It’s too much money, it won’t be worth it!
Years ago, I remember agonizing over spending a couple thousand dollars on a business training course. I had been looking for a course for some time and had the opportunity to go to a convention. The keynote speaker was actually really good and was offering his course at a discount. I knew it would be good for me, but it was so hard for me to spend the money. I kept thinking, ‘it’s too expensive’, ‘why is he charging so much?’, ‘it won’t be worth it’. I didn’t realize it at the time, but what I was really telling myself was that I wasn’t worth the investment. I needed to invest in myself, but felt that spending money on a course to help me grow was a waste of money. Now I believe that investing in yourself is best investment you can make.
I’ve got to do something
I was a few years into running my first business and I knew I needed some training or coaching or something, but I didn’t want to spend the money. I mean this is the information age. You can get free info online, why would I spend money on training? I really struggled with this idea for a long time. Think about it, a ‘library’ or the internet contains almost all the information that humankind has ever come up and you can access it at little to no cost.
So why do people pay so much for specific training, certificates, degrees, etc. that contain only a relatively small amount of information compared to all the information available? Think about a mountain that has a deposit of gold. Do you want the whole mountain or just the gold? If someone is able to sift through all the information out there and share with you from their own experience the nuggets that will be most valuable to you, isn’t that worth paying a little extra for?
It’s not about information, it’s about transformation
The thing that was holding me back was that I was looking for information. I wanted the answer. I knew that I could find answers. the problem is that knowing the answer isn’t enough. Now I know that it’s not about getting the answer, it’s about learning how to come up with the answers. It’s about learning how to think differently.
More information isn’t the answer, it’s about creating a transformation. It’s about changing the way you think and your beliefs about what is possible. People who are successful think differently. If you want to be successful, you don’t just need to know what they know, you need to think the way they think. When you invest in yourself, you are able to grow not only in what you know but also in how you think.
Find a role model
The best way to become successful at anything is to find someone who is successful at it and learn what they do. If you want to get really fit, find someone who is fit, learn what they do and do it. To have an amazing relationship, find someone who has an amazing relationship, learn what they do and do it. If you want to make a lot of money, find someone who has made a lot of money, learn what they do and do it. Recently I have been following Jeff Lerner. His training makes a lot of sense to me. He has a lot of courses and a great coaching program. Check it out below.
