Millionaire Mindset

 Millionaire Mindset

Larry Walters was a truck driver, but his life-long dream was to fly. He tried

to join the Air Force, but his poor eyesight had disqualified him. So, one day he took

matters into his own hands.

He went down to the local army-navy surplus store and bought forty-five

large weather balloons and a tank of helium. He blew up the balloons, attached them

to a lawn chair (which he temporarily anchored to his Jeep), packed a BB gun and

some sandwiches, and cut the anchoring cords.

Larry’s launch climbed faster and higher than he expected, and in a matter

of minutes, he rose to an elevation of 11,000 feet! Now scared about shooting out

any of the balloons at such a high altitude, Larry stayed up there, sailing around for

fourteen hours.

Eventually he drifted into the

approach corridor for the Los Angeles

International Airport. A PanAm pilot

radioed the tower about passing a guy in

a lawn chair who had a gun in his lap.

Finally the Navy dispatched a

helicopter and performed a successful

rescue.

As Larry was being led away

by the authorities, a reporter called out

and asked, “Mr. Walters, why did you

do it?”

Larry replied, “Hey, if you want

to turn your dreams into a reality, you

can’t just sit around.” *

Isn’t that the truth? This point was brought home to me further from a movie

I watched, “The Closer.” I want you to picture how this scene opens. In a large, dark

auditorium you see hundreds and hundreds of people waiting to hear a speech from

the top income earner. He is the top of the top. They are all there waiting to hear

his advice on how to become a superstar like him. The lights dim and the only thing

you really see is a spotlight focused on the podium. Then, he walks out and says this:

“What does it take to reach this level of success? What are you willing

to give up in pursuit of your dream? Stop kidding yourself. Go after what you

want. A man does not strive for greatness and embrace mediocrity. There is no

compromise in a dream. Compromise is an excuse for falling short while you lay

on your couch in front of your TV with your remote control and your glass of

beer, watching someone else run with your dream.

Do me a favor. Don’t wake up one morning when your hair is gray and

the elastic has gone out of your waistline, with shaving cream all over your face

and ask yourself, ‘What have I been doing for the last 30 years? This isn’t my life.

This isn’t where my passion lies.’ Don’t be afraid of your ambitions. If other people

hold you back then you don’t want it badly enough, and don’t tell me you do.

Other people don’t stop you from dreaming. You stop yourself. You get

in your own way because you are afraid of what you might become, even if that

something is a wonderful thing.”

This book will allow you to design a wonderful, wonderful you. Dale

Carnegie once said, “Any idea you choose to keep in your mind will begin at once

to form through the most convenient physical form.”