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Happy Freakin’ Thursday

This is The Action Academy Newsletter – where I take the 5+ hours of multi-millionaire entrepreneurs I interviewed this week on my podcast and condense their top actionable tips on freedom and wealth building into a weekly 5 minute read.

I’ve got two goals Ladies and Gentlemen:

1) To Help You Get Achievement In Your Business and Finances

2) To Help You Get Fulfillment In Your Life and Relationships

As always, if a particular topic interests you, the full hour of in-depth podcast content is linked below.

Buckle up. Let’s ride…..

TODAY IN <5 MINUTES:

• How To Attract Your Next “Breakthrough Idea“
• How To Leave The Job You Hate for Work You Love
• Ed Mylett’s Time Management Strategy to 3x Your Efficiency
• Vivid Vision Case Study (AUSTRIA)

You’re Going About The “Inspiration Process” Wrong

You’re searching for Inspiration, correct?
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That “Light Bulb Moment” – that business, leadership, product idea that will change the course of you and your family’s / team’s lives?
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What if I told you we can change the way we approach this to actually GET the results we are seeking?
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I’ve spent over 100 hours this year interviewing entrepreneurs from the range of 1 million – 1 billion net worth that have not only gotten “lightning to strike” once, but over and over again throughout their careers.
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What’s their secret to this process?
I noticed a common theme…..
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We usually focus on the wrong actions to attract inspiration.
​Instead of spending all of our time holding a lightning rod to the sky, we should spend our time fertilizing our soil. Let me explain……
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Life changing ideas are rarely pure bursts of concentrated energy.
They usually come in the form of a small seed that is planted in our subconscious.
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This seed can be planted from mentors, from conversation, from books – anywhere really.
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The key difference between the successful and the average is this:
​They make sure their soil is fertile for that seed to grow
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When your mind is clear, concise, calm, and OPEN for that seed to be planted, it will actually take root.
We search for inspiration while constantly stimulated, stressed, and “busy”. No wonder it doesn’t grow.
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​Here are some practical ways to make sure your soil is properly fertilized for growth:​
Create a Journaling Practice (either AM or Evening)
Practice Meditation (10-15 Min / Daily)
Schedule periods of BUFFER daily (Uninterrupted & Unbusy hours)
Schedule periods of LEARNING daily (20-30 Mins reading or podcast)
Create 3-5 Focus Questions (Your Top Questions you’re seeking to answer)
Share your questions with others – the best inspiration is collaboration
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Implement these practice in your life and watch how the ideas begin to flow!

Podcast Episode Link: ​Use This Process To Get Your Next “Lightning Strike” of Inspiration​

“Quitters” Are The Cool Kids Now

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Pat Hiban and Tim Rhode were both at the top of their games AND at the top of the real estate mountain of success.

Pat was the #1 RE/MAX Agent in the world, Tim had a thriving team under him – both raking in mid 6 figure incomes in their jobs.

They both loved their jobs…….until they didn’t anymore.

What started as passion quickly faded into rust on occupations that no longer were as fulfilling as they once were.

Who can relate? *all hands in the room raise*

Today – Pat and Tim have gone on to build massive 8 figure businesses, real estate portfolios, and the mastermind group Gobundance.

They do what they want, when they want, with who they want…..and they want to help you do it too!

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Together they just released this book: The Quitter’s Manifesto – and today we are going to cover their Top 3 Tips you can use today to leave that job you hate for work that you love!

1. Assemble a “Quit Team” – This consists of Stakeholders (friends/family), Partners (business interests), Coaches (accountability) and Mentors (show you the tactics)
2. Complete a “Soul Suck Audit” – Rank your current position 1-10 on satisfaction levels in various categories: How do you feel going there everyday? Are you compensated accordingly? Are you treated with respect? Do you like your coworkers?
   1. As soon as you slip under a 7 on this scale out of 10, it’s time to plan your escape
3. Ask Yourself “What’s the Worst that can happen?” – when you answer this, you realize you most likely won’t end up on the streets addicted to meth (unless that’s your thing). Most of the time the answer is just, “well…..I’d get another job?”

Go buy the book for more information and a deep dive on crafting your best life!

How to Live 21 Days Per Week

Do you know Ed Mylett? If you don’t….you should.

