May 12, 2025 • 20 mins
Episode Notes:
Are you letting that thick cloud of uncertainty holding you back from making bold moves in your business? You're not alone. In this week’s episode, we tackle the hesitation many entrepreneurs & business owners are experiencing when it comes to starting new ventures, expanding locations, or investing in necessary equipment and technology.
The collision repair industry, like many service businesses, has always been cyclical - something easy to forget after the unusual steady backlog of the post-COVID years. Rather than viewing current conditions as unprecedented hardship, we explore how many of America's most iconic businesses actually launched during economic downturns. From Disney and Revlon emerging during the Great Depression to Uber and Airbnb launching during the 2008-2009 recession, history shows that opportunity exists regardless of economic climate.
Through the wisdom in a valuable clip from Jim Rohn, we unpack a refreshingly simple success formula that anyone can apply: live in a place of opportunity, find an opportunity, and find a mentor. Mr. Rohn's journey to becoming a millionaire by 31 wasn't the result of perfect circumstances but rather his willingness to change himself while circumstances remained largely the same. His most profound insight might be that "the things that are easy to do are also easy not to do" - explaining why success often comes down to consistently doing simple actions that others neglect.
Don't let today's uncertainty paralyze you into inaction. Remember Henry Ford's wisdom that "whether you think you can or you think you can't, you'll be right." Your next level of success doesn't require waiting for perfect conditions - it simply requires overcoming the neglect of daily actions that compound into remarkable results!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In case you haven't already picked up on it, there's
been a thick cloud ofuncertainty in the air these
days, that funky feeling thatit's not time to make any bold
moves, that spidey sense thatholds most of us back from
making decisions to move forwardor start that thing we were
planning on starting that newbusiness, that new building
expansion, that second or thirdlocation, that new ADAS or glass
(00:23):
division, or maybe just makingthe new equipment or technology
investments we know we need tomake right.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Welcome to the MindWrench Podcast with your
host, rick Sellover, where minoradjustments produce major
improvements in mindset,personal growth and success.
This is the place to be everyMonday, where we make small
(00:50):
improvements and take positiveactions in our business and
personal lives that will make amajor impact in our success,
next-level growth and quality oflife.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Hey what's up everybody?
Welcome to the MindWrenchPodcast.
I'm your host, rick Sellover,and Rick's got the master plan
MindRanch.
We're so clear, we're so clear,we're so clear for Apple,
spotify, google Podcasts,iheartradio, amazon Music and
(01:24):
all the other platforms will seethat it's valuable and show it
to more people that have neverseen it before, and hopefully it
can help them too.
I would really, really reallyappreciate your help sharing
this word with your friends andfamily as well, and if you're a
brand new listener, welcome.
I hope you find something ofvalue here that helps you in
your personal or professionallife as well.
Please make sure to click thesubscribe or follow button so
(01:46):
you never miss another episode.
All right, did you noticeanything there at the beginning
of the show?
You know what I'm talking about, right?
Yes, I changed the intro music.
Okay, be honest.
Did you love it, or at leastlike it, or did you hate it?
Please let me know.
You can text me, right in theepisode or hit me up on social
(02:06):
media, but your opinion matters.
I'd really like to know.
A couple months back at theAASP Illinois event, I was
talking with my buddy, mikeAnderson, and he shows me this
really cool app.
He's been playing with that.
You just give it a coupleprompts and a couple personal
facts and AI will make a song inany style you want in probably
(02:26):
less than 30 seconds.
It was really cool he showed meand he did a couple of them
real quick.
So of course I had to downloadthe app and try it myself.
So this is my first stab at it.
So what do you think?
If you're interested in tryingyour hand at it, download Suno
S-U-N-O.
I'll leave a link for it in theshow notes.
Anyways, speaking of MikeAnderson, I'll be celebrating my
(02:47):
200th MindWrench episode verysoon.
That's right, 200.
I still can't believe I wasstuck with it this long.
I mean, I started this way backin the beginning of COVID, but
now I just love doing it so muchthere's probably no end in
sight for me.
Anyways, I had the chance tointerview my hero in this
industry, mr Mike Anderson, thefounder of Collision Advice and
(03:09):
the Spartan 300 groups, for my100th episode a few years ago.
So then, when I called Mike andI asked him if we could do
another interview for my 200th,there was absolutely no
hesitation.
He said of course, sir, I'd behonored.
So make sure you don't missthis one coming up in a few
weeks.
You know it'll be great withMike and full of great
information.
