This is an important topic that I see, but I don't see often enough.
I know I haven't been on the forum much lately, but I feel I need to post this. This was life changing for me and can be life changing for you.
Most of you may know me as The Paint Brush Cover guy that was on Shark Tank. I started posting in this forum over a decade ago when I started with an idea then documented step by step almost daily. It held me accountable while motivating myself, motivating others and also getting some great feedback and ideas from members.
Most of you also may know that I sold my share for almost nothing just to get out of a failing business due to a few factors such as a bad partner, inexperience and, most importantly, a scarcity mindset.
All was not lost though. Everyone fails. Some big. Some small. You learn through failing.
In this case, I failed my way to success and this failure specifically led me to the path of a total mindset change.
The most important thing is that I didn't give up. I knew I would one day become successful. I just needed to figure out how and thankfully I became very close with a fellow gym member (who is now one of my closest friends) and completely changed my mindset about money. This was the key to changing everything.
This mindset switch, made me much better at sales, better at marketing, better at advertising, better at networking, better managing. It changed everything.
And it all started with annoying friend, who is now one of my closest friends.
Before I met Gil, almost my entire network was made up of blood sucking mindset leaches. You can't do this, you can't do that, you can't make that much money, money is bad, just put a big chunk in your 401k and you'll be set, you'll have a pension when you retire, blah, blah, blah, blah blah.
I was getting sick of hearing it and new I needed to level up. That's around the time I started following Craig Ballantyne who always says "Your Network is Your Net Worth".
I understood what he meant at the time but not fully. Now, I completely get it.
I started to say to myself "I need to ditch these leaches and move up to the next level".
When I met Gil, he was a high end watch dealer. Very successful. Amazing at sales. the guy could literally sell anything. He was so good, that he became Alex Hormozi's "Sales Guru" for Gym Launch in the early days when we had partnered and opened several gyms together.
His thoughts about money were completely opposite mine. $30k a month was a bad month for him. At the time, I was dreaming of a $10k month and thought that would be life changing. If only I could get from $5k per month to $10k per month, I would have it made. I wouldn't need anything else.
At that time, I also had this insanely negative perception of sales. Like it was a bad thing.
I also didn't think I would ever have what it takes to make a million dollars. I would constantly have negative self talk in my head.
This was preventing me from succeeding. This was the only thing preventing me from succeeding.
I was spending a lot of time with Gil when we met. Doing CrossFit, running races, doing extreme stuff like skydiving and hang gliding. Even though we were on different levels financially, we got along pretty good.
Except, we would argue all the time about money and thoughts on money.
He called out my scarcity mindset right away. And at the time, I didn't realize how bad it was. He did. And now that I look back, I'm blown away by how bad it was.
He was set on changing that and eventually he succeeded.
He kept on drilling my on abundance mindset.
Misconception - There's never enough money.
Abundance Mindset - Money is a renewable resource. With the right strategies, mindset, and actions, I can always earn more.
Misconception - Others' success takes away from my own potential success.
Abundance Mindset - There's enough success for everyone. Another's success can serve as inspiration and does not diminish my opportunities.
Misconception - I have to hold onto every penny, or I'll run out.
Abundance Mindset - Smart investments and spending can lead to growth. I can allocate resources in ways that lead to further abundance. The way I think now is instead of saving more money, I make more money.
Misconception - Money is the root of all evil.
Abundance Mindset - Money is a tool. It's neither good nor evil in itself but can be used for positive or negative purposes depending on one's choices. There are many really good things you can do with money from as little to making a waiter happier with a bigger tip to making huge donations to your favorite charities.
Misconception - I don't deserve wealth or abundance. This one really got me.
Abundance Mindset - Everyone deserves abundance and prosperity. By aligning my mindset, skills, and actions, I can achieve financial success.
Misconception - Financial success is purely based on luck.
Abundance Mindset - While some elements of luck can be involved, hard work, strategy, and a positive attitude play significant roles in achieving financial success. One of my favorite sayings is "You create your own luck".
Misconception - It's selfish to desire more money. At first, i was embarrassed to be wealthier than all of my friends. You can bet that changed.
Abundance Mindset -Wanting more resources can lead to greater opportunities not just for oneself, but to help others and contribute to larger causes. If I have more money I can help more people.
Misconception - Money will solve all my problems.
Abundance Mindset - Money is a tool to help address challenges and facilitate experiences, but it's not the only solution. Inner happiness, relationships, and purpose play critical roles in a fulfilled life.
Misconception - People with money are greedy.
Abundance Mindset - Wealthy individuals can be just as diverse in character as any other group. Money amplifies who you already are; it doesn't inherently make someone greedy. Gil always said that more money just brings out your true character.
Misconception - There's a fixed pie of resources, and if someone gets more, others will get less.
Abundance Mindset - The world is abundant, and opportunities and resources can expand. Innovation, collaboration, and creativity can grow the pie for everyone.
Misconception - Selling is bad. All salesmen are snakes.