He’s worth north of 400 million dollars and runs an uber popular podcast: The Ed Mylett Show.

One day I’ll have him on The Action Academy, but in the meantime we will highlight his time management strategy that he talks about in his book: “The Power of One More”.

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​Ed runs over 10 Businesses, which means he is hyper diligent about his time.

He realized the “9-5 work model” was antiquated now with updates in technology and remote options, so he created his own scheduled work week – he calls them “mini days”.

Here is how Ed views each day:

6AM – NOON: Day 1

NOON – 6PM: Day 2

6 PM – MIDNIGHT: Day 3

So what he does is he takes whatever work he would be happy to complete in an “entire” day, and simply does that amount of work in his mini day. By Monday at noon – he’s already ready for tuesday…..or for him, day two!

This all applies based off a psychological principle that talks about how we as humans tend to work.

We all have a tendency to fill our work load into the amount of time allowed for it.

This means a task that we can technically do in one hour may result in us dragging it to 3 hours…..simply because we have the time window to do so.​ By shortening our time windows, we focus more on the activities that we actually NEED to do.

I’m about to implement this myself and will update on the results!

VIVID VISION NUMERO DOS!

​This week I traveled via train, plane, and automobile up to the Austrian Alps in Bad Gastein, Austria.

One of the main things I’ve wanted to do while traveling is complete my second “Vivid Vision”.

For those that don’t know – a vivid vision is a detailed 3 year visual of what your life looks like in all aspects.

Your family, health, finances, daily life, income, net worth, business…etc

I completed my first vivid vision in 1.2 years instead of 3. It had me leaving my job to travel the world, which is why this is such a cool “full circle moment” for me (:

Anyways, the process WORKS – and the author of the book Cam Herold is COMING ON THE POD FOLKS.

Sit tight, I have magic heading your way!

I am so excited for what I am about to build for you guys.

We are about to become so much stronger than you can even imagine, and do it all together.

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Logan is an experienced & strategic entrepreneur that achieved financial freedom by the age of 30. He has built 2 multi-million dollar businesses and owns over 1,900 units valued at over $200 million in real estate.

He spent the first decade of his professional working career with a fortune 50 corporation leading retail operations. He escalated quickly through various leadership positions where he built high-performing teams and managed large P&L portfolios. During that time, he led and implemented strategic operational changes at the enterprise level across the US.

Currently, he is focused on growing his 3 real estate-related businesses, velocitizing his money, and investing/consulting for other businesses. Beyond his investments, he is passionate about financial education on all levels.

According to Logan!

• You don’t want to save it, but you need to accumulate money as fast as possible to be able to stack that money, to be able to invest.
• Leaders get paid more money. And one of the best things that a leader can do is help everybody else around them be successful. One of my goals. And every relationship that I have, my ultimate goal is that they win more than I went in.
• I did learn this one the hard way too, is you should be building your standard operating procedures for the business and never for the employees.

Summary:

Logan’s multifamily business has grown from 200 to 1,923 units, with 74 employees. Logan’s W2 employment paid him around half a million dollars. And he firmly thought that what matters is what you keep, not what you produce. He can accomplish 85, 80, and 5 percent of all that needs to be done in-house as a construction company. He also assists his employees in entering the real estate market. Working for a Fortune 50 corporation served as a springboard. Logan has real estate worth $210 million.

Meanwhile, he spent $712,000 on capital expenditures last month. Since 2009, he hasn’t spent less than $500,000 in a single month. Logan has grown from four employees to 74, and there have been many challenges along the way. He plans to invest a hundred thousand dollars in development and training this year. “So that’s what, we’re, what we’re thinking,” was one of Logan’s best sayings. People want to work for organizations that are “fun and care about them,” according to him, which is a fantastic example of professionalism.

The cash flow quadrant of a normal family’s finances is what Logan and I are discussing. They’re reinvesting the majority of their profits in real estate to maximize profit and financial growth. We learned from Logan that rapid growth causes a lot of challenges, but that’s fine if we have contingency measures in place. Every property Logan has purchased has been a partnership or some strange fund, according to him.

