Here's a controversial question...

[Ankesh]

Environment matters. You change according to your environment. So create a good environment and things become easy on you.

I whole heartedly believe hanging out with winners is essential for winning.

But wealth is the wrong measurement for winning or losing. Try number of excuses people make as a measurement to determine if they are winners or losers.

[Glenn]

Thanks Ankesh,

(I am Enjoying your newsletter. Donald Trump Obviously Knows about The TALL PERSON Syndrome You Wrote about. I just read that he has special shoes with higher Heels. So he is taller than his usual 6 feet.)

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By Linking up to Affluent Mentors in Unusual ways
You can Find Out What those Mentors are DOING instead of what they say and S*ell.

For Example:

My "Consultant" overheard Mark Victor Hanson and Jack Canfield talking.

They had asked a B*illionaire at a Conference, "How Can We Become B*illionaires too?"

Mr B*illionaire asked, "How many B*illionaires in Your Mastermind Group?"

ULP!

None.

HOW DO WE KNOW they added 1 or 2 B*illionaires to their team?

EZ.

I Researched the "Chicken Soup" biz a while ago.

Discovered they S*OLD Their Chicken Soup books And The Brand.

But Kept 15%

Their 15% is now worth MANY MANY TIMES More (And growing fast)
than when they owned 100%

HOW
is
this
Possible?

Turns out the New Owners have Started Dozens of New LINES of Products.
BRANDED to the ***Chicken Soup for The Soul*** AUDIENCE.

Even "Chicken Soup for the Soul" DOG FOOD!

"TimeLife"
and others had been trying to B*uy their company for Years.

My ESP Tells me an OUTSIDE the Box
Thinking B*illionaire helped them find a B*uyer
who - Based on Previous Results - Could 10X their S*ALES.

Thanks,
Glenn

[Millard Grubb]

Thanks for the tip Glenn. I see how it makes sense to sell the rights to my magic/performing stuff and keep a percentage than making a website, et., etc., etc.

A hat tip to you !

Millard

Its depends. But i hangout with both.

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by Ankesh

Environment matters. You change according to your environment. So create a good environment and things become easy on you.

I whole heartedly believe hanging out with winners is essential for winning.

But wealth is the wrong measurement for winning or losing. Try number of excuses people make as a measurement to determine if they are winners or losers.

Hi Ankesh,

That's all great advice!

I guess it does largely boil down to how you define a "winner" and a "loser"...

Someone who tries, fails, learns from their mistakes, gets up and tries again, and does so repeatedly, is not necessarily a "loser" in my book...

I guess I do try to surround myself with these kind of people. Some people may not be a success financially, but may be successful in other ways...

For example, a friend of mine (who passed away last year in his 70s) was not rich - but I wouldn't call him a "loser" by any stretch of the imagination. He had strings of successes as an actor (he had been in a few movies and TV shows), author (he wrote a couple of non-fiction books about Polish cinema and Chinese cinema, which were published by "traditional" publishers), and he also wrote (and directed and starred in) several plays...

When he passed away, he had several unfinished projects (a couple of non-fiction book projects and a documentary project are the ones I know about), but that's the way of people who are busy. Without a doubt to me, he left this world a much richer place than if he hadn't lived...

Thanks Ankesh! I'm grateful for your input!

Best wishes,

Dien