Can you really change your life in just
three minutes
Well, my name is Brandon Turner with Biggerpockets.com
and today I want to share
with you one of the most profound yet
ridiculously simple concepts I've ever
heard. Something that could change the
next 30 50 or even hundred years of your
life in just the next three minutes but
first let's try a very brief exercise.
Now close your eyes and I know it's
gonna get a little bit weird here but
trust me it's okay.
Close them. Closed? All right, now picture
yourself right now today - what are you
wearing? Where are you at? How much
money is in your bank account? How much
freedom do you enjoy? How much time do you
spend with family and friends?
How many friends do you have? What do you
look like? Now that you got that mental
picture of who you are in your mind
keep your eyes closed, but erase that
image and replace it with an image of
who you want to become. Imagine the
perfect you, perfect future, you think
about how you want to look and how you
want to feel, how you wan't people to
perceive you, how much time you spend
traveling, volunteering, hanging out with
family, what does your business look like
and what about your investments?
Okay, now open your eyes and tell me what
is the difference between the mental
picture of you today and the mental
picture of you in the future?
Well, ultimately the difference between
who you are today and who you want to
become comes down to one thing. Your
choices. The choices that you make each
and every day going forward determines
whether you are getting closer or
further away from the person that you
want to become. Which brings me to the
concept that's so simple yet so profound
it will change your life, it's this. If
you don't like something change it. I'm
gonna say that again and then explain
what it means in more detail. If you
don't like something change it. Now as
human beings we have the incredible
power to choose almost everything in our
life so you don't like where you live
you can change that, if you don't like
what you look like,
you can change that as well. You
don't like how much money you have in
your bank account or how much time you
have to spend at work every week. Well
change it now. Of course this is an
obvious statement we all know that life
can be changed, but do we actually make
those changes in our life or do we just
complain about it and go back to
watching the next episode of our
favorite television show?
Take for example the guy working 50
hours a week at a desk job. He's 40
pounds overweight, bored out of his mind,
watching the clock slowly tick, tick, tick
his life away. He complained about the
situation with his wife, but nothing changes
in his life to change position. He just
shows up day after day after day wishing
for more. He sees other people live
an incredible life and say, "boy, they sure
are lucky." But then let's talk about the
single mother working two jobs to
support herself and her three kids, but
longing for something more.
She spends her time actively changing
her situation. She listens to educational
audiobooks and podcasts on her drive to
work. She stayed up late working on her
side business after all the kids go to
sleep. She seeks out information that can
truly help her change and slowly week
after week her life begins to change.
Before you know it...
She's running a million-dollar a year
business changing the financial destiny
of her family forever. Now, was the woman
in the story more intelligent than the
man than in the previous story? Of course
not, right? She just made the choice and
the choice is to change. Now I'm telling
you this is not easy.
Of course it's not right - it takes wisdom
to accept that where you are today is
different from where you want to be. It takes
discipline to seek the education rather
than entertainment needed to get there and
it takes a lot of hard work to change
the direction of life, but isn't that
better than the alternative?
Wouldn't you rather change just a few years
of discipline now to become the future
better version of yourself that you
picture in your mind just a few moments
ago. The late great author and speaker
Jim Rohn once said, "Life doesn't get
better by chance it gets better by
change." And the beautiful thing about
changes that it happens in an instant.
So, will you make the change in your life
right now, that's going to transform the
next thirty, fifty or hundred years of
your life?
I hope so. Now, if you believe the words
I'm telling you today I'm gonna ask
three quick things of you. Number one.
Don't keep it to yourself, teach somebody
else this stuff today. Very easy way to
do that of course, share this video on
your Facebook feed, your family and
friends can change as well.
Secondly, if you guys like this video
click the thumbs up button on the video
player so the internet knows there's
value here in these words. And number
three. Go tell your parents, your kids,
or your spouse that you love them
because remember life is short,
precious and deeply rewarding.
For BiggerPockets.com my name is
Brandon Turner, signing off.