As a result, real wealth is created by running enterprises efficiently. Logan strives to keep business running smoothly at all times. And, to some extent, there is a requirement for time to work at a fast pace daily. Because it will assist us in achieving financial independence more quickly. Logan didn’t want to produce a book that was only for beginners or those who had no idea what they were doing. Logan explains how he generates velocity with assets and liabilities in his latest book. There’s a whole chapter dedicated to that. There’s also a full chapter dedicated to real estate. Furthermore, Logan’s preferred method of hiring is “When he employs someone or engages with them, he wants the amount of value that he gives to be slightly higher.”

I eventually inquired how people can contact Logan and learn such fantastic things from her at the end of the chat. Also, how old are you, Logan? What do you want to achieve in the next three to five years?

Then Logan shared his Logan raycon.com website. At the very least, it’s incredible to think that Logan is only 34 years old and owns 1900 apartments. Not only did he have a 60 million accepted offer for 600 units, but if that goes well, he’ll be able to buy more of these larger 500-plus apartment buildings. Also, he focuses on issues such as health, financial literacy, and housing.

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Jake Harris is the founder and managing partner of a private equity real estate firm that has managed, developed, and acquired more than $200 million in commercial assets under management in the last five years alone.

With nearly two decades of experience in real estate, construction, and investment management, Jake is a licensed California broker and a recognized expert in opportunity zones, infill development, construction cost-control systems, and the scaling of distressed investing business.

Today’s show is PART 2 of our conversation on all things commercial REI.

• Jake discusses how he realized that commercial real estate is more valuable and profitable than flipping residential properties while the amount of work for both was the same.
• He emphasizes why making bigger deals was more important for him than making more deals in order to scale his real estate business.
• He tells about the right structure and dynamics of investing, which will help in planning your deals, and also discusses why business plans are of utmost importance.
• He also talks about why big investors are aiming to crack big deals and how they are easily raising finance for it which is quite difficult for retail investors.
• He considers competition with these large institutional investors a big risk for your profile as their cost of capital is negligible and also have a smarter team.

• He describes the misconception many investors have about commercial real estate as they think it’s quite easy and not much work is required in this field.
• He solves the queries of many investors about what is a good commercial deal. He describes that there is not a single formula for everyone and different deals will be considered as good for different investors depending on many factors.
• He elaborates on the importance of value-adding on commercial real estate. This can be done by finding a tenant for your property and then advertising it with the seller’s permission.
• He discusses how marketing the property will help you to get your potential buyers and how the laziness of brokers can cause things to go wrong. So, finding the right broker becomes highly important.
• He talks through escrow and states that it will help you improve and learn to a great extent, more than what you will learn in schools or by reading books.
• He expresses his belief in real estate as he believes that every amount of money finally ends up in real estate as most rich individuals have invested there. 
• He explains the term triple net lease which means that all the expenses except property taxes will be paid by the tenant. This will help the property owner to safeguard and manage his cash flow.
• He states that you can start investing in real estate even with zero money. He further gives an example of a 28-year-old kid who builds a 42-story condo project at this age to explain it deeply.
• He also believes that having trust in yourself and taking action is more important than just studying the market again and again.
• According to Jake “ You are the average of five people you spend the most time with”. He meant that a positive mindset is highly important.
• He explained that age is not a factor that can evaluate when you should start investing as he said “It has nothing to do with age”.

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About Today’s Guest:

Jake Harris is the founder and managing partner of a private equity real estate firm that has managed, developed, and acquired more than $200 million in assets management in the last five years alone.

With nearly two decades of experience in real estate, construction, and investment management, Jake is a licensed California broker and a recognized expert in opportunity zones, infill development, construction cost-control systems, and the scaling of the distressed investing business.

Here are Some Juicy Power-Packed Snippets from the Show

“Life insurance companies used to own all the hotels before REITs were a thing. All the hotels were owned by life insurance companies. And so I was just able to reverse engineer, like, why do all these billionaires own hotels? What am I missing?”

Jake Harris, at Action Academy Podcast with Brian Luebben

His investment thesis on other people, it just happens to line up with what other people actually need. So he creates opportunities for people that line up with what they need.

Jake Harris, candidly shares with us the GOLDEN RULES.

• Rule number one of Warren Buffett is don’t lose money.
• Rule number two is see rule number one.

