Fair Warning! This message may be a little long. But you have my promise it will be well worth your time. For some of you, this message is really going to clean your clock! For some of you, it will open your eyes. And you will be FREE! Maybe for the first time in years. Maybe for the first time ever. About halfway through the article, we’ll take a trip together down the Rabbit Hole. IF you’re brave enough… What is the SCAM? When Jim Rohn said “Work harder on yourself than you do on your job” He didn’t mean success could be found out there. He meant success is already within you. Personal development is NOT about buying The next book The next eBook The next CD The next MP3 The next course It is NOT about watching The next video The next DVD The next LIVE stream It is NOT about attending The next webinar The next meeting The next event The next company call Personal development IS about making the most of What you already have Where you already are With what you already have Right NOW! True personal development is not about MORE It’s about LESS Bruce Lee called it “hacking away at the unessentials.” Michelangelo didn’t sculpt, he freed what was already in the marble. Yoda told Luke “You must unlearn all you have learned.” I want you to understand something This is PROFOUND This could F.O.R.E.V.E.R change your life and your business if you get it: As long as you keep thinking that there is something more you have to learn, you justify to yourself your lack of action, and therefore, your lack of results. Read that AGAIN! Can books, events, courses, and webinars help? YES! If you’re new, you have to start somewhere. But if you’ve been doing this a while And you’re still not absolutely CRUSHING it Another book won’t help Another course won’t help Another event won’t help Another webinar won’t help You’ve fallen victim to the personal development SCAM And only YOU can free yourself. How many times have you bought a book Started reading it Then stopped reading after the first chapter Because you bought ANOTHER book? Now apply that scenario to a new course. You buy this life-changing material Invested a nice chunk of change It’s going to take your business to the next level Everything is laid out for you like a success buffet Step by step videos Quick action checklists Everything you need to “get ‘er done!” You download everything and dive right in! You watch the first video The instructor gives you an action step You don’t do it because you think there is more to learn You feel you have to watch every video first You feel you have to know everything before you take action But wait, what’s that over there? Here We Go Down The Rabbit Hole! (Follow me if you dare!) Is that another new course? Hey, if I get that one too, it will help me understand this one better. Then I can really explode my business! Okay, just made payment and I’m downloading everything. This is going to be so cool. Okay, download complete. This is exciting! Now to watch the first video. Wow. That was really great. Not going to do the action steps right now. I’ll just wait until I finish the course and do it all at once. Yeah, that will work! Okay, second video… Wait, what’s that on my Facebook Timeline? This webinar looks really interesting. Maybe I should attend that before I finish the course I’m doing. I think it will really help me understand everything better. This webinar is awesome! Such good ideas. Sounds simple enough. But wait, the speaker recommended a book. Got to buy it! I think it will really help. I’ll read this new book first. Then I will finish the second course. Then I will finish the first course. Then I will be ready to make it happen! Sounds good. Okay, this first chapter is really great. But wait. This author mentioned a vintage book in the preface that really helped him. Can’t get it out of my mind. Got to get that book! I know it will help me understand the first book better. Wow, this vintage book is really hard to find. Took all day looking for it online and finally found it. Spent a little more than I wanted but it’s worth it. Shipping notification says it will take a week to get here. No problem. It will be worth the wait. Hey, what’s that over there? A new system? Everything is already in place? Hey, I can get that set up while I wait on my book! Then, when I finish both books and both courses, I can really make this work. Okay, spent today setting up this system. I’m really making progress. This is exciting! It says to take a few small action steps but I’m going to wait. Until I finish those 2 books. And those other 2 courses. Then I’ll be ready! It’s a vicious cycle that NEVER ends. It’s the Personal Development SCAM! And only YOU can save yourself. If you keep going “down the rabbit hole” You will never succeed Because you will always think there’s something else Something new Something cutting edge You have to know first Before you can take action Therefore You will NEVER take action Your business will never grow And you will never change Until NOW! Because NOW you understand You’ve been scamming yourself You got lost in the Rabbit Hole If you’re new Seal off the Rabbit Hole now Kill the monster while it’s little Buy that first course Buy that first book Attend that first webinar But before you do ANYTHING else DO what the material says to DO! If you’ve been around a while Look at all of the books around you Look at all of the courses you have on the shelves Look at all of the courses you have parked on the Internet Look at all of the eBooks you have on your Tablet Now seal the Rabbit Hole! Take a solemn VOW that you will NOT buy anything new Unless and until you use what you already have to the fullest Until you are getting the results you want From this moment forward, you are FREE. I’ve shown you the escape route from the Rabbit Hole From the Personal Development SCAM From the trap From the excuses From the lack of results My friend Diane Hochman says “If you haven’t gotten a new result in the last 7 days, you ain’t doing the deal!” So, do the deal. STOP buying stuff. Use what you ALREADY HAVE. Commit to getting a new result this week. Something Anything That only ACTION will produce If you will DO that simple thing Not only will you be forever FREE from the Rabbit Hole You will be well on your way to unleashing the greatness inside That will change you That will change the world.
CREDIT: Ron Henley