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7 Secrets of Dorm Room Wealth By Curtis Lewsey 7 Secrets of Dorm Room Wealth Copyright: Curtis Lewsey Published: 28 th August 2012 The right of Curtis Lewsey to be identified as author of this Work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, copied in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise transmitted without written permission from the publisher. A special thank you to my Business Partner & Mentor Tommy Wyatt – www.AppreciationMarketing.com A special thank you to my editors Sandy Shepard – www.GoodSolutions.com Claire Halliday – www.copyqueens.com CONTENTS 7 Secrets of Dorm Room Wealth Introduction #1 – Belief #2 – Model Success #3 – Your Compelling “Why?” #4 – Taking Action #5 – Stretching Your Comfort Zone #6 – End at the Beginning #7 – Leverage & Residual Income 7 Secrets to Landing Your Dream Job Introduction #1 – Think Forward #2 – Proximity is Power #3 – A Smile & A Handshake #4 – Professional Help #5 – Customer Interviews #6 – They Need You More Than You Need Them #7 – Follow-up Conclusion Introduction: Congratulations for downloading this! That one simple action says a lot about you. It says to me that you don’t want to just make an impression with your life; you’d like to make an impact. The world is desperate for more young, entrepreneurial innovators. What we DON’T need is more silver-spoon-fed, “Mommy and Daddy will take care of me” attitudes. If that’s you, please do the DormRoomWealth.com community a favor and go gel up your hair, hop in the free car you got just for being Daddy’s little girl or Mommy’s little boy, and stop ridiculing those of us willing to roll up our sleeves and create our own destiny! Why? Because when Mommy and Daddy finally do cut your cord, maybe we’ll be kind enough to hire you someday. Maybe. Yes, we may seem ridiculous at times. Yes, we may fail over and over again. Yes, we often consider just giving up. But (trust me) the look on their faces when you make it big will be worth every ignorant comment made! How do I know? I walked in your shoes! Does a steady diet of ramen noodles, macaroni and cheese, pizza, Natural Ice, Dubra vodka and box wine sound all too familiar? You ever feel embarrassed to ask an attractive girl out to dinner because you’re afraid what she might order? Does scanning the menu for the best price or eating fast food way too much sound familiar? It is all too familiar to me, I am here to tell you that working hard and surrounding yourself with successful people can pay off big time. Life is way too abundant to have anything less than what you desire. Only a few short years ago, I’m the first to admit that I wasn’t open to the opportunities around me. I remember having to do everything I could to earn a buck. I’d work the sporting events on campus and was also a campus resident assistant - looking after the dorms - so I could live for free. At the same time, I was playing Division I baseball and was a full-time student. I am not complaining one bit. I would not trade my college experiences for anything. Life is a collection of stories. You need to collect as many fun, exciting and positive ones as possible while you’re in college. Have you ever-heard people say: ‘College will be “THE” best 4 years of your life’? In my mind, that’s a bit sad. That kind of implies that it’s all downhill from there. For some…maybe. I’m here to tell you that if you stick with me, you’ll look back in 10, 20, 30 years and say, “College was four “OF THE” best years of my life” If you stay on the DormRoomWealth.com path, you don’t have to resign yourself to this fate, you can create your own destiny. It’s awesome not waking up to an alarm clock, not having people tell me what to do, not having people tell me when I can take time off, and not having people tell me what I’m worth. I should make it clear, though, that I am not anti-jobs. We need jobs to make the world go around. I just don’t want one. If that sounds like you, then there’s more for you a bit later on; I’m getting ahead of myself. But before I get back on track, there’s a book that you absolutely need to buy. You can get it on Amazon or half.com for under $5, and it even comes in a number of different languages. It’s called Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. This book changed my life. In fact, it’s only the second book I read in my life cover to cover. (The first was Lord of the Flies, because I was forced to in high school. And I promise that Rich Dad, Poor Dad will give you a lot more useful information than how to take down your fellow students.) Rich Dad, Poor Dad shares financial literacy in a way that is still never taught in schools. Kiyosaki shares what assets vs. liabilities are and, most importantly, how to create leverage and residual income in your life. This is how rich people operate! In the book, Kiyosaki emphasizes that the rich build networks, while everyone else looks for work. The great thing is that Kiyosaki also points out that it’s okay not to have a multi-million dollar idea right off the bat – and it’s also okay to fail. After reading these 7 Secrets to Dorm Room Wealth as well as Rich Dad, Poor Dad, you will be well on your way to setting yourself in motion. It took me many ideas and many looks at different opportunities before I knew in my gut that I had found what I was looking for. When you surround yourself with the right mentors, more opportunities will present themselves. I had several mentors that helped shape me and my wish is to give back and be one of your mentors as you begin your journey. What changed my life was the day when my Dad called me in