I had a goal of being a millionaire before 30, and I achieved that later of being a millionaire before 30. And I was like, look at this, look at me. I am special. I am awesome. And I remember Robert Kiyosaki, giving me advice and saying, be wary young, man. The easy come is also easy go. And I was like, you just don’t understand. I’m super clever.

Jake Harris, at Action Academy Podcast with Brian Luebben

Jake Harris mentioned another very important thing, “develop meticulous systems”. Systems are for those that want repeatable and predictable success. The goal helps give you the definition of what you’re aiming at, but you now have to develop a system around what you want for your success.

You have a machine of what you’re trying to get from an output from your goals and what you think, and when you use it. Most people think of a mortgage or I’m leveraging this, but I go leverage in every single aspect of life, leverage other people’s wisdom.

To hear more, directly from Jake Harris, head over to the latest episode of The Action Academy Podcast.

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Mike McCarthy!

Mike McCarthy is a husband, a father, and an impressive serial entrepreneur.  Over the past two decades, he is grateful to have played a major role in the growth and expansion of Keller Williams to become the #1 Real Estate Company in the world. As the Regional Operating Partner for the Greater Pennsylvania Region he is proud to lead 11,000+ real estate agents in over 50 locations closing Over 25 Billion in Real Estate Sales in 2021. Mike is also the co-founder of the GoBundance Mastermind, Co-Author of The Tribe of Millionaires, The Miracle Morning for Parents and Families, and the accompanying Family Playbook, and a Group Facilitator and Motivational Speaker.

Here are all the power bites from the Show!

• Mike talks about his whole idea of operating from a place of light instead of dark,
• What areas was he really doubling down on to be able to come up with this whole consensus state perpetually of the spectrum?
• If he thinks that it was worth it going through what you went through with the Eagle?

Mike also hits on a very pertinent topic, a question that we all wonder about often: If all of your motivation is gone? It’s all of the things that you relate with and identify as an entrepreneur, are all those gone, if you don’t have that desire and that need for more, does that make sense?

And here’s what MIKE had to say…!

It’s the age old question that many people ask when they begin to meditate or journal or start to do the deeper work is and you always hear if we let go, that’s a good thing.

You start to learn these kind of more spiritual lessons. And I think that those are necessary. Lessons for us to realize that, we are all. So powerful, the human brain is capable of so much. You have so many people on this planet that show you what’s truly possible.

And so I think you just have to align with your. In a way where you build awareness because the key is not to never be an ego again, because also if in the ego, a couple of times today, before I go to bed, still the question, the real question is how quickly can I realize I’m acting from ego, which is probably a place where my heart is more closed.

I think I’m right. I know it’s going on. I might be hyper aggressive. I’m just trying to get to the result and that place for me to go there. At least I have to close my heart up and start operating from my ego in my mind. And sometimes we can get carried away with that. So you have to be able to stand in all of that and be aware like, am I, is my heart open right now?

caAm I acting from. My higher self or from my ego. And if you can really discern that, then what happens, Brian? And this is the key is now my ego is a tool that I can tap into that when I need it. If I need to hustle, I needed to grind. I need to get back to. The being a visionary and then making things come to life, then I can do that at any time.

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As a newbie, there may be the hardest time when you feel like a fool and see everyone making a profit from real estate, and you are standing at zero. Real estate is a profitable long-term investment, but it becomes a nightmare for many if they don’t follow some instructions and choose the right kind of property. So if you are planning to enter the world of real estate, here are five useful tips that worked as a road on your journey to becoming financially independent.

Find Your Tribe!

The most important thing is to first learn about real estate fully. Get yourself involved in the local investing community, and meet resellers, wholesalers, buyers, and property managers daily to understand the game of real estate. You can also join many Facebook groups. Try to learn online and offline as much as possible.

Separate Your Needs & Wants!

To buy a home, you have to short your daily expenses and start saving; it’s a good start if you can save 20% from your income monthly, make a list of important things, cut out excess expenses and rent out your place if you have some extra room. You can also buy your dream house on loan and rent it out until it’s paid off or you can shift into Airbnb and rent out your own place, but all of these are risky, and it’s better to play safe, so saving a little at the start is a safer option.

