John Assaraf : Reinventing the Entrepreneur

Here is a little pop quiz for you. In 1923, who was:

1. President of the largest steel company?
2. President of the largest gas company?
3. President of the New York Stock Exchange?
4. The greatest wheat speculator?
5. President of the Bank of International Settlement?
6. The Great Bear of Wall Street?

These men were considered some of the world’s most successful in their day.

Now, 85 years later, the history book asks us if we know what ultimately became of them.

The answers:

1. The president of the largest steel company, Charles Schwab, died a pauper.
2. The president of the largest gas company, Edward Hopson, went insane.
3. The president of the NYSE, Richard Whitney, was released from prison to die at home.
4. The greatest wheat speculator, Arthur Cooger, died abroad, penniless.
5. The president of the Bank of International Settlement, shot himself.
6. The Great Bear of Wall Street, Cosabee Livermore, also committed suicide.

However, that same year in 1923, the PGA Champion and the winner of the most important golf tournament, the US Open, was Gene Sarazen.

What became of him?

He was healthy and played golf until he was 92, died in 1999 at the age of 95 and… he was financially secure at the time of his death.

So what’s the purpose of this little tale? Is it to play golf until you are 92? The answer is… only if that’s your passion.

The purpose of this message is to invite you to the Having It All Challenge and to live life on your own terms.

In the next several weeks, I am choosing a group of individuals who will personally be mentored by me and some of my world renowned friends on the art and science of Having It All. Life is too short to settle for less than your full potential.

And I am certain that I have the answers you need to live your life in total abundance with great health, wealth, relationships and a spiritual connection like you’ve never experienced before.

On Wednesday, Aug. 20 at 5 p.m. (Pacific), I’ll be giving people from around the world an opportunity to qualify for this exclusive six-month program that will have us working together to create the life of your dreams. All you need to do is RSVP and be on the 35-45 minute call.

I will share all the details you need to make a decision. And to determine if this is right for you and if you qualify.

To you Having It All,

John

Take any group of 100 people at the start of their business or working career and follow them for 40-50 years until they reach retirement: Here’s what you’ll find, according to the Social Security Administration:

• Only 1 will end up rich
• 4 will be financially comfortable
• 5 will have to continue to work because they have to
• 36 will be dead
• 54 will be dead broke and have to depend on the government, friends, family or charity to survive

I know it’s an odd question, but which one will you be (or are you already)?

What is the real difference between these people?

Some have college degrees and others have little or no education.

There are a few millionaires who were born wealthy, and there are many who do it on their own, the old fashioned way — they earn it.

There are millionaires in every country in the world, regardless of location or circumstances.

The truly wealthy people, those who have money, health, great relationships and a spiritual connection, all have one thing in common:

They understand that in order to achieve what they want, they must learn to think and act in certain ways.

If you are ready to have more of everything in your life right now, I can show you the fastest and easiest way to get there.

Join me for a great call on Wednesday, August 20 where I will share with you exactly what you need to know and what you need to do to have the life of your dreams…

Register for the call now!

To your success!

John

Hi friends,

The other day I was watching a short movie called Finish Strong, and I was reminded of the story of Wilma Rudolf.

Wilma Rudolf was born July 23, 1940 into a large family of 22 in Clarksville, Tennessee. Growing up in a community parted by racial discrimination, Wilma never received proper medical attention as a child. She was diagnosed with one illness after another: measles, mumps, scarlet fever, chicken pox and double pneumonia. Until finally she was diagnosed with polio, a crippling disease that had no cure and doctors told her mother that Wilma would never walk.

Wilma’s mother drove her to be treated twice a week at Meharry Hospital, the black medical college in Nashville, even though it was 50 miles away and the family was strapped for funds. After 2 years, Wilma was able to walk with the aid of metal leg braces and by the age of 12 she could walk normally with no assistance. It was then that she decided to become an athlete.

“My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces,” said Wilma. She would go on to win three gold medals in a single Olympics and be placed in the Olympics Hall of Fame.

Amazing stories like this remind me of how fortunate I have been in life and proves that with a mindset for success and a will to succeed anything can be accomplished. Finish Strong is about three minutes long, but it will leave you inspired and anxious to achieve your goals.

For more information about Finish Strong please visit www.SimpleTruths.com.

