so I recently had the privilege of
reading the book the American Dream by
Jason of Allah where he interviews six
industry-leading professionals most of
them being entrepreneurs and all of them
being successful by monetary standards
in this review i'm going to be
discussing some traits mindsets and
ideas they all had in common so maybe we
can share some of their success i
suggest checking this book out on amazon
and read super easy even though it's an
interview format so number one believed
in the law of attraction so I don't
actually have a specific video on this
but after reading this book it's
definitely on my list the law of
attraction basically states that the
more you focus on something the more it
will manifest in your life by your brain
filtering it better or looking for
opportunities that encompass it one
interviewee said that they didn't
necessarily believe in the law of
attraction in a spiritual way but that
you have to believe that you had a
realistic chance of something happening
for it to actually happen
moving on there was also a focus on
setting goals that you can control so
this is a topic that I've been meaning
to talk about for a while now because i
found how important this is basically
you need to set goals that you can
control for a while I used to set my
goals on subscribers and view counts but
I don't do that anymore mostly because
I've learned how inconsistent you guys
are really I can't control if you watch
the video or not what I can control the
effort in the thumbnail the quality of
the video and the frequency of my
uploads this little mindset can go a
long way and after seeing it implemented
in a millionaires life I realized it was
something to double down on and share
with you guys so the American Dream used
to be this idea for immigrants when
America was developing that they could
leave their homeland and make it big
over here in America I'd say that this
term has changed quite a bit over the
years but the basic idea is that after
hard genuine work you can make a very
nice living most people imagine a big
family with a comfy home and never
having to worry about food but it really
depends on where you come from
I think people who are from other
countries specifically less-developed
ones were just people who have less
things and freedom in general are more
appreciative i think this in turn gives
them the grit to take advantage of all
the opportunities we have here in well
not just America what you do between
friday and monday is a big example of
this
are you partying or hustling i'll let
you guess what these millionaires did
they also think that a lot of the ills
of today's Western society is caused by
governments giving people something they
didn't earn
this comes a lot with the traditional
American Dream and the association that
older generations have that if you
didn't earn something you don't deserve
it i would agree that a lot of the
current generation is becoming entitled
but hard work will always be valuable
especially in today's world
I also want to say that everyone's
version of the American dream is
different for some it's only nice cars
and skyscrapers but for others it's just
not worrying about where your next meal
will come from these people also made
their health priority they all
definitely held a large importance on
their personal health been who has sold
over six billion dollars in home sales
says that he makes it a priority to hit
the gym at least three times a week
studies have shown that you can
literally extend how long you live by
exercising and weightlifting why not
going extra o say five years with some
gains along the way to health is
extremely important when gaining wealth
since it's usually exponential the last
five years of your life could be the
biggest another idea that I caught onto
was that they believe that success is
not a zero-sum game your success must
contribute to the success of other
people just like the win-win habit and
stephen covey's book all of these
professionals in their field understand
that the best way to win is to help
someone else when been made sure to note
that the success of one person doesn't
mean the diminished success of someone
else
this is a super important concept and I
feel like it was worth noting in this
video because it shows credibility
also they all mention that their ideas
of success revolved around making a
positive impact in other people's lives
this means that they have a big part and
a passion for helping others it seems to
be a recurring theme in some of the
books that I've read that those who aim
to help others and not to make money
eventually end up making a ton of money
anyways make your goal to help people
first and all other problems will be
solved the next tip is that the greatest
lesson is not to give up or give in
prematurely been said that his greatest
lesson is not to give up too soon or
prematurely
he says that perseverance in the face of
a disappointing news is difficult it's
super easy to just quit or blend someone
else for your failure these highly
successful people did not do that
remember success is rarely achieved
without perseverance
he also says that his favorite thing to
do in his spare time is learn which is
our next big idea learn in your free
time just as i have stated time and time
again the best thing you can ever invest
in is yourself and these self-made
millionaires prove that they all show
that they loved learning specifically
about newer stuff happening in there
field they stayed top-notch even if that
meant trying counter intuitive ideas or
strange new techniques they had an open
mind and learn everything they could
something else I notice in these
interviews was that all of these people
had a very optimistic and extremely
positive view of the world if you take a
look at Gary Vaynerchuk blogs you'll
notice that he is the same way it seems
that to me specifically immigrants or
anyone who came from little will have a
high appreciation of stuff other people
may take for granted the freedom and
opportunity in America is a great
example you have the freedom to party on
a Saturday night but you also have the
opportunity to write a new song towards
the end of our list i have be humble and
self-aware a big idea i got from this
book is to be okay with hiring people
who know more about something then you
do you have to be humble enough to admit
that someone else knows more about a
specific topic than you do you also have
to be self-aware enough to understand
where your shortcomings are and to fill
these gaps with other people do this and
you'll become highly successful in no
time
I also notice that the most common
reason for business failure is lack of
money and the second is to think that
you know too much
so obviously lack of capital is a big
factor in most businesses and i plan on
teaching and future videos on ways to
get funding but having overconfidence
and business can be your biggest
downfall but this is a huge bias which
can leave you blindsided and one of the
best ways to prevent overconfidence is
that have a team that basically does it
checks and balances on everyone else
also as many of you know and have
probably figured out by now I'm a huge
fan of gary vaynerchuk he's also really
big on patients a link a few videos in
the description below if you wanna watch
if you're not catching my drift
basically you should be patient when you
start your business and nothing happens
it took this Channel eight to nine
months before i earned enough to live
awful i still busted my butt pumping out
videos staying in patient in the
building process and didn't give up hope
you guys really enjoyed this book review
and if you want to buy this book check
out the link in the description to buy
it i recommend if you're interested in
any other fields of these highly
successful people are in thanks for
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