Buy Only What You Really Need

Suppose you have bought a big six-room house, but only one or two rooms are fully utilized, and the rest are closed. So what’s the point of buying that big and pulling up all nightmares for this when you can easily buy a house according to your niche. Don’t overburden yourself; instead, buy the same luxury house according to person or need. You can later go on for a bigger one and rent the small one. But first, start with a small one.

Find the Perfect Spot

All the money is for a perfect location. If you find out a perfect spot it means all your money is saved. It is important to consider a good place and perfect surroundings; neighbors also play an important part in the surroundings. Search on the internet in which area people are most likely to live and check if that location has a continuous supply of basic needs.

Don’t be Unaccompanied

Don’t try to face all unpredictability alone if you have no experience. It’s good to have a wise person on your side who have much knowledge about investment, and in this regard, you can hire a property manager who helps you out in a difficult situation.

Keep a Backup Strategy

There are many lists of houses affected by fire, water, or thunderstorm, and it’s better to save up your investments. And for this, you can take insurance policies. Contact your property manager at your earliest and ask him possible ways and connect yourself to a reliable insurance company.

I talk more about this in my podcast, The Action Academy Podcast, head over there to check out POWER PACKED actionable advice from MULTIMILLIONAIRES!

Real estate investment is the best way of investing your money, but you will face many unpredictable days. However, you have to stay calm and play smart. A few hurdles at the start will lead you to a peaceful life of financial independence in the end. Without a doubt, real estate is a long-term investment that leads you to financial stability so go for it.

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If you have been working hard and still can’t have a secure future, it’s definitely a lot frustrating. Let’s imagine for a second about having a solid backup plan, a secure future, early retirement, and a cushion of luxury; all these sound great right? But you might think that all this can only happen if some sort of miracle happens.

But wait!

What if I told you, you can have all this with a single investment? It sounds absolutely AMAZING, right?

Yes, a single investment. And this miraculous solution is real estate investment. Yet you should be careful and follow some steps to gain maximum profits. In this post, I will help you discover some secrets and a pathway in the journey of becoming financially independent.

Economizing Your Savings

The first and foremost step is to save money to invest. You can start saving money by reducing your expenses. If you and your partner both are planning to buy real estate so you can make a plan like one should bear home expenses and one should save their whole salary.

You can also rent any portion of your house to pay the mortgage. However, always keep an eye on your expenses and separate wants from needs. Another thing you can do is buy your retirement home from a loan and rent it out until it pays enough money to return the loan.

Real estate is ‌one of the finest long-term investments, but like other investments, there will be many risk factors like profits or sway of markets, location issues, etc. This process will have many ups and downs, but you have to stand steady and cut out short-term expenses in order to buy a long-term investment.

Buy a Duplex to Rent Out

Another way you can save money is to buy a small home or shift into a small one. 

The demographics of our society are changing. People nowadays prefer to stay alone than live with a joint family. The marriage and children ratio is quite low, so a small house is now easily available at every corner with low rental rates; you can easily access one of them and rent out your current living place to save extra pennies.

Have a Property Manager You Can Trust

The real estate investment industry has its fair share of red flags. It’s important to have an exceptional property manager, a good property manager removes half of your problems. They guide you about the best locations, investment ratio, and future of your buying property.

A good manager must possess the following qualities:

1. Good communication skills. 
2. Have good market knowledge.
3. Organized and detail orientated 
4. Responses are timely.
5. should focus on your needs and wants and provide beneficial solutions.

Learn About Various Different Possibilities

It’s good to educate yourself before doing any work. Sit with a splendid company of people who have expertise in buying and selling properties to have some information. 

Google is your best companion. You can clear any query through it. Watch YouTube videos related to real estate, and attend seminars. You can also enroll yourself in a reliable real estate investors association or group and learn about real estate market data and profits. These resources are a great hub to gain knowledge about financial problems, and many more things from it.

I talk more about it at my blog Action Academy Podcast, check it out for the latest insights and power-packed real estate investment strategy.

 Final words

Real estate investment is a profitable investment. Lands always give money no matter what, but it’s your responsibility to have a good starting plan. Make a complete plan on how to stop spending much and start investing more to execute your dream plan of financial independence and early retirement. 

