Concentrate on the potential payoff and stop focusing on the current value. Consider that statement. There is a cost to everything to some degree. To begin with, let me rescind that I do not believe there’s a COST associated with anything particularly like being at a boot camp or when you purchase something at a bookstore. At least, I don’t think of it as a cost as you might normally consider a cost.
In all actuality, it is in reality an investment in your future. I can pretty much tell someone’s financial attitude depending upon how they talk. From that financial attitude, I could pretty much guess the financial position they are at and will remain at for the rest of their lives. After five minutes in speaking with them, I can figure them out based upon statements like this one, “Uh, I cannot believe that book costs 10 dollars.”
Really, 10 dollars is expensive? I know people that blow through ten bucks within a few minutes at a casino or at a restaurant. However, when they have something that gives them knowledge and information, something that fills up their mind, they use terms like ‘blew,’ ‘wasted,’ ‘cost,’ and ‘expensive.” Not me, as I have read books that changed my life on three pages. That was the cheapest therapy I received! All joking aside, books have so much meaning. I’ve read a quote or a fact that has changed the course of my life in some books, and I want that for you, as well.
Seriously folks, it’s not about spending money. It’s about investing in yourself. If you concentrate on the payoff, not the current cost, there’s no cost to be concerned about for yourself or for a loved one. It’s an investment in your future success. Furthermore, it might be an investment in your company or your family, too. Whenever you invest in yourself, your family, your company, and your employees, you can’t go wrong! You need to invest to get ahead. Why waste money on unnecessary things when you could invest in things that make a difference to your life or the life of other people?
One thing more, if you hang around me, you will never hear me say, “Oh, I paid this,” and if I do I’ll catch myself and do something the amazing Jack Canfield taught me. I’ll say “Cancel – cancel” while I tap my forehead, and I’ll get that out negative statement out of my head. Then, I will correct what I said, by saying something like, “I invested 20,000 bucks to be in Bill Glazer’s mastermind group” or “I invested this much to spend a day with someone” or “I invested $10 in the book.” Got it? Being conscious of your own programming is a mindset. The first part of success is mindset, so you have to start off right!
James Malinchak, Featured on ABC’s Hit Tv Show Secret Millionaire, is regarded as by many people professionals as the World’s #1 Big Money Speaker Coach and Trainer. For Free Video Trainings concerning how to get money to speak and the way to turn into a motivational speaker, take a look at http://www.millionairespeakersecrets.com/.