(03:29):
In case you haven't alreadypicked up on it, there's been a
thick cloud of uncertainty inthe air these days, that funky
feeling that it's not time tomake any bold moves, that spidey
sense that holds most of usback from making decisions to
move forward or start that thingwe were planning on starting
that new business, that newbuilding expansion, that second
or third location, that new ADASor glass division, or maybe
(03:54):
just making the new equipment ortechnology investments we know
we need to make right.
Ever since election time oflast year, people are watching
the news more to see what'sgoing to happen next.
The stock markets kept us onthe edge of our seats.
Although it's been quite aroller coaster ride the last few
months, the plain fact is thenews doesn't know what's going
to happen next.
(04:14):
They can't predict Jack's squad.
They can't even get the nextday's forecast right, you know
what I'm saying.
What the mainstream media doeswell is keeping people fearful,
and that keeps their attention,which means keeps eyes on their
station, which keeps theirrevenue stream flowing in.
I've attended several collisionconferences over the last couple
(04:34):
months and, although there areshops just killing it out there,
setting records, winning awards, unfortunately many shops want
to focus on the slowdown ofvolume coming to their doors.
What many shops fail toremember right now is, much like
most other service businesses,collision has always been a
cyclical business.
Right, you know, it slows downduring back-to-school season or
(04:57):
spring break or summer vacationor the holidays or whatever, but
it's always been like that.
The only variation has been thelast, you know, almost four
years of post-COVID steadybacklog of work.
That's finally right-sizeditself.
I've heard a lot of peoplecomplaining about how hard
things are now and how it's noteasy to start a business or buy
(05:18):
a home or afford a good life orsave for retirement.
Recently I was listening to aclip from one of my favorite
motivational speakers and TonyRobbins' first mentor, jim Rohn.
Jim was talking about how easyit is to be successful right
here in the old US of A.
Now most of us forget that manyof the most successful
businesses, the icons ofAmerican dream, started in the
(05:41):
absolute worst of times, duringdevastating recessions or even
depression.
Ultra-successful companies likeUber, airbnb and Venmo all
started during the 2008-2009recession.
Revlon and Disney, just to namea couple, started during the
Great Depression, and otherslike Microsoft, gm, allstate,
(06:03):
cnn, goldman Sachs, hershey, ibmand Hyatt all started in
different periods of recessions.
Jim Rohn does a great jobreminding us of how simple the
formula to success really is,especially in America, and it
just boils down to a few basicrules to follow.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Here's Jim nonsense that's going on today.
So just pass on all that.
Just some good, basic,fundamental, solid stuff that
kids can understand.
Right, kids don't need theirown private psychic, you know,
to try to help them figure outthe future.
This stuff's too easy.
Getting rich is too easy.
I got rich by the time I was 31.
Here's the best advice I givemy teenage friends.
It was easy.
What can I tell you?
(07:02):
It was hard, no, it was easy.
I'm a millionaire by 31.
Let me tell you how I did it.
I got three reasons why I gotrich by the time I was 31.
Let me give you those.
Here's number one I lived inAmerica.
I mean, how lucky can you get?
America's easy.
That's why everybody wants tocome here.
(07:23):
People have been prodding ascheme for 50 years Saying if I
could just get to Poland,everything would be okay.
No, no, the boat people Are notdesperately trying to get to
Vietnam.
No, they're not squeezingthrough the fence To try to get
into Mexico.
No, neil Diamond says, lookslike everybody's heading for
(07:47):
they're all coming to America.
Why?
Everybody wants to come here,by every means possible to get
here.
Why?
Because America is easy.
So if you go home with anythinggo home with that.
Mr Ong reminded us that Americais easy.
He got rich by the time he was31.
America is easy.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
If you're looking for a competitive edge for your
business or a more effectivejumpstart to your personal
development, I'll make yourfirst step super simple.
It is a fact that an incrediblenumber of the most successful
business owners nearly half ofthe Fortune 500 companies,
top-earning professionalathletes, entertainers and
industry leaders likeMicrosoft's Bill Gates, former
President Bill Clinton, oprahWinfrey, richard Branson,
(08:24):
amazon's Jeff Bezos andSalesforce's Mark Benioff all
have one thing in common theyall have at least one coach and
some have several that they workwith on a consistent basis,
someone that helps guide, mentorand support them, challenge
them, help them set and achievegoals that move them forward and
then hold them accountable tofollow through, driving personal
(08:44):
and professional growth.