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So, it is concluded that a project will take as much time as you let it. If you allow yourself a week to do a four-hour activity, it will become a week-long project. However, task completion really depends on how much time would you allocate for yourself. Reducing the time limit will increase your efficiency, and it will indirectly improve your financial independence. Let’s talk more on how you can work according to this strategy and accomplish a year’s worth of work in just 12 weeks or less!

Tips to Increase Your Work Efficiency

You can enhance your work efficiency easily by working smartly. The concept of setting objectives to be accomplished within a year is not an efficient way to work on any objective. If anyone sets goals to achieve something within a year, those goals are merely concepts, not focused plans. Specific and planned goals have a foundation and a conclusion, while concepts lack concentration and lack a distinct end of the line. You will be more efficient if you lower the time for your objectives.

Below are a few tips that will help you enhance your work efficiency and productivity.

1. You Must Set Clear Objectives

If you want to be successful in your life and have financial independence, you have to set clear objectives for your work. You may set objectives to guide your work journey. It has the potential to significantly boost overall productivity and efficiency. While setting objectives, you must set realistic plans and objectives. Invest some time to really develop realistic objectives, and you’ll see a substantial rise in your efficiency and production.

2. Put the Screens Away

Most people spend a lot of time using their digital gadgets. It includes using your laptops and mobile phones. These gadgets have become a necessity in our lives, so we aren’t avoiding them even when we should. This results in undue stress and anxiety. When you try to mix work hours with screen time all the time, it causes distraction and reduces the productive vibe.

But you can implement a productivity tool in those gadgets to guarantee that you only visit sites connected to your day-to-day work routine and not spend your entire day on social media sites. 

3. When Needed Say “No”!

The word “no” may conjure images of lost opportunities or failure, but this is not the case. If you already have too much on your plate or aren’t interested in taking on a job, start practicing saying no. Delegate lesser duties to others around you as well. Taking the time to clear your calendar will allow you to concentrate more on the important tasks. This also aids in increasing overall productivity and efficiency at work.

The Two Minute Rule

The two-minute rule is utilized to help you make the most of the little time you have available. The notion is that if you have a job or activity that can be completed in a negligible time, then you should do it immediately. It will be more useful to do this activity and get it out of the way now than later.

Conclusion

You have to correct your mindset and way of doing things to enhance your financial independence, productivity, and efficiency. The information provided above will give you a way to work more in 12 weeks instead of 12 months. You will feel more accomplished and efficient at the end of the day if you follow all strategies properly. 

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Making your first million and becoming financially independent does not have to be impossible or anything out of reach for you. The only thing you need is to plan carefully and have some patience. Below are some of the tips that you can follow to see massive results.

How to Become Financially Independent?

To start your journey into financial independence, you don’t have to secure a whopping six-figure job in a Fortune 500 company or be an heir to the family legacy. The only thing that you need is to keep saving from an early age and make mindful investments. Below are some specific tips that you can include in your plan to financial independence retire early dreams.

1. Have a Savings Fund

This is the most obvious and perhaps the easiest way to start building your financial independence. When you have a saving fund it creates a compounding effect. So, let’s say you’re starting out at 20 years of age and you’re saving somewhere around $4000 to $7000 annually. By the time you turn 30 years old, your savings fund will have $40,000 to $70,000 in your account. By 40 years of age, you will have $80,000 to $140,000 in revenue saved. And obviously, you can increase the amount to be saved as per your means over time. Before you would realize it, you will become a million just because of this compounding effect.

2. Stay Away from Over-Spending

You need to be conscious about whatever you are spending your money on. Do not buy things that you absolutely don’t need. Before purchasing anything, you must ask yourself whether you really are in need of that item or if you have something very similar to that thing already, and whether you need things more than realizing your dream of making a million before 30? And don’t fool yourself with the same old comment saying, “it’s only a dollar!”. It is a DOLLAR and it matters!

Here’s a reality check for you to consider if you’re able to save an extra $35 every week (by saving just $5 a day), by the age of 40, you would have saved an extra $33,600. So, the important question that you need to ask yourself is whether you can cut down $5 a day on unnecessary expenses or not? If you can, it will be a huge step towards financial independence journey.

