You’ve seen the ads and heard the appeals: “learn my system to build a six figure or seven figure income in 30 days”, “let me show you how to build a passive six figure monthly income while you sleep”, or “learn these 5 steps to create a six-figure passive income”.
It seems everybody and their brother is offering a “free” training program that teaches you a system to generate a six or seven figure income. There’re programs that teach you how to generate a six figure income using social media, using list building, using a Facebook group, or using webinars. And each program has its share of successful graduates offering convincing testimonials of how successful they’ve been using the program. With so many training programs being offered, it’s hard to believe more people aren’t rich.
But they aren’t.
Each course offers the obligatory disclaimer alerting interested folks that there is no guarantee their results will match those achieved by the program’s creator or successful graduates. And so we can assume that the programs’ creators and their successful graduates represent the exceptions, and not the rule.
Unfortunately we all too often look for the “get it quick” option. Whether it’s a program to lose weight, stop smoking, or make money, we seem to be attracted to the program that will lead us to our goal yesterday.
But just as unfortunate is the reality that it “don’t” work like that. There are rules and exceptions to the rules. There will always be folk who achieve things quickly and with seemingly little effort. For them, things just seem to click allowing them to achieve the seemingly impossible. And it’s natural for us to see them effortlessly achieve the impossible and think we can too.
But, we likely can’t, at least not in the manner they did. You see they are the exceptions, and exceptions occur far less frequently than rules. Now make sure you understand the point here: you can achieve all that they did, it’s just that it likely won’t happen as quickly as it did for them, or with as little effort as it may have for them.
Chances are you’re the rule, and so for you it may take more time and more effort. But you’ll eventually get there, unless you believe you’re the exception and so take the time it’s taking you to reach the goal as a sign it’s not meant to be and give up. And that’s something far too many of us do.
So embrace the rule. Recognize for most of us it takes time to work plans and systems, and so it takes time for plans and systems to work. Live in your dreams. Exercise discipline and patience and watch your dreams come true.
Season’s Cheers!
From the desk of…
The Adjunct Lecturer
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