The Time is Now (How to Prepare Yourself for the Opportunity!)

Historically, many GREAT fortunes have been made more so… in times of GREAT economic downturns… than in times of true REAL actual great prosperity.

We are in the midst of literally one of the absolute WORST depressions in our lifetime.

And there has absolutely NEVER been a much more BETTER time… to make A LOT of MONEY… and do some darn GOOD in the world… at the EXACT same time.

Most people will tell you that RIGHT NOW is certainly NOT the TIME to… start your own online business.

Now is certainly NOT the TIME to… take a hugely VERY unnecessary risk.

You need to hold on to that crummy J.O.B. (just over broke) because it actually pays… and it’s SO damn frustratingly HARD to find (or even KEEP!) a damn “job” RIGHT NOW.

These people will tell you that you are downright absolutely crazy… for even wanting to actually… take a chance.

Everyone is one of “those” people at some very specific point in time.

Always freaking SCARED… just to simply go out and… take a chance.

But definitely not YOU.

Not anymore.

In fact, it is precisely because of “those” people that RIGHT NOW… is precisely the EXACT right moment… to start your own location-independent online business.

Why?

Because NO ONE else currently is.

Everyone is scared… to think “outside the box“.

And that’s exactly WHY… you’re going to make your absolute mega BIG fortune… and they are going to toil away in the “safe” jobs…

with all those very wonderful GREAT benefits (insurance that they pay for, loss of time and freedom, bending to the will of others, paying much more taxes than the average millionaire etc..).

So what should you tell those “people” about WHY… you’re starting a NEW… online internet-based business… and what it’s all about?

NOTHING.

Don’t tell ANYONE absolutely ANYTHING about any of your future plans or goals.

There are TWO very specific reasons for this.

1)      Statistically you are much more less likely to actually follow through with all of your plans if you start blabbing about them.

The reason is that you subconsciously feel like you have accomplished them… simply by talking about them… and are MUCH less active in actually fulfilling them.

How many times has someone told you about their great BIG wonderful plan… to MAKE MONEY… and then NEVER actually followed through with literally ANYTHING?

My very simple guess is… a million.

2)     People will tell you that you are either crazy… or dumb… or perhaps BOTH.

They will come up with all kinds of desperate silly little reasons… and excuses to try and talk you out of doing absolutely ANYTHING.

Deep down NO ONE actually wants their “friends” or any of their “co-workers” to do much BETTER than them.

That’s why you simply DON’T ever tell them ANYTHING.

So NOW you know… what NOT to ever tell people.

Now you’re RIGHT NOW asking yourself… what EXACT kind of BUSINESS to actually start… and NOT tell people about.

Well, I could give you flat out all kinds of different ideas about which types of “businesses” to actually start… but they wouldn’t REALLY actually mean ANYTHING.

Deep down in your true actual heart of hearts… you already know… the EXACT type of BUSINESS… that YOU truly WANT to actually start.

You may NOT be able to put your finger on it… but you WILL be able to, eventually.

I spent many years… trying to figure out exactly WHAT… I actually truly WANTED to do with my life.

I knew EXACTLY what I didn’t want to do.

I didn’t want to wake up early every single morning…

I didn’t want to ever… put on some VERY disgusting filthy terrible clothes… that I did NOT want to wear.

I didn’t want to quickly be forced to rush out the door… just to simply be FORCED to… sit in traffic for a whole complete hour…

I didn’t want to ever get to a “job” that I 100% completely HATED and absolutely despised.

I didn’t want to ever be FORCED… to let them know… when or IF I could possibly take my break.

I didn’t want to be FORCED… to sit in yet another… hour of traffic… just to simply get home.

All for – what is NOW in simply hindsight – a crummy, crummy little stupid-old paycheck.

Now I wake up anytime literally WHENEVER I want to… which is actually way MUCH earlier than I ever wanted to wake up when I absolutely downright HATED my “job“.

I work from my home office and I generally wear a pair of black shorts to “work“.

I get absolutely MOST of my business “work” done VERY early in the morning… and then go do… WHATEVER else I literally WANT to go do throughout the day.

Which is mostly “work” related.

