What are you complaining about right? Yes, that is right, what are your problems right now? Ok…that is enough, I am sure you can think of plenty.

Now before you say way to go Sam I am here to find some inspiration and some positivity and you have me thinking about my problems …gee’ Well just stay with me for a moment.

I was watched a great video by Dr Joe Vitale about how an awakened millionaire thinks if you like you can check it out here. I found it very interesting and truly inspiring, especially at this time when many people have some many problems.

Most people look at problems as something bad and negative and hey, for good reason, problems are something that is not working, causing stress and worry and something we don’t want. Some people do some pretty destructive things to avoid or escape from their problems like over eat, take drugs, drink to much, etc.  Which usually just create more problems.

Here is a new way to look at your problems and failure.

First off most entrepreneurs attack problems as opportunities in disguise and learn to prosper from them. For example, for every problem, there is a solution, so whatever problem you are experiencing right now I bet there are others in the world having the exact same problem. That means you can learn how to solve this problem and create a product around how to solve this problem and you then have a product you can sell and prosper from.

I love the way Joe Vitale puts it – A problem is a potential product.

We live in the ‘information age’ and there are millions of people everyday searching the internet for information and many of these people are looking for answers to question or put another way looking for a solution to their problems.

So rather than being paralysed by worry and stressed by your current problems look for ways you can prosper from them and help others solve the same issue.

So I want to ask you again what are your problems and how can you turn them into a product?

Here is something else I want to share with you that has helped me in tough times because tough times are always there it is how you handle them is what counts.

My first job out of school was selling home security systems door to door. As much as some people cringe at the thought of this sort of job I have to say I loved it even though I wasn’t that good at it at the start. I knew that if I wanted to succeed in sales I needed to study it so that is what I did, and I studied a lot.

I read dozens of books and listened to audio tapes for hours every day. One of my favourite sales teachers was Tom Hopkins and his classic program How To Master The Art Of Selling. In this program Tom explains a way of thinking all top super achievers think about failure and setbacks because you are going to have them. This is a part of life.

To quote Tom he says:

“I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play and win.” And my favorite

“I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying.”

This advice and thinking has helped me countless times throughout my life, I hope it helps you too.

Sam

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Have you ever really thought about what you really want? Most people say they want to be rich or want a million dollars; however this is not really what you want it is what you think the money will do for you. So what would you do if you were earning a million dollars a year?

Go travelling, be a full time parents, spend more time with your spouse… Well what if I told you that you can have all this and live like a millionaire without being one.

Welcome to the New rich…To live your dream life doesn’t necessary require a lot of money in fact it can be a surprising small amount when you really do the math. What you do need to be is use different strategies and think a little different from what you are doing now.

I am sure you have heard of the Pareto’s 80/20 Principle which states that 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts.

We live in a wonderful era where the world is connected and you can access almost anything though a click of a mouse. This also includes other professional in other countries with MBA’s that are willing to do your work for pennies on the dollar. What am I talking about? Outsourcing!

To live like a millionaire you first need to identify and stop doing 80% that is only bring in 20% of the results and focus more on the 20% that results in 80% of your results. If you can’t stop doing them simply delegate them and outsource the tasks.

Let me give you an example. If you need to do tasks like research, send emails, formatting, etc you could hire a virtual assistant for $5 an hour so you can focus on more important tasks that bring in bigger results – the 20% If you do this you will have more time, less stress and will earn more money quicker simply because you are now focusing more on the 20% that brings in 80% of your results.

This can be done whether you are an employee or and business owner. Tim Ferriss has mastered this and has written a book called the 4 Hour Work Week, I highly recommend you read it and apply it. There truly is no end to what you can outsource, you simple just need to use your imagination.

Tim Ferriss is a master a life style design and show you how to live like a millionaire without being one.

Watch this funny experiment Tim did to see how far you can take this idea – Welcome to the new rich.