These skills are non-negotiable. To break the time-for-money trade, your financial IQ has to be ON POINT. Here are a few of the books I read when I started my journey: "Rich Dad Poor Dad" vy Robert Kiyosaki, "Richest Man in Babylon" George S. Clason, "The Millionaire Fastlane" by MJ Demarco, "Secrets of A Millionaire Mind" T Harv. I still reference them as they are a part of my wealth library. Each day is an opportunity to learn something new, especially about finances since they are core to our life no matter what you do for a living.

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a MUST READ for anyone wanting to be influential. I believe all entrepreneurs should read the books just to have the ideas in mind when building your network. I also talk about some other random stuff related to being an entrepreneur.

This episode is an update of my lessons learned and a refresher of previous topics. I talk about marketing, project management, documentation, investing in 2022, MULTIPLE streams of income, BAM = brand, audience, monetization, scale and/or magnitude, and units approach.

Keeping a journal helps you create order in a fast-paced and sometimes chaotic world. You get to know yourself by revealing your most private fears, thoughts, and feelings. Your writing time is personal relaxation time. It's a time when you can de-stress and wind down. Journals and dogs are man's best friend.

A productocracy is a product or service that has a distinctive value skew in the marketplace which incites unsolicited customer recommendations. A productocracy grows without marketing or advertising. I talk about why I NEED to develop a product rather than the service I've been offering simply because I am limited on my time.

We seek pleasure and avoid pain. Design your offer and your business to help other people reduce pain in their lives and achieve more pleasure. Where people experience pain, there is an opportunity for a savvy entrepreneur to provide solutions that customers will pay top-dollar for.

The Law of Effection states that the more people you effect in a positive and constructive manner, the more you shall be compensated. Will you focus more on scale or magnitude? How can you effect more people in a positive manner ever day? How can you use a SYSTEM to effect people 24/7, even while you sleep and travel?

If you take your business seriously, you will track your daily activity and know your numbers. How many calls are you making per day? How many meetings are you setting per week? How many offers are you making per week? How many offers do you close per week? What is your closing rate? These are just a few of the KPIs you should track for your daily activity in business. The numbers will show you clearly what you need to work on to hit your goals.

If you're not making offers, your business cannot grow. Read The Irresistible Offer by Mark Joyner and enhance the potency of the offers you are making. The more offers you make, the better you will get at making offers. The more offers you make, the more offers you will close and the more you will earn in life.