When Do You Do IT?

When Do You Do It?

Ive got a probing question for you¦.When do YOU do IT?

Before or After?

Lets face it, we all do it.

It is a basic need and it is also a basic fact that some of us get more of it than others.

Im sure wed all like to make more of it.

And many people have even made it a written goal to get more of it and that is why I must ask you ‘When Do You Do It? because when you do it is really a BIG secret to how much youll get of it.

What am I talking about?

Isnt it obvious?

Im talking about when do you get paid! (What were you thinking I was talking about?)

Heres a big SECRET success principle of the wealthy.

Wealthy people make a practice of getting paid BEFORE

they do work. And

In business, it eliminates collection problems. The phrase ‘Time is money is an understatement. If you are chasing money owed then you are not making money that could be generated. This is called ‘Opportunity Cost. Simply put..youre losing an opportunity to create money because of chasing money owed.

In addition, when you get paid before vs after you can drastically positively impact cashflow which opens up a ton of opportunities for your business growth.

When you do it will also impact how you feel. Heres what I mean.

Zig Ziglar is famous for saying (and Im paraphrasing) “Ive had money and Ive not had money¦and overall it is MUCH better to have it!”

I can attest to this statement and I can also speak firsthand on the massive impact on how your think, process, respond, react, and over all feel when you have money vs when what little money you have ‘has you!

Some people may think this is ‘shallow, but frankly speaking there is a different level of confidence you exude when the bills are paid and money is accumulating and there are some things that I just dont know how to explain that occurs that somehow causes money to be attracted to your success.

Heres an analogy. If you are sitting on a park bench and wanting to catch a dove, you are going to have a much better chance of confidently sprinkling some crumbs in front of you and progressively sprinkling the crumbs closer and closer to you so that eventually the dove will come to you¦.verses you throwing the crumbs on the sidewalk and when the doves land on the sidewalk to eat you then go hastily rushing into the flock like an arrogant crazed pit bull thinking youll be able to snag a dove.

Money is attracted to certain things¦Speed- yes, but not haste (like the example above). Money is attracted to confidence, yes, but not arrogance (like the example above) and in talking about the Rule of getting paid first, this creates an element of confidence. (Plus, you are more likely to get the compliance of a customer to follow your suggestions if it is a consultant type of deal because the customer has ‘skin in the game¦which opens up their ears!)

In short, and I really dont understand why what Im about to say is the way it is, but the less you need or feel the need to get money, the more easily money flows to you.

(As an aside, I dont have to understand why this works this way¦in the very same way I dont have to understand why when I push the power button on my remote control that suddenly my beloved Buckeyes or Browns are on TV¦I dont understand why or how a light switch causes light¦but I dont have to understand in order to enjoy the benefit! (Re-read that last line¦a couple of times¦go ahead..Ill wait)

So in summary, when you are paid in advance you go through life with a profound sense of accomplishment, confidence and get onto the escalator of abundance. You end up with a relationship with ‘money and with ‘work that is different and you tend to spiral up. Youve heard the phrase¦The rich get richer¦and the poor get poorer. There Is some truth to that for numerous reasons. One being the RULE discussed today. And youve also heard the phrase¦”A day late and a dollar short¦This is because of NOT adhering to the RULE. Both phases are cycles that you must either get out of or onto.

BUTT MY business is different¦

Dont disqualify the RULE. Put as much effort into thinking of ways to insert this principle into your business as you do in disqualifying why it wont work in your business¦because it will and can work¦IF you work to make it happen.

It is vital that YOU take a close look at how your business is structured, and if you are getting paid post-work rather than pre-work, then simply ask yourself how that might be switched around. And dont be in the ‘settle for group that like lemmings going over the cliff who instantly in a ‘knee-jerk-regurgitation-like spewing of the words on the sign of the entrance door of the ‘poor house’ that read “cant be done in MY business – MY business is different”.

My mom always said…’Can’t died in the Poor house with ain’t’. Thanks Mom. 

Choose to Make Your Business Different and be the Disney (and NOT his character¦Goofy, because it frankly is Goofy to be like the lemmings I mentioned above) of your industry.

And in keeping with the Disney theme and going back to my childhood days¦Youll then ‘Enjoy The Wonderful World of (Your Business) Disney

So whats your answer? When do YOU do it?

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Enjoy!

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