Billionaire Mindset and Habits for Success, Paul C. Brunson
Paul C. Brunson opened by sharing a quote from the Dalai Lama that serves as part of the reason he loves to share so much. “Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.” He recognized that his billionaire bosses always practiced this principle.
One of Brunson’s goals, as he expressed several times is to join the “B Club”– the elite individuals able to call themselves billionaires. He’s actually worked for two billionaires in his lifetime (Oprah Winfrey and Enver Yucel). So naturally, he shared with us some billionaire habits he picked up.
Habit 1: You must become a master story teller.
- You need to aim to be the chief story teller. Telling stories about who you are and your company can help you attract and inspire the things you need to grow and move closer towards what you want to accomplish.
Habit 2: You must invest in yourself.
- The dividends you receive tomorrow is only based on the education you receive today.
- Know your industry. Know the top players in your industry and their skills.
- If you focus on what you do badly the best you will ever be at that is mediocre.
- Focus on what you’re good at. If you’re good at it now you can become great at it tomorrow.
Habit 3: Surround yourself with people better than you.
- It’s so easy for us to let mediocre people just exist in our lives. But we have to realize that the higher our standards, the higher quality of life we have.
- We often want the path of least resistance. But Brunson references research that says as human beings we can only have 150 friends. He also believes your opportunities don’t come from those you are closest to. They’re often from friend number 149 or 150.
Habit 4: Never eat alone
- Focus on your network.
- The news of yesterday can only be found on the blogs and newspapers of today. But the news of tomorrow can only be found in the minds of people. Billionaires stay ahead because they’re interacting with the newsmakers of tomorrow.
- Always make sure you are giving. Give give give and then ask.
Habit 5: Be great at one thing.
- And build on that. Start laser focused and small and grow. Brunson used Oprah as an example (she started out as a journalist/field reporter, then moved to the anchor chair, then became a talk show host).
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