[X&Y] What If You Could Have Seen Your Future Self Years Ago?

Published: Thu, 05/02/19


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WHAT'S INSIDE:  Here's something for you that I really enjoyed writing.
It's a "classic" from a few years back...enjoy.

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"IF YOU THINK EDUCATION IS EXPENSIVE, TRY IGNORANCE."


Many people have sensed it for quite some time, but the truth
is increasingly clear.

Self-education is the new ticket to massive personal
success going forward.

College tuition costs are soaring WAY above the inflation rate,
and students are being offered "crying spaces" instead of being
prepared for the rough-and-tumble reality of the real world.

Unless you're going after a career that requires a certain degree,
it makes FAR more sense to develop real, marketable skills than
to sit in Basket Weaving 101.

If you didn't join me in Tony Robbins' free webinar the other
night, you missed a mind blowing session.

Tony talked about a new world of opportunity that is rapidly
gaining momentum nowadays.  It's built around the concept of
"new-collar" (or "no-collar") careers in addition to historical
"blue-collar" and "white collar" jobs.

Basically, it's all about being valued for the INFORMATION you
enrich others with.

According to Tony, you can be a "knowledge broker", a
"knowledge reporter" or even an expert in your own field.

But this new realm of endeavor is growing at a clip of BILLIONS
per year.

I was well ahead of the curve on this, as it turns out....for which
I'm eternally grateful.

But we're really still at the beginning of the trend, and NOW is
the time to get on board.

As you probably already know, Tony Robbins himself started
out living in his '68 VW "Baja Bug", but these days runs a billion-
dollar business.

The training he and Dean Graziozi did two nights ago was the
REAL DEAL, and in it they shared a lot about how they built
their respective businesses.

But the PURE GOLD was when they shared what they would
do RIGHT NOW if they were starting their businesses from
scratch today.

The best part?  They explained how it's a matter of "dimes
for dollars".  You don't have to go into massive student debt in
today's "new-collar" world.

That means it's never been more significant that "ignorance
is more expensive than education". 

By popular demand, they've posted a replay of the entire
session.  I'd HIGHLY RECOMMEND watching it:



http://www.scotrecommends.com/mastermind



A couple more key thoughts from the webinar:

"You don't need any permission to teach, only heart."

You don't have to be great, but you have to get in the game."

Don't miss this.  There's no sign-up or anything.  It's straight
to the video itself:



http://www.scotrecommends.com/mastermind



There is NO BETTER way to be prepared for this brave
new world of opportunity than to get trained up by Tony and
Dean themselves.



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Note:  Enjoy this classic that I originally wrote for a mainstream
media site several years ago.


 
WOULD THE 15-YEAR-OLD VERSION OF YOU APPROVE?


Imagine if you will, that you could go back in time and be fifteen
years old again.

Now, what if you had a crystal ball and could see into the future.
And in doing so, what if you could see yourself as you are today?

How would the fifteen-year-old version of you react?  What would he
want to say to you?

Whether you are now 18, 25, 35, 45, 70 or anywhere in between,
my question to you is a simple one:  Would the fifteen-year-old
version of you approve?

Well, depending on who your were at age fifteen, the answer to that
question could vary wildly.  What's more, who you are today would
no doubt affect that answer even more dramatically.

Let's face it.  All of us have certain hopes and dreams at age
fifteen that we'd love for the adult version of our respective selves
to make good on.

Here are some areas that your fifteen-year-old self might key in on
were he to steal a glimpse into the future:


 
1)  Career


So, are you living your purpose as your livelihood?

Do you wake up in the  morning excited to take on the world or
are you living for the weekend from paycheck to paycheck? 

Are you changing the world with what you do or are you chasing
greed?  Do you have ambition or are you devoid of a passionate
mission that stirs your soul?

Do you do something boring or something bad ass?


 
2)  Knowledge and Wisdom


Did you get the education you always hoped for?  Do you have the
skills necessary to be amazing at what you do?  Have you absorbed
from life's experiences what you should have in order to make
solid, well-informed and wise decisions?

Or did you simply never grow up, even though you grew older?


 
3)  Lifestyle


Are you living the life that you always thought the freedom of
adulthood would afford you?  Did you buy the plane tickets and
boldly see the big, wide world with your own eyes...as you always
dreamed of doing? 

Are you fearlessly pursuing the hobbies and accomplishments
associated with them that you always swore you'd partake of once
you got out from under your parents' roof? 

Or are you still under your parent's roof? 


 
4)  Health/Fitness


Did you maintain your athletic physical shape?  If you were
overweight or underdeveloped in school did you transform yourself
as you matured into the man you always wanted to be physically? 

Is your current state of health directly attributable to the lifestyle
you've lived?  If so, is that a good thing?


 
5)  Interests


Okay, be honest with yourself.  When you were fifteen and immersed
in youth culture, you probably knew what cool was...even if you
weren't exactly there just yet.  Do you still? 

Now that you make your own decisions as an adult, are your
interests...well....interesting?  Granted, your fifteen-year-old self may
not have been evolved enough to understand how cool it is at age
30 to know wine.

Nonetheless, your fifteen-year-old self has his finger on the pulse
of whether you got "old" prematurely or not, doesn't he?


 
6)  Stuff


If you had posters of Audi Quattro rally cars on your wall as a
teenager, did you make good on parking an RS4 in your driveway as
an adult yet?  Did you win the trophies, earn the certificates and
collect the gadgets?

If none of that matters, so be it...just as long as you're being
honest (to yourself).


 
7)  Friends


Who are you hanging out with these days?  Would the fifteen year
old version of you just as soon run and hide as be associated with
them or would he think you have kick-ass friends? 


 
8)  Women


Okay, this one really is the linchpin--the real "kicker"--isn't it?

What kind of women are in your life?  Would you blow the mind of
the fifteen year old version of you, or would he instead start
cherishing the time he spent with his little sophomore girlfriend
because he fears she's the cutest chick he's ever going to get?



So what's the verdict?  Is your fifteen year old self giving you
high fives and hand pounds, or have you humiliated him?

Only you can answer that question.  But here's why this is so
blasted important to consider, even beyond the motivational aspect
of it all.

Ready?

My firmly held belief is that high-quality women are evaluating you
very much with the same yardstick the fifteen-year-old version
of you would.

Seriously.

Sure, those great women aren't exactly fifteen years old.  But
women--creatures of passion, idealism, boundless energy and a
quest for fun such that they are--desire a man who understands
ambition, leadership, wisdom and adventure.

Rifle through the checklist, and you'll see that your fifteen-year
old self's aspirations and those of a great woman for you are
strikingly similar.

So do your fifteen-year-old self proud and attract great women in
return.  Both are depending on you for greatness.

Remember, I am always here to help you get there.  Drop me a note
at scot@deservewhatyouwant.com if you know in your heart and
mind that it's time for 1-on-1 coaching.  Put me to work for you and
live the dream.


 
 
 
 

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