Working with a coach has manysubstantial benefits.
Just for an example, 80% ofcoaching clients report improved
self-esteem or self-confidencethanks to coaching.
99% of individuals andcompanies that hire a coach
report being very satisfied and96% would do it again If, deep
down, you know it's time to makethose improvements in your
(09:05):
business or your personal lifethat you've kicked down the road
year after year.
If you're tired of knowingthere's a better version of you
waiting to shine, but unsure ofhow to bring that version to
light.
If you're tired of wanting toenjoy a more successful business
but not sure how to start, andif you don't want to go another
12 months without better results, but you don't want to go it
alone, then take the first step.
(09:26):
It's super simple.
Sometimes talking to the rightperson can make all the
difference.
Go to wwwrixelovercom contactand I'll set you up with a free
consultation call with me to seeif one-on-one coaching is right
for you.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Bangladesh is hard.
Just take that home.
Here's the average yearlyincome in Bangladesh $120.
That would be hard.
Tell me, hard versus easy.
So, america's easy.
Cambodia would be Hard.
(10:02):
The Khmer Rouge killed twomillion Cambodians to make
communism work.
That's hard.
America is Easy.
India would be Hard.
They got their challenges thesedays Tough America's Easy.
China would be Really hard.
(10:24):
Underline really and make astudy it's hard, america's Easy.
And now, in about 90 days, youcan have that memorized.
Tell you, that's all you need.
I got rich by the time I was 31.
I lived in America.
America's easy.
Now, here's number two I foundan opportunity.
(10:44):
That's all you've got to do inAmerica search for an
opportunity.
Take the first one right, tryit.
If that isn't it, it leads toanother.
One door closes, another dooropens.
This is what's exciting aboutAmerica it's full of opportunity
, a chance to try.
And then what?
Try again, and then what?
Try again.
Never, never run out ofopportunity to try.
See if you can't better yourlife and your health and your
(11:06):
future and your bank account andyour income.
Make your fortune here.
I lived in America.
Number one Found an opportunity.
Number three, number two here'snumber three.
I found a teacher.
What a grand and glorious,unique thing that was for me.
At that time in my life, I founda teacher willing to teach me,
(11:26):
and his teaching came in twoparts.
Here's what it was, very simple.
Number one Mr Rohn, you haveevidently messed up between ages
19 and 25.
Now I could understand that,but he didn't leave me there.
He said now here's the answerson how to change it all the next
six years, so that the next sixyears won't be like the last
(11:48):
six.
What an incredible teacherTaught me how to have a whole
brand new six years.
First six what I messed up.
Second six what I got it right.
Second six years I became amillionaire.
During that second six years.
The government was about thesame, I'm telling you, interest
(12:09):
rates were about what the same.
The pay scale was about whatthe same.
Lord knows.
My negative realities were thesame.
Circumstances were about thesame.
The economy was about the same.
The unions and their philosophywas about the same.
The economy was about the same,the unions and their philosophy
was about the same.
What was going on around me wasabout the same.
(12:31):
Then how come I got rich thatsecond six years?
I was not the same, I changed.
You say well, mr Rohn, if youcan do that, can anybody do it?
Yes, I invite you on thatjourney.
If you can do that, can anybodydo it?
Yes, I invite you on thatjourney.
Anytime you want to, you canstay the same so that the next
six years will be like the lastsix.
(12:51):
Take a look at the last sixyears and I'm telling you, the
next six years of your life isgoing to be like the last six,
unless you change, or unless youwant to count on this short
list that we call not much list.
Most everybody's counting onthis not much list.
What if all of your negativerelatives turned positive?
What would that do for yourfuture and your fortune?
What?
(13:12):
Not much, not much.
What if prices came down alittle?
What will that do for yourfuture?
I'm telling you, not much.
If the economy gets a littlebetter, what will that do?
Not much.
Now that the Democrats are inpower, what's that going to do
for your future?
Not much.
We could get a good debategoing here If the Republicans
(13:37):
would have stayed in power.
What would that have done?
Not much.
Hey, we could get a good debategoing here.
I'm telling you it's a not muchlist If you don't make plans of
your own, guess what.
You'll probably always fit intosomeone else's plans.
Guess what someone else mayhave planned for you.
(13:59):
Then what's going to make thedifference?
You're going to have to makethe difference.
You're going to have to takecharge.
Now, mr Shoff, my teacher gaveme a promise and I want to give
you that promise now, on thisNovember day, 1992, anaheim,
california.
