The Man With No Plan-B

Welcome to another Makin’ Deals Monday.

Time to make deals. Time to make money, right?

So today I want to talk to you about something very personal. A simple and true story that can change your bank account and your life… IF you listen closely.

It is called the story of “The Man With No Plan-B”.

Before I get to that, have I ever told you about the absolute craziest set of “8 travel legs” ever.

Almost exactly 2 years ago, Charlene, after begging and persuading her cowardly husband (me), I agree to leave the country and live virtually in Montepulciano, Italy.

After 2 months, the lack of beaches and the insanely high cost of the Euro (man, I wish I had traveled now with the new rates!), I am ready to leave and go to the beaches. So I convince Charlene we should go to Jaco Beach Costa Rica. In a moment of weakness, she agrees!

Five minutes later I am booking a condo and flight to a place I have never been and know close to nothing about.

So here’s how it goes…

1. Take a taxi death-ride 70 mph down a curvy mountain in Apricale, Italy

2. Arrive at train station and hope on board quick before it leaves

3. Get off in Nice, France (yes, another country). Completely confused and run to catch a bus

4. Still unsure of location, get off bus and run to airport

5. Fly from Nice to JFK

6. Fly from JFK to Miami, FLA

7. Fly from Miami to San Jose, Costa Rica

8. Take a van through the rain forest for 2 hours.

Arrive at destination. 48 hours and 4 countries later!

Leg #6 is where it happens…

I’m a bit coma toast from the jet lag but I can’t mistake his face. His name is Spook, an old friend, teacher and original folk singer from the educational company I used to work for.

Excited to see an old pal and eager to speak to someone who knows English (I had withdrawal in Italy and was desperate for conversation), I rush over.

“Hey Spook!”

Spook recognize me right away. But it soon becomes clear he totally forgot who I am.

Now, usually I am a little hurt when someone forgets my name, especially when I knew them for over three years.

But this time, I am not.

Actually I am completely flattered.

Spook looks at me with a bearded grin and says, “You’re the guy with no plan-B!”

When I left my company to escape the rat race, everyone would ask me,

“What happens if you fail? What happens if you don’t make it?”

I would tell them, “Nothing. There is no plan-B, it has to work.”

What exactly does this lesson have to do you with on this Makin’ Deals Monday?

Here are the FACTS

- TONS of people every day start making the money they need to live better, quit their second jobs and break free of financial stress

- MANY of them earn enough to quit their jobs and never EVER look back again!

- And SOME even become MILLIONAIRES.

Investing and the Internet works. People do it all the time.

But what about YOU?

Are you earning the income you want?

Are you living the life you desire?

If not, I have to CHALLENGE YOU. How serious are you about succeeding?

I remember reading in one of my Psychology classes back at Rutgers about this study they did with throwing money on the street.

They found that the BIGGER the DOLLAR BILL they threw on the street, the less likely someone was to pick it up.

When these random passer-by’s were asked WHY later, they replied, “If it was real, I just figured someone else would have picked up the money before me.”

BAM!

Did you hear that?

I really do believe today you may just be YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY.

I know I was.

I was terrified. Scared. Anxious. Even when things started to work, I was as cowardly as a toddler afraid of the boogey man (sometimes I still am, just ask my wife).

However, it’s not about whether or not you are afraid, it’s about how you live.

What about YOU?

If someone ran into you who you had not seen for a few years and they forgot your name, how would they remember you?

Would they say…

You’re the renegade entrepreneur who is destined to be the next Donald Trump?

You’re the rain maker who knows how to turn mud into gold?

You’re the rebel who will never join the rat race again?

You’re the man or woman with No Plan-B?

Or would they say something like…

You’re the person who always talks big but never does anything about it?

You’re the complainer with a million excuses why you haven’t succeeded yet?

You’re the dreamer who will never make it happen?

Tough question right? One you MUST answer honestly.

The good news is even if you don’t like the answer you come up with, you are completely FR-EE to change it at any moment.

There is no price tag on making the switch. But it will cost you. You’ll have to give up your comfort zone, you’re need to be accepted by others and you’ll definitely have to surrender your disbelief in yourself.

I BELIEVE IN YOU.

You can and will make this happen.

So what do you say…

The next old pal you run across who has not seen you in 3 years, how do you want them to remember you?

Your friend – damian

PS – Final note on Spook. As we chatted at the airport terminal in JFK that day, he told me how the way I quit my job to pursue my passion is what inspired him to do the same.

Spook is pursuing his folk music full time and singing it political rallies and concerts across the country!

All because of having “No Plan-B”.

Do NOT be mistaken. This is not a tale of how cool or awesome I am.

Because I am totally NOT. I was a chicken and coward the whole way through. Sometimes I’d be on the brink of tears so afraid of success.

It was the vision to never go back to the rat race and the desire to be free that kept me going.

And that’s exactly what I want you to grab hold of today.

The Man With No Plan-B9.0101

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