From Preston Ely...
"Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune."
- Jim Rohn
I never went to college. So far so good, according to Mr. Rohn. But had I not taken the next step in the quote, self-education, I would be serving you a Bloomin’ Onion at the local Outback right now. Maybe not even... probably the other Bloomin’ Onion that’s not as good at Chili’s.
I have read countless books, attended I don’t know how many seminars and invested thousands and thousands of dollars on home study courses. Shoot – I’m going through one home study course right now that cost well over $1,000, and I have another one standing in line behind that one that was also more than $1,000.
Would you like to know why I buy these things without fear of the expenditure, time and time again?
Because I have conditioned myself to ACT on the knowledge that I acquire. And this multiplies my original investment in the actual education product at least 25 times over.
Now, I’m no math genius (as will soon be evidenced when I try to calculate this out loud), but I think that’s a return on my investment of 2500%. Percentages confuse me. Don’t worry though, I’ve outsourced all my math.
Learn Something, Lots of Something
You need to learn to respect education and pursue it with all you got. Seek it out. Get mentors. Read books. Listen to audio books. CDs. All that stuff.
And if you HAVE done all this and are not seeing the benefits, then it is time to take a look inside and ask yourself “Why?”
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Do you actually read and listen to the materials you buy? Or do they sit on your bookshelf?
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If you do read and listen to them, do you finish the whole thing? Do you finish what you start?
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Do you act on them to the fullest extent?
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Do you expect to succeed from the very beginning?
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Are you listening to the right people in the first place?
Transforming yourself into the caliber of person who is able to take knowledge and turn it into health, wealth and happiness should be a top priority. This is no easy task. It takes years. Ask me how I know.
Luckily for you guys, any products or seminars put on by me include a healthy dose of “caliber upgrade” material. We will always talk real estate as well as self-improvement (ax sharpening).
Take action TODAY. Right now.
Anthony Robbins says this all the time: Have you been inspired to act or make a new goal?
Take some sort of action RIGHT NOW to cement it firmly in your consciousness and manifest it into reality; to start the engine of motivation.
A small $1,000 investment in yourself brings a minimum yield back to you of $25,000.
How can you lose?
Something to Say?
Have you sound some educational material that has really helped you? Tell us about it in the comments section below.
Educate yourself with books, mentoring help, CDs, seminars… anything and everything to provide you the knowledge you need.
Take action – now.
Never stop educating – we are lifelong learners in the REI business.
Preston Ely
is a real estate investor, serial entrepreneur, life coach, musician and philanthropist. CEO of Real Freedom, Inc, one of the most influential internet-based information publishers in the world, owns the largest Anytime Fitness Gym in the United States, is recording a music album with Atlantic Records, sits on the board of Advocates Of Love Orphanage, and has a non-profit charity assisting the poor and oppressed in Cuba with both their physical and spiritual needs.
With over 200,000 subscribers to his email newsletter, he is rapidly fulfilling his mission on earth, which is to glorify God by setting people physically, mentally, financially, and spiritually free through his music and his message of FREEDOM. Preston is 37 years old, lives in Tampa, FL with his wife Ashley, where he spends most of his time reading, writing, and practicing mixed martial arts.