Moccasins

One of the things I’ve always been an advocate of is continued learning. This is certainly not a kick in the head or something that others will tell you not to do. It is a given. Because of the age of the internet, there is now so much more at the tips of your fingers that you can use to increase your knowledge.

But like anything else, for everything that you find on techniques to use to help you accomplish the goals you have, you will find others that are the exact opposite. So in order to put yourself in the position to be able to utilize the FREE information you find on the internet, you have a lot of research to do. You will have to study several and maybe even dozens of techniques and strategies of certain topics to firstly decide what to even consider valid. Yes you will end up having to wade through mountains of dung to decide what is even valid for your situation. Then after that you could actually come away with a valuable tidbit or nugget of information that has the possibility of transforming your understanding and income while the rest of their teachings may be garbage. How can you even be assured the advise is worthwhile let alone be able to recognize it?

So I’m going to fall back on an old adage our fathers taught us and that is that we get what we pay for. Yes, some of that information more than likely is available out on he internet for free. But it won’t be in the same place, the same context, the same ease of finding, and could be simple presented by someone who hasn’t even walked in those moccasins so to speak. There are many out there that are touting their expertise without having actually done the very thing they say they are going to teach you.

I used to skimp on my training and thought I could learn it all on my own. Now I gladly pay teachers and mentors who have a proven track record of earning literally multi-million dollars and accomplishing something of significance. I also pay strict attention to what they are teaching and try to implement their ideas. If you are serious about growing your business you will need to open up your wallet.

In the famous words of Jeffrey Combs, “If you don’t treat your business as a professional, then you are just an amateur. Amateurs don’t get paid anything, professionals do.”

*Pst… There’s a hint in that last sentence.

My friend Steve has a post over on his blog called No Comparison… that got me thinking quite a bit. Truth be told, just about all of Steve’s posts do. He has a gift of “waxing poetic” as they say, in a very understandable and genuine way.

In the post Steve tells us of someone he knows that is going through financial difficulties. He eventually tells the person about a financial loss he had incurred at one time dwarfing theirs. He doesn’t go into exact detail as to what happened or what was said other than at the end there was hope for this person. Hope.

So no matter what our human frailties, what our shortcomings, what we may think we are lacking, most of us have walked down a few paths that many may not have. We have walked in others moccasins, so to speak. You see we all do have experience and vision that we are able to convey to others. Not all of it is going to be something we are proud of. But as Steve points out, It won’t be your frailty that will be exposed, it will be our authenticity.

Thank you once again Steve.

Questions:
1. What have you gone through that could help someone?
2. What types of relationships could you foster by being authentic?
3. Could you incorporate this into your online business?
4. What would your business do if you worked with a lot authentic people?

Have a great and safe New Year.