Are You A 5 Percenter
You can go on ebay any day of the week and buy brand new never opened expensive training programs because of the 5% rule. So how does the 5% rule apply to you. The 5% are the action takers. In this case it is a negative action, but it is still taking action.
The packages on ebay were formerly owned by the 95 percenters. You guessed it, the ones who take no action. The wealthiest people in the population are the top 5%. Again they took action and got where they are today. They weren’t smarter, faster, richer, prettier or more handsome than the 95 percenters, they just took action.
The only thing standing between you and reaching your goals is taking action, and when you do you will join the 5% club too. As they say, if you always do what you have always done, if you are one of the 95 percenters, your probably sitting on the couch watching television.
So you may be thinking, if I’m a 95 percenter what can I do to change. Glad you asked. If you are happy being a 95 percenter then you don’t have to do anything. I imagine if you are still reading this article that isn’t you though. So here is my starting action plan.
1. Develop your goals and your desires.
2. Brainstorm with your spouse or significant other.
3. Have a family meeting, they will be on this journey with you too.
4. Write out where you want to be in 1 year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years.
5. Not just your goals, but the group goals as well.
6. Create an accountability group of people who believe in your goals.
Now using this action plan as your starting point, make it a habit everyday when you get up to pick the most important one thing you can do today to move towards your goals. Then add as many additional things as you want in descending order. Each day be sure to do that 1st most important step. Do this every day for 21 days. After that it will become a new behaviour that is standard practice on a daily basis.
After 30 days your life and your future should start taking on a whole new look. I will add one more thing to your list at this point. Extract the negative and poisonous influences from your life. If your family and friends are constantly negative about where your new direction in life is headed, get new friends. This is so important that if Noah had listened to all the negativity around him, including his own family, there wouldn’t be a soul on the planet today.
Find people who are where you want to be and start associating with them. Make it a habit to bring more and more 5 percenters into your life. This will greatly motivate you as you approach your goals. Other action takers may have just the connections you need just when you need them. You will find that once you make friends with one action taker your circle of like minded individuals will expand. Action takers tend to gravitate toward each other and towards you as you take action too.
Apply these principals to every facet of your daily life. It isn’t just your business or finances that this applies. If you want to be more spiritual, read your bible more, pray more, associate with other spiritual people.
If you want to lose weight, associate with those that don’t have a weight problem and model yourself after their behaviours. Use your accountability group for any goal you have. You won’t be alone and others will make sure you stay on course.
If your planning a family vacation, these rules apply equally. Pick where you want to go and what you want to do. Prepare your budget. Your daily action plan may be no more than dropping unnecessary expenses and putting that money into the vacation fund.
Whatever you have as goals use this action plan as layed out and then do the most important step of all, take action. You’ll be glad you did. And welcome to the 5% club.
Martin Blakley
http://www.martinblakley.com
