challenge. It's unbelievable seeing what people are doing in this challenge is absolutely fantastic. It's amazing. I will see everybody tomorrow night start thinking about your masterminds.

Welcome to the Thinking Big Podcast. This episode is part of a special 14 day Think and Grow Rich Challenge. Today we are going over the fifth step to success, the step on Imagination.  I recently hosted a live 14 days Think and Grow Rich challenge that benefited Feeding America and I thought it would be great to put the challenge right here on the podcast.  So for 14 straight days I will be releasing a new podcast and the associated challenge that covers each of the 13 steps of Think and Grow Rich plus a bonus challenge on the introduction. It doesn’t matter if you have ever read the book or not, the challenge is designed for anyone to do. There is a link in the show notes so you can sign up for free and get download all of the challenge worksheets and a PDF copy of the original Think and Grow Rich Today we are thinking big on imagination. Because ideas are the product of the imagination, and the starting point of all success... The 14-day Think and Grow Rich Challenge. https://www.sean-osborn.com/14daychallenge Free Audibles book http://bit.ly/thinkingbigaudible   Connect with Sean Osborn at Thinking Big Coaching Website http://www.thinkingbigcoaching.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thinkingbigcoaching/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thinkingbigcoaching/   Until tomorrows challenge, remember to always think big Ratings and reviews directly impact search rankings for the Thinking Big Podcast. So please help and rate and review the podcast. Episode Transcription (00:00): Welcome to the thinking big podcast. This episode is part of a special 14 day think and grow rich challenge. And today we are going over the fifth step to success. The step on imagination, I recently hosted a live 14 day think and grow rich challenge that benefited feeding America. And I thought it would be such a great idea to put this out here on the podcast for everybody to listen to. So for 14 days, I will be releasing a new podcast and associated challenge that covers each of the 13 steps of thinking. Go rich plus a bonus challenge on the introduction. And it doesn't matter if you've ever read the book or not. The challenge is designed for everybody to do, and there's actually a link in the show notes. So you can actually sign up for free, get all the downloads and all the challenge sheets and a free copy of the original think and grow rich book. So today we are thinking big on imagination because ideas are the product of imagination and the starting point of all success. (01:35): Hello and welcome everybody tonight. It is so good to see everybody. And tonight is a very good night. Tonight is the night that we get to do the chapter on imagination. That is the workshop of the mind, and it's the fifth step. And we're actually doing this one tonight because it goes very well with what we did last night with autosuggestion. So tonight now this one's going to be a little bit shorter. So the video was probably only going to be 10, 15 minutes at most because the challenge tonight is going to, there's a time limit on it of two hours. So it's gonna take you up to two hours, but that's a maximum, you gotta stop at two hours. So that's the maximum that it can be. And we're going to stop with some quotes on imagination from some of the other great thoughts and thinkers in the, in this world, Mark Twain, you cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. (02:37): Robert Collier, the great successful men of the world have used their imagination. They think ahead and create their mental picture in all its details. Filling in here, add a little, they're altering this a bit, altering that a bit, but steadily building Werner Erhard create your future from your future, not your past, but that's a great one. Create your future from your future. Not your past your past is not your future. William James. The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter their lives by altering their attitude of mind. So tonight we're going to kind of go Ninja on your mind a little bit, because the way that we're going to, the things that we do really are kind of back doors to your subconscious and a way to work with it and kind of a stealth Ninja mode and images really are a very powerful and direct communication to your subconscious mind. (03:45): We think in pictures, we don't think in words, we don't think we think in pictures. And let me give you an example. If I asked you to think of a house, well, you would probably think of your house. You'd see a picture of your house on your mind. If I asked you to think of a car, you would probably see your car or a car that you want pictured in your mind. And we even go in and try to fake our minds out. And if I told you, let me tell you this, Oh, a Fox's tail is not white. What pops into your mind? Even though I said, it's not white. What popped in your mind was a Fox with a white tail. Your imagination sparked both ideas and plans for achieving them or your imagination muscle. If you don't use it, it goes away. (04:39): It's just like any other muscle that we have your imagination. We have to use it, or we lose it. And today's challenge is really getting that muscle working and noticing these ideas again, you, I mean, do you remember when you were a kid, the Magination that you had, we need to be like kids more. We need to be daydreamers and thinking and imagining man, if we were back, if you realize that back when you were had all this imagination, that's when you were learning everything too, there's correlation to that. Everything you see started as an idea in someone's imagination, every manmade thing. If you look around you, every single thing that's manmade that you see started off as an idea in somebody's mind. And in this chapter Napoleon Hill talks about, you know, imagination has two forms. It has synthetic imagination and creative imagination, and really synthetic imagination is not what we want. (05:41): We want creative imagination and synthetic imagination, you know, creates nothing. You know, it works with, you know, the materials or experiences that you already have, old concepts, old ideas, you know, and recombines them into, you know, maybe a new way of looking at a new shape, but it doesn't create anything. And as an example, if you were to take eggs and you were to take bacon, well, I could use synthetic imagination and put those together and create eggs and bacon, nothing new was created. It was just a new shape of things that have already been there. On the other side, that is creative imagination. That's where we want to be creative imagination, which works at the subconscious level. It generates new ideas through hunches and through inspiration. There's that word again, inspiration and Spiro in spirit, infinite intelligence, it produces the plan or plans that you need to achieve your goals. (06:41): And the other day I talked about the, you know, the chef that I watched on, on that show and he used creative imagination. He took ingredients that everybody has access to. He had no, he didn't, you know, bag them up some brand new, you know ingredient. He used the same ingredients that everyone, but he used his creative imagination and said, how can I combine these two great something that no one else has seen before? You know, this allows the, you know, by night, a mind of man direct communication with infinite intelligence, creative imagination is our vehicle to infinite intelligence. You know, and it's through hunches, intuition, inspiration, know new ideas are passed on to us. And as an example, the Wright brothers, they use creative imagination to tune in and become aware of what was there. They didn't invent anything. People say the Wright brothers invented flying. (07:43): They didn't invent anything. They became aware they didn't invent aerodynamics or they didn't invent gravity. They became aware of the idea of, of how to use your creative imagination to create something that no one else has. That's what they did. And yeah, matter of fact, in my, in my workshop, my a thinker Gurwitz workshop, I teach, you know, how ideas come from infinite entails and think of a radio, think of a radio right now, and think of right now in the room that you're setting. I don't care where in the world you are the room that you're sitting in. You have every type of music available to you right now. It's in the air. It's all around you. You have, you know, rap, you have, you know, country, you have talk radio, you have sports. It's all in the room that you're in right now. (08:36): All you have to do to get it is tune into it. You have to have a device to tune into that radio. It's already there. You just have to tune into it and ideas and infinite intelligence are just like that. And we use our mind, our subconscious mind to tune into those stations, tune into that by bration of thought where that lies. You know, if you think about the Wright brothers, anybody could have become aware to fly thousands of thousand years before the Wright brothers did it. Could someone not have become aware of how to fly? So if you think about it, I hear people are wanting as well saying, man, I thought of that. Someone stole my idea. Well, if these ideas are part of infinite intelligence and you tune into them, can someone eventually tune into the same idea? Is it possible that someone already had the same idea you had? (09:31): And didn't take action on it as well. You know? Cause don't forget that ideas are just ideas. You know, they need to be acted upon to become real before someone else tunes into that vibration and steals your idea. You know, great ideas when we get those, Oh man, they take on momentum of their own. There. They spurred you to act and persist until they transform into reality. When you have ideas that get you going, Oh man, I can do that. Oh man, I can do that. Those ideas are what keep us going. And the world's greatest leaders, thinkers, artists, they all use creative imagination to create masterpieces, you know, to create inventions and products and everything. And they become great because they developed the faculty of creative imagination. If you look at anybody that is successful, anybody that's done stuff that no one else has. (10:27): They've