the fall of my junior year, and told me that, because we had too many loans outstanding as a family, I couldn’t stay in school. I was devastated for a moment, then I realized I was NOT going to allow that to happen. I was open to possibilities at this point. I started sharing some of my challenges with a friend of mine and she told me that her father, who was an attorney, was looking for people who would like to make some extra money. I was all ears and called him immediately. He told me that “This opportunity is not right for everyone” and proceeded to share with me an interesting business opportunity. I took a look, stepped back for a second and realized that I could do it. I was prepared to give it a shot, so I got started straightaway. I invested about $750 for the training, my website and materials to get started. This was a lot of money for me. But I believed in the system and went to work! At first, the motivation driving me was to earn my investment back. Once that was done, I concentrated on paying for my tuition for my final three semesters of college, all while working around my hectic schedule. The money that I made was good – good enough to keep me in school – but there was a much greater value that is still being realized. The education that I got “outside the classroom” sent me on a path that most can only dream about. I’m only 29 years young. I know that seems old to you, but the key here is that I don’t have to work anymore, and I am free. I work because I choose to and because I want to help others achieve a lifestyle they deserve. It takes hard work, determination, creative thinking, grit, and resilience to get through the tough times. Remember that and don’t let it scare you. If someone tells you there won’t be tough times, they’re bullshitting you – but believe me, I’m living proof that it is worth it. I got laughed at for my ideas – and even for my business! I got challenged for thinking big. I was told time and time again “That’s not how real life works.” But I’ve got news. Yes, it is! Why? Because life is what you believe it to be. As Henry Ford said, “Whether you believe you can or believe you can’t – you’re right.” It all starts with you, my friend. I wish I’d had the 7 Secrets earlier in my journey. I would have saved it, and referred back to it during the tough times, realizing sooner that it is during those tough times when a breakthrough will occur. Understand that the only way you can fail is if you quit, and the only person that can make you quit is yourself! The people that knock you down are not the people to surround yourself with when talking “big picture”. Our community here at DormRoomWealth.com will help support your vision and be a mastermind to nourish your desires. And those energy vampires in your life? (You know who I mean) They’re often the ones that make excuses about everything. They’re victims. They never take responsibility… it’s always someone else’s fault. In the world of Entrepreneurship, multi-billionaire Donald Trump said it best: “You can make excuses or you can make money, you can’t do both.” As of recently, I consider myself a great listener. It’s taken effort to become one. But I will NEVER be a good listener when someone has a laundry list of excuses. Excuses are like assholes: everybody’s got one and they all stink. “Find a way or make a way, baby.” Because I believe - and I know it to be true - that if you want something done, you have to figure it out, not wait for someone else to do it. We live in the information age, so go get the information! In a few clicks of your mouse or a quick search on your smart phone, you can Google just about anything. There is no such thing as problems, only challenges. And the good news is that for every challenge, there is always a solution! Go find it! If you want it badly enough, you’ll get it done. DormRoomWealth.com is about helping with those challenges, driving those solutions, and nourishing your entrepreneurial drive to help you bring your thoughts and ideas to market. If I was a betting man, I would be willing to bet that, if you’ve gotten this far into this book, we have some common views. So I’d like to ask you a question, and I want you to be honest (hey, it’s only us here). When someone you know has any bit of success, are you genuinely happy for them, or do you feel jealous? Do you cheer them on and let them know you’re proud of them, or do you talk trash behind their back? This is the difference between having an abundance attitude and having a scarcity attitude. The universe has a funny way of supplying those that are appreciative and focus on abundance. I suggest you choose to surround yourself with these types of people. They will lift you up and support your dreams. And if you’re a trash-talker? Be careful. You attract what you vibe – this isn’t some New Age concept, it’s been proven scientifically. What you concentrate on, your subconscious gives you. So if you’re constantly tearing others down with your own jealousy, your subconscious is just going to give you more of that. Personally, I admired success from a very early age. I grew up in a small town in upstate New York. I remember a situation when I was just a young kid where a friend was disrespecting another friend’s family. I couldn’t understand why. Looking back, I know now that it wasn’t my friend’s views, it was his parents’ words coming through his mouth. It had to do with this family being successful in business, and them being jealous. I had, and continue to have, a lot of respect for this family - especially after hearing their story years later. See, on the surface today people see that they have