Can you make million dollar shift and become a man of wealth in a year? The simple answer: yes. In fact, our friends over at earlytorise.com tell you just how it’s done with a real life story to boot. We at boomermale.com think it’s a great post to share with you guys on this Wealth Wednesday.
The Million Dollar Shift: How It’s Done
The story involves the founder of earlytorise.com, Mark Ford also known as Michael Masterson. Ford is an American author, entrepreneur, publisher, real estate investor, filmmaker, and consultant to the direct marketing and publishing industries. (A sidebar here: I actually did a bit of spec work for him several years ago.)
Telling the story is a guy that goes by the name of Cooper. He is the CEO of a 9-figure publishing company, and prefers his full name is not used. Here’s Cooper’s full story:
Think like an owner, not like an employee to increase your income.
Early in his career, Early to Rise’s founder Mark Ford made a million dollar shift in his mindset. Doing so allowed him to go from broke to millionaire in just a year.
The Shift, as I call it, has the power to do this for you, too. If you’re willing to shift the way you think about your job and career, I guarantee your income will be much greater in a year from now. Just as important, you’ll love going to work each day.
The Shift creates enormous opportunity for you to advance your career, take on new responsibility, create more value, and earn a lot more money.
To make The Shift, you need to stop thinking and acting like a conventional employee and start thinking and acting like an owner.
How does an owner think about the business?
- An owner thinks about his reputation and how he wants the business to operate a decade from now, and acts accordingly.
- Because reputation matters, an owner treats everyone with respect: Customers, vendors, staff, and peers.
- When an owner encounters a problem, he takes responsibility for the problem and works to fix it.
- An owner is brave. He’s not afraid to ask hard questions. He’s not afraid to take action. He understands that sometimes he’ll make mistakes and he accepts this inevitability. He sees these mistakes as just part of the process so he’s quick to forgive himself and others who make honest mistakes.
- An owner wants to get better every day. He sees the potential in people and works to encourage them. He sees the potential in the business and isn’t satisfied until that potential is realized.
- An owner is never a victim. He accepts responsibility for his circumstances, the good and the bad.
- An owner is a builder. He loves brainstorming new ideas, but knows that taking action is the key to success.
- An owner takes initiative. He gives himself permission to act on good ideas and to do what he thinks needs to be done.
As the business grows, adopting an “Owner’s Approach” becomes critical because a top-down, command-and-control approach simply doesn’t work on scale. A large organization needs individuals who can think and act on their own.
Is there something you think your business should do to make things better? Have you wondered why nobody is doing anything about it? Well, your boss and your company are waiting on you. Your colleagues need you to start thinking and acting like an owner. Don’t wait for a “mandate” from management… Instead, take action and test out good ideas.
What you can do today to start acting like an owner? Is there a project you’d like to take on or a problem you want to fix? The only path to becoming a real owner, to growing your income, and to advancing your career is to start acting like one today.
You can read the full story here. Let us know what you think. Do you share the same thinking? Give us your thoughts below.
Do well.
