Don’t just think about it! Do something about it!
One of my favorite quotes is by Tony Robbins, “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” That is so true. So I made some changes in July and August of this year. It all started with the book “The 4 Hour Workweek.”
My take on the book can be summed up like this: 1) Don’t let e-mail run your life. 2) Automate as much as you can. 3) Outsource as much as you can. 4) Use the internet to Succeed. 5) Travel now! You don’t have to be rich to do it. 6) Don’t put your life off until retirement. Live NOW! So…How did I change things or expand on what I was already doing?
1) Don’t let e-mail run your life: You all know the person who now manages most of my business e-mail: CHRISTINE. I have also worked with Christine on not being a SLAVE to her e-mail. She says that managing my e-mail has helped her manage her own. Ask her about it in the comments section.
2) Automate as much as you can: Fred and I launched a new website UWSTravel.com. It’s fully automated, powered by Travelocity and works for us 24/7 on autopilot. We are booking travel for numerous people that we don’t even know. Oh, let me correct that. We are not booking travel. The customer is doing it and we are getting paid commissions.
3) Outsource as much as you can: We already had alliances with numerous people and have created a solid foundation for outsourcing. If you are not outsourcing, you need to consider what pieces of your business you can outsource. We have a 24 hour live person answering service that we pay less than $100 per month for. They know how to either track us down when needed or put the person into voice mail. When considering outsourcing, ask yourself “What else could I be doing with my time?” For example, I’m the closer of most sales for our company and can get that done because of outsourcing. I also have a lot more FREE time than I would not otherwise have. I’m 40 and learned a long time ago that I cannot do it all.
4) Use the internet to Succeed: We have multiple websites and just launched two new blogs which we’ll let you know about soon. I also maximize the internet by teaching others in live workshops how to tap into it and through Webinars.
5) Travel now! You don’t have to be rich to do it: This is one that you just have to make yourself do. You need a vacation. You need a break. You could take mini-vacations by going away once per month for the weekend. If you like to travel, DO NOT put it off. Do it while you can.
6) Don’t put your life off until retirement. Live NOW! Stay away from the old school mentality of when I retire… I will… I will… I just cannot wait 25 more years, 15 more years, 5 more years until I retire because then I will… Do you know people like this? Do you know people that hate their job… longing for the day when they can retire? I know several people who still work in their retirement years. I have also heard many stories of people dying shortly after retirement. Oh, it’s true that this is not always the case, but my point is LIVE NOW!
In closing, remember…”If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” CHANGE NOW…TODAY!
thanks, david! a great kick-start to the day and i love the quote.
Well if you take it down to the bare essential, NOW is the only moment in time you can actually do something. If you decide to do it later, in fact you decide that the action for NOW = Waiting. But somehow nobody ever realizes it
Now or never, we can predict our life in future or how long we gonna live.
I love it. I absolutely love #5. Travel every now and then. You don’t have to be rolling in the money to have an exciting and rewarding vacation. Time off can rejuvenate you and your work ethic too.
Great Point!
I like the now or never deal. That’s pretty much how I got started into business. I felt that if I didn’t go for it with all my heart that I would never know what could happen. I’m fortunate… It worked!