Callum Davies, "Most people die at 25. We just don't bury them until they're 70."
Fast forward today and only 2 years later, I’ve made more progress Financially, with my health, with sales & persuasion & many other aspects of my life with these habits than I would’ve made in 10- 15 years without them.
Yes of course we’re all told to read. We’re all told to read at our own pace and we’ll gradually get through books. Well I can tell you the problem here is you’re moving too slowly. We’re in a fast moving competitive world and the minute you move too slowly is the minute people overtake you.
Why is this habit so tough to stick to? Because it takes a lot of mental effort to sit down and read. Of course it gets easier along the way but it’s still one of those activities which is difficult to really sit down and do.
Great example is my mentor read 3,000 books in 3 years. He went through 25 years of information in 3 years. Even I read a book a day and everyday it still takes mental effort to sit down and do it.
But what I can tell you is the faster you go through information, the faster you can implement new concepts into your life to move up the success ladder much quicker.
We’re in such a fast moving world today that sometimes it can be difficult to find time to think in silence. It’s in many ways one of the most important habits one can acquire.
Silence doesn’t mean with music on, with lots of loud noise outside or even noise in your house. I don’t mean meditation either where you sit in silence without thinking. I’m talking about thinking in total silence.
For many of you this will be very awkward at the start because most of you haven’t done this before.
Why is this so important? Because being silent allows you to quickly and easily discover solutions to your problems. Whenever there’s something I don’t like, I go into silence in order to figure out solutions. You’d be surprised about the quality of solutions you can come up with to your problems by thinking in silence.
This is one of my secret weapons. I remember when my mentor first told me about hypnosis & immediately I was terrified about what would happen. I mean I didn’t want a random person speaking to my subconscious whilst I was asleep.
Despite my initial fear, my results were phenomenal. Within 21 days I started to have more confidence than I had over the past 20 years. I got over a breakup in 90 days that would’ve taken my at least 8 months otherwise. I even know a person who got over a 30 year smoking habit in 60 days from hypnosis.
So I’d strongly recommend Steve G. Jones. Join his email list and he often does discounts on his hypnosis recordings. Simply put them on when you’re about to fall asleep and the hypnosis works while you’re sleeping. Soon, when you do hypnosis consistently for at least 21 days you’ll start to feel the change.
Why do people struggle? They’re scared about doing hypnosis just like I was. How I got over the fear was staying consistent with the hypnosis and feeling the difference in results. Once there, I was hooked!
5. Having questions answered everyday by a mentor.
Why do people struggle with this so much? Because they think they know everything. They think their current knowledge level is so brilliant they don’t need to keep learning.
Notice how I didn’t say learn from a mentor. I said learn from a mentor as much as you can, ideally everyday. That doesn’t mean you’ll go to dinner everyday with them but just a question or 2 you’re uncertain about is key to ask everyday.
It’s very difficult for a lot of people to be really humble and realise how little they really know. Even Ray Dalio, one of the world’s greatest investors and worth almost $20 billion says one of the keys to his success is a constant reminder of how little he knows.
You’d think someone worth $20 billion wouldn’t have anything else to learn. You’re wrong. This concept itself is also the reason it takes people 3 years to learn something others took 25 years to learn. The person who took 25 years learned everything themselves. They didn’t seek constant advice.
Callum Davies is an 2 time Author, Writer for Addicted 2 Success and has been featured on Entrepreneur, Ted, The Next Web, Fox & more. Callum at his digital agency works largely with Single & Multi location Medical Practices & Law firms. Originally from Bristol UK, he currently resides in Orlando Florida.