You’ll find you “work“… way damn harder… when you downright absolutely HATE what you actually do.

Anyway, back to what EXACT specific type of BUSINESS to actually start.

What I used to do is sometimes visualize… EXACTLY what I wanted to do.

I didn’t know exactly what type of “business” it would be… but I would definitely ALWAYS visualize… myself dressed sharp extremely well… and spending MOST of my working day… driving around to various different types of “appointments”.

I’m a real estate investor so most of my work is spent driving around to peoples houses to see if I want to buy them (the houses, NOT the people).

Before I knew EXACTLY what I wanted to actually do… I had a VERY precise “clear vision” in my head… of EXACTLY how… I would actually go do it.

I used to live in an extremely tiny… little old… one bedroom apartment.

Technically it was the absolute MOST smallest place I have ever lived at.

It was actually REALLY the absolute BEST though.

That was my actual laboratory.

I would sit around and write out lists of what I could do and also what I actually couldn’t do.

Trying to figure out EXACTLY where I could possibly start a BUSINESS… and most importantly… how.

I would write notes to myself that had my EXACT goals on them… and tape them all over the walls.

People who came over thought that I was sometimes crazy.

But those little notes definitely worked.

I suggest that you find some time to go do the EXACT same thing.

The motivation from these *notes* is absolutely terrific.

The absolute BEST one I had… was an actual note that I had… taped across my whole ENTIRE computer monitor that actually read… “I will be in business for myself by such and such date”.

And you know what?

I was in actual BUSINESS for myself… by that EXACT date.

For those of you who are wanting to start their own business… I would suggest leading a very Gladiator type lifestyle.

I don’t mean by killing any Persians, but I do mean getting rid of things… that YOU don’t actually need.

There is absolutely NO point in paying a $1500 mortgage if you can rent for only $400.

There’s absolutely NO point in leasing a very stupid Jaguar for $700 a month if you can buy a running, very affordable Toyota for only $2,000.

No point in going out to eat every single night… if you can survive on a can of soup and a very simple cheese sandwich.

Now is definitely NOT the TIME… to be totally wasteful with YOUR money.

You will literally NEED… every single dime that you can absolutely get your hands on… and it’s totally OK to live just like a complete and total bum for a short while.

It will definitely pay off in the end. I can absolutely 100% promise you that.

Ask yourself these VERY specific questions:

Will this $100 cable bill with 500 channels help me reach my goals?

If the answer is NO, then cancel the damn cable!

Will going out tonight with my friends and spending $75 on food and drinks help me reach my goal?

If the answer is Hell No, then simply DON’T do it!

As your actual precise BUSINESS… you need to either pick something that YOU absolutely love… or SOMETHING that YOU are an actual REAL “expert” on.

You need to devote absolutely all of your time and energy to your specific business endeavor.

Start reading some books, and I literally mean… every single week.

I don’t mean the new Michael Crichton or the new Stephen King, or that new romance novel that you saw at Wal-Mart.

Those books don’t actually REALLY exist anymore.

Start reading some good auto-biographies of highly intelligent “successful people“.

Start reading books that have to do with your very specific chosen field.

Start reading business books… and some great wonderful motivational books.

Read absolutely all of those very great, wonderful books… that you can get your hands on.

Literally NEVER stop reading all of those very wonderful, truly magnificent books.

Also immediately start exercising!

A healthy body… is also a very healthy mind.

You will NEED to be in very excellent, GOOD shape… to successfully, start your own BUSINESS.

There will be very, very stressful times ahead… and it WILL definitely help… if you are in some very GREAT physical shape.

Lay off absolutely all of the marijuana, cigarettes, and alcohol booze too.

These do absolutely NOTHING to help you achieve your goals.

They will only HELP… to kill you… much FASTER.

Even if you DON’T have an actual business idea yet, you ARE still waiting for the “correct” opportunity.

Opportunity comes only to those who are already successfully prepared.

In fact there is an opportunity… out there waiting for you… RIGHT NOW.

What are YOU going to actually do… when that “opportunity” presents itself?

Will YOU take it?

….or will YOU allow it to… very simply… pass you by?

Until next time.

Your man,

-Elijah “The Realist”