created a masterpiece. They've, they've done whatever they have the faculty of creative imagination and your own imagination. Faculty may have become weak. You know, most of ours have because we don't use it enough to make it active, to, to keep it pressured. It's like, how often do you go to the gym? You got to go to the gym every, every couple of days to make it worthwhile. If you go to the gym once a month or once a year, you think you're going to build any muscles? No, you're not going to build any muscles. You've got to do it all the time. Because when you do, you know that one idea that you have can build your definite purpose with just one single idea. You know, if you think about in the book, you know, you talked about Coca Cola, you know, the doctor who invented Coca-Cola could not imagine past his own little thing. (11:19): He did not see outside. He didn't didn't have the imagination, you know, muscle to think of the scope that it could be and sold that for $500. You know, one idea. So if you start your creative imagination, one idea that you get from the creative imagination can change your life. Just like that can change your life. Think, visualize fantasize, dream, get your imagination, muscle back into shape. And that's what tonight's about. Remembering your future. Remember I told you about that using creative imagination. So when you, when you go and you build a memory of your future, you're using creative imagination and images. Again, we think in images, images are everything and images are really a powerful and direct communications to our subconscious mind. Yeah. Unlike your, your conscious mind when your subconscious receives an image, it doesn't ask how it doesn't ask why it doesn't ask when those are the questions really that your subconscious, excuse me, your conscious mind often get stuck on. (12:26): You know, those are the things that your conscious mind gets stuck on and often stops forward movement. Here's the thing, images bypass your critical mind. This is where we're getting all Ninja images, bypass your BS filter that says, how am I going to do that? I can't do that. What do I think I am? I'm not good enough for that. That's a stupid idea. Who's going to do that. Images will bypass your BS and by building. So what we're going to do. So part of we're going to go through this. So tonight's challenge. You've probably heard of dream boards. You've done dream boards and hopefully this one's a little bit different and we're going to make you look at it every day. That's where it becomes proper looking at it every day. So by putting a dream board somewhere, you can see it every day. (13:24): You will prompt yourself to visualize your, your ideal life, your dream, everything you're going for. And that is so important because the visualization activities creates the power to your subconscious mind. And it literally, it programs your brain to notice available resources, even though they've always been there. So these resources, so you're going to come up with ideas and you're going to start seeing resources. Those resources have always been there, but you haven't been consciously aware. So you don't see them. The porch principal. Remember I told you the it, so why don't you become consciously aware? And you're getting these images automatically put into your subconscious mind. You're going to now start seeing these things that have always been there. And by adding a visualization, visualization, I can't even say that this visualization practice to your daily routine, you will naturally become more motivated to get what you want. (14:23): So here's the challenge today. Here it is first part. It's going to be a dream board. There's two pages to the dream board. You cannot go more than these two pages. You have to stick to two pages. So time limit is two hours. What you're going to do is you're going to take these two blank pages. You're going to get 10 magazines, eight to 12 magazines, let's say and cut out stuff for at least 45 minutes to an hour. You're going to have stuff cut out way more than that than these two pages. But now you got to decide what's important. What's not important. So you're going to put on your vision board, the most important things, whether it's words that you, that you cut out, whether it's images that you cut out, put those on here, things that you want, things that you desire, you know, is it a dream house on the beach? (15:13): Is it a boat? Isn't it, isn't a car. Is it being a chef in a Michelin star restaurant? You know, what is it that you desire? Get those pictures, put those on here. So you have two hours to, to do your dream board. But here's the thing. I want you to post this on your refrigerator. I want you to see this dream board every damn day. And yes, you might have people come by. Not, not as many now with, with code, but you might have people combined that giggle and say, Oh Sean, you're so silly. Yeah. They'll say I'm silly until they see what's happening. People might make fun of you. Family members might mock you. I'm not gonna say they won't, but it is so important that you put this up there, screw them. This is your dream. Not theirs. Screw them. Who cares what they think, put your stuff up on their fridge. (16:05): This is what I'm passionate about. This is what I dream about. Put it up there, see it every single day. Okay. So that's the first part that's going to take you really, most of the time for tonight's challenge. The second part is over the next couple of days, you know, what are some of the hunches or inspirations that you've had after seeing your dream board for a few days, which ones could lead to your goal. So you're going to start, you're going Ninja on your mind. You're going to start putting some of these ideas back there. And infinite intelligence is going to start popping ideas to you, pay attention. You know? So what are some of the hunches that you get back that could lead you to your goal of getting what you want, getting your dream, and then what are one or two steps that you could do on that idea? (17:00): So let's say you have an idea. Let's say my idea is to, you know, speak in front of 10,000 people. You know, that's my that's one of my dreams is a national speaker international speaker. I might have an idea that says, Hey, this is a fantastic topic to talk about. And it might just pop up an idea of something to talk about. If I'm paying attention, I might go, Oh, let's start developing that. I could take two steps. Well, let's, let's look at developing some content behind that idea about that, about that topic of what I could talk about. So it's these little ideas that were, that you're going to start getting. So what I want you to do is Mark down any, any hunches, any inspiration, any ideas that you get over the next couple days after you post this to your refrigerator and you see it every day and then what are some of the that you can do to get there? All right, everyone. Well, thank you so much for tonight. This, this is really one of the funnest challenges. It really is. Tomorrow night we have the power of the mastermind. Probably one of the most important steps is the mastermind. We'll explain that tomorrow. So until tomorrow, get your dream boards done, get them posted and let's start getting known Ninja on our minds. I'll talk to you tomorrow.

Welcome to the Thinking Big Podcast. Today we are going over the third step to success, the step on auto-suggestion, The medium for influencing the subconscious. This is part of a special 14 day Think and Grow Rich Challenge I recently hosted a live 14 days Think and Grow Rich challenge that benefited Feeding America and I thought it would be great to put the challenge right here on the podcast.  So for 14 straight days I will be releasing a new podcast and the associated challenge that covers each of the 13 steps of Think and Grow Rich plus a bonus challenge on the introduction. It doesn’t matter if you have ever read the book or not, the challenge is designed for anyone to do. There is a link in the show notes so you can sign up for free and get download all of the challenge worksheets and a PDF copy of the original Think and Grow Rich Today we are thinking big on Auto-Suggestion. The actual performance of transmuting desire into success involves the use of Auto-Suggestion as an agency by which one may reach, and influence the subconscious mind. The 14-day Think and Grow Rich Challenge. https://www.sean-osborn.com/14daychallenge   Free Audibles book http://bit.ly/thinkingbigaudible   Connect with Sean Osborn at Thinking Big Coaching Website http://www.thinkingbigcoaching.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thinkingbigcoaching/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thinkingbigcoaching/   Until challenge day 6, remember to always think big Ratings and reviews directly impact search rankings for the Thinking Big Podcast. So please help and rate and review the podcast.   