Here was the promise I got andI bring it to you.
Here's what my teacher said Ifyou will change, mr Rohn, he
said, if you will change,everything will change for you.
(14:19):
You don't have to change thegovernment, you don't have to
change prices, you don't have tochange taxes.
Forget all that, he said.
If you will change, everythingwill change for you.
And the first thing you startchanging is what your philosophy
.
You start changing your mind,you start changing how you think
(14:42):
.
You start picking up new ideasand information, gather new
knowledge, make better decisionsabout what's valuable.
And I'm telling you, if you'lldo that, your whole life will
change.
Your health will change, yourrelationship with your family
will change, your ability tocope with challenges and
problems will change.
I'm telling you, incomepromotions all of it will change
.
If you will change.
It'll all change.
If you won't change, it isn'tgoing to change.
(15:02):
You can keep your fingerscrossed if you want to and hope
they'll straighten it out.
You can wish for the wind notto blow quite as severe, but I'm
telling you, wishing for thewind to change in your favor, we
call naive at best.
Don't do this any longer.
Wish for a better wind.
The key is to wish for thewisdom, to set a better sail.
Utilize whatever wind thatblows to take you wherever you
(15:23):
want to go go.
That is the philosophy I pickedup at age 25 and it
revolutionized my whole life.
And here's what I found.
I found it was easy.
I got rich by the time I was 31and it was easy.
Now here's my definition ofeasy.
Gotta jot this down.
My definition of easy Meaningsomething I could do.
(15:43):
I figure.
If it's something I could do, Ifigure.
If it's something you can do,it's easy.
Now here's a parenthesis,parenthesis.
I worked hard at it.
I found something I could dowhich was easy, but I worked
hard at it.
I got up early and stayed uplate, worked hard that six years
(16:08):
, but what I did was easy,meaning it was something I could
do.
You say well, mr Rohn, if it wasso easy, how come everybody
else around you during that sixyears, how come they didn't get
rich?
Here's why it's easy not to.
How else would you describe it?
That's it.
You say no, no For all of therest of them.
It was hard for them and it,that's it.
You say no, no For all of therest of them.
It was hard for them and it waseasy for you.
(16:28):
That's not true.
You couldn't debate me on thatin front of this intelligent
audience.
But here's the challenge.
Let me give it to you in aphilosophical phrase.
I tend to be a littlephilosophical.
Here it is the things that areeasy to do are also easy not to
do.
That's the difference betweensuccess and failure.
(16:50):
So you've got the choice heretoday of one of two easy, easy
to, or what?
Easy, not to?
I can give you in one sentencehow I got rich by the time I was
31.
Here it is in one sentence.
I did not neglect to do theeasy things I could do every day
for six years.
Underline I did not neglect.
(17:14):
That's the key.
I found something easy I coulddo that led to fortune, and I
did not neglect to do it.
Major reason for not havingeverything you want in America.
Major reason for not havingmore of what you want in America
More health, more money, morepower, more influence, more
everything.
Major reason why you don't getit?
Simple answer Neglect, neglect.
(17:39):
And here's the problem withneglect it starts as an
infection and if you don't takecare of it it becomes a disease.
And here's what else is theproblem.
One neglect leads to another.
Neglect to do wise things withyour money you'll probably
neglect to do wise things withyour time.
Neglect to do wise things withyour time you'll probably
neglect to do wise things withyour business.
One leads to another leads toanother.
(18:01):
Pretty soon, neglect has you bythe throat, emptying your purse,
emptying your heart, emptyingall of your chances for equities
and power and all the goodthings.
Neglect.
What if you should be walkingaround the block every day for
your good health and you don't?
I'm telling you you're on thewrong track.
You should do it, you could doit, you don't do it.
That's called formula fordisaster.
(18:23):
All you've got to do is letthat and a few other things
accumulate for six years, andnow you're driving what you
don't want to drive, wearingwhat you don't want to wear,
living where you don't want tolive, doing what you don't want
to do, maybe having become whatyou really didn't want to become
.
I'm telling you that's it.
Just neglect along, drift alongand it's got you by the throat.
It'll take all your values,leave you with just a little bit
(18:44):
of dust in the summer wind andit'll soon be gone.
I hope I said that.
Well, that's it.
That's where I found myself atage 25, until my teacher came
along and said Mr Rohn, up tillnow you've messed up.
Let's see if we can't cleanthat up.
(19:05):
Change it all I did Changed mylife.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Well, I hope you enjoyed that clip from Jim Rohn.
