About six weeks ago I met with a man who earns six figures for a single-day's consulting.
I paid for two hours of his time. It wasn't cheap, to put it mildly. But those hours are going to pay for themselves many, many times over.
That man was the great Jay Abraham. He's one of the top executive coaches in the U.S. He has helped over 10,000 companies in 400 industries.
He's the guy who doesn't bother showing you how to do 2% better. Much of the time you can do 2% better by just working 2% harder.
Abraham doesn't focus on incremental improvements.
He's the guy who looks at your whole enterprise and (for example) finds the gaps -- what you could be doing without all that much extra effort but aren't.
I recently joined one of his training programs (because, as you should be, I am always learning). But I told his people: I would really just like two hours of one-on-one time with him.
After a fat wire transfer, I got it.
The point of the story is this:
Some people, like Abraham, just have an instinct. Almost everything they touch turns to gold. They know what will work and what won't.
Listening to Jay Abraham for two hours was unbelievable. It was two hours of brilliant insights, one after the other, uttered effortlessly.
Oh, and interspersed with, "I hope this is helping you."
Uh, yeah.
By contrast, I once knew a guy whose entire plan for financial stability was to win the lottery. That was all he could come up with.
I am not saying you should get a private consult with Jay Abraham -- at least not yet.
What I am saying is: some people are just cut out for running a business online, and teaching others how to do it, and that following such a person sure beats fumbling in the dark.
The great Jim Daniels, for example, has been using the same simple system for 25 years. And he won't charge Jay Abraham rates for you to learn it, to say the least.
But like Jay Abraham, Jim's instincts are good, and he knows what he's talking about. He isn't trying to build wealth through stupid "ninja tactics" that if they work, work for about two months.
He's been in it for the long haul.
So should you:
Tom Woods