Achieving wealth means acquiring money – there’s no doubt about that. But to me, true wealth is a total package of fulfillment and happiness. It includes:

• Complete financial security
• Loving relationships with your significant other, friends and family
• Robust health, so that you can do what you want to do
• A spiritual connection to the universe

Picture all of that for yourself!

And after you create that mental picture of true wealth in your life… commit to yourself that it is really achievable…

If you are able to do that, and truly believe it, you may qualify for an exciting program I’ve created. It’s called the Having It All Challenge, and here’s how it works:

I am going to choose a select number of individuals who really want to manifest true wealth in their lives… and I am going to personally mentor them in a group setting.

As you may know, my True North is to love, inspire and serve others. This means that I:

• Live creatively, always pushing the envelope
• Challenge others to live life to their fullest potential
• Surround myself with healthy, happy people who are also striving for the best

The Having It All Challenge meets these criteria for me, and I’d love to have you join me. But because my time is limited, this is a very exclusive program.

A few people with strong commitments to success will be selected to meet online, on the phone, and ultimately in person, for the regular, real-time personal interaction that makes this format so much more powerful than any book, film, CD, or one-time seminar.

I’m really excited about the Having It All Challenge, and I’m eager to gauge your interest and share more details. I’ve set up a conference call for Wednesday, Aug. 20 at 5 p.m. (Pacific) to discuss the program in more detail.

Register for the call now. For a few people, this is going to be the transformational step in life. You’ll be able to leverage all of my experience, and all the passion and energy of your peers in the Having It All community to create true wealth— financial, physical, emotional, and spiritual—in your life, now!

Join me on the call to learn more!

Achieving true wealth is a mountain and we are going to climb it together…

It’s up to you, are you ready for the challenge?

You should know by now that I am a risk-taker. I have a lot of faith and, truth be told, my risks are pretty calculated. I do my best due diligence before I take any sort of action, and do what I can to eliminate undesired results. Then I charge forward with the belief that no matter what happens, everything will work out fine—or at least the way it was supposed to. I trust one hundred percent of my being to the universe.

If you don’t risk money, you’re not going to make a lot of it. If you don’t risk your emotions, you can’t have a deep, fulfilling relationship. If you don’t risk falling short of your dreams, you’ll never come close to them.
But don’t take a risk while focusing on what could go wrong, because the law of attraction will ensure that what you fear most will happen. If you focus on failure, you can never succeed. If you focus on being hurt by a relationship, you can never feel loved. But don’t take my word for it—test my ideas by starting to take risks. You have been given the unique power to make choices. Every other animal on this planet is confined.

But you have the ability to co-create your own destiny with the powers given to you. To achieve the life of your dreams, you must first have total and undeniable faith in yourself and in God, your Creator, the Universal Intelligence—whatever you choose to call your source. That’s why the greatest risks of all are called leaps of faith.

Are you ready to take a leap of faith to live the life of your dreams? The Having It All program can help you achieve your goals and more.

John

Hi friends,

Some of you may not know that a few years ago I came out of retirement to start my newest business venture, called OneCoach. Murray Smith, co-author for my latest New York Times best-seller “The Answer,” and I decided take what we have learned in our years of business experience, and put it to use helping other people achieve their dreams of business success and financial freedom. And it’s working! We have helped small-business owners and entrepreneurs around the world achieve more business, more money, and more life.

I wanted to let you know that OneCoach has a blog too, and you should definitely check it out if you have any interest in achieving success in business. The executive team and I write posts a few times a week that give small-business owners practical tips and tools they need to grow the business of their dreams. We cover a diverse range of topics from marketing and goal achievement, to how to create a mindset for success.

If you want to be a step ahead of your competition you should check out the OneCoach blog!

Here’s a sample post:

This is the first of a series of posts excerpted from a conference call between OneCoach CEO John Assaraf and Tony Rubleski, president of Mind Capture Group and author of Mind Capture: How to Generate New & Repeat Business in the Age of Advertising Overload.

You absolutely must get your company in the mindshare of the consumers and really understand how important that is. You need to be in the forefront of your prospect’s mind. Essentially, you want your prospect to wake up in the middle of the night with a question about your industry, and have your company name and information pop into their mind as the answer.

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Tune in to Larry King Live tonight to see me!

