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It's been my experience that most people don't live the life they want to live because they haven't got the time, or they haven't got the money.

Whether they're scratching out a living or earning a substantial income that eats up too much time, people are struggling all over the world. It's because they've never learned how to earn real money and never learned how to manage what money they had.

No one's ever taught them.

Earning money really isn't about earning money at all!
It's about breaking out of a programmed cycle first; it's about freeing yourself from misconceptions, misperceptions, old belief systems and plain old trash you have in your head about accumulating and possessing financial abundance.

When people aren't enjoying the abundance they think they deserve, they usually blame outside circumstances. Granted, it may have been the circumstance that put you there initially, but it's your mind that locked down the chains.

The fact is, most of us are trapped. And somebody's got to break the cycle. Whether we're talking about the third world and someone who's earning $60 a month, or we're talking about America where somebody's stuck in a $30,000 job or a $150,000 job … they're all trapped just the same.

People who live in abundance have simple, multiple sources of income that require very little time or capital that can be put in place easily outside of their primary job.

There are really just Three Steps to a better life:

1. Mindset first.
2. A Network of like-minded people supporting you.
3. And Multiple Sources of Income.

You'll find it all with the Follow Our Lead team.
All the people you seek, all the resources you lack, all the framework you're missing .. it's all right here.

Napoleon Hill once said, "Successful people make decisions quickly and change them, if at all, very slowly."

FOL team isn't just about making a lot of money — it's about breaking the cycle .. for life.

As I'm looking out the window of my home office today I'm thankful for the 10 second commute I have from my bedroom to my home office and the traffic jam tripping over my dog in the hallway.

Every millionaire and billionaire will tell you — as your network grows, your net worth explodes. But only if you're associating with the right people. The truth is, it really doesn't take that much to achieve your dreams. It's not about effort, it's about the environment you create around you.

Just 3% of the world's people control 97% of the resources. Over the last 100 years, and despite wars, coups, depressions and recessions, that 3% has remained — and will continue to remain — constant.

In your lifetime, this statistic will not change. But you can change your position in life in relation to that third percentile. You have the choice: Either travel with the rest of the crowd — the 97% who just make it by in life, or participate with like-minded people in the quest for financial and time freedom.

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written by John Colanzi

The sage Zenrin once said "If you wish to know the road up the mountain, ask the person who goes back and forth on it."

Sound advice, but are you following it?

If you're like most people, probably not. So who's advice do you listen to?

** Your next door neighbor

** Your barber or hairdresser

** Your mechanic

The list is endless. You get excited about starting your own business and the doom and gloom crowd takes pleasure in stomping on your dreams.

Before you listen to them, ask yourself one question. Have they been where you want to go?

Probably not.

So who's advice should you listen to? The men and women who've traveled the mountain.

One man who travelled the mountain and amassed a fortune in the process, was J. Paul Getty.

In his autobiography Getty lists his 10 rules for creating wealth.

What do you think was Mr. Getty's number one rule for getting rich?

You must have your own business. He didn't say get a good job.

The same skills you use to make money for your boss, could be better applied to creating wealth for you.

There's an old cartoon that brings the point home even clearer.

A father is asking his son, "Wow, wouldn't you love to be a football player and make all that money?"

The little boy smiles and says, "Daddy, I'd rather be the guy that can afford to pay the whole team."

The next time you're excited, keep your own council and remember the words of Ben Franklin.

"Keep Thy Shop and Thy Shop Will Keep Thee."

Dare to dream. Be your own boss.