a house in the Caribbean Islands, they drive nice cars and travel quite often. What they don’t know or just care to ignore is where all that abundance came from and all of the blood, sweat and tears the family had to endure in the early days. Today, they own and operate the largest, most successful veterinarian business in our county and, I am willing to bet, all of upstate NY. I loved hearing the stories, like how they bought a small mobile trailer that they both worked out of at the beginning of their practice. They were a husband and wife team, focusing on just cats and dogs. Over the last three decades they have grown into an enterprise with over 30 vets that work for them and have bovine, equine and small animal divisions. My connection and respect for them comes from a very personal place. My older brother Silas died at 23 years young, in a tragic accident on his dirt bike. I will forever be grateful for this family, who was Silas’ second home growing up. They were always gracious with invites to parties, ski mountain trips and even a trip to the Islands for a vacation. My dad said at my brother’s funeral that “Silas lived more life in his 23 years than most people do in an entire lifetime!” I will never forget that quote, and part of it is because of experiences Silas had with his second family. They shared what they had with him without reservation, and it not only gave him amazing experiences, but it gave me the impetus to be more like them – to be able to, one day, take someone like my brother under my wing and help him explore the world when he couldn’t otherwise do it by his own means. That’s why we at DormRoomWealth.com believe that the most unselfish thing you can possibly do in your lifetime is to become massively wealthy! Because it is one thing to say a prayer, make a phone call, show up at a hospital, send a greeting card, or do volunteer work. It is another thing to do the same and then stand up and write a big check that can give someone the opportunity to fix their situation, or share your wealth to make someone’s day by helping them experience a different life. I have never understood why some people think wealthy people are bad. The fact is, having more money makes you more of who you already are. If you are an asshole, well, guess what? More money will make you a bigger asshole. If you are a kindhearted person with an abundant attitude, then more money will make you more of just that, a giver. With more money, you can go from making a bit of an impression, to making a resounding impact. If you were brought up surrounded by people who thought that rich people are greedy, rich people are unethical, rich people are selfish, then you’re going to have to work on your mindset immediately, first and foremost. This often coincides with an “entitlement” attitude, which upsets me to no end. Someone with an entitlement attitude thinks that – “people” or “the government” - “owes” them. I don’t have room in my life for these people and neither should you, especially if your desire is to play the game of life at a high level. Understand that no matter what profession you examine, there are good people and bad people in them all. I caution you on where you focus your energy. Do you look for the positive and build on that? Or do you enjoy sulking in the negative and allow that to multiply? The latter is cancerous and will do nothing but hold you back from achieving your desired lifestyle. #1 - BELIEF So I guess we’d better get to those Seven Secrets. Number 1 Belief. Belief that Mommy, Daddy, an employer, or some magical “someone else” is going to take care of you for life is a sad way to live. There is very little loyalty in today’s job market. That pretty much ended with our grandparents’ generation. And, the way the world is today, I am sure that you’ve witnessed firsthand either your own parents or people close to you that have either lost their jobs, had their hours cut beyond their control or had to relocate against their will. You have to believe in yourself and that you are the one to take care of you. Everything starts with a single thought. There are things that you can do right now to get your thoughts lined up right. In order to build your belief, you need to Read, Listen, and Show Up. It is very important that you feed yourself with information that will support your desires and dreams, not challenge or starve them. To get started in the right direction, make sure that you “LIKE” our Facebook page “DormRoomWealth.com” and subscribe to our video blog. This is all part of surrounding yourself with positivity. There is a recommended reading list below that you will want to buy ASAP on Amazon or half.com. Don’t mess around. Remember what I said about excuses? Get them NOW. Reading these will give you a massive head start in life. And while we’re talking about filling your head, be extremely careful whom you listen to! The wrong people can cost you a fortune. People always want to give out their advice and tell you what YOU should do. Be careful! “Showing up is half the battle” as I’m sure you’ve heard before. A perfect example is your classes. It’s hard to succeed and pass if you don’t show up! Succeeding in the real world and the land of entrepreneurship is no different. The question is where do you show up and whom do you show up with? I will lay out a lot of this on my monthly “DormRoomWealth.com” conference calls. VIPs are invited in on these calls. There will be interviews with millionaires and tips and tricks you will not want to miss. Your belief level will grow in direct proportion to the quality of your surroundings. I want to be very clear on what