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If you want to play in the big game, you have to pay the price.

Written by chris, March 21st, 2011, Alpha Male Inspirations,Man Rules,The Empire Builder

I read this note while surfing the Internet and was reminded that in order to win big, you have to play big. Making substantial speaking fees today can be tracked back to me going on tour in 2003. On my own dime, and leaving my company for three months, I headed east to Toronto to start building platform. From Toronto I went to Quebec, from Quebec I went to New York City. From New York City, I went to 70 cities over three months and talked to over 15,000 women. Groups ranged from 3,500 in Washington, D.C. to 7 women in Austin, Texas. I slept in motels, on trains, in airports, and paid the price to build platform. I lived out of a bag for 90+ days, travelled over 10,000 miles by plane, train, and automobile. I spoke to many groups for free because them knowing me was more important then them paying me. Now they know me and they pay me because they know I know what I do, how I do it, and how to deliver. Like any professional, we work at our ‘craft’ by doing our craft. If you are wondering why things aren’t doing what you want them to, ask yourself if you have paid the price yet. If you have paid the price and are appreciating the spoils, never forget that what got you here, will keep you here. Work your craft and your craft will reward you with options. When people ask me why I make so much, I tell them its because I’ve done so much. I paid the price and now enjoy the rewards, but there are a few pieces of advice that I never forget:

  1. Don’t buy your own PR.
  2. When the man thinks he’s bigger than the message, he’s finished.
  3. You’re only as good as your last presentation.
  4. What gets you busy keeps you busy.
  5. It takes a lifetime to build and a moment to lose.
  6. There is always someone hungrier than you. Don’t take a break. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
  7. If it is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.
  8. Those that show up…matter. Those that don’t, don’t matter.
  9. You are never too good to do something that needs to be done.
  10. Everyone (and I mean everyone) gets the time of day…once.

Have you paid the price for what you want to do? If so, what was the price? If not, what’s holding you back. As always, I welcome your comments.

Cheers,

C/

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