The complete talk can be foundon YouTube.
Just search for Jim RohnChallenge to Succeed Fast, and I
hope it inspires you even justa little not to stall out on
your next moves and have alittle faith that you can
accomplish whatever it is youwish to just by following the
simple path Jim has laid out.
(19:30):
I'll leave you with these twothoughts Businesses are born
every single day in every singlecountry on earth.
Don't let anyone or anythingscare you out of building yours.
And, as Henry Ford quoted,whether you think you can or you
think you can't, you'll beright.
Well, that's all I had for youtoday.
Thanks again for tuning in.
(19:51):
I really appreciate yoursupport and I hope you have a
great week.
I can always be reached atwwwrickselovercom, where you can
find all my social media linkspodcast episodes, blog posts and
much more.
In case you haven't already picked up on it, there's
been a thick cloud ofuncertainty in the air these
days, that funky feeling thatit's not time to make any bold
moves, that spidey sense thatholds most of us back from
making decisions to move forwardor start that thing we were
planning on starting that newbusiness, that new building
expansion, that second or thirdlocation, that new ADAS or glass
(00:23):
division, or maybe just makingthe new equipment or technology
investments we know we need tomake right.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Welcome to the MindWrench Podcast with your
host, rick Sellover, where minoradjustments produce major
improvements in mindset,personal growth and success.
This is the place to be everyMonday, where we make small
(00:50):
improvements and take positiveactions in our business and
personal lives that will make amajor impact in our success,
next-level growth and quality oflife.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Hey what's up everybody?
Welcome to the MindWrenchPodcast.
I'm your host, rick Sellover,and Rick's got the master plan
MindRanch.
We're so clear, we're so clear,we're so clear for Apple,
spotify, google Podcasts,iheartradio, amazon Music and
(01:24):
all the other platforms will seethat it's valuable and show it
to more people that have neverseen it before, and hopefully it
can help them too.
I would really, really reallyappreciate your help sharing
this word with your friends andfamily as well, and if you're a
brand new listener, welcome.
I hope you find something ofvalue here that helps you in
your personal or professionallife as well.
Please make sure to click thesubscribe or follow button so
(01:46):
you never miss another episode.
All right, did you noticeanything there at the beginning
of the show?
You know what I'm talking about, right?
Yes, I changed the intro music.
Okay, be honest.
Did you love it, or at leastlike it, or did you hate it?
Please let me know.
You can text me, right in theepisode or hit me up on social
(02:06):
media, but your opinion matters.
I'd really like to know.
A couple months back at theAASP Illinois event, I was
talking with my buddy, mikeAnderson, and he shows me this
really cool app.
He's been playing with that.
You just give it a coupleprompts and a couple personal
facts and AI will make a song inany style you want in probably
(02:26):
less than 30 seconds.
It was really cool he showed meand he did a couple of them
real quick.
So of course I had to downloadthe app and try it myself.
So this is my first stab at it.
So what do you think?
If you're interested in tryingyour hand at it, download Suno
S-U-N-O.
I'll leave a link for it in theshow notes.
Anyways, speaking of MikeAnderson, I'll be celebrating my
(02:47):
200th MindWrench episode verysoon.
That's right, 200.
I still can't believe I wasstuck with it this long.
I mean, I started this way backin the beginning of COVID, but
now I just love doing it so muchthere's probably no end in
sight for me.
Anyways, I had the chance tointerview my hero in this
industry, mr Mike Anderson, thefounder of Collision Advice and
(03:09):
the Spartan 300 groups, for my100th episode a few years ago.
So then, when I called Mike andI asked him if we could do
another interview for my 200th,there was absolutely no
hesitation.
He said of course, sir, I'd behonored.
So make sure you don't missthis one coming up in a few
weeks.
You know it'll be great withMike and full of great
information.
(03:29):
In case you haven't alreadypicked up on it, there's been a
thick cloud of uncertainty inthe air these days, that funky
feeling that it's not time tomake any bold moves, that spidey
sense that holds most of usback from making decisions to
move forward or start that thingwe were planning on starting
that new business, that newbuilding expansion, that second
or third location, that new ADASor glass division, or maybe
(03:54):
just making the new equipment ortechnology investments we know
we need to make right.
Ever since election time oflast year, people are watching
the news more to see what'sgoing to happen next.
The stock markets kept us onthe edge of our seats.
Although it's been quite aroller coaster ride the last few
months, the plain fact is thenews doesn't know what's going
to happen next.
