Why Some People Get Rich and Others Don’t
How many of you will like to be more successful than what you are right now? How many of you would like to be just plain “filthy rich”. Well I really appreciate you reading my blog which I prefer to call my “Rebellious Rant”. But by the end of this rant, I think you are going to be appreciative of it too.
I know that’s a bold statement but I think I can back it up because I believe I have finally figured out why the vast majority of people do nothing, even when they have been presented with the solution to the problem they have. I can’t remember where I read it (probably too much red wine over the dam) but I believe only 4% of people act on a solution to a problem when present with it.
Whatever way you look at it, it’s a damning stat that I think I’ve uncovered the reason for.
If business profit and success has been a bit like the Loch Nest Monster… you’ve heard about it, read about it, but you haven’t actually seen it yet… then it’s because of something you don’t know right now that rich people do know.
For example, did you know that most rich people THINK the same way and USE VERY SIMILAR STRATEGIES (particularly in business) to get rich.
So it goes without saying that you should do what rich people do and a great place to start is to study rich people to UNDERSTAND what they do.
One of the biggest difference between rich and poor people is
Rich people COMPLETE what they start…
They bring what they start to FULL FRUITION.
The number 1 problem for 80% of people is they never finish what they started and they never had a clear picture of what the end should look like, the finishing line, before they started. Then the problem of not COMPLETING becomes a habit and people take it with them to all the parts of their life.
Think of it as an 800 m race, there’s a start and there’s a finish. So in a sense people start the race and don’t finish. It’s a bit like me running a seminar where I don’t turn up at the start, don’t come back from the breaks on time and I don’t play full tilt 100% of the time, you will feel ripped off, wouldn’t you?
Another problem is 80% of people don’t start at the start, trying to join the 800m race in the middle, only to be disqualified at the end.
What happens is people try one thing after another being attracted to the next “shiny object” never COMPLETING what they started in the first place. Hence, there was NEVER a chance of “success”. Then they blame everyone and everything for their failure when in fact it was a problem they have with COMPLETION.
Look, let me ask you as question, could you be good or great at anything if you stuck with it long enough to be good at it? Maybe with a few physical exceptions, your answer will be yes. Mine too. You see everything…
I’m good at I was once bad at, everything I’m still bad at is because I never invested enough time, energy, or money (COMPLETE) to be good at it.
Congratulations are in order here. If you are reading this you are already part of the 10%ers, not the 90%ers who are drinking beers and watching TV. The thing about 90%ers is that they have a problem, they always have to be content with…
someone else deciding how much money
they can have and when they can have it.
Us, the 10%ers, will never be satisfied with someone else telling us what we are worth.
A common question I get asked is, #1 “how long it will take?” #2 “how much is it going to cost?” #3 “What am I going to get?” Well, if you did a 5 year MBA (3 year degree and 2 year MBA), it’s going to cost you roughly $80,000 per year at Harvard Business School or $40,000 per year at UWA, either way it’s not cheap and you are going to get real smart. I won’t understand you and you are going to learn a lot of stuff I’ll never use.
Conversely if you spend 3 days with me learning what I call the Streetsmarts, it’ll cost you about $2000, you are going to get real street smart also and there is a name for you. IT’S BOSS… and here is what I know. More of YOU (boss) will employ more of them, than they will ever employ.
And if you want to be filthy rich you’ve got to COMPLETE what you started because that’s what filthy rich people do.
All the best,
Mal Emery
Committed to Elevating the Financial Wealth and Wellbeing of Society
Through Entrepreneurial Excellence and Guilty of Conspiracy to Create Capitalism
P.S. If you’ve missed any of my previous Rants, I have them all available
for you to see on my website.
Simply go to www.rebelliousrant.com and enjoy!
10 Comments
Sam on April 30th, 2010
First we make our habits, then our habits make us.
Peter Morley on April 30th, 2010
Mal, you’ve just described me to a tee!
(Think I need to listen to your advice more often)..
Pete Morley
pat jones on April 30th, 2010
Mal, Mal, Mal,
Mal I cannot produce time, I cannot make it or shorten it, but then I would be wishing my life away.
My problem is impatience, I want to make it happen now and get frustrated untold by lack of money, I am working on funds to kick start my business and all I get from thoes close is will it work?
Thanks for the encouragement to keep going.
You know I am not interested in getting rich!!!
I just would like to do something successfully and as you say finish what i started.
Pat
Andrewsmilldreambition on April 30th, 2010
amazing advice….it is so true….I just need to find some rich successful people to hangout with.
Thankyou
Konrad on April 30th, 2010
I have learned so much about myself since starting to follow Mal Emery’s advice,I have purchased some products from him and i have been blown away by the value he provides with the extra’s coming in the post and via email.I am going thru a metamorphose state at the moment in my life and i know i just have to follow his system and i will be going to the bank. The above article is just gold to me and is strait to the point no B.S good advice.
Thank you so much Mal for what you give.
Konrad
Marie on April 30th, 2010
Your always so spot on Mal. The other thing I’ve noticed with not completing/succeeding is when you get caught up in pleasing those closest to you, which is so easy to do when you are trying to do business in a partnership, but you don’t realise that is what you are doing (especially when they are highly ambitious). The result is that you get confused when you try to define what you are trying to achieve to yourself because it was never your picture in the first place. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be the only person who would relate to this senario. Cheers, Marie
Christina on May 1st, 2010
Wow, that was excellent! This is getting prime slot status (printed out and stuck to the fridge). Ps- I hope you are feeling much better now from your assortment of injuries 
Denise McNerney on May 1st, 2010
Thanks for the great rant Mal. I am proud to have you as my mentor and teacher, there is never a lesson that I hear from you that I don’t take on board and learn from. Thank you again.
mal emery on May 1st, 2010
Well that was fun reading all your great post… and thank you for your comments.
You see it is 9.01 pm on saturday night, I am having fun in the kitchen after dinner ,cooking ricotta, fetta, egg and spinach tarts (health breakfasts next week) with the love of my life, drinking one of my favorite drops of grenache shiraz Glass #3 and I thought I would check (while the tarts are cooking) to see if there was any response to my latest post.
Anyway I had a great time reading them….nice to know my efforts are helpful
best Mal
Rob Willis on April 30th, 2010
Mal,
I was just talking about this very concept with one of Russell Brunsen’s people earlier today.
Too many people get caught up with the next shiny object that comes along. They become “Shelfpreneurs” where most of the information and products that they buy, simply ends up on their shelf.
To succeed in life we must follow through. As you say we must finsih what we start. And that is half of the problem. Too many people believe that the be successful, they just have to buy the latest guru’s products.
Sorry I have bad news for everyone. You can buy all of Mal’s products, all of Jim Rohn’s or Tony Robbins books & DVD’s. But it will not do you an ounce of good, until you not only read, listen and watch them, but you start putting what they have to say into practice. (And trust me, all of these guys have plenty of good stuff to contribute to your success….)
Thanks again Mal. Your words have once again struck a cord with me and helped me see through some of my own failings.
Keep up the great work.
To Your Success,
Rob