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No one owns your success except for you.
I just received a marketing email that promises python developers a shortcut to six figures in just 4 short months. All you have to do is part with your hard earned cash and learn the profitable shortcuts from a fake guru.
What the expert marketer is not telling you in this situation is how much time and effort went into the experience required to offer someone 100k of value. No one shells out that kind of cash without getting a return of 10x or more return on investment. The kind of people that get paychecks like that have put in major work, there was no shortcut. They made the choice to step into that opportunity by developing their character and skill level over the course of their lifespan.
No one owns your success except for you.
We all have a powerful and primal urge to compare ourselves with other people especially when it comes to income potential like what was reported by the fake guru in the email. The reason marketing messages highlighting a hand selected student and promising riches from a method we can copy from the same guru speak to us is because we compare ourselves to the story being told.
Any mentor that says their material will lead you to insane results in months is marketing to your primal urge. Will you get those results you seek? The answer is not simple so lets discuss it more.
You are a cumulative summation of the quality of your decisions you made up to this point. This means you own your own success and it also means your background and skill level determine the trajectory you take from here. The bad news is you might not be where you want to be. The good news is, you are the only person that can make this happen. That is the fallacy in the marketing message. The guru can not get you results, only you can get you results and the guru is not the one to blame for good or bad results.
For example, I can’t come to your house and kick your ass into gear each morning to push forward on your side project, only you can put your body into motion.
This brings up the next question. What is our capacity for excellence?
Lets work on setting realistic expectations of yourself right now so we can answer that question.
We are capable of more than we allow ourselves to accomplish. No one can unleash that potential except for you.
Perhaps we need guidance on how to set expectations for our self but this must be done without comparing ourselves to other people. If you don’t follow this rule you actually become apart of someone else’s dream.
A mentor should be your guide and should never take credit for your success. You should seek mentors that know how to push you towards growth which they have experienced firsthand. You don’t want shortcuts, you want this to be hard.
The size of your bank account is proportional to the size of the problem you solve, not the size of the payment you make to your fake internet guru.
I think of this like family members. If there is one person out there as a member of my family wanting more income by creating software solutions, I would begin by seeking out what we need to focus on to make your goals a reality? We would build a process together that leverages my experience and your current expertise and reverse engineer your path which is fully tailored to your circumstances.
How are you being proactive with your life? Does your mentor own your success? Are you living someone else dream because you compare yourself to the outcomes in their manipulative marketing messages? If so take ownership on your life right now and decide a new way that revolves around 100% ownership of your current and future self.
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