I am about to say and I want you to digest this. Ready? Okay…here we go. When someone in your life makes a negative comment about what you want to do, here’s the formula to deal with it. Step number 1, agree with them! (Yes, that’s what I said, agree with them.) There is NO point in trying to win an argument against a cynic. They will crush you if you allow them to. Oftentimes these are close family members or friends. If you take a poll of all the successful entrepreneurs that you know and you ask them if they had any haters early in their career, they’ll smile and tell you story after story. Step number 2: Get away. Once you’ve agreed with the naysayer, you’ve appeased them and they will feel that they have “done their job” in discouraging you. Step 3 Never bring up the subject with that person again. There are three kinds of people that you will come across when sharing your ideas. The first type is “Open Minded.” These people will be your supporters – and sometimes, they’re not the ones you would think. They will give constructive feedback in a way that will help you grow, and maybe they will even be a partner in your venture. You need to surround yourself with these types. They will become part of your mastermind team to bounce ideas off of. The second type is “Skeptical” people. This type will come off as negative to you at first. They may not be very giving. These people are usually pretty analytical, and need more facts on what you are doing. Skeptical people can be your biggest supporters once they get more information. They will not, however, if you argue with them or come off as arrogant. Recognize this and embrace it. If they end up always focusing on what is wrong with your idea, then they are not a good fit to share with. If they become “Open Minded” after the facts are laid out and tend to focus more on what is right and what could happen, then keep them near you. Believe it or not, they’re often your best allies, even more than the folks who are Open Minded at first. The third type? You’ll want to run as far away from as possible and refuse to even consider talking “big picture” with them. These are the “Cynical” people in your life. Sadly, these are often the people that you love and respect more than anything. You can still love them! When I say run away, I just mean with your dreams and ideas. There is other stuff you can talk about with them. These people will be the “Dream Stealers” in your life. Cynical people will be the single biggest challenge for you on your journey to achieving greatness if you let them. You can still love them; just don’t buy what they are selling! [...]... Tommy Wyatt & Curtis Lewsey 7 Secrets to Landing Your “Dream Job” by Curtis Lewsey 7 Secrets to Landing Your “Dream Job” Copyright: Curtis Lewsey Published: 28th August 2012 The right of Curtis Lewsey to be identified as author of this Work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be... income and residual income is the kind of money that can set you financially free In fact, speaking of Kiyosaki, his definition of Wealth is how many months you can live if you stopped working right now If your expenses are $3,000 a month and you have $ 27, 000 in the bank with no other income producing assets, then you are 9 months Wealthy This is scary for the majority of the population that lives paycheck... joining the DormRoomWealth.com community, you are “doing something” If you follow the information on DormRoomWealth.com, your mind will be in motion Then, once you have an idea, you’ll want to actually, physically take action! 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In 7 Secrets to Dorm Room Wealth, I mentioned how important it is to Read,... because it’s that exciting This is how the wealthy get wealthier Leverage in terms of business means getting paid for work that you are not directly doing Leveraging people and money Money that is invested that is working for you and making you more money Leveraging people is having people work for you and you benefiting off of their efforts If you have never heard of the “Cash Flow Quadrant”, then go to... from their dorm room I hope that is you At the very least, I want to help you make some side money through an idea that is all yours, or one that I help you find There is no better time than right now to get on paper what you want, put a plan into motion, work backwards in small steps, then move forward to get it done  #7 Leverage & Residual Income Last (but definitely not least) of the 7 Secrets is... opposed Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” DormRoomWealth.com is here for you while you’re being made fun of And we’ll be there to cheer you on and slap your back once those former ridiculers and opposers now step into line to say that it was “obvious” you’d make it all along We’ll be here the whole way! That said, I want you to grab a piece of paper and a pen for this next secret Yes – right... still need to choose wisely but do choose wisely Because of my belief system and attitude, I have attracted incredible people into my life, who have shared powerful information It all started when I was 19 years old and it can happen for you too - right now, with the world at your feet and your adult life just beginning As founder of this DormRoomWealth.com community, a decade later, I’m happy to be that . 7 Secrets of Dorm Room Wealth By Curtis Lewsey 7 Secrets of Dorm Room Wealth Copyright: Curtis Lewsey Published: 28 th August 2012 The right of Curtis. www.GoodSolutions.com Claire Halliday – www.copyqueens.com CONTENTS 7 Secrets of Dorm Room Wealth Introduction #1 – Belief #2 – Model Success #3 – Your Compelling