Episode Transcription: Welcome to the thinking big podcast today, we are going over the third step to success. The step on autosuggestion, the medium for influencing the subconscious mind. I recently hosted a live 14 day think and grow rich challenge that benefited feeding America. And it was a huge success. And I thought it would be such a great idea to put that challenge right here on the podcast for everybody to enjoy. So for 14 straight days, I will be releasing a brand new podcast with the associated challenge that covers all 13 steps of think and grow rich, plus a bonus challenge on the introduction. And it doesn't matter if you've ever read, think and grow rich or not. The challenge is designed for anybody to do so. Follow the link in the show notes so you can sign up for free and get downloads of all the challenge worksheets, plus a free PDF copy of the original think and grow rich book. So today we are thinking big on autosuggestion. (01:29): Welcome everybody. Tonight is day five and we are doing the challenge on the step of autosuggestion. This is such a critical step for people to do it's. This is really the Keystone of them, and you're going to find out why within week within tonight and within this challenge. So I hope you are ready to go. We're going to start off with a few of my favorite quotes that have to do with autosuggestion that have to do with your mind and do it exactly what this talks about in this chapter. Number one, Oprah. Yeah. Oprah. I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become Buddha. All that we are is a result of what we have thought the mind is everything. What we think we become that is such a powerful quote, trying to Edwards thoughts, lead to purposes, purposes, go forth and action actions, form habits, habits, decide character and character fixes our destiny and go all truly wise. (02:40): Thoughts have been thought already thousands of times, but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again, honestly, until they take root in our personal experience, we've got to think of those thoughts until they take root into our personal experience. So tonight we're talking about autosuggestion, I think, think about it is the way that we hack our minds. This is, this is how you do a mind hack. This is how we place things on our subconscious, because there is no limitations to the mind except those that we acknowledge both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought. And I'm not talking about poverty and just money. I'm talking about poverty and who you are not money. It's probably in here. I've known some very wealthy people. That to me are in poverty because of who they are. It's not about money. And this is really, as I said, this is the corner of this book. (03:40): I must all of the other chapters kind of support this method or this thought of autosuggestion on programming, our subconscious minds and auto suggestion is, you know, kind of a term which applies to all suggestions. And that is self administered through, you know, the reach ones, you know, through our five senses. You know what we see what we hear, what we feel, what we taste, all of these are our senses. That brings stuff into our conscious mind. And they are stopped by the conscious mind and, and kind of vetted before they're passed along to our, to our subconscious mind. And, you know, I talked about the Porsche principle, you know, things that we become consciously aware of. We all of a sudden start seeing those and, and noticing those, there is thousands and thousands and thousands of things going on around you that you don't even see. (04:32): So if you were not money conscious or you're not success conscious, you're going to be seeing the things that are in line with that. You're going to be seeing the things that are poor, that things that hold you back, you're going to be seeing all the things you're not even going to see the things that can bring you forward for you to even make a choice on whether or not you want to do it. So you have to place those in your mind to even be aware of those, you know, right now your BS is stopping. Most of the things from getting in, and again, BS is your belief system. Your belief system is absolutely blocking most of the stuff that you see, hear, taste, touch, and smell. It's you, you're not even aware. You're only consciously aware of such a small portion of what's actually being transmitted into your into your mind. (05:23): You an honest gestion is really the agency of communication between that part of your mind, where the conscious thought takes place and that which serves as the seat of action for the subconscious mind. And it's through the dominating thoughts, which one permits, which one permits to remain in the conscious mind, positive or negative, you know, auto suggestions, voluntarily reach the subconscious mind. Okay. And then influence it with these again, positive or negative. They, any of your thoughts that you constantly have are going to transmit and really do autosuggestion. And it seems like by default, we do auto suggestion for negative things, but we're not placing our positive things in the same light. You know, no thought absolutely zero thought positive or negative can enter the subconscious mind without the aid of this autosuggestion, without the aid of this, self-suggestion nothing can get through to the subconscious mind and the subconscious mind. (06:28): Again, it acts as the filter between the two and you have absolute control over the material, which reaches the subconscious mind. You have absolutely absolute control and matter of fact, in the think and grow rich mastermind that I do, we dive deep on how we've been programmed at a very young age and how we've developed our belief system. How we see the world is based on kind of how we've been programmed. And that's really what, again, it populates itself. It's, that's what becomes your belief system. That's what becomes what you see, what you hear. Now the ability to, you know, reach and control your subconscious mind. It is a gift, but it also has a price and it's got a pretty big price and the price is, and it's something we've already gone over. The price is a persistence. You have to be persistent, persistent, persistent, and you have to decide, you know, if the outcome is worth you being that persistent to get it, you know, this is a you and you deal, you know, are you willing to persist until to get what you want and where failure? (07:43): And you know, you experienced failure and you go through failures, you've got to make another effort. You got to change your plan. You got to keep going. You got to get up, you got to do it again. You know, back then when this was done, you know, he didn't really have a name for that. But I think in the sixties, you know, you have a dr. Maxwell Maltz who did Psycho-Cybernetics and this kind of ties directly into Psycho-Cybernetics where you do something, you evaluate, you adjust, then you do it again. You evaluate, you adjust, you do it again. You evaluate, you adjust. And for every failure, you've got to find another way to do it. You know, when you fail, you just found a way not to do it, but another way persist. But is that worth what your goal is? That's what you have to decide. (08:27): And the subconscious mind takes any orders. Given it, it takes any order that you give it when it is in the spirit of absolute faith, and it will act upon those orders. Now here's the thing. It's got to get those orders. Many times, you got to do it over and over again. That's why we do these auto suggestions daily. That's why we always have to do it. We always have to do it. We always have to do it. You have to bombard it. You've got to drip that information to your subconscious drip, drip, drip, until it finally soaks sending you finally get it. And it finally is able to interpret, you know what you're doing the subconscious mind can finally interpret what you're trying to do and consider this, you know, consider this whole autosuggestion, consider this whole chapter, this whole no idea as really playing a perfectly legitimate, you know, mind hack on your subconscious mind. (09:26): This is a perfectly legitimate, this is how you hack. This is how you put something in your subconscious mind voluntarily. You had to do it with autosuggestion. And, and basically what you're doing when you're doing that, you're making it believe because you believe you've said it so many times that you believe it. You make it believe that you must have that amount of money. You must have that, that whatever it is you desire, if you, if you want to be the, you know, the head chef and the Michelin star five star restaurant, it's because you it's going to work that way because you believe that you have it already. And by you believing it believes and you telling it, it must have this by visualization, by doing these audits, suggestions, and visualization, that, that money, you know, the money is already there. That you're already in the kitchen. (10:11): You're already doing the thing. You've got to have that in your mind. And you know, being at, you know, once you see yourself in possession, you know, you're doing that. We were done with, with these, with these auto suggestions. You, you see yourself, you know, and once you see yourself in possession of that money, you know, demanding and expecting, meanwhile that your subconscious mind will hand over to you, the plans that you need. So when we're planning these things in daily, daily, daily, we have to have the expectation and really demanding that our subconscious mind gets us. Those plans back gives us those ideas back. And here's the thing you've got to be alert for those plans. When they do a pair. Now you're asking for all these things, or you're planting the seeds, you're planting the seeds, you're planting the seeds. And more than likely what happens is you get an idea and what do we do? (11:05): Ah, that's a dumb idea. That'll never work. Those ideas are coming from somewhere. They're not just coming from, you know, nether, Netherland. They're coming from the ether they're coming from, from spirit. You know, take those and look at them. Now, again, sometimes it takes a feather for me. Sometimes it takes a four by four, but we've got to pay attention to those. And, and once we get those ideas, we have got to put them into action immediately. You know, the longer that you let it sit, the more likely it's going to die. And when these plans appeared there, they're probably going to flash into your mind. You know, what they normally do is I'll, you'll be driving down the road. They're going to flash in your mind through what we will go over. What we'll learn is the sixth sense. And it's really in the form of an inspiration. (11:52): And if you take the word inspiration, it comes from the word Inspiro, which is in spirit or in Spiro, which is in spirit. And that is in D infinite intelligence. So when you're getting that idea in your head, that's coming from spirit, that's coming from infinite intelligence. Now here's the thing. Again, you got to pay, when you get those ideas, you've got to pay fricking attention to them. And again, you're going to be driving down the road. You're going to start planning these, if you, if you're doing this challenge and you're doing these every day, you're, you're saying these things, and you're, you're, you're doing the work and you're, you're doing the auto suggestions. You will start to get ideas. You will, they will start bouncing your head and you've got to pay attention to them, you know, and you must act upon them. (12:38): And again, as I said, the longer you wait, the more likely it's going to die, you've got to treat those ideas with respect and do something. The second that you get them, you know, you send those thoughts to your imagination, you