(04:14):
They can't predict Jack's squad.
They can't even get the nextday's forecast right, you know
what I'm saying.
What the mainstream media doeswell is keeping people fearful,
and that keeps their attention,which means keeps eyes on their
station, which keeps theirrevenue stream flowing in.
I've attended several collisionconferences over the last couple
(04:34):
months and, although there areshops just killing it out there,
setting records, winning awards, unfortunately many shops want
to focus on the slowdown ofvolume coming to their doors.
What many shops fail toremember right now is, much like
most other service businesses,collision has always been a
cyclical business.
Right, you know, it slows downduring back-to-school season or
(04:57):
spring break or summer vacationor the holidays or whatever, but
it's always been like that.
The only variation has been thelast, you know, almost four
years of post-COVID steadybacklog of work.
That's finally right-sizeditself.
I've heard a lot of peoplecomplaining about how hard
things are now and how it's noteasy to start a business or buy
(05:18):
a home or afford a good life orsave for retirement.
Recently I was listening to aclip from one of my favorite
motivational speakers and TonyRobbins' first mentor, jim Rohn.
Jim was talking about how easyit is to be successful right
here in the old US of A.
Now most of us forget that manyof the most successful
businesses, the icons ofAmerican dream, started in the
(05:41):
absolute worst of times, duringdevastating recessions or even
depression.
Ultra-successful companies likeUber, airbnb and Venmo all
started during the 2008-2009recession.
Revlon and Disney, just to namea couple, started during the
Great Depression, and otherslike Microsoft, gm, allstate,
(06:03):
cnn, goldman Sachs, hershey, ibmand Hyatt all started in
different periods of recessions.
Jim Rohn does a great jobreminding us of how simple the
formula to success really is,especially in America, and it
just boils down to a few basicrules to follow.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Here's Jim nonsense that's going on today.
So just pass on all that.
Just some good, basic,fundamental, solid stuff that
kids can understand.
Right, kids don't need theirown private psychic, you know,
to try to help them figure outthe future.
This stuff's too easy.
Getting rich is too easy.
I got rich by the time I was 31.
Here's the best advice I givemy teenage friends.
It was easy.
What can I tell you?
(07:02):
It was hard, no, it was easy.
I'm a millionaire by 31.
Let me tell you how I did it.
I got three reasons why I gotrich by the time I was 31.
Let me give you those.
Here's number one I lived inAmerica.
I mean, how lucky can you get?
America's easy.
That's why everybody wants tocome here.
(07:23):
People have been prodding ascheme for 50 years Saying if I
could just get to Poland,everything would be okay.
No, no, the boat people Are notdesperately trying to get to
Vietnam.
No, they're not squeezingthrough the fence To try to get
into Mexico.
No, neil Diamond says, lookslike everybody's heading for
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they're all coming to America.
Why?
Everybody wants to come here,by every means possible to get
here.
Why?
Because America is easy.
So if you go home with anythinggo home with that.
Mr Ong reminded us that Americais easy.
He got rich by the time he was31.
America is easy.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
If you're looking for a competitive edge for your
business or a more effectivejumpstart to your personal
development, I'll make yourfirst step super simple.
It is a fact that an incrediblenumber of the most successful
business owners nearly half ofthe Fortune 500 companies,
top-earning professionalathletes, entertainers and
industry leaders likeMicrosoft's Bill Gates, former
President Bill Clinton, oprahWinfrey, richard Branson,
(08:24):
amazon's Jeff Bezos andSalesforce's Mark Benioff all
have one thing in common theyall have at least one coach and
some have several that they workwith on a consistent basis,
someone that helps guide, mentorand support them, challenge
them, help them set and achievegoals that move them forward and
then hold them accountable tofollow through, driving personal
(08:44):
and professional growth.
Working with a coach has manysubstantial benefits.
Just for an example, 80% ofcoaching clients report improved
self-esteem or self-confidencethanks to coaching.
99% of individuals andcompanies that hire a coach
report being very satisfied and96% would do it again If, deep
down, you know it's time to makethose improvements in your
(09:05):
business or your personal lifethat you've kicked down the road
year after year.
If you're tired of knowingthere's a better version of you
waiting to shine, but unsure ofhow to bring that version to
light.
If you're tired of wanting toenjoy a more successful business
but not sure how to start, andif you don't want to go another
12 months without better results, but you don't want to go it
alone, then take the first step.
