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Published on July 8, 2026
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Early this morning, I decided to run a test and see if something they sometimes use to promote book releases could work on paid course releases. The following is a Mindset Exploration that leads into a course on using a 5-step freemium method to build multiple streams of income with absolutely no need to sell. I decided to share the post here as well to see if reactions were the same and if maybe I should extend the leaked lesson beyond its Friday Expirey.
The things you do that feel safe and aren't scary are very often the same things that hold you back from being more, doing more, and earning more.
From the time we are little, we are taught to go to school, get good grades, meet friends, get a JOB or Just Over Broke, start a family, buy a car, buy a house, and retire on a Pension and a check if we are lucky from Social Programs like our U.S. Social Security System.
None of the training is about getting rich or becoming wealthy; it is based on an arbitrary dream someone else once had. Your dreams may be much bigger than your paycheck, and society doesn't teach exceptionalism; it teaches fairness and the status quo. It leaves everyone as equals, equally in debt to those who don't play by these rules, and we saddle our prosperity with the debt we couldn't pay in our lifetime.
The following training will help you break that employee mindset with just a few quotes and affirmations.
Jim Rohn will become your friend if you let him. He was one of the most successful wealth coaches. The big quotes from Jim Rohn in question here are as follows.
Jim said, "If it is meant to be, it is up to me," and that quote hits the first topic on the head of the nail, and that is to stop making foolish excuses and believing they are Reasons to not get started or accept failure. If you think of the things you believe have stacked the deck against you and ask, "Is this a solid reason with no way around it, or is it an excuse not to try?" You will find 99.9% of all failures to start are pure Bull Poop.
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Jim also said, "Nothing in life changes until You Change You!" I can not tell you how many people I have met who will say they want success, be given the key, and start their next sentence with But I or It's too hard. They tell you they don't understand, don't have the time, don't have the MONEY.
Jim and I both like to tell them No Buts. It's time to shake off what you used to do to become who you need to be. Make the time, you have time to watch TV, Time to BBQ on a weekend, Time to have a beer with your buddy, but no time to improve your life? Hell yeah, it's hard, or everyone would do it; we can't all be wealthy, there would be no workforce. Lastly, no money is why we are having this discussion in the first place, so stop being a fool and find a way to make your move.
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Last from Jim for a bit is the Sum of 5 rule.
Let those who lack in success take a close look at your 5 best and closest friends. If they work a same or similar job, live in almost the same house, drive the same kind of beat up cars, have nearly no savings or are broke as hell living paycheck to paycheck at some point in this journey, when you tell them your dream, they will not help you build it but instead list their own set of reasons You Can't or You Won't.
Friends move on, sadly, often these same detractors will be family, and they, too, sadly leave sinking ships after they help sink them.
If you steadily improve this group of 5 core people in your life. You find people with success above yours, visions that compare, who are positive and not afraid to dream out loud, who demand respect, and are still humble enough to help someone like you rise with them. You will change by association.
Summary
Don't make excuses, they will never become reasons, and you are only fearing success when you make excuse after excuse to avoid changing your life as it is and not changing it.
If it is meant to be, it is up to YOU to make this happen.
If someone you love and care for makes you feel you can't or tells you that you won't be a success, they are holding you back and don't feel that same love for you that you waste on them. It sucks, but it is true.
Build your tribe of people who can help you grow, will support that growth, and never make you feel bad about wanting more. This is a group of people to go to battle with, to face death, to see you through hard times, and to stand with you on the mountain tops of victory.
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