Wealth Warrior by Steve Chandler
The Book in 1 Sentences
Wealth Warrior: The Personal Prosperity Revolution
“Your sense and experience of who you really are is the first step toward making money. Because if it’s going to be that old collection of hurt feelings and fears you call “you” then we’re in for a rough ride.
For you to create wealth in ways that are free, imaginative and prolific, you have to have access to your higher self. Higher self? The real you—you at your best.
You when you surprise yourself. Don’t you surprise yourself once in a while? That’s the “you” I’m talking about. That’s the real you. The rest is fears and bad memories.” ~ Steve Chandler
5 BIG Ideas
1. Convert and change your “dream” into an immediate project.
2. All change occurs outside your comfort zone.
3. The best way not to worry is to have a project you are engaged in.
4. Learn to fix attention on our purpose.
5. The harder I am on myself, the easier life is on me. The easier I am on myself, the harder life is on me.
Wealth Warrior Summary
“The warrior’s approach is to say “yes” to life: “yes” to it all. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. ”
1. Serving More = More Money
“To understand why you are not making the money you want to make, I first want to see where you are not serving. That will give us our turnaround strategy. Businesses fail because they don’t serve. Individuals too.”
“SORRY: TEMPORARILY OUT OF SERVICE I won’t produce wealth when I’m out of service. Get it? Out of service. Will not work. Because when I am out of service I am out of service. This I mean to whisper to my mind. Every day.”
Serving other people is the key to make money! That’s it!
So, how are you going to serve more people?
Take your time, think about that and write down your answer 🙂
2. Decide to Go Warrior
“Your beliefs are always your only real problem. Don’t believe anything negative about yourself. If you have an unproductive habit, simply get busy. Replace it with the habit that would serve you better. Nothing is permanent. Everything changes, including you. Especially when you decide to go warrior.”
3. Turn Your Dream into a Project
“So don’t worry when your coach asks you to convert and change your “dream” into an immediate project. Your coach knows what he’s doing.”
If you have a dream, turn it into a project…
How to do that?
Don’t be overwhelmed… Turn your big project intro small little achievable mini-projects.
Then take one step at a time… That will make a HUGE difference over time.
4. Information and Attention!
“Information is not inconsequential or simply benign. It consumes our attention... our precious and valuable attention. We become prosperous when we learn to fix attention on our purpose, on service-oriented activities and on useful information.
Our attention will be the source of our wealth, so if we allow the poisoned, random waters of everything that poses as “news” or “edgy new entertainment” to wash in, we have nothing left to work with.”
Tv, news, social media, emails… etc
Actually, MOST of the information we consume on a daily basis are some kind of POISON…
So, learn to fix attention on your purpose!
5. Decide to Turn Pro
“For me, and for all the clients I work with, the path to strength is always through a willingness to engage in a new habit called practice. People become wealthy only after they decide to turn pro.”
In the great book Talent is Overrated, Geoff Colvin says: “It takes deliberate practice for 10 years -or 10,000 hours- to achieve a great performance.”
And also, in The Talent Code, Daniel Coyle takes about the science behind the importance of PRACTICE, he says: “The talent code is built on a revolutionary scientific discovery involving a neural insulator called myelin, which some neurologists now consider to be the holy grail of acquiring skill. Here’s why.
Every human skill, whether it’s playing baseball or playing Bach, is created by chains of nerve fibers carrying a tiny electrical impulse—basically, a signal traveling through a circuit.
Myelin’s vital role is to wrap those nerve fibers the same way that rubber insulation wraps a copper wire, making the signal stronger and faster by preventing the electrical impulses from leaking out.
When we fire our circuits the right way—when we practice swinging that bat or playing that note—our myelin responds by wrapping layers of insulation around the neural circuit, each new layer adding a bit more skill and speed.
The thicker the myelin gets, the better it insulates, and the faster and more accurate our movements and thoughts become.”
Practice, practice, practice = The key to Greatness!
6. Make Each Day Your Masterpiece
“Many years later I would admire the achievements of UCLA basketball coach John Wooden. He won more national titles than any coach before or after him. And his method was to eliminate the future. He called it “Make each day your masterpiece.””
Masterpiece day = Masterpiece week = Masterpiece month = Masterpiece year = Masterpiece LIFE
7. All Change Occurs Outside Your Comfort Zone
“All change occurs outside your comfort zone. This is true physically, mentally, spiritually and financially. No change can occur inside your comfort zone. Push your body past the weight it is comfortable lifting and it will grow stronger. Push yourself past its own comfort zone and you will grow stronger. Do this every day and the affirmation “Every day, in every way, I’m growing richer and stronger” will no longer be just an affirmation. It will be a confirmation.”
Try to hang out of your comfort zone, greatness is on the other side!
Stretch your abilities, learn more, work more, do things for the first time… and watch your life changing!
8. Have a Project = Stop Worrying
“Remember that one of the guiding principles of wealth creation is not to worry. And remember, too, that the best way not to worry is to have a project you are engaged in. Without a project, you descend into worry. Your project becomes worrying.
Your mind has to spin somewhere, and if it can’t click and lock its gear’s teeth into a creative project it will look outward and worry about other people and the world at large.”
No work = Worry, anxiety, depression… etc
Get up and do some work, get engaged in something you’re passionate about… Serve other people… And you’ll get rid of worrying about anything!
9. Be Harsh with Yourself at Times
“I didn’t want to learn this. I held out for years. But I finally accepted it: The harder I am on myself, the easier life is on me. The easier I am on myself, the harder life is on me.
And when I talk about being hard on myself, I don’t mean criticism. I mean doing hard things. Hard exercise. Hard work. And the hard job of saying NO to all the people I used to waste my life as I tried to please them and win their approval.
The degree of difficulty involved in saying NO is why I use the word warrior. And the victory that comes from saying YES to creativity, focus and service is why I use the word wealth.”
10. Bring Future to Present
“The only good use of any future is artistic. You paint a picture of your positive imaginary future on your whiteboard. Then you PULL THAT PICTURE—WITH EVERY OUNCE OF STRENGTH YOU HAVE—into the present moment.”
Draw your future… Whatever you want… Dream, Draw, and GET IT DONE! Bring it to your present moment...
And always remember… YOU CAN DO IT 🙂
That was my QUICK Wealth Warrior summary. If you’re interested, get your copy. There is a HUGE amount of wisdom and life-changing ideas in this book, and we’ve only touched on a tiny bit of it.
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