MILLIONAIRE SUCCESS HABITS
to the next level, why I got into business, why I started cutting firewood and fixing wrecked cars when I was a teenager, why I knocked on a million doors and did my first real estate deal be- fore I was 20. It all made sense now. It was all because I wanted to be in control. Not a control freak, just in control. You see, my parents were married nine times between them. In fact, as I write this book, my dad is engaged to a great lady, and it will soon be an even 10. Also, growing up I moved a lot. I moved 20 times by the time I was 19 years old. Over the years of my childhood, I would have new stepbrothers, stepsisters, and step-grandparents that I loved, and then I’d be uprooted and have to move without any say in the matter. I always felt totally out of control. We would find an apartment I loved, couldn’t pay the rent, and would get evicted. I’d move into my grandma’s house and love it, and then within the year I would have to move and go someplace else with a new dad or a new mom and with new siblings that in some cases hated me for intruding. I would move to a new school, find new friends, and then we’d pick up and have to relocate again. It was an epiphany, this seventh “why.” I don’t want any- body to tell me how to dress, where to live, or even how to raise my kids. I don’t want anybody to tell me where I can eat, how I can function, what I can do with my time, or how much money I can make. I want to be in control so I can make the decisions that empower me, bring me joy, and make me feel alive! And at that very moment, I realized I didn’t want anybody to take that away from me in any area of my life. I had finally found my true “why,” and my mission had never seemed clearer. WHAT’S YOUR DEEPER “WHY”? What about you? Would you like to have total control of your life and make the choices you want? Of course you would, but that’s my story and my “why.” I don’t know what yours is yet—and you probably don’t either—but I assure you that you need to find it. When you have a tough day, when things
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