know, and see what your imagination can do or will do to create plans for the accumulation of whatever it is you want, that your imagination is, what's going to drive the plans. And that's really the mechanism for the transmutation of your desire into his physical port is your imagination of those ideas. You know, if we go back to, for instance, that a story of the, the chef, you know, he, he did the think and grow rich plan perfectly by what he did to become the chef. He is, he would get ideas. I'm sure he would get ideas pop in his head and he would get, you know, turn over to his imagination, say, okay, what can I do with these ingredients? (13:31): You know, I've got this idea of, of mixing this with this. I'm gonna use my imagination. I'm gonna see what could I do with those things to make something that nobody else has done. You're turning over those ideas that you get, whatever they are to see what can come out of those ideas through your imagination. And here's the thing don't trust your belief system. When you're creating your plans, you know, trust this infinite intelligence, trust these hunches that you're getting trustees, the sixth sense that you're getting. Don't trust your belief system. You know, your BS, your belief system is what got you, where you are today. And here's the thing. When you get an idea, you're going to have that little, you know, that little voice inside your head that says how you can do that. Who do you think you are? You can't do that. (14:18): That's not going to work because your belief system is what got you, where you are today. And here's the thing. Also, in addition to that, your belief system is lazy. It really is. It loves you. It will do anything for you, but it's lazy. Your belief system is like it was built for survival. Not for happiness. Your mind is built to make sure that you breathe another day. Not that you're happy. So when you're trying to do things, these new things, and you're burning more energy, you're your body. Your subconscious is saying, I don't want to burn that energy. Remember all those other times you tried shit and it didn't work. I'm going to wait. I'm gonna wait to make sure, you know, this is really what you want. I'm going to wait to make sure your body and your mind is trying to hold you back because it loves you. (15:05): It cares for you. It wants you to breathe another day. So what we're doing with this is we're actually, you know, visualizing the money you intend to accumulate. You're visualizing the money. You're seeing yourself rendering the service for that. So go back to, you know, whether it's Rich's or a chef of a, you know, of a Michelin restaurant, you've got to see yourself in the kitchen, rendering that service. You got to see yourself already doing that already having that, because that's what you're intending to give up in order to get what you want, whether it's the riches or the, or the chef or whatever it is, you've got to not only see what you're getting, but you also have to visualize what you're giving. And as I said before, you have got to be extremely, extremely specific in what you're telling yourself in your subconscious mind, because your subconscious mind takes it literal, and it will do funny things for you. (16:04): It will absolute it's done it to me. It's a matter of fact, I was reading a book, Oh, maybe a month or two ago from a Pam grout, I think EMC squared or something. It was, she was talking about this, she's a scientist. And she was talking about this and she, you know, challenged her class or challenged her, you know, her, her, her clients to, to visualize it and, and do this exact thing, visualize exactly what you want and see what happens. And she had a smart ass guy that was part of their part of her or her thing. And he said, okay, I'll see if this works. I want two women or two females in the same bed. Hey, if you're going to ask, ask, and within a week, he was sitting there laying in, laying in bed with his girlfriend. And her daughter came in, climbed into bed, not what he, not what he was expecting. (16:58): So that's, you've got to be extremely specific because it's, it's going to take it literal. And it doesn't know you're meeting you. You gotta be that, that specific on what it is you want. So here's the challenge for today. There's two challenges, actually, a couple of challenges. And what we're doing is we're taking the challenge. You know, really what this chapter is, is it's taking what we did in chapter two on desire and kind of putting it on steroids. So one of the things that we're going to do, I'm going to read this, read this out, but this is all based on your statement of desire from day two. And the first thing, number one is going to a quiet spot, like your bed or somewhere else where you will not be bothered or interrupted, close your eyes and repeat aloud. So you can hear your own voice and words. (17:48): Now, again, you're to have to memorize and you should be memorizing your statement of desire. And when you close your eyes and you do this, you're, you're going to be saying your written statement or the amount of money that you desire. You're going to the time limit. You know, what's the exact day that you're going to get this and the description of the service or merchandise that you intend to give in return for the money received. You know, for example, if you you know, suppose that you intend to earn a hundred thousand dollars by the first, you know, January 1st of 2021, and that you intend to give personal services in return for the money and capacity of coaching, let's say for me, for coaching your written statement of your purpose, it should be similar to the following. And this is what I would repeat to myself. (18:32): My eyes closed, seeing it feeling it is by January 1st, 2021, I will have in my possession, a hundred thousand dollars, which will come to me in various amounts from time to time during the interim in return for this money, I will give my most efficient coaching of which I am capable, rendering the fullest possible quantity and the best possible quality for all coaching services rendered and return for this money. Oh, well, I believe that I will have this money in my position. My faith is so strong and I can now see the money before my eyes. Remember, your eyes are closed. I can touch it in my hands. And it is now a way to transfer to me at the time. And in the proportion that I deliver services, that's big. And in the proportion of I deliver service, I intend to render in return for it. (19:25): Now here's a big part of that statement at the end of it, I am awaiting a plan by which to accumulate the money, and I will follow that plan when it is received. We just talked about this. When you get those ideas, you've got to act upon them. You've got to recognize him where you are, recognize those plans, where you are, see yourself already in possession of those, of the, of that money or whatever it is. You're right, wanting, see it, see yourself already giving those services. You know, if you're a speaker, see yourself up on stage making, you know, $10,000 you know, or a speech, imagine yourself up on that stage, all those people, you've got to dream it and imagine it like that and make it so real. You know, we've talked about this with remembering your future. You have got to build that memory. (20:13): And the second part of this, there's actually two parts. One, we're going to do the same thing, but we're going to do it a little bit different. We're going to pull a Jim Carey and what he did. You know, we talked about this. He wrote himself a check for $10 million for acting services rendered for a specific date. And you're going to do this other one. You're going to read it twice a day. You're going to put this where you can see it, where you remember it when you wake up and when you go to bed. But I want you to see that all the time. I don't want you to see it in the morning and at night, I want you to see it all the time. So we're going to do this with Jim Carrey did and put it in your wallet, put that, check your purse. (20:47): Every time you open your wallet or your purse. I want you to see that check made out to you for the money that you intend to get on the date that you intend. And in the memo section, what you're giving in return for that money, coaching services rendered acting services, rendered, chef services, whatever it is you're going to do in exchange for that money, have that check, put it in your wallet, see it every time you open it. So you're going to repeat on the, on this one, you're gonna repeat it twice a day. Like I said, you're going to build that memory. You want it to be as vivid as a memory you've had in the past as a beloved, everything you can see in a memory from the past, you've got to see in the future. And secondly, what I want you to do is there is a big open box and for the next two weeks. (21:39): So until the 18th day, the last day of the challenge, I want you to write down a Mark down, any ideas or hunches that you have. I don't care if they are small, big, whether they make sense, whether they're stupid, write those. I want you to become aware of those ideas when you have them. So by making you Mar write them down, I'm hoping that you become aware of those ideas quicker, that it doesn't take a two by four to get there. So for two weeks, until the last day of the challenge, put down any of these ideas, cause I'm telling you, once you start doing these artist suggestions and you're planting those seeds and you're planting those seeds, things are going to start coming and you gotta be prepared and you might not even realize them. So that's what this today's challenge artist is. (22:28): So, so important. Do these, it does work. It's not some Woohoo, you know, mumbo jumbo, this shit actually works. It really does. Jim Carey. You know, we talked about that perfect example. That's exactly what he did, and that's exactly what we're going to do. So until tomorrow, fill that out, make sure you have your complete statement that you're going to read twice a day out loud to yourself. So you can hear your words and see your words and start writing down those ideas when you have them. So until tomorrow's challenge, I will see you later, feel free to email or put up on a, up on there. Any, any questions that you might have a more than happy to, to answer those. And until tomorrow I will see you.