Abundance Mindset - selling is a really good thing. You're giving the person what they need or desire. Ex: weight loss, healthier lifestyle, I nice watch to help improve their status or improve the perception of their status.
Shifting from a scarcity to an abundance mindset doesn't mean being unrealistic or ignoring challenges. It's about focusing on possibilities, being proactive, and recognizing that with effort and the right strategies, growth and prosperity are achievable.
One day, it just clicked. I finally said "Gil. You're right".
I'm go to do anything i can to started thinking with an abundance mindset. I picked Gil's brain more. Didn't argue with him. I read books. Watched videos. I hired a mentor. Meditated.
Ian Stanley's money meditations really helped a lot.
More and more my mindset changed. More and more I got better at everything I did. More and more money flowed to me.
Fast forward to today, I own a branch of a private equity firm, helped 1000's of business owners with covid tax relief, have 10+ sales reps working for me, over 20+ affiliates under me and have made in the multiple 7 figures over the past 3 years.
I am now in the process of building something BIG.
Within the next year, I plan on having 20-30 sales reps and hundreds, if not thousands, of successful affiliates working under me.
With my new abundance mindset, the skys are the limit. I dream big and have been surpassing my lofty goals.
I recently set the biggest goal of my life to make 8 figures+ and plan on hitting that goal within 2 years.
I credit this to one single thing. One simple thing.
A Mindset change. That's all.
And It's not that difficult to do.
Start hanging out with people better than you. Find someone that makes more money than you. Become friends with them. Notice how differently they think about money.
Find a mentor like Craig Ballantyne, or Bedros Keullien.
Start listening to podcasts. Bedros is great. Alex Hormozi, Brad Lea, Ed Mylett. There are so many.
Listen to the Ian Stanley money meditations on Youtube.
Instead of saving money. Think of ways you can make more money, solve more problems, help more people.
Like I said earlier, I thought $10k a month would be life changing. That when I would be like "I really made it". Then I had a $10k month with my gyms. Then a $15k month. Then I thought "If only I can make $20k" blah blah. Then I had a $30k month. Then a $50k month. Them I made $40k in one day. Then $100k. Then $150k. It kept going.
This past summer I had a $250k+ month. Now, If I make under $100k in a month, my mind starts thinking wtf I did wrong. I didn't help enough people. I got lazy. etc.
My thought process completely changed and now the sky is the limit.
I think this is very important for young entrepreneurs to hear because I don't hear it enough and it can very well be the one thing missing to get you to the top like it was for me.
I know I haven't been on the forum much lately, but I feel I need to post this. This was life changing for me and can be life changing for you.
Most of you may know me as The Paint Brush Cover guy that was on Shark Tank. I started posting in this forum over a decade ago when I started with an idea then documented step by step almost daily. It held me accountable while motivating myself, motivating others and also getting some great feedback and ideas from members.
Most of you also may know that I sold my share for almost nothing just to get out of a failing business due to a few factors such as a bad partner, inexperience and, most importantly, a scarcity mindset.
All was not lost though. Everyone fails. Some big. Some small. You learn through failing.
In this case, I failed my way to success and this failure specifically led me to the path of a total mindset change.
The most important thing is that I didn't give up. I knew I would one day become successful. I just needed to figure out how and thankfully I became very close with a fellow gym member (who is now one of my closest friends) and completely changed my mindset about money. This was the key to changing everything.
This mindset switch, made me much better at sales, better at marketing, better at advertising, better at networking, better managing. It changed everything.
And it all started with annoying friend, who is now one of my closest friends.
Before I met Gil, almost my entire network was made up of blood sucking mindset leaches. You can't do this, you can't do that, you can't make that much money, money is bad, just put a big chunk in your 401k and you'll be set, you'll have a pension when you retire, blah, blah, blah, blah blah.
I was getting sick of hearing it and new I needed to level up. That's around the time I started following Craig Ballantyne who always says "Your Network is Your Net Worth".
I understood what he meant at the time but not fully. Now, I completely get it.
I started to say to myself "I need to ditch these leaches and move up to the next level".
When I met Gil, he was a high end watch dealer. Very successful. Amazing at sales. the guy could literally sell anything. He was so good, that he became Alex Hormozi's "Sales Guru" for Gym Launch in the early days when we had partnered and opened several gyms together.
His thoughts about money were completely opposite mine. $30k a month was a bad month for him. At the time, I was dreaming of a $10k month and thought that would be life changing. If only I could get from $5k per month to $10k per month, I would have it made. I wouldn't need anything else.
At that time, I also had this insanely negative perception of sales. Like it was a bad thing.
I also didn't think I would ever have what it takes to make a million dollars. I would constantly have negative self talk in my head.
This was preventing me from succeeding. This was the only thing preventing me from succeeding.
I was spending a lot of time with Gil when we met. Doing CrossFit, running races, doing extreme stuff like skydiving and hang gliding. Even though we were on different levels financially, we got along pretty good.