3. Save About 15% of Your Earnings

The minimum that you must set is to save somewhere around 15% of your earnings after expenses and taxes. Now, you may wonder why am I stressing so much on 15%? Well, some people may want to spend 7% and others would feel safe with 20%. The reality is that there is no right or wrong answer about how much should you save, and you’re really ballparking a price that sounds a safe bet to you. The prices of everything and all different necessary expenses are going to keep increasing over the years, so 40 years from now you will need more to survive a month. Thinking along these lines will help you keep up with your savings.

4. Plan to Make Money!

This is the best thing that you can do, hands-down! But it is easier said than done because you really have to put your skills and intellect to work here. There are several ways to go about this, including working more hours (extra), getting another job, freelancing, or having more training to enhance your earning capacity.

One of the things that worked for me has been real estate investment but there are others that you can do if this isn’t your calling. I talk more about this in my podcast episode on “How to Hit Your First Million at 27 Years Old” and you can check out more here. So, brainstorm some ideas on what feels comfortable for you.

The bottom line is that your capacity to save and be a millionaire would depend heavily on how much money you’re making over time. And making more money means doing investments smartly from the beginning. Share in the comments below what your financial planning is to be a millionaire!

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The world is changing rapidly. New technologies and business models are being created at an unprecedented rate. If you want to succeed, you need to stay ahead of the curve and the best thing that you can do for your entrepreneurial endeavor is to set clearly defined business goals. Having powerful and focused goals will set you up for success. The goal here is to outline a plan to help you achieve massive success in 2022.

Someone once said, “If you are serious about making a change in your life, you need to set goals.”

The best thing would be to be clear about a particular goal in your mind. This goal needs to be a stretch goal. It needs to be something you believe is possible but not yet possible. It is not an easy task to set a goal. You need to be able to define what success looks like for you. It is a challenging task but still, you need to work on the idea of what is a success for you to plan accordingly to cope with it.

Do You Really Need Business Goals?

Goal setting is an essential aspect of life coaching. When you have clear business goals and measure how close you are to achieving them, you can see progress, and that progress motivates you to keep going. If you are working on a goal, it is crucial to understand where you stand. It may be helpful to identify the period in which you want to achieve the goal. The importance of goals to be successful cannot be overstated. It is difficult to know what you are working towards without clearly defined business goals, and it is difficult to make progress. Setting out plans and clear goals provides a framework for your life and helps you to stay focused.

Setting Your Business Goals

To set and track your goals, you need to focus on these essential points below, which will lead you to a happy and valuable end.

Consider Going for Business Coaching

In an era when every business is struggling through financial upheaval, it may not be on your priority list to get a coach for your business. However, there are plenty of powerful benefits that you can enjoy as a business owner by going for coaching. Power-packed coaching sessions help you to identify important issues in your business plan and learn to incorporate accountability. Your coach will also help you come up with productive solutions to fuel your business expansion and growth. One of my go-to places is, Jason Drees Coaching because he has a great combination of tools and strategies that will enhance your vision and set a track for you to achieve your desired goals.

Use the SMART Methodology

The next strategy that has worked amazingly for me has been using the SMART technique. Without having concrete and specific goals, you and your business are essentially in the dark. The SMART methodology is amazing because it allows you to define and track your business goals in a specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely (SMART) manner. This leads you to set up small milestones and then graph them into big ideas and significant achievements.

Consider the 4DX Technique

It is called four disciplines of execution which assists organizations in closing the execution gap. The first discipline is about focusing on the most important things in your business, acting on the most primary lead measures that could be just the 20% of the most significant things that you do in your business. The third and fourth disciplines are about having engagement and accountability. The 4DX technique is uniquely based on universal principles of human efficiency and profound insights into why organizations fail to meet their goals. 

The Affirmation Methodology

For centuries, successful people have used visualization techniques to imagine their intended objectives. The practice has even given them the opportunity to build their dream life by focusing on one key goal or task at a time with complete attention and confidence.

If you want to check out more on goal setting for your business, head over to my podcast episode on “How to Set Goals for Massive Growth in 2022” and more.

I will conclude this topic with one of my favorite sayings: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” If you are not following different techniques aimed at achieving your business goals in practical life, you are doing a disservice to yourself and your business. So, take out the notebook and grab a pencil to get started with powering up your business with smart goals right away. Share with me in the comments below your top goals for this year!

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