Welcome to the Thinking Big Podcast. Today is part 4 in a special 14 day Think and Grow Rich Challenge. Today’s challenge is on the second step of Faith I recently hosted a live 14 days Think and Grow Rich challenge that benefited Feeding America and I thought it would be great to put the challenge right here on the podcast.  So for 14 straight days I will be releasing a new podcast and the associated challenge that covers each of the 13 steps of Think and Grow Rich plus a bonus challenge on the introduction. It doesn’t matter if you have ever read the book or not, the challenge is designed for anyone to do. There is a link in the show notes so you can sign up for free and get download all of the challenge worksheets and a PDF copy of the original Think and Grow Rich Today we are thinking big and talking about the second step of success, The chapter on Faith, the state of mind which may be induced, or created, by affirmation or repeated instructions to the subconscious mind.  The 14-day Think and Grow Rich Challenge. https://www.sean-osborn.com/14daychallenge Free Audibles book http://bit.ly/thinkingbigaudible   Connect with Sean Osborn at Thinking Big Coaching Website http://www.thinkingbigcoaching.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thinkingbigcoaching/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thinkingbigcoaching/   Ratings and reviews directly impact search rankings for the Thinking Big Podcast. So please help and rate and review the podcast. Episode Transcription: industry and in the past. So let's go over a few quotes that are about faith, faith in ourselves. Um, Martin Luther King jr. Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step Wallace D Wattles. Things are not brought into being by thinking about their opposite. How many times? I mean, everybody can think and grow rich, but most of the time we think and grow poor, right? You cannot have a, if you're always thinking about B Howard white faith can move mountains, doubt can create them. (02:37): George Seaton, faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to when competency common sense. I don't like common sense. Common sense is overrated. So we are on the chapter of faith. Welcome to tonight to start this off, we'll just read part of the actual intro to this, uh, to this chapter. Dave is visualization of and belief and attainment of your desire. And that is big there. It's not just, you know, belief in yourself, essentially it's visualization of and belief in attainment of what you desire. You know, if you don't see and feel your dream in your dream in your mind, you're never going to see it in the physical reality. You're never going to see that and let's go to page 45. And this is, you know, right at the beginning of the chapter page, excuse me, line 13 through 16. Faith is the head chemist of the mind when faith is blended with the vibration of thought, the subconscious mind instantly picks up the vibration, translates it into the spiritual equivalent and transmits it to infinite intelligence. (03:53): Now my think and grow rich mashed mind, we dive deep into infinite intelligence, what it is, how you get it. And we really dive deep into that, but this is so, so important. And did anyone from yesterday build their future memory? You know, one of the, one of the steps or the challenges from yesterday was to do your, you know, your statement of desire and build a future memory of it. Remember your future. When we build that memory, it is so important that you do that. And they is a state of mind which may be induced or created by affirmations or repeated instructions to the subconscious mind. It says that right in the book through the principles of autosuggestion that's tomorrow is out of suggestion, but they and autosuggestion go hand in hand. And this is why repeating your affirmations twice daily is so important. (04:47): That's why reading your statement of desire twice every day, feeling it, seeing it twice a day is so important. And how do we, you know, part of what this challenge is is how do we do these things? You know, how do we, how do we do these steps? How do we get to them? And so, so how do we build faith in our success? Well, I'll tell you the three to me, the three biggest things in building the faith is one confidence in what you're doing, builds faith. If you have confidence in what you are doing, it will build faith in your ability to do it accurate knowledge in what you're doing, builds faith. That's why accurate knowledge is so important. You got to know when you do a, you're going to get results. You got to have that accurate knowledge, and that builds faith in your potential. (05:40): It builds faith in you and knowing these 13 steps will absolutely build faith. These 13 steps build incredible faith that you can achieve, what you're setting out to achieve. And all of the greats have, you know, all the grades do this. They all talk about this. Yeah, I'm not sure if you, uh, like Tony Robbins, you know, Tony Robbins has a fantastic, uh, if you've ever followed me ever do this, he has a four box, uh, method of looking at this, basically the same thing. And he has four boxes. One, the bottom box is belief, which is faith certainty, you know, certainty in what you're doing. Faith belief above that as potential. Then you have actions and then below that you have results. So it's four boxes. And what it's doing is it's kind of a graphical way of showing you that the faith that you have in yourself, the belief, your certainty, and doing something, builds your potential, your potential then builds that that's what your actions are done. (06:40): Your actions are based on what you think your potential is. And those actions create results. And it's a vicious cycle either, either up or down. So your results then build into your beliefs, build into your certainty. So the higher you go, the higher your beliefs are the higher your potential. And it's a circle up. It's a always going up, but it can always go down too. As a matter of fact, thinking big, you know, my coaching thinking, big coaching, you know, my thinking big is a methodology and the B I G and big do the same thing. The B is for beliefs. That's your faith in yourself? That's the bleeping yourself. That's the certainty in yourself that generates more imagination. That's the eye. So when you believe, if you know, and you have faith that you can make $10 an hour, well, it's not hard to imagine, use your imagination to do 15. (07:31): It's not hard to imagine a little bit higher than you are in anything. What you're doing. If I can do this, then I can imagine a little bit more. And then the G is growth, which is a combination of your actions and your results. So again, it's the same way. We're all talking about the same thing. You know, your certainty, your beliefs, going into your imagination, going into your growth and your actions and your results. They're all tied together. So in addition to having that intense burning desire for riches or whatever it is that you're wanting, you know, that obsession really more than a burning desire, it's really an obsession. You must also have unwavering faith and belief in you in your ability to achieve it. You know, faith and belief is one of the most to me is one of the most important keys in converting your dreams, your thoughts into reality, you know, faith, it actually works on a subconscious level. (08:27): You know, it moves you towards your goal. If you have faith in yourself and your plans to achieve whatever it is, your wealth, whatever it will actually, when you have that faith that actually prompts or gathers or knows, or sees ideas and associations that lead you to success in that dream, you have, we talked about it. You know, I think in day one, you know, my philosophy on, uh, you know, the, the poorest theory, you know, the second I got when I all of a sudden started seeing it. So when you are focused on and have faith in a certain thing, you're going to start seeing that all around you. If you have faith in, in negative things, you're going to see those negative things around you. So having that faith is absolutely critical. And here's the thing. If you lack faith and believe the opposite, you'll be defeated every single time you will be defeated. (09:19): And that's when I talk about, you know, most people, you know, everyone can think and grow rich, but most people think and grow poor. And the thing is, is you don't even have to be consciously aware of the negative thoughts. You have thoughts going on, subconsciously that you're not even aware of that are going on. And those subconscious thoughts will either good or bad. So what we're trying to do is we're going to plant those good ones in we're going to plant them those. So it is critical to develop faith that really propels you toward your goal toward your dream. You know, faith inspires others to help you. You know, one of the things that we're gonna go over in this is the mastermind. That is one of the most important steps for me within think and grow rich is getting those people around you and doing masterminds and having access to the mastermind. (10:13): And it's hard to get people into a mastermind. If, if you don't even have faith in what you're doing, if you have faith in what you're doing and what you're gonna be doing is going to work, it's easier to get others to work with you. You know, this is, you know, that is literally by constantly telling yourself that you can succeed. You know, you have to have that faith and you do that by constantly, constantly telling yourself you can succeed. And more than that, it's envisioning yourself succeeding. It's what I was talking about is remembering your future. And one of the things that Hill talks about in the chapter is you eventually become a believer. You begin to, you know, you eventually become to believe the things that you repeat yourself, positive and negative. And here's the thing by default, we are absolutely fantastic at the negative. (11:03): We're constantly telling ourselves negative thoughts. And, and part of that day, one challenge was making the tick, Mark being consciously aware of every time we had those negative thoughts, we have those all the time. And you really, what I do is go beyond just envisioning your success. You know, you can see it, you can feel it. I want you to act as though you already have it, and I'm not talking about fake it till you make it. I'm talking about actually acting as though you have it. So let's say one of your goals is to be financial. You want to think, and you want to go rich. You want to have the freedom. You want to have the money, go out to dinner once a month, or once a quarter to a nice restaurant where that nice bottle of wine, don't worry about the money. (11:50): Don't, don't worry about