(09:26):
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Go to wwwrixelovercom contactand I'll set you up with a free
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Speaker 3 (09:41):
Bangladesh is hard.
Just take that home.
Here's the average yearlyincome in Bangladesh $120.
That would be hard.
Tell me, hard versus easy.
So, america's easy.
Cambodia would be Hard.
(10:02):
The Khmer Rouge killed twomillion Cambodians to make
communism work.
That's hard.
America is Easy.
India would be Hard.
They got their challenges thesedays Tough America's Easy.
China would be Really hard.
(10:24):
Underline really and make astudy it's hard, america's Easy.
And now, in about 90 days, youcan have that memorized.
Tell you, that's all you need.
I got rich by the time I was 31.
I lived in America.
America's easy.
Now, here's number two I foundan opportunity.
(10:44):
That's all you've got to do inAmerica search for an
opportunity.
Take the first one right, tryit.
If that isn't it, it leads toanother.
One door closes, another dooropens.
This is what's exciting aboutAmerica it's full of opportunity
, a chance to try.
And then what?
Try again, and then what?
Try again.
Never, never run out ofopportunity to try.
See if you can't better yourlife and your health and your
(11:06):
future and your bank account andyour income.
Make your fortune here.
I lived in America.
Number one Found an opportunity.
Number three, number two here'snumber three.
I found a teacher.
What a grand and glorious,unique thing that was for me.
At that time in my life, I founda teacher willing to teach me,
(11:26):
and his teaching came in twoparts.
Here's what it was, very simple.
Number one Mr Rohn, you haveevidently messed up between ages
19 and 25.
Now I could understand that,but he didn't leave me there.
He said now here's the answerson how to change it all the next
six years, so that the next sixyears won't be like the last
(11:48):
six.
What an incredible teacherTaught me how to have a whole
brand new six years.
First six what I messed up.
Second six what I got it right.
Second six years I became amillionaire.
During that second six years.
The government was about thesame, I'm telling you, interest
(12:09):
rates were about what the same.
The pay scale was about whatthe same.
Lord knows.
My negative realities were thesame.
Circumstances were about thesame.
The economy was about the same.
The unions and their philosophywas about the same.
The economy was about the same,the unions and their philosophy
was about the same.
What was going on around me wasabout the same.
(12:31):
Then how come I got rich thatsecond six years?
I was not the same, I changed.
You say well, mr Rohn, if youcan do that, can anybody do it?
Yes, I invite you on thatjourney.
If you can do that, can anybodydo it?
Yes, I invite you on thatjourney.
Anytime you want to, you canstay the same so that the next
six years will be like the lastsix.
(12:51):
Take a look at the last sixyears and I'm telling you, the
next six years of your life isgoing to be like the last six,
unless you change, or unless youwant to count on this short
list that we call not much list.
Most everybody's counting onthis not much list.
What if all of your negativerelatives turned positive?
What would that do for yourfuture and your fortune?
What?
(13:12):
Not much, not much.
What if prices came down alittle?
What will that do for yourfuture?
I'm telling you, not much.
If the economy gets a littlebetter, what will that do?
Not much.
Now that the Democrats are inpower, what's that going to do
for your future?
Not much.
We could get a good debategoing here If the Republicans
(13:37):
would have stayed in power.
What would that have done?
Not much.
Hey, we could get a good debategoing here.
I'm telling you it's a not muchlist If you don't make plans of
your own, guess what.
You'll probably always fit intosomeone else's plans.
Guess what someone else mayhave planned for you.
(13:59):
Then what's going to make thedifference?
You're going to have to makethe difference.
You're going to have to takecharge.
Now, mr Shoff, my teacher gaveme a promise and I want to give
you that promise now, on thisNovember day, 1992, anaheim,
california.
Here was the promise I got andI bring it to you.
Here's what my teacher said Ifyou will change, mr Rohn, he
said, if you will change,everything will change for you.
(14:19):
You don't have to change thegovernment, you don't have to
change prices, you don't have tochange taxes.
Forget all that, he said.
If you will change, everythingwill change for you.
And the first thing you startchanging is what your philosophy
.
You start changing your mind,you start changing how you think
(14:42):
.
You start picking up new ideasand information, gather new
knowledge, make better decisionsabout what's valuable.
And I'm telling you, if you'lldo that, your whole life will
change.
Your health will change, yourrelationship with your family
will change, your ability tocope with challenges and
problems will change.
I'm telling you, incomepromotions all of it will change
.
If you will change.
It'll all change.
If you won't change, it isn'tgoing to change.
