I Boarded This Yacht And Was Not Prepared For What Happened Next…

Just last week I spent several days on this yacht, cruising around the US Virgin Islands.

When I got there, I met up with a few other people – some I knew, some I’d never met in person before. We were gathered on this yacht for several days. And although I was excited about spending several days on this yacht, I had no idea it would be like this.

Was I there on vacation? Not really (although I did get some downtime, but it wasn’t a vacation).

I was there for my mastermind. A number of top level investors, and even some of their spouses, flew in from all over the US to board this yacht and spend several days masterminding in the beautiful blue waters of the US Virgin Islands.

We did get in some fun times – on the water and on the islands – but the real magic happened when we were seated around the table, talking about our businesses.

I’ve been in this mastermind for a long time, and I get valuable ideas and strategies out of it every single time. But THIS time was extra special because I came away with a MASSIVE idea that I think should double (or maybe triple) my business in the next couple of years. I’m really excited about it.

But I’m actually not writing to you about that idea. Instead, I’m writing about something totally different, and it’s a rule that I started living in my life years ago that transformed my life – and I want it to transform yours…

When you saw the yacht, what did you think? Maybe you thought, “wow, that was probably expensive” or “I could only afford to do that in my dreams!”

And then when I told you it was my mastermind group, what did you think? Maybe you thought similar things, “wow, that is probably an expensive mastermind to be part of” or “I could only afford to join a mastermind like that in my dreams!”

Here’s what I want to tell you: The moment you think those things, they become true. If you tell yourself something is too expensive, it becomes too expensive.

Problem is, “too expensive” is just an excuse that our minds create to make us feel better about not buying something.

You see, a few years ago I was just starting out as an investor. I met a person (he would eventually become my mentor) who told me that I should start flying first class in airplanes. At first I told him he was crazy because I hadn’t achieved that level of success yet. But he said something profound to me: He said, “Joe, you’re thinking backwards. You don’t achieve success before you fly first class; it’s actually the other way around. You fly first class before you achieve success.”

(You can actually read a blog post he wrote about it recently here: Fly First Class. This is a MUST-READ post)

Why would he make such a bold claim? The thinking is surprising and you might disagree but here it is anyway…

The things we say to ourselves define who we are and what we do. If our thoughts limit us, we’re held back. If our thoughts expand us, we open up new opportunities.

By telling yourself you can’t afford to fly first class, you’re convincing yourself that you’re just a person who flies economy class and therefore you can only ever rise to that level. But if you tell yourself that you are the kind of person who flies first class, you convince yourself that you’re exactly the person who deserves the level of success shared by all the others who fly first class.

… and what your mind thinks becomes reality.

Well I want to take it one step further and tell you to start LIVING FIRST CLASS: if you looked at the picture of the yacht and told yourself that spending several days on a boat like that would be too expensive, or if you read that it was for my mastermind and you thought that there was no way you could afford to join a mastermind that would cost a lot of money then you’re limiting your reality.

What if you expanded your thinking and instead of thinking something like that is too expensive, what if you thought it was actually exactly right for you?

The money I spend on my mastermind, flying all over the US and even hanging out for several days on a yacht in the US Virgin Islands, might seem like a lot of money… but it’s an investment. And as I’ve shared earlier, the return I get on the investment is massive.

So let me ask you what kind of investor do you want to be?

• Do you want to be an investor who decides that things are too expensive and chooses not to do them, and then limits your possibilities because of it?
• Or, do you want to be an investor who decides to step up, accept the stretching (and even mind-bending) reality that you are going to start living first class in everything you do because you want to get access to more opportunities and possibilities?

When my mentor told me to start flying first class, I did. And I credit a lot of my success today to listening to him even though it was a massive mental stretch for me.

I hope you take me at my word and do the same – start living first class today.

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