how much it costs. Go do it act is if you were already there, because I'll tell you what, when you do that, your mind takes on the vibration of that thought that's dominating right there. It takes on you. You were at a different vibration when you're doing that. So I always tell people, act as if you have an alter ego of that person, you want to be, don't fake it till you make it act as if you already have it. And one of the challenges today is, you know, he, a Hill has in the book is what he calls his self-confidence formula. And it's part of, you know, again, it's part of today's challenge. I call it the success confidence formula. This is really something that we need to do to be successful, not just for ourselves. And it's five things it's in the book. (12:42): I think, I can't remember what, uh, what page it's on, but it's five things that you need to memorize and you need to do every day. And you're going to sign off, you know, part of the challenges you're going to sign off that you're going to memorize these things and you're going to repeat them. Now. I want to know it was quite a few, so I'm not going to go, or it's quite long each one. So I'm not going to go through all of it, but I'm gonna give you kind of a cliff note of what each one is for the first one is you're telling yourself affirmations that I know I have the ability to achieve my specific goal. And I mean, specific goal. Remember in day one, you gotta be down to the damn penny. If it's financial, you gotta, you gotta be very specific. (13:21): Number two is I will concentrate my thoughts for 30 minutes a day on the person I intend to become. That's the, you know, acting as if 30 minutes a day act as if you're that person act as if you already have what you're dreaming about. Spend in a third one is spend 10 minutes a day demanding self-confidence of you demand 10 minutes demand. Self-confidence number four is my goal determines that I develop self competence to achieve it, your goal demands. And if it doesn't demand that you develop self competence to get it, then it's not a very big goal. It's not something worthy of you going after. And number five is I will cultivate positive thoughts towards myself and others. That is such a biggie because I'm telling you, we are so negative in our thoughts all the time, and we don't even know it. (14:19): We don't even realize it. And again, that's what the day one was putting a tick Mark. Every time you, I just want you to become consciously aware when you do that. So you can eliminate it. Cause again, these are, these are at the subconscious level. We don't even notice that we're, we're doing some of these. So the second part of the challenge is really towards that is cultivating positive thoughts, thoughts towards ourselves. And as we're going to learn is autosuggestion or self-suggestion or, you know, doing these things and telling ourselves these things absolutely matters. So the second part of the challenge is besides doing what's in the book. So this is kind of what's in the book. The second part is I want you to write down five of your limiting beliefs in the opposite, in the opposite. And let me give you an example. (15:05): So for example, one of my limiting beliefs was that I was stupid. I had a limiting belief that I was stupid for so long because of where I came from him. And you know what my background is. So I thought I was stupid. You know, my, instead of my limiting, instead of my belief, I'm stupid. My limiting belief might be, uh, I would read something like I have all the knowledge I need and the things I am passionate about. I have the knowledge to help people conquer their dreams. So I want you to write down five of your negative beliefs in the negative, in a positive light. And whenever you're doing this, I want you to repeat your negative beliefs, your opposite, negative beliefs. We, the thing that we have to do is we have to start magnetizing our mind towards the positive things. Thoughts are things, they're everything, and getting a good representation of where you're at and what to do to gain faith. (16:03): So all of this will build your faith. That what you're doing is right. It's building fate, that what you're doing is going to work. What you're doing is absolutely there for you. And I'm going to tell you this, it is impossible, impossible for you to have a dream or an idea and not be capable of doing it impossible. If you have an idea, I don't care how many times you say I can't do that. I'm not big enough for that, or I can't, I don't know the people. And if you have an idea and you pulled it from infinite intelligence, you are fully capable of doing it. You would not be able to have that idea if you weren't. So today we're building the faith that you can do it. We're hacking your subconscious mind. This is a way to hack your subconscious mind and start putting in crap that we want, instead of the stuff that, that just goes in naturally the negative crap that goes in naturally work. We're putting in stuff that we want. So now we're hacking the subconscious mind. We're building our own fate and what we can do. So until tomorrow, tomorrow is another good one. Tomorrow is on, autosuggestion, goes hand in hand with this because autosuggestion is the way that we really hack our subconscious mind. That that is the tool we use to hack our subconscious mind. So tomorrow I will see you at seven o'clock.

Welcome to the Thinking Big Podcast. This is part 2 in a special 14 day Think and Grow Rich Challenge. Based on the book Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill. I recently hosted a live 14 days Think and Grow Rich challenge that benefited Feeding America and I thought it would be great to put the challenge right here on the podcast.  So for 14 straight days I will be releasing a new podcast and the associated challenge that covers each of the 13 steps of Think and Grow Rich plus a bonus challenge on the introduction. It doesn’t matter if you have ever read the book or not, the challenge is designed for anyone to do. There is a link in the show notes so you can sign up for free and get download all of the challenge worksheets and a PDF copy of the original Think and Grow Rich Today we are thinking big on the persistence, the eighth step to Think and Grow Rich. The 14-day Think and Grow Rich Challenge. https://www.sean-osborn.com/14daychallenge   Free Audibles book http://bit.ly/thinkingbigaudible   Connect with Sean Osborn at Thinking Big Coaching Website http://www.thinkingbigcoaching.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thinkingbigcoaching/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thinkingbigcoaching/   Until challenge day 3, remember to always think big Ratings and reviews directly impact search rankings for the Thinking Big Podcast. So please help and rate and review the podcast.   Podcast Transcript (00:00): Welcome to the thinking big podcast today is part two and a special 14 day think and grow rich challenge. I recently hosted a live 14 day think and grow rich challenge that benefited feeding America. And it actually helped each person actually helped 400 people. Absolutely amazing. And I thought it would be great to put this challenge right here on the podcast. So for 14 straight days, I will be releasing a brand new podcast and associated challenge that covers all 13 steps in think and grow rich plus a bonus challenge on the introduction. And it doesn't matter if you've ever read the book or not. This challenge is designed for anybody to do. There is a link in the show notes, so you can go sign up. You can watch the videos, you can download all of the challenge, worksheets and a free PDF copy of the original book think and grow rich. So today we're thinking big on persistence, the eighth step in think and grow rich. (01:03): Welcome to the thinking big podcast with Sean Osborne, the show helping you think bigger and to your life and potential Sean believes, but equipping you with the tools, strategies, and philosophies required to be successful in all aspects of your life. You can achieve anything you believe in empowering. Our own growth makes a deeply positive and lasting impact on our lives community and our world. Now here's Sean. (01:28): I want to welcome everybody tonight. Tonight is the challenge on persistence. This is a very important one and it's step eight, but I'm bringing it to step one, bring it to perse because there's a surprise at the end on today's challenge. So I want to, again, I want to welcome everybody. It's such an honor to be here, such an honor to do this, and I want to welcome everybody to this challenge. This is a fantastic 14 day challenge. Day two. Here we go. Now again, this challenge is about doing rather than learning. So I'm not going to spend a whole bunch of time on these steps, teaching the steps we're going to do 20 minutes a night, 25 minutes a night at most going over kind of the, the step some of the content, maybe some of the things that stick out for me and go over the challenge of what we're going to do for the challenge for the day. (02:20): And again, it's about doing rather than about knowing, and you don't have to, you know, you've never had to have read the book in order to do this challenge. You can do this challenge without ever reading think and grow rich. I've distilled the, you know, the, the challenge of the day out based on what's in the, in the chapter and you can, there's a hundred different challenges you can do on each chapter. And what we're going to do is we're actually gonna focus most of this challenge on your thoughts, because thoughts are things, but we're going to, we're going to really focus this challenging on your current thoughts, where they are kind of take inventory where you're at now, and what will your thoughts have be when you get to your destination, when you get to your, when your goal, your dream, if you're there, what thoughts are you going to have at that point? (03:07): So that's really what, this is what this is about. And again, it's about doing, because how many times have you read a great book or gone to a seminar or listen to a, an audible and said, and that's a fantastic idea. I'm going to implement that in my life. And you just never do. That's what this challenge is about. And before we start every time, again, this is not employing Hill's stuff. He was simply a, you know, a knowledge broker. He interviewed, you know, 500 of the most successful people at the time and sorted out what they did, what they had in common. So, and, and all the great thought leaders, all the great people, all say the same thing, because there's really only one way for success. And there's a law of success. And that's what this book really, really teaches. But, you know, I, I want to start off each time with quotes based on that