(15:02):
You can keep your fingerscrossed if you want to and hope
they'll straighten it out.
You can wish for the wind notto blow quite as severe, but I'm
telling you, wishing for thewind to change in your favor, we
call naive at best.
Don't do this any longer.
Wish for a better wind.
The key is to wish for thewisdom, to set a better sail.
Utilize whatever wind thatblows to take you wherever you
(15:23):
want to go go.
That is the philosophy I pickedup at age 25 and it
revolutionized my whole life.
And here's what I found.
I found it was easy.
I got rich by the time I was 31and it was easy.
Now here's my definition ofeasy.
Gotta jot this down.
My definition of easy Meaningsomething I could do.
(15:43):
I figure.
If it's something I could do, Ifigure.
If it's something you can do,it's easy.
Now here's a parenthesis,parenthesis.
I worked hard at it.
I found something I could dowhich was easy, but I worked
hard at it.
I got up early and stayed uplate, worked hard that six years
(16:08):
, but what I did was easy,meaning it was something I could
do.
You say well, mr Rohn, if it wasso easy, how come everybody
else around you during that sixyears, how come they didn't get
rich?
Here's why it's easy not to.
How else would you describe it?
That's it.
You say no, no For all of therest of them.
It was hard for them and it,that's it.
You say no, no For all of therest of them.
It was hard for them and it waseasy for you.
(16:28):
That's not true.
You couldn't debate me on thatin front of this intelligent
audience.
But here's the challenge.
Let me give it to you in aphilosophical phrase.
I tend to be a littlephilosophical.
Here it is the things that areeasy to do are also easy not to
do.
That's the difference betweensuccess and failure.
(16:50):
So you've got the choice heretoday of one of two easy, easy
to, or what?
Easy, not to?
I can give you in one sentencehow I got rich by the time I was
31.
Here it is in one sentence.
I did not neglect to do theeasy things I could do every day
for six years.
Underline I did not neglect.
(17:14):
That's the key.
I found something easy I coulddo that led to fortune, and I
did not neglect to do it.
Major reason for not havingeverything you want in America.
Major reason for not havingmore of what you want in America
More health, more money, morepower, more influence, more
everything.
Major reason why you don't getit?
Simple answer Neglect, neglect.
(17:39):
And here's the problem withneglect it starts as an
infection and if you don't takecare of it it becomes a disease.
And here's what else is theproblem.
One neglect leads to another.
Neglect to do wise things withyour money you'll probably
neglect to do wise things withyour time.
Neglect to do wise things withyour time you'll probably
neglect to do wise things withyour business.
One leads to another leads toanother.
(18:01):
Pretty soon, neglect has you bythe throat, emptying your purse,
emptying your heart, emptyingall of your chances for equities
and power and all the goodthings.
Neglect.
What if you should be walkingaround the block every day for
your good health and you don't?
I'm telling you you're on thewrong track.
You should do it, you could doit, you don't do it.
That's called formula fordisaster.
(18:23):
All you've got to do is letthat and a few other things
accumulate for six years, andnow you're driving what you
don't want to drive, wearingwhat you don't want to wear,
living where you don't want tolive, doing what you don't want
to do, maybe having become whatyou really didn't want to become
.
I'm telling you that's it.
Just neglect along, drift alongand it's got you by the throat.
It'll take all your values,leave you with just a little bit
(18:44):
of dust in the summer wind andit'll soon be gone.
I hope I said that.
Well, that's it.
That's where I found myself atage 25, until my teacher came
along and said Mr Rohn, up tillnow you've messed up.
Let's see if we can't cleanthat up.
(19:05):
Change it all I did Changed mylife.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Well, I hope you enjoyed that clip from Jim Rohn.
The complete talk can be foundon YouTube.
Just search for Jim RohnChallenge to Succeed Fast, and I
hope it inspires you even justa little not to stall out on
your next moves and have alittle faith that you can
accomplish whatever it is youwish to just by following the
simple path Jim has laid out.
(19:30):
I'll leave you with these twothoughts Businesses are born
every single day in every singlecountry on earth.
Don't let anyone or anythingscare you out of building yours.
And, as Henry Ford quoted,whether you think you can or you
think you can't, you'll beright.
Well, that's all I had for youtoday.
Thanks again for tuning in.
(19:51):
I really appreciate yoursupport and I hope you have a
great week.
I can always be reached atwwwrickselovercom, where you can
find all my social media linkspodcast episodes, blog posts and
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