A New Year -> A New You

If you follow any of my work you know that I typically spend between $30,000 – $50,000 per year on non-traditional education like: seminars, classes, events, reading books, and mastermind groups.

That knowledge typically pays for itself in an order of magnitude 3x (three times) each year… Which is why I have absolutely no problem investing that kind of time or money. My new Weekly Wisdom series is my way of distilling all of that information down to my audience in a form that is short, concise and to the point.   The best part is that you can gain all of my insight without having to pay the $50,000 price tag.   It’s my hope that this new series will allow you to break through the barriers that are holding you back and allow you to achieve more success in your business, relationships, finances and allow you to attain a better balance between all of them.   Just FYI.  These weekly lessons are going to be far more informal than most of my other lessons.  We won’t have all the fancy microphones or cameras… just a real and raw way of getting some of the most valuable content possible into your hands.   Finally, as an additional benefit to the Weekly Wisdom, I am creating a Book of The Week club (yes, I know… a cheesy name – blame Oprah for that one!) I make it an absolute MUST to read at least one book per week and I am going to share some of those insights with you, each and every week. I hope that you will follow along with me.  It’s also my hope that this series will add a lot of Value to your life and will help you attain your wildest Dreams and Desires.  I wish you the absolute best, a life full of Health, Wealth and Happiness.   Enjoy!   -Draye   ________________________________

Draye Redfern’s Weekly Wisdom #1 A New Year, A New You

It’s a New Year, that means that it’s time to reset and reframe your existing goals, or as some people call them “Resolutions”. The problem with resolutions is that most people don’t keep them for very long… In fact, 98% of people result to their “old ways” by the time February 15th comes around. That means people say things like… “I will lose those 5 pounds next year..” “I will make $1,000,000 next year…”  We can come up with a million different reasons as to why we renege on our resolutions, but ultimately it comes down to two distinct reasons.

1.  Lack of Leverage
2.  Lack of Pain

You see, many people want to loose the 5-10 pounds that they put on over the Holidays, but don’t have the Leverage to do so. They say to themselves “I will slowly begin to eat less”   or   “I will start going to the gym”. These things may occur for a short amount of time, but eventually the lack of Leverage causes them to lose the drive or motivation. Then, they simply go back to their old way of doing things, but are now 5-10 pounds heavier. The problem is that this cycle typically repeats year after year and eventually these individuals are 30-50 pounds overweight.  So what does it take for individuals to actually stick with it?   Leverage. Imagine this.  Imagine that your significant other told you that they are no longer attracted to you because of your weight.   How much Leverage and motivation would that reaction immediately give you to stick with your weightloss program? A lot! How about Money?  Almost everyone would like to have more money in their life.  However, most people are not properly motivated enough to improve their current financial situation.  These individuals may lack money, but the pain that they experience from their lack of money is not enough to properly motivate them to take the necessary steps to improve their situation.    What does all that mean?  It means… If your’e broke, but you haven’t really felt the “pinch” or Pain associated with a foreclosure, a job loss, or not being able to put food on the table, then chances are you haven’t associated enough Pain with your financial standing and will most likely continue on living your life like nothing needs to change. In your mind, the pain associated with getting yourself out of your financial situation (hard work, time, long nights, early mornings)  seems far more Painful than it does to simply remain in your mediocre financial standing.  Your lack of Pain is your problem… You see, pain motivates individuals to take the necessary steps to get themselves out of their situation.  Thats why more than 50% of the Billionaires in the U.S. were once broke.   Yes, BROKE.   No money to their name… Almost all of them associated an extreme amount of pain to their situation which motivated them to never have money troubles again…. and it worked!  So if you want to hit your Goals, Resolutions, or whatever else you may have set for this year… Try to associate a higher degree of Leverage with them, and focus on the Pain that will exist if you remain in your current situation. When setting your goals, try to make them S.M.A.R.T. goals, which stands for: Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Time-Bound    (when you will have something completed) …. and be sure that you have enough Pain and Leverage associated with each one of your goals.