Do you ever have days where it seems like you’ve done nothing but sit and send and answer emails? Days where you feel completely exhausted yet you can’t see that you’ve made any kind of real progress? Days where you feel frustrated and fed up?
In the early days of my investment in personal development I used to hear the “gurus” and their disciples telling me “You have to take Massive Action!”. Whilst taking action is undoubtedly necessary to achieve anything, on its own it has to be one of the worst pieces of advice I ever heard.
It’s a bit like the old joke “What’s worse than an idiot? A motivated idiot!”.
If you just get wound up and run around being super busy you may well end up knackered, fed up and wondering when and how those longed for results might appear.
So have you ever stopped to consider that it is possible to be very productive without being frantic and rushing around all the time?
I did some research recently on this issue and I came across the observations of an American investment advisor called RJ Peck. His comments were all about the part of our brains that hijacks our best intentions just at the time we most need to be strategic and deliberate. The “lizard brain” takes over and we make stupid decisions instead of acting rationally and clearly.
This is the part of our brain that takes over when we’ve had too much alcohol or when fear takes control. All too often it sabotages our intended success just at the most critical moments.
Let me ask you:
- Can you think of a time when you made a financial investment that you later regretted making? Buying stocks or property or investing in an education or personal development course that was a waste of time and money?
- Do YOU know how to unravel constant patterns of “self-sabotage” and interrupt the pattern to change your own behaviour?
- Do you know how to step out of your comfort zone, kill the procrastination demons and achieve the success you desire?
What’s that got to do with buying businesses you might ask?
Everything!
As much as 80% of the thinking processes and decision making required to acquire a business takes place in the Lizard Brain – of both the buyer and seller!
Therefore the concept of slowing down to speed up your real success applies to your money and your success. Here are three pieces of advice you can use right now to help you:
#1 Environment:
The worst place to get REAL thinking done is in front of a keyboard or smart phone. The best place to think is in your favourite quiet spot with a pad of paper.
#2 Change State:
Get up and go for a walk.
Changing your “state” involves physical movement, which will also switch on your brain. Humans are designed to move and I guarantee you will have more thoughts, better thoughts, more creative thoughts when your body is active than when your backside is on a chair.
Breathe deeply, walk, run, ride a bike… just move. While you’re moving you’ll find it MUCH easier to figure out what you want to accomplish in the coming weeks and months. You can plan and EXECUTE with clarity!
#3 Avoid Overwhelm:
The human brain can only handle around 7 things at a time before overwhelm sets in, followed by paralysis! If all you can do is react to emails it’s a very good sign you need to change what you’re doing.
So make a regular time slot to deal with answering emails and phone calls and other “admin” type stuff. Give yourself space not to become overwhelmed.
Conquer your Lizard Brain, Achieve the Results You Desire
I get lots of messages, comments and calls from entrepreneurs who are in business because they have always wanted to create time, freedom, more money and a luxurious lifestyle. They thought that running their current business would achieve that. Instead, they feel trapped and want to break free.
It does NOT have to be that way!
How amazing would it be to acquire one, two or three profitable businesses in the next 12 months (our members aim to buy one business per quarter once they’ve learned the process!)? And to have them all bringing you extra cash in excess of £100k per annum PER business – alongside adding the value of the businesses into your net worth, allowing you to rapidly reach a “pension pot” that you could otherwise only dream of?
So, how would YOU like to double or treble your turnover AND your net worth in the next 12 month period?
If you’d like to learn the steps to take to achieve this, then let me show you how. I run regular workshops where you can come and learn the step by step method for how to buy a second business using none of your own cash.
Questions before booking? Simply message us through our Facebook page here or call 0161 883 1829.
Guy
P.S. This is not for everyone! If you are happy with the performance of your current business and lifestyle then please don’t attend. But if you’re ready to expand your business rapidly then I’d love to help.
P.P.S. Even if you’ve tried to look at acquisitions in the past and struggled – I can still help. We can talk about WHY it didn’t work and the correct approach to use in the future. It’s very simple if you know the correct strategy. Just call us NOW!