Except, we would argue all the time about money and thoughts on money.
He called out my scarcity mindset right away. And at the time, I didn't realize how bad it was. He did. And now that I look back, I'm blown away by how bad it was.
He was set on changing that and eventually he succeeded.
He kept on drilling my on abundance mindset.
Misconception - There's never enough money.
Abundance Mindset - Money is a renewable resource. With the right strategies, mindset, and actions, I can always earn more.
Misconception - Others' success takes away from my own potential success.
Abundance Mindset - There's enough success for everyone. Another's success can serve as inspiration and does not diminish my opportunities.
Misconception - I have to hold onto every penny, or I'll run out.
Abundance Mindset - Smart investments and spending can lead to growth. I can allocate resources in ways that lead to further abundance. The way I think now is instead of saving more money, I make more money.
Misconception - Money is the root of all evil.
Abundance Mindset - Money is a tool. It's neither good nor evil in itself but can be used for positive or negative purposes depending on one's choices. There are many really good things you can do with money from as little to making a waiter happier with a bigger tip to making huge donations to your favorite charities.
Misconception - I don't deserve wealth or abundance. This one really got me.
Abundance Mindset - Everyone deserves abundance and prosperity. By aligning my mindset, skills, and actions, I can achieve financial success.
Misconception - Financial success is purely based on luck.
Abundance Mindset - While some elements of luck can be involved, hard work, strategy, and a positive attitude play significant roles in achieving financial success. One of my favorite sayings is "You create your own luck".
Misconception - It's selfish to desire more money. At first, i was embarrassed to be wealthier than all of my friends. You can bet that changed.
Abundance Mindset -Wanting more resources can lead to greater opportunities not just for oneself, but to help others and contribute to larger causes. If I have more money I can help more people.
Misconception - Money will solve all my problems.
Abundance Mindset - Money is a tool to help address challenges and facilitate experiences, but it's not the only solution. Inner happiness, relationships, and purpose play critical roles in a fulfilled life.
Misconception - People with money are greedy.
Abundance Mindset - Wealthy individuals can be just as diverse in character as any other group. Money amplifies who you already are; it doesn't inherently make someone greedy. Gil always said that more money just brings out your true character.
Misconception - There's a fixed pie of resources, and if someone gets more, others will get less.
Abundance Mindset - The world is abundant, and opportunities and resources can expand. Innovation, collaboration, and creativity can grow the pie for everyone.
Misconception - Selling is bad. All salesmen are snakes.
Abundance Mindset - selling is a really good thing. You're giving the person what they need or desire. Ex: weight loss, healthier lifestyle, I nice watch to help improve their status or improve the perception of their status.
Shifting from a scarcity to an abundance mindset doesn't mean being unrealistic or ignoring challenges. It's about focusing on possibilities, being proactive, and recognizing that with effort and the right strategies, growth and prosperity are achievable.
One day, it just clicked. I finally said "Gil. You're right".
I'm go to do anything i can to started thinking with an abundance mindset. I picked Gil's brain more. Didn't argue with him. I read books. Watched videos. I hired a mentor. Meditated.
Ian Stanley's money meditations really helped a lot.
More and more my mindset changed. More and more I got better at everything I did. More and more money flowed to me.
Fast forward to today, I own a branch of a private equity firm, helped 1000's of business owners with covid tax relief, have 10+ sales reps working for me, over 20+ affiliates under me and have made in the multiple 7 figures over the past 3 years.
I am now in the process of building something BIG.
Within the next year, I plan on having 20-30 sales reps and hundreds, if not thousands, of successful affiliates working under me.
With my new abundance mindset, the skys are the limit. I dream big and have been surpassing my lofty goals.
I recently set the biggest goal of my life to make 8 figures+ and plan on hitting that goal within 2 years.
I credit this to one single thing. One simple thing.
A Mindset change. That's all.
And It's not that difficult to do.
Start hanging out with people better than you. Find someone that makes more money than you. Become friends with them. Notice how differently they think about money.
Find a mentor like Craig Ballantyne, or Bedros Keullien.
Start listening to podcasts. Bedros is great. Alex Hormozi, Brad Lea, Ed Mylett. There are so many.
Listen to the Ian Stanley money meditations on Youtube.
Instead of saving money. Think of ways you can make more money, solve more problems, help more people.
Like I said earlier, I thought $10k a month would be life changing. That when I would be like "I really made it". Then I had a $10k month with my gyms. Then a $15k month. Then I thought "If only I can make $20k" blah blah. Then I had a $30k month. Then a $50k month. Them I made $40k in one day. Then $100k. Then $150k. It kept going.
This past summer I had a $250k+ month. Now, If I make under $100k in a month, my mind starts thinking wtf I did wrong. I didn't help enough people. I got lazy. etc.
My thought process completely changed and now the sky is the limit.
I think this is very important for young entrepreneurs to hear because I don't hear it enough and it can very well be the one thing missing to get you to the top like it was for me.
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