that step. (04:02): So tonight step is persistence. So I want to do a few quotes on persistence from other people that earn true in alignment with what is saying. So John D Rockefeller, I do not think there's another quality. So essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature, H Jackson Brown jr. In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength, but through perseverance, Walter Elliot, perseverance is not a long race. It is many short races, one after another Vince Lombardi, the difference between a success person and others is not the lack of strength. It's not the lack of knowledge, but rather the lack of will. And I've given you the book download it's line numbered because every once in a while, we'll go into things. So if you go to line page, excuse me, page one 68 in the persistence chapter, we're going to line three 24 through three 26. (05:19): The only break anyone can afford to reply, rely upon as a self made break. These come through the application of persistence. The starting point of definiteness of purpose persistence is the essential factor for the process of transforming your ideas into their physical reality. You have to be persistent to do that. You can't do it any other way. And without persistence, you will be defeated even before you start. If you do not have persistence, you're done, that's it. And that's well pack up your bags with persistence. You win. That is pretty cut and dry the way he says that without persistence, you will, you will be defeated even before you start with persistence, you will win. Wow, it's pretty clear. So the question really becomes, so how can we build, you know, or manufacturer persistence? You know, how can we do that? Well, he'll go through eight definite causes of persistent in the book, and we'll quickly go through those, a definiteness of purpose. (06:30): You know, knowing what you want is probably one of the most important things that you have. You know, this is what breathes life into, you know, whatever task you're embarking upon. You have to have a clear and definite purpose desire. That's tomorrow's step tomorrow's challenge desire. Oh man, I'm telling you easy to be. It is when you have a burning desire, it is so easy to be persistent in what you want when that desire is burning, it's driving you. You're not driving it. That builds persistence. You know, and, and the weaker that, you know, he talks about this, the weaker, the flame, the weaker, the heat. And if you want more heat, you got to build more blame. You, you got to build that pipe. You've got to have the burning brick and desire. You got to have a fricking obsession and it becomes the fuel that really ignites your purpose into action. (07:25): And then he talks about self reliance and self-reliance is really the belief that you can do something. So let me ask you this. If you knew a hundred percent, that, that next step, the next, the next goal in the process, if you knew a hundred percent that you could do it, would you be more persistent in getting it done? I would say so. So that's what self-reliance is. And all the people talk about that. You know, if you follow, you know, Tony Robins at all, you know, he has this four squares. It's, you know, I think it's a God. I can't remember what it is, but it's a, you know, what you think your potential is your actions, your results, and that builds your certainty and your belief. So that belief that self-reliance gets bigger and it's a full circle. My thinking big, the big, you know, that's a framework, the biggest for belief, that's that reseller Alliance. (08:14): If you believe you can imagine, then you can imagine more if you're, if you're, if your belief is that you're at $50,000 a year, you can imagine $60,000 a year that goes into the G, which is your growth, which is your actions and your results. So then you're at 60. Then you can imagine you, so your belief now is at 60. Well, you can imagine now I can 75. Well, that channels the year and your actions and results, and you grow and you're 75. So you have to have that self reliance and know that you can achieve what you're dying to do. You have to have definiteness of plan, you know, an organized plan, even a crappy plan is better than, than none. You have to have steps. You have to have, you have to stay in action. You don't have to have the entire plan. (09:05): You just have to have the next step in your plan. You have to have the next, I remember when I was doing an Ironman and I went from basically not being able to run, swim, or bike, to doing an Ironman, you can't do that overnight. You have to chunk it down. I had plans. I paid for plans this week. It took me two years. You know, this week we're going to do this this week. We're going to do this this week. We're going to do this plans for every day. For over a year plans, you have to have those plans. You chunk it down. What's the next thing in the plan that you can do? You know, it makes even the most taunting thing. You know, I never knew a million years thought I would, I do an iron man, but it takes those. And when you chunk them down, it makes the, even the most wildest dream manageable with what you're doing, you have to have accurate knowledge, you know, knowing that your plan is going to work, get you more persistent. (10:00): When you know that if you do a, B and C, you're going to get D when, you know, when you have accurate knowledge, that that's what you're gonna do. And it works. That creates persistence, you know, maximizing the effectiveness really of your, of your plans. And you have to have that specialty. And that's what the whole thing is on specialized knowledge. You have to have cooperation, you know, harmonious cooperation with others helps build persistence. You have to have other people involved. And that's kind of where the mastermind group comes in. And we're going to go over that. And one of the challenge you'll run groups. If you ever run, you, you, you had the Kumar comradery, you've got the, you know, support system. You you're not, if you find anybody that's successful, they have not done it alone. There has been a team of people that have helped them along. (10:48): You know, this creates when you bring other people, it really creates the magic of energy and it builds without a doubt, persistence, a willpower. You have to have the habit of concentrating your thoughts on building your plan. You know, it keeps you going through the grind when you got to drill it out sometimes, but then you build the habit and the habit persistent is a direct result of habit. And I want to explain it to you. And again, I do running into just so I have a lot of analogies of running and, and, and that kind of stuff. But when I first started running, I couldn't run to my cupboard without getting winded. I didn't have the habit of running. So it was a chore. It was so hard to force myself to out and run. It was excruciating. And then all of a sudden I look back and I had built the habit of doing it. (11:44): I was no longer going to run running was running me. You know, you, you've got to do the thing before you get the energy to do the thing I had to go and do, build the habit of doing the thing to running before I really had the habit of going and doing it for you. It was running me. You have to build a habit because habit will absolutely keep persistence going and going and going. And I'm telling you, the lack of persistence is the major cause of failure. You find anybody that's failed and I can tell you, they lacked persistence. How long do you have to persist until how long do I have to go until, until your dream? Is there any idea that you have, you're automatically capable of getting, if you've got a great idea of you've got a dream, you, you can't do that and not be, you know, automatically restores to get it. (12:43): The only thing that stopped you from you and your dream is giving up. Some people do it at the first sign. Some people, you know, after a year, some people, but you don't give up, you keep getting up. If you get knocked down 99, you get up a hundred. You just keep going. And that's the number. One thing that causes people to fail is persistence. You can have a, not a bad desire and, and still make it. If you're, if you're persistent and you don't have to be the strongest, you don't have to be, you know, the smartest you don't have to, you just have to be the most persistent. And there are four simple steps and they're actually in the, in the town. So here's, here's a day's challenge. It's two, a two sheets, but there's a, there's a bonus challenge in here. And he talks about here. (13:28): He talks about, there are four simple steps leading to the habit of persistence, a definite purpose, backed by a bird, a burning desire for its fulfillment. A definite plan expressed in continuous actions. We're talking about that. Build a plan. What's the next step. Continuous action. You don't stop. You build the momentum. You keep going. You keep going. And this is a good one. A mind close tightly against all negative and discouraging influences, including I would say not only including, I'd say especially negative suggestions of relatives, friends, and acquaintances. Let me tell you, your friends and family are full of BS and that's belief system. They are full of their belief system, and they're going to do everything they can to keep you from getting hurt. You know, they love us. They don't give us these negative things cause they don't want us to succeed. They don't want us to win. (14:22): They don't want us to, you know, don't have the crab. They're not trying to pull us down. Human nature is we we're, we're made to survive, not be happy. We're made to survive. They do not want to see us get hurt. So we got to close their mind tightly to their BS or else we listened to them. You know, we're not good enough. Maybe, maybe this isn't the right time. Yeah. I don't know. Maybe I don't know the right people. It's all BS. It's all in the belief system. So don't do not listen to them. A friendly Alliance with one or more people who will encourage you to follow through with both plans and purpose. And this is what I'm talking about. We're going to get into this. I don't know which day it is, but the mastermind we're going to help create the mastermind group. (15:06): This is when you go up and you, you create your Alliance, you know, how are you going to create your lions to keep you going during the tough times that are going to keep you motivated that are going to keep you persistent. The first part of the challenge really is the second page. And this is something I'm gonna read this directly. This is directly from the book and study this list carefully and face yourself squarely. If you really wish to know who you are, these are the weaknesses that must