Here’s what I’ll be talking about (you can share this with your friends, family, blog, etc.):

The economy is struggling, mortgage lenders are going under, the foreclosure rate is going sky high, and no one knows what’s next.

What do you do if you’re about to lose the roof over your head?

OneCoach CEO John Assaraf will be among the guests addressing that question on Larry King Live, tonight, July 30 at 6 p.m. Pacific (9 p.m. Eastern). Tune in to hear John’s perspective on how to keep the right mindset now amidst so much gloom and doom.

You can send questions to John and other guests by e-mail or video at the Larry King Live site here.

I hope you get a chance to tune in!

John

Long ago I read about a study on goal setting, which revealed the number one reason most people don’t write down their goals is fear of not achieving them. The best acronym I’ve ever heard for fear is (F)alse (E)motions (A)ppearing (R)eal.

Don’t let fear take you off course before you’ve even left the harbor!

It’s very easy—and normal—for a captain to get scared when entering uncharted waters. But this is your life—your ship—and if you want to get to your destination, you must sail on. When we’re caught in life’s storm, fear sets in if we don’t know how to handle inclement weather. Great captains learn to chart their course and prepare as best as they can for the storms. They learn to use the wind to fill the sails, not destroy them. You can learn to be a great captain of yourself. It will take time and effort, but, honestly, no more time and effort than living a mediocre life. It’s up to you.

For you to make headway in your journey, you must be totally honest about where you are today. It serves no purpose to lie to yourself about where you currently are. You must understand that where you are now is only the result of past thinking and planning (or lack of either or both). That’s why I have you complete the True North exercise in my program, Having It All. The exercise helps you assess your physical, mental, and spiritual health to reach greatness in living the life of your dreams.

You can achieve new results if they are carefully thought through and monitored so your outcome is consistent with your desires and dreams. So what are you waiting for—anchors away!

Hello friends,

I have something really exciting to share with you. This month Murray Smith, my longtime friend, business partner and co-author of the “The Answer,” and I have been featured on the cover of Mentors Magazine.

July has been a tremendous month for us:

• “The Answer” hit the New York Times Bestseller list
• News of OneCoach has spread worldwide.
• We have been interviewed by top professionals around the nation.
• Now we had the amazing opportunity to talk with Linda Forsythe from Mentors Magazine.

Linda has interviewed some of the most renowned and celebrated mentors around the globe, from Bob Proctor to Donald Trump. Our interview with Linda covers our professional and personal lives, and includes insights into our obstacles, our failures, and our successes! She has such a great connection with her interviewees and this interview is really fun to listen to.

Go to www.MentorsMagazine.com to read or hear the entire interview and learn more about Mentors Magazine.

John

A part of the goal-setting process that many people struggle with is creating action plans. One way to conquer this obstacle before it even arises is to get a mentor. I’ve had many–I can’t imagine being as successful as I have been without my mentors guiding me.

Identify Your Role Model

If you’ve always wanted to be a professional juggler, but have no idea of where to start with your action plan, find information about a successful professional juggler or two in your area. They will be your role models. There’s someone who dominates in every field, so you always have access to people who are excelling at something at which you would like to excel. Find out what they do and how they do it, then copy what you need, making it your own by adding your own personal twist or genius to it.

Don’t be afraid to ask–after all, imagine how flattered you would feel if someone asked you to be a mentor (and when you start accomplishing your goals, someone might just do that)!

Asking for a Mentor

Once you’ve identified some role models and selected one whom you would like as a mentor, you ask him or her. It’s that simple. “Would you be willing to mentor me?”

Of course, you should let your mentor know why such a relationship would benefit him or her, as well. Make sure you propose to meet at his or her office, and volunteer your talents in some way, such as aiding with a pet project, so that you are helping in return. If you’ve done enough research on your prospective mentor, you should be able to come up with a creative way to help him or her that also demonstrates your familiarity with their work.

Following is a sample conversation you can alter to suit your own personality.

“I want to accomplish ____________, and I respect the results you’ve produced in your life. Would you be willing to help by meeting with me once a week so I can learn from your achievements? I’d like to make it worth your while by ____________. Does a mentor relationship with me sound like something you’d enjoy?”

Don’t rush this process, and make sure you have a few back-up role models to ask in case your first choice(s) are too busy to help.

John

If you are truly serious about creating the life of your dreams, take a peek at Having It All.