Archives for April 2020

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I have some bad news for you.

All of those self-help gurus who have been telling you to trust your intuition, to listen to the voice inside your head, have been giving you bad advice.

Intuition is knowing without thinking. It is the ability to reach a decision without having all of the facts and information that you need, in order to make that decision. It is a non-analytical ability to make good decisions.

Recently, there has been a great deal of research surrounding intuition. And that research is helping us gain a finer appreciation for exactly what intuition is.

In a nutshell, intuition is a subconscious decision-making process that is not based on reason, logic or analysis, but based on your subconscious ability to recognize patterns.

How good you are in recognizing patterns, depends on how experienced you are with respect to the thing you’re making a decision about.

For example, if you are a 25-year old engineer, with 3 years of engineering experience under your belt, your intuition is just going to suck.

If, however, you are a 55-year old engineer, with 33 years of engineering experience, your intuition is almost always going to be correct.

You see, intuition is like wine, it improves with age, because intuition grows out of experience.

Even for the most seasoned, experienced individual, intuition is not infallible. Your experience may not be sufficient or comprehensive enough and, therefore, your intuition may mislead you into making mistakes or poor decisions.

Because everybody has different experiences, even within the same field, industry or profession, it is imperative to seek out the intuition of others who do what you do, before making important decisions. Those others will see patterns, that are invisible to you, which will lead to better decisions.

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I have a thought experiment for you.

Walter is a very successful, very wealthy, self-made millionaire. His track record, over many years has been incredible – every time he invests money, 99% of the time he succeeds in making himself and his investors more money.

Due to his 99% success rate, everyone wants to be part of Walter’s investment opportunities.

Walter is a close friend of yours over many, many years. You’ve done 100 deals with Walter over those years. Almost every time you have invested money with Walter, he’s succeeded in making you more money.

Only once, did you ever lose money, investing with Walter.

And, thanks to Walter, you’ve made millions over the many years doing deals with him, due to his 99% success rate.

Walter approaches you with another deal. He wants to know if you would be interested in investing in another deal.

You give it some thought, talk it over with your spouse, and agree to invest money in Walter’s new deal, fully aware that there is a 1% risk that you could lose money.

In your mind, the odds are greatly in your favor – Walter succeeds 99% of the time and only fails, 1% of the time.

Knowing what you know about Walter’s success rate, if Walter approached you and offered you an opportunity to invest with him, would you say yes?

Or, would you say no, because of the 1% risk that you could lose money?

Does that 1% make you afraid to invest your money with Walter?

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As more data comes in, the math on Covid-19 is becoming clearer.

Covid-19 is highly contagious. About 20% who come into contact with the virus, become infected. This is significantly more than twice the 8% contagion rate of the average flu.

And the percentage of those who die, as a result of becoming infected with Covid-19, while continuing to drop, is still high at about 1%. About 1 out of every 100 individuals who is infected with Covid-19, will die.

Now, that 1% is likely to drop, as more data comes in, but it’s still going to be closer to 1% than .2%, which happens to be the death rate for individuals infected by the average flu virus.

So, you have a 1% chance of dying from Covid-19.

And yet, that 1% has caused the entire world to shut down, in fear of contracting Covid-19 and dying.

Damn right! You say. I’m afraid of that 1% chance of dying.

Do you drive a car?

Did you know that you have a .9% of dying in a car accident?

Why doesn’t the fear of dying in a car accident stop everyone from driving a car?

When you give into fear, you allow fear to control you.

Successful people do not allow fear to control their behavior, thinking and decision-making. They do not give fear even a second to take root in their mind.

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It’s amazing how habits control almost every aspect of our lives.

I’ve spent a sizable percentage of my time, since 2010, promoting habits that lead to wealth, health, success and happiness. Many of the habits I’ve shared are ones that we have the power to adopt or replace.

But there are habits that are hardwired into our autonomic system, which operate with or without our approval.

The Immune System is one such habit.

Nothing you do, no amount of discipline or willpower, can stop the human body’s habit of protecting itself from outside invaders.

The Amazing Immune System Habit Machine

The Immune System is one giant habit machine. Built into every human being are certain processes that stand as sentries, protecting the cells that keep us alive.

1st LINE OF DEFENSE – YOUR SKIN

Your skin is the first line of defense, preventing almost all invaders from entering the body. Because of its incredible effectiveness, very few invaders succeed in gaining entry.

2nd LINE OF DEFENSE – MACROPHAGES

When any invader manages to penetrate the skin or find entry through other means (eating, drinking, breathing, kissing, sex, etc), Macrophages come to life.

Macrophages are extremely large Guard Cells that stand guard at every border region of the body. We have billions of Macrophages. When they encounter any outside invader, Macrophages swallow them whole. Enzymes inside the cells then go to work breaking down the invaders. These Macrophages send a signal to the blood to release water, which the Macrophages use to assist them in their attack. This release of water, is commonly referred to as Inflammation. The water helps isolate and contain the invaders, so that the Macrophages can swallow them whole.