be mastered to be successful. They must be mastered to be successful. And we'll just go over a few of them. I'm not going to go over all of them. This is the list is the printout symptoms of lack of persistence. And we've got to master these failure to recognize and clearly to find exactly what we want procrastination with or without cause usually backed up by a formidable array of alibis and excuses. (16:02): Hello? Yeah, we do that all the time. Lack of interest in acquiring specialized knowledge, you've got to always be learning. You've got to always be getting that specialized knowledge for whatever it is that you're dreaming, whatever it is that you're wanting, you've got to always be learning and getting that specialized knowledge in decision. The habit of passing the buck on all occasions instead of facing issues. Squarely also backed by alibis. Yeah, we do it. The habit of relying upon alibis instead of creating definite plans for the solutions to problems. Wow. Self satisfaction. I read this one wrong before. So it scared me. This is really self centered. So if you are self centered, this is one of the things in the book that he says there is, but little remedy for this affliction. If you are self-centered you better find a way to be unsafe centered because you're not going to be successful until you are not. (17:00): So self centered. You've got to give before you get in deference, usually reflected in one's readiness to a compromise on all occasions, rather than meet opposition and fight it. The habit of blaming others for one's mistakes and accepting unfavorable circumstances. By the way, that's my 150 pound great Dane down there barking up a storm. I love him, but he's so sometimes he's a butt weakness of desire due to the neglect of choice of motives. That impel action. Willingness, even eagerness, not just willingness, sometimes eagerness to quit at the first sign of defeat. How many times do we do that? We do it in diets. We do it in relationships. We do it in finances. That's a biggie willingness, or even eagerness, lack of organized plans. That habit of neglecting to move on ideas. Here's the thing. We played this video, or we played the audio yesterday. (18:00): Look right where you are. Don't be searching out in the future for what you need. It's it's already there. It's already in you willing, excuse me. The habit of neglecting to move on ideas or grasp the opportunity. When it presents itself, ideas are like babies. We've got to breathe life into them. We cannot, the second you have an idea. You've got to nurture that. How long if you had a baby and you neglected it for a couple of days, what do you think would happen? Yeah. Same with your ideas. Same thing. Your ideas are like babies. If you don't nurture them, they're going to die. Someone else will take them. You've heard that before. Oh, that was someone stole my idea. BS the habit of excuse me, wishing. Instead of willing the habit of compromising with poverty, instead of aiming for riches searching for all shortcuts to ridges, people think thinking we're rich is a shortcut to riches. (18:59): It is not a shortcut. It's a map, but it is not a shortcut. It is a law. It is a process, but it is not a shortcut. There is no shortcut. This is, I've seen so many successful people. Whether they read this book or not, and many successful people refer to this book is one of the things that helped them become successful, but you don't have to have the book to become successful, but every single person I've ever looked at that's been successful. I see these plans. I see these traits. I see these steps and what they have done. And here's the big one on that last one, fear criticism. How often has the fear of criticism stopped us from doing what we need to do, stopped us from doing what we want to do. That fear that you know, what are people going to think? (19:49): What are, what are people gonna do? The fear of criticism? It to me is one of the biggest ones that we have to master. We have to master that in order to become successful. Now here's the big challenge for the day. Oh, you're going to love this. Here's the big one. You gotta read chapter. This is by the way, this is why I pulled it from it's the eighth step, but I've pulled it. Number one, to give you a little bit of a buffer, I want to make sure that you complete this challenge. I want to make sure you win. I want to make sure that with this challenge, we feed 400 people. Every time someone completes this challenge, I'm giving you extra days. This is the longest challenge. This one by far takes more time than any of them. So for nine days straight, not nine days, total nine days straight. (20:35): I want you to read chapter nine, read chapter nine, not cliff notes, not audibles. I want you to read chapter nine for nine straight days and we'll visit this again at the end, but the reason I'm not going to give you that now we'll visit. Revisit it then. But how you do this is the one thing that my mentor told me. I didn't understand it, but how you do this is how you do everything. How you do this is how you do everything. So read chapter nine for nine straight days. If you miss a day, you start over again. So you can go up to day nine, Ms. Day nine and still still make it. Cause you have 18 days to complete this. Okay? So nine straight days, you're going to know the chapter. Well, I assure you. You will know this chapter very well after reading it nine times straight. So until tomorrow, tomorrow is on desire. Oh, it's a good one. I love desire. It is the starting point. It is the crux. It's the heart tomorrow desire do today's to do tonight's challenge. It'll take you about 35 minutes to read chapter nine, spend at least 30 minutes on this, or spend a good hour tonight, at least on the challenge. And I will see you guys tomorrow

Welcome to the Thinking Big Podcast. This is part 3 in a special 14 day Think and Grow Rich Challenge. I recently hosted a live 14 days Think and Grow Rich challenge that benefited Feeding America and I thought it would be great to put the challenge right here on the podcast.  So for 14 straight days I will be releasing a new podcast and the associated challenge that covers each of the 13 steps of Think and Grow Rich plus a bonus challenge on the introduction. It doesn’t matter if you have ever read the book or not, the challenge is designed for anyone to do. There is a link in the show notes so you can sign up for free and get download all of the challenge worksheets and a PDF copy of the original Think and Grow Rich Today we are thinking big and talking about my favorite chapter in the book, The chapter on Desire, The starting point of all achievement. And the first step in having success in anything that you do.  The 14-day Think and Grow Rich Challenge. https://www.sean-osborn.com/14daychallenge   Free Audibles book http://bit.ly/thinkingbigaudible   Connect with Sean Osborn at Thinking Big Coaching Website http://www.thinkingbigcoaching.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thinkingbigcoaching/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thinkingbigcoaching/ Ratings and reviews directly impact search rankings for the Thinking Big Podcast. So please help and rate and review the podcast.

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To visit show notes page and resources, go to: www.MLMNation.net/125 Who is Evan Klassen? Evan Klassen was born in central Asia and into a life of war and poverty where having food and clean water was considered a “good day.” He eventually moved to Germany and then later on to America where he started his life as an entrepreneur and MLM professional. Today, Evan is a best selling author, speaker and earned 7 figures in a year in network marketing at the age of 28. His organization has over 50,000 distributors in over 23 countries. Evan has co-authored 2 best selling books… Think and Grow Rich Today featuring Napolean Hill and Transform with Brian Tracy. He’s also a contributing author to the best selling book, The Miracle Morning for Network Marketing.

To visit show notes page and resources, go to: www.MLMNation.net/125 Who is Evan Klassen? Evan Klassen was born in central Asia and into a life of war and poverty where having food and clean water was considered a “good day.” He eventually moved to Germany and then later on to America where he started his life as an entrepreneur and MLM professional. Today, Evan is a best selling author, speaker and earned 7 figures in a year in network marketing at the age of 28. His organization has over 50,000 distributors in over 23 countries. Evan has co-authored 2 best selling books… Think and Grow Rich Today featuring Napolean Hill and Transform with Brian Tracy. He’s also a contributing author to the best selling book, The Miracle Morning for Network Marketing.

To visit show notes page and resources, go to: www.MLMNation.net/125 Who is Evan Klassen? Evan Klassen was born in central Asia and into a life of war and poverty where having food and clean water was considered a “good day.” He eventually moved to Germany and then later on to America where he started his life as an entrepreneur and MLM professional. Today, Evan is a best selling author, speaker and earned 7 figures in a year in network marketing at the age of 28. His organization has over 50,000 distributors in over 23 countries. Evan has co-authored 2 best selling books… Think and Grow Rich Today featuring Napolean Hill and Transform with Brian Tracy. He’s also a contributing author to the best selling book, The Miracle Morning for Network Marketing.

Legal Eagle and the Coach Radio with Daivid Altenbern & Bryan Kiser with their guest Joshua Parish & Evan Klassen: As a Farmers® Agent, I have gone through a rigorous training program at the University of Farmers to ensure that I am qualified to provide you information on our insurance products. I will put my professional experience to work for my customers, helping you make sure the coverage you want is best suited to your needs. You get the advantages of one-on-one insight from your local agent Growing up Evan has not heard about Personal Development till the age 21. He never though of himself as a Speaker even more as an Author. His life was changed by a book called “Think and Grow Rich” Napoleon Hill and since than Evan invested over $120 thousand into personal growth. In January 2013 he was invited and singed a Publishing Deal with Celebrity Press to Co Author “Thinks and Grow Rich Today” sharing how Napoleon Hills Principles have transformed his life. Evan was nervous to co author his first book but by the grace of God his contribution has won the “Editors Choice Award” for the Book as well as received an Award for “Americas Premier Experts 2013 - See more at: http://evanklassen.com/speaker-author/#sthash.oKZ85mBs.dpuf