#1 ALWAYS MAKE EXCUSES FOR WHY YOU’RE BROKE
When someone asks how the online business you started is going tell them you just didn’t have the time or money to make it work.
When someone points out that most successful people online today, including Amit had very little time and money when they start, get angry and defensive and say something like “Well, Amit is just LUCKY, he just sits at home making millions while other people do all the work!?!”
For more dramatic flair, point your finger at them and say “You have no idea what I’m going through. I’m stressed out at work; kids are driving me nuts, (insert your favorite excuse).”
Get livid, I mean really livid, and make sure they know ALL the reasons why you will always be dead broke.
Afterwards go to Blockbuster and rent out 10 movies for the weekend and then sit in front of the TV for next 4 hours because “I can’t cut that out, I need to RELAX!”
#2 BE A VICTIM
Never take responsibility for anything in your life. Make sure it’s ALWAYS someone else’s fault why your life is screwed up.
Here’s a few easy targets to blame:
- “If you had parents like mine, you’d be broke too.”
- “My stupid company won’t give me a promotion because I refuse to work overtime. I’ll work overtime when they give me a promotion and start paying me a LOT more!?!”
- “My damn EX and those alimony payments!”
- “How can I save any money when those damn cigarette companies got me hooked and now I HAVE TO pay $8/pack.”
- My favorite : “How can you be anything but broke when those damn greedy blood sucking rich people are hoarding all the money. We need to tax the shit out of those bastards!”
- “If I didn’t have to pay so many taxes to the government then I wouldn’t be so broke!”
- “My wife won’t let me do anything.”
- “You kidding me, you try starting an online business with kids like mine.”
- “Because of my ethnicity (or skin color) I can’t make it in this country.”
- “I don’t have a college degree, I can’t expect to amount to much.”
Remember think victim, you’re being oppressed by outside forces you have no control over. Don’t for a minute entertain the thought that YOU have 100% control over the outcome of your life and the results you manifest.
#3 AIM REALLY LOW IN LIFE & LET YOUR FEARS COMPLETELY CONTROL YOU
Don’t set goals or dream big, otherwise you’re just setting yourself up for disappointment. You gotta get this CRAZY idea of getting rich OUT of your HEAD.
Just tell me WHAT PERCENT OF PEOPLE GET RICH?
That’s right shoot low, very low so you’re not disappointed.
Just think about how shitty your life is right now, do you really think you’re gonna get rich?
COME ON!
Yeah Amit’s life was really shitty and he was dead broke, but he just got lucky. Not everyone can be lucky, now can they?
Here’s a few reasons why you should NOT start a business online:
- If you do that internet thing and it doesn’t work out, your friends will laugh at you. And even stop talking to you!
- Your wife may leave you, I mean family comes FIRST; you can’t take away from that on can you?
- You’ll be neglecting your children.
- You’ll lose money. You many go bankrupt. You should be saving that money for retirement.
#4 DESPERATELY SEEK SECURITY AND AVOID RISK AT ALL COST
Don’t take ANY risk. Stick your nose down and play it safe.
If you work REALLY hard for your company you may one day you’ll be able to retire with a nice pension. You only gotta bust your butt for 40 years, how bad could it be?
After all you gotta be REALISTIC. Not everyone can be a Bill Gates, who are you kidding! Don’t believe all this ‘The Secret’ mindset manifesting prosperity crap. If you wanna get rich you gotta be very lucky and have good connections.
You were born on the wrong sides of tracks….REMEMBER?
Listen, I don’t care if you see a killer real estate deal where you’re sure to make a fortune. DON’T DO IT…I mean what if something goes wrong, you COULD lose money. You can’t afford that, you need to save that money for your retirement.
#5 TAKE ADVICE FROM BROKE PEOPLE
When you’re evaluating a business or investment opportunity make sure to get the opinion of your friend and family, especially if they’re broke just like you. If they have any reservations about you starting your own business and getting rich, DON’T DO IT.
Follow Uncle Joe’s advice to the letter, who makes $35k/year and has been working for the same factor for the last 10 years.
Don’t read books by those rich people telling you how to succeed (after all they may have gotten rich just writing those books, who knows!).
Take advice from people at your level or lower. And don’t waste your money on those get rich quick real estate and internet marketing seminars, EVERYONE knows that THAT DOESN’T WORK….RIGHT?
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Hi Amit,
There is answer for every thing in the book you have suggested “Think & Grow Rich” by Napolen Hill.
When we are digging for gold “These are all the negative thoughts passed by your friends and family people and your own mind to make yourself to failure.
If you have overcome all these failure( in the form of thoughts) “Gold Mine is Your’s”.
Thanks for the post.
Regards
Mani Nagappan
Wow. All those little voices in our minds seems to appear in your blog post. Cool.
Learn from those who makes big money instead of ppl who are poor. I learn about dun follow ppl’s advice when they are not successful at all from Anik’s blog too. Will get another chance to see him again live in Singapore later
Being a single dad I can understand the kids and the ex-wife. But you do need to MAKE time. If you do not make time-you will not make money.
Hi Amit,
Talk is cheap and everyone wants to “explain why they are like this or that”.The best thing is to FOLLOW your heart and ‘JUST DO IT’. The funniest thing in life is when people blame OTHER people for the life they lived. “IF ONLY… ” There’s alot of that going around. IF ONLY…
Hopefully, more and more people wake up from this mentality.
Onwards and Upwards,
Anthony
Amit,
“AIM REALLY LOW IN LIFE & LET YOUR FEARS COMPLETELY CONTROL YOU”
“That’s right shoot low, very low so you’re not disappointed. ”
– that is hilarious man.
“And don’t waste your money on those get rich quick real estate and internet marketing seminars, EVERYONE knows that THAT DOESN’T WORK….RIGHT?”
– but this actually sounds to be true to me.