In the event the invaders replicate too quickly, and overwhelm the ability of the Macrophages to swallow them up, they release Messenger Proteins, called Neutrophils.

3rd LINE OF DEFENSE – NEUTROPHILS

Neutrophils are proteins that furiously kill invaders. They are so ferocious that they often kill healthy cells within the vacinity of the invading cells. These Neutrophils create barriers, like the water, to trap the invaders, to assist the Macrophages in destroying the enemy. Because of their ferocious nature, Neutrophils commit suicide after five days in order to prevent them from doing too much damage to healthy cells who happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

4th LINE OF DEFENSE – DENDRITIC CELLS

When Macrophages and Neutrophils are overwhelmed by the invaders, Dendritic Cells are released. Dendritic Cells have a specific purpose – they take samples of the invader cells, deposit those samples on their membrane and carry them off to the Lymphatic System (Lymph Nodes are pervasive throughout the body). Residing inside the Lymphatic System are T Cells. These Dendritic Cells carry the body parts of the invader to T Cells, who then analyze their makeup.

5th LINE OF DEFENSE – T CELLS

After sampling the makeup of the invading cells, the T Cells who recognize the invader, begin to duplicate themselves by the thousands, instantly. Some of these Duplicate T Cells stay behind inside the Lymphatic System, to act as Memory T Cells – specific T Cells who may be called on in the future to help identify the invaders if they ever return. Some of them swim out to the battlefield to assist the Macrophages, Neutrophils and Dendritic Cells as they battle the invaders.

And some of the T Cells remain behind in the Lymphatic System to assist in the manufacture of weapons to fight the invaders. These weapon manufacturers they assist are called as B Cells.

6th LINE OF DEFENSE – B CELLS

Activated by T Cells, B Cells produce weapons called Antibodies. Antibodies are tiny proteins that are specifically engineered to bind to the surface of each invading cell. These Antibodies bind to the invader cells and sting them, much like a snake or spider does, paralyzing them momentarily. Once paralyzed, the Macrophages swim along and swallow them whole.

Once the war is over, most of these Antibodies commit suicide. Those who do not kill themselves, swim back to the Lymphatic System, attached to their B Cell host. These returning B Cells are called Memory B Cells. The are like a standing army, whose job is to stand guard, in the event the invader were to ever return.

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Poor people have many bad habits: they eat too much junk food, they don’t exercise enough, they have poor money habits, they watch too much TV, they don’t read books, they waste too much time on the Internet, they drink too much alcohol, they have relationships with the wrong people, and … they gamble more than any other socioeconomic group.

As many of you know, I’ve been studying the rich and the poor since 2004. My Rich Habits research has been seen by close to 100 million people in 27 countries around the world.

But, according to my research, when it comes to gambling, the poor actually have a legitimate, logical rationale for engaging in the gambling Poor Habit.

In a 2008 experimental study published in the Journal of Behavioral Decision-Making, the authors of the study concluded that the poor gamble more than other socioeconomic groups because gambling levels the playing field.

You see, winning at gambling is determined by random good luck.

And this type of luck is fairly democratic – it visits the rich, poor and the middle-class equally.

Because the odds of winning the lottery are the same for a rich person as it is for a poor person, this puts the poor on equal footing with the rich. Anyone, rich or poor, can win the lottery.

The lottery gods don’t care if you live on the beach with a Tesla in your driveway, or if you live in a tent, on a sidewalk in Los Angeles.

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My mission is to share my unique Rich Habits research in order to add value to your life and help you realize increased wealth, superior health, abundant success, fulfillment & happiness. If you find value in these articles, please share them with your inner circle and encourage them to Sign Up for my Rich Habits Daily Tips/Articles.  No one succeeds on their own. Thank You!

Do you have a vision of your ideal life or a future version of the ideal you?

If you don’t, you should.

Why?

Because 76% of the self-made millionaires in my Rich Habits Study created a vision of their ideal, future life. They painted a very specific picture, in their mind, of who they wanted to be and what type of life they wanted to have.

The brain thinks in pictures, so when you create a Vision of who you want to be, you are speaking a language your brain understands very well.

Many things need to come together in order for your Vision to become a reality.

Your Vision is really the culmination of a number of specific Dreams and goals. Those specific Dreams/Goals are like pieces to a puzzle. As your realize or achieve each one, they begin to form a picture – a picture of your ideal life and the ideal you.

Your Vision is your Destination. In order to reach that Destination you must realize those Dreams and accomplish the Goals behind your Dreams.

What keeps you moving forward toward your Vision is the actions you take on a daily basis. Are those actions tied to your Vision, your Dreams and your Goals?

When you take action on your Dreams and Goals, that means you’re doing the things that will help to improve your life down the road. So, when you take action, every day, on your Dreams and Goals, you feel proud of yourself.

Those who don’t take action on their Dreams and Goals, don’t move forward and feel stuck. And that creates a feeling of discontent or regret.

A very simple daily habit you can create, in order to keep you moving forward, is to ask yourself this one question at the beginning of every day: What one thing should I do today that will make me proud of myself?

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