How To Eliminate Your Income Reset Button

This past Tuesday, Melisa and I, ventured to the Cultural Center in Grand Rapids for a business meeting. During the second half,  Bill Lewis asked a profound question. “When you work all week, then you get paid on Friday, how much do you start with on Monday?” Answer: ZERO

The Wrong Side

Most, pretty much 90 plus percent of people, make their living on the left side, or as I prefer to call it, the wrong side of Robert Kiyosaki’s Cashflow Quadrant. We only get paid for the time we spend at our jobs. Every Monday when we start our work week we start at $0. As we progress through the week, most of us sacrificing a minimum of 8 hours per day, our income starts to accumulate. We continue this pattern up until payday when we, “cash out,” and collect our paycheck.

This generally brings a bit of joy and excitement for the moment. Fridays, again for most, is the day we receive our compensation for time applied at work. Then, when it is time to start our work week again, the pattern repeats. Every week we hit the income reset button and must sacrifice more time to earn income. 5 years, 10 years, 45 years, and for most, until death do us part.

A Secret?

Now I am not an expert, nor do I claim to be a self-made millionaire (YET!) however, Mr. Lewis definitely is, and Robert Kiyosaki can also lay claim to such status as well. Being a continual student, by teaching with others what we learn, in essence we are enhancing our learning. Knowing that so many people are stuck on this life pattern of modern day slavery, we like to make it a habit to share what we learn as much as possible.

With that being said, what is the secret for those people who are not required to hit their income reset button every week? It is called, passive income. Also known as, “Make money while you sleep income!” We love the sound of that because sleeping, and making money, just sounds cool! ;-D

Too Good To Be True

Personally I believe most people are so programmed with the belief that you have to get good grades in school, go to college, then find a safe, secure job working 45 years of your life for retirement. Thus, when you talk about a different way to make money, most  just can’t fathom it. We have associated with a lot of wealthy people to know they think completely different than the middle and lower class.

The truth is, those who have achieved some pretty incredible results in life, like Bill Lewis for example, worked very hard to get where they are today. As a matter of fact, like Bill, most people start on the wrong side of the Cashflow Quadrant as an Employee or Self Employed, because they too were taught go to school, get good grades, and find a job. However, once they learned of a different way, dare I say a BETTER WAY, instead of allowing their limited thinking and current belief systems say it ain’t so, it is too good to be true, they decided to look into this new information.

We were watching Star Wars last night with our kids. There is a part when Luke Skywalker is training to become a Jedi with Yoda. Luke was trying to use the Force and lift his spacecraft out of the water. He was unable, gave up, and stated it was impossible. Yoda so eloquently reminded Luke the reason he fails is because of his lack of belief.

Most people will get trapped in the modern day slavery business model for this same reason.

Do You Want Change

Not everyone is going to want to change. Some people will actually claim they love what they do and continue to work their jobs, hitting their income reset button every Monday, hoping they will one day see retirement. That is fine! If that is you, I wish you all the best. However, if you are like us and seek different results in life, all you have to do is learn different information, change your core foundational beliefs, develop new habits, and presto, your results will change.

I love to say, “If you want something to change than you have to change something.”

Information Is The Difference

My friends I am telling you, from a hardcore Self Employed Business Owner perspective, the wealthy class is totally playing by a different set of rules. First, you must learn what your core foundational beliefs are, as those will keep you where you are, then you must decide what you want your life to look like. Should you find that your current beliefs cannot produce the results you seek in life, all you have to do is plug into a different source of information.

I know it sounds easy, the concept is actually very simple, but the process of re-training your thinking will not be a walk in the park. (I cringe as I affirm this, but honesty is very important to me!)

Don’t Wait, Take Action

Seize the moment, envision yourself shattering your alarm clock and breaking free from modern day slavery. The first book we suggest reading, and I promote it a lot, is the Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki. You can find it in our Bookstore! Read it, determine where you are and where you want to go. Should you determine you are on the wrong side of the quadrant and are ready to make a transition, let us know. We are plugged into a system of education that has enabled us to mentor with Multi-Millionaires and have begun our transitioning process.

There was a time when we also thought there wasn’t another way. Melisa and I were stuck on the wrong side of the quadrant and were never exposed to the right side. We are ever so thankful that we were able to keep an open mind and didn’t allow the opinions of others, who were also on the wrong side, to influence our actions. Instead we agreed it was time to learn from people who have the results in life we wanted. Through reading, and associating with people who in fact are living their lives as we want to live ours, things have definitely changed.

Your results in life are massively influenced by those you spend the most time with. It is important that you surround yourself with people who are headed in the same direction you want to go. Remember less than 10% of people live on the right side! Which side are you going to choose?

Blessed to be a Blessing!
Ron & Melisa Curtis – Living Intentionally For Excellence (And, so can you!)