Imagination is power
There is a certain kind of knowledge that is extremely powerful and once you know it, you feel a tremendous sense of power. Once you know it, you cannot "unknow" it. In other words, you will possess such knowledge for life.
The BMW workshop, which I'll be teaching yet again this coming Tuesday, contains such knowledge. It's the kind of knowledge that can turn an ordinary human being into an extraordinary millionaire. (Details here: http://businessmodelworkout.blogspot.com).
However, no matter how great or powerful knowledge is, it is only half the equation. The other half has to do with one's resolve or willpower or determination in executing as per one's knowledge.
To illustrate, here's a line from the movie Elizabeth, delivered to chilling effect by Academy Award winner Jeffrey Rush (who plays Sir Walsingham, a shrewd advisor to the young queen Elizabeth):
"Madam, if I may. A prince should never flinch from being blamed for acts of ruthlessness which are necessary for safeguarding the State and their own person. You must take these things so much to heart that you do not fear to strike even the very nearest that you have, if they be implicated."
The path to becoming a millionaire is similar to the path that a person must embark upon to become a prince. What is required is a certain ruthlessness in executing as per one's knowledge.
Of course, I'm not suggesting that you commit murders and execute your enemies in order to build your political capital!
But I am suggesting that knowledge, even the secret kind that is jealously guarded by the elite, is only half the equation. The other half is your ruthlessness in achieving your goals. This ruthlessness has three parts: 1. Know precisely what it is that you have to do 2. Feel infinite motivation to do it 3. Do that and only that and nothing else but that.
As you can see, I mean "ruthlessness applied to oneself." I don't mean ruthlessness in the sense of being cruel or brutal or harsh with other people. That would not be civilized, and I suspect my Mom would be against that.
I mean ruthlessness in the sense of knowing what is true from what is false, and immediately and permanently abandoning what is false. Knowing what is productive from what is not productive. And knowing that feels right from what feels wrong.
The natural state of all people on this planet is well-being and overflowing wealth. Yet, because human beings cling to falsehoods and illusions (often about themselves), they generate enormous interference to the flow of well-being and wealth into their lives.
People cling to falsehoods and illusions because they cherish their memory too much. They cling to their past and in doing so, are not ready to receive their future.
It's like the saying I read a few years ago about baseball: "You cannot steal second base if you keep your foot on first."
I put it this way: "You cannot find your future self if you refuse to let go of your past self."
Yet another way to put it: "To find your fortune, lose your memory."
People hang on to their memory too much, without realizing that their past will not make them happier or richer. At one point, we all have to decide: either you grab your fortune and let go of your past, or you hang on to your past and lose your fortune.
Imagination is truly more important (and profitable!) than intelligence. For instance, imagine the ideal person that you could be. Think of that ideal person as a role you would play in a movie. (In my case, I imagine myself playing Thomas Crown in the movie The Thomas Crown Affair. Yes, go ahead and laugh at me; however, I'm having one hell of a good time playing this part! Sometimes, I also imagine myself playing a young William Parrish, the billionaire media mogul played by Anthony Hopkins in the movie Meet Joe Black).
If you are not financially free and don't see a way to achieve financial freedom, it simply means that you are hanging on to your past. Your mind, therefore, is clouded and you cannot see yourself as you truly are: a being who naturally possesses infinite wealth.
The cure is simple: learn to use your imagination more. Daydream a little bit more every day. Stop being too logical or rational.
If you were a millionaire, you might have a good excuse for being rational and not imaginative. But if you are still working as an employee and are still spending 5 days a week enriching other people, then there is no excuse for not using your imagination and creativity to envision new solutions that would increase your value and net worth.
The BMW workshop, which I'll be teaching yet again this coming Tuesday, contains such knowledge. It's the kind of knowledge that can turn an ordinary human being into an extraordinary millionaire. (Details here: http://businessmodelworkout.blogspot.com).
However, no matter how great or powerful knowledge is, it is only half the equation. The other half has to do with one's resolve or willpower or determination in executing as per one's knowledge.
To illustrate, here's a line from the movie Elizabeth, delivered to chilling effect by Academy Award winner Jeffrey Rush (who plays Sir Walsingham, a shrewd advisor to the young queen Elizabeth):
"Madam, if I may. A prince should never flinch from being blamed for acts of ruthlessness which are necessary for safeguarding the State and their own person. You must take these things so much to heart that you do not fear to strike even the very nearest that you have, if they be implicated."
The path to becoming a millionaire is similar to the path that a person must embark upon to become a prince. What is required is a certain ruthlessness in executing as per one's knowledge.
Of course, I'm not suggesting that you commit murders and execute your enemies in order to build your political capital!
But I am suggesting that knowledge, even the secret kind that is jealously guarded by the elite, is only half the equation. The other half is your ruthlessness in achieving your goals. This ruthlessness has three parts: 1. Know precisely what it is that you have to do 2. Feel infinite motivation to do it 3. Do that and only that and nothing else but that.
As you can see, I mean "ruthlessness applied to oneself." I don't mean ruthlessness in the sense of being cruel or brutal or harsh with other people. That would not be civilized, and I suspect my Mom would be against that.
I mean ruthlessness in the sense of knowing what is true from what is false, and immediately and permanently abandoning what is false. Knowing what is productive from what is not productive. And knowing that feels right from what feels wrong.
The natural state of all people on this planet is well-being and overflowing wealth. Yet, because human beings cling to falsehoods and illusions (often about themselves), they generate enormous interference to the flow of well-being and wealth into their lives.
People cling to falsehoods and illusions because they cherish their memory too much. They cling to their past and in doing so, are not ready to receive their future.
It's like the saying I read a few years ago about baseball: "You cannot steal second base if you keep your foot on first."
I put it this way: "You cannot find your future self if you refuse to let go of your past self."
Yet another way to put it: "To find your fortune, lose your memory."
People hang on to their memory too much, without realizing that their past will not make them happier or richer. At one point, we all have to decide: either you grab your fortune and let go of your past, or you hang on to your past and lose your fortune.
Imagination is truly more important (and profitable!) than intelligence. For instance, imagine the ideal person that you could be. Think of that ideal person as a role you would play in a movie. (In my case, I imagine myself playing Thomas Crown in the movie The Thomas Crown Affair. Yes, go ahead and laugh at me; however, I'm having one hell of a good time playing this part! Sometimes, I also imagine myself playing a young William Parrish, the billionaire media mogul played by Anthony Hopkins in the movie Meet Joe Black).
If you are not financially free and don't see a way to achieve financial freedom, it simply means that you are hanging on to your past. Your mind, therefore, is clouded and you cannot see yourself as you truly are: a being who naturally possesses infinite wealth.
The cure is simple: learn to use your imagination more. Daydream a little bit more every day. Stop being too logical or rational.
If you were a millionaire, you might have a good excuse for being rational and not imaginative. But if you are still working as an employee and are still spending 5 days a week enriching other people, then there is no excuse for not using your imagination and creativity to envision new solutions that would increase your value and net worth.
posted by Super Peter at 6:30 PM
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