I had a meeting with one of my mentors today, and this guy's been through it all. 

He was in a dark place at one point in his life after hitting rock bottom with a gun in his mouth but he turned it all around and is extremely wealthy across the board. 

He focuses on establishing financial wealth in our life, which is the focus of today's episode. 

How do we create wealth in our lives? By saving at least 20% of our money. 

Before the Industrial Revolution, the farmer worked the land and had his results shown that way. Now the average man shows his worth in the marketplace.

There's a time and place to invest in your business to live on less than you earn. 

Are you saving money?

Do you live on less than you earned or are you stuck in that trap of earn, spend, earn spend.

It's known as Parkinson's Law, in which a man or woman's expenses rise with their income increase. 

I just talked with a friend about getting about of credit debt, and he's now focusing on saving 20% of his income. 

Don't make the mistake of "I'll save later."

"I just won't spend money."

That's not realistic, because there's always going to be miscellaneous expenses that come up, from paying for kids sports to spending money on gas.

We will always have to spend money, yet we can still do it in a way that we also save as well.  

But don't be cheap either.

Realize that there are things worth spending money on and things that we can do without. 

The point is this:

LIVE ON LESS THAN YOU EARN.

When the joy of saving becomes greater than the joy of spending, you will gain wealthy. 

Create a discipline and a habit to say, "This is the way of a wealthy man." 

You will find more deals and opportunities to invest in when you have a savings that bring certainty. 

There is an economic value of certainty when you have cash in the bank and in your savings account. 

You know who you are and where you're going when you have financial certainty. 

This is where an addiction becomes a good thing when you become addicted to saving and gaining wealth. 

Start saving NOW.

My young boys are learning this now, and there's a lot of certainty in knowing that if something comes up, we are prepared because we have money set aside for those inevitable rainy days. 

As a Coach, there are a lot of people that reach out to me on a regular basis about what it's going to take to achieve their Calling. 

Simplest answer? 

TELL THE TRUTH.

I got off of the phone with a woman that wants to coach as well and she asked many questions that didn't seem as if she was ready for the level of commitment that coaching with live events and taking on the time clients needed. 

This reminded me that there are various ways we can answer someone that's not ready to hear the truth.

We can give them a fluffy answer that doesn't cover the facts of failure...

OR

We can tell them the cold hard facts of where they're currently at.

People don't really want the truth...they want something that will sugar coat or cover up or even sedate.

She wanted to do the least amount of work for the greatest results, unwilling to invest in the time, energy and money that achieving her dream will cost. Instead of looking at how much you can save, it's about looking at what we're willing to commit to paying  and investing in.

Across all areas of your life, do you really want to know why you walk around in fear, doubt and worry or are you simply looking for answers to sedate and cover up?

Why do you allow this doubt in? Because you're not ready for the exposure that the truth will bring. 

In A Few Good Men, there's a famous scene about orders that were made in a military trial and the declaration was made after being riddled with questions:

YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH! 

If you really want to be happy...seek the truth.

The truth sets you free, but it's not going to be sugar-coated. 

And it may not be cheap.

How much are you willing to pay to tell the truth and seek to be exposed? 

I had another individual that asked for feedback, but she admitted that she wasn't ready to receive it. 

If you want to live a life that you want, you're going to have to be willing to be EXPOSED and to hearing the stone-cold, brutal truth. 

Nothing worthwhile in life is going to be given to us in a sweet and fluffy form. 

If business tactics and strategies keep you warm and comfy, you're going to fail.

Those that truly want to succeed and excel need the truth to slap them in the face so that they can be set free with the truth. 

Can you handle the truth? 

Look at your life and the depth of the relationships with the people around you. 

 Accept the truth...find the root of the problem and work on it. 

While checking basketball scores on TV, my boys started rough housing with me, my wife showed them silly videos and we even talked about the bible story of Adam & Eve as part of a regular family evening that we spend every Monday night. 

After getting the kids to bed, I saw the movie Faster with Dwayne Johnson (whom a lot of people think I look like, but that's beside the point) and he was a man on a mission. 

It reminded me of knocking on doors DRIVEN and COMMITTED to the job that was asked of me, I remember feeling that intensity that I felt when seeking a sell.

I went 6 DAYS a week, and I was committed.

Just like Dwayne Johnson was in the movie, and you're going to have to retreat back into the direction that you need, and it all comes down to COMMITMENT.

It's one thing to get started with something, but ultimately it comes down to a divine plan that taught me to do what was REQUIRED to provide an incredible living for my family.

We need to do what we say we're going to do to be inspired to live a live of prosperity.

Whether it was a movie or an event in my own life, there are events that help us feel INSPIRED to become more.

If you don't have commitment, don't even start because you're just going to quit. Life is DESIGNED to make us quit...we need the resistance to PUSH OURSELVES.

Commitment is about moving the mountain with a shovel if that's all that is available if the mountain is in the way. It's that part in my heart that tells me that I'm going to do THIS and will figure it out because there's nothing that's going to stop me.

I took this inspiration and became a coach since 2013 because I was COMMITTED and DRIVEN to make sure that nothing is going to stop me. There's a place in all of our lives in which we are a MISSION to influence people to become better.  

Don't start unless you've got commitment.

It alters and CHANGES everything.

You want a better life?

GET COMMITTED!!! 

In this game of life as we grow and expand, I have found that I LOVE to help people. 

Recently I had a gal that wanted to come to one of my events, and after watching the videos, filling out the application, and learning the particulars of the event, she asked, "This is all great, but why is it so much money?"

The event is $10k, which entails a bunch of deep dive intensive training and 4 days of working hands on with me in Southern California. 

Oftentimes, people say they WANT something but then are unwilling to invest in what it takes to achieve it, whether it's a healthier body, larger bank account, or happy family. 

They declare, "I WANT THIS! I WANT THIS! I WANT THIS!"

And yet, they allow the question, "Why does it cost so much?" as the reason holding them back.

It's too expensive to them, but the only way we can truly achieve what we desire is if we DO THE WORK.

It is significantly more costly in the long run when we don't take the time now to take care of ourselves and invest when we are forced to go down a path when we refused to pay the piper earlier. 

Going to your grave having a life filled with regret is COSTLY.

What's costly and expensive is living a life of "What if's" and what might have been. The best time is TODAY to invest in what it is that you want.

Look at the people that have WEALTH with their families, their health, and of course inside of their bank accounts. 

Pay the price today and quit being so cheap. If you don't have the money to do what it is you want, start where you are today. Yes, the price will stretch you and it's going to hurt, but every leap and bound that I took investing in myself, there are dividends that occur. 

Look at the possible results and be willing to act on FAITH that the skills sets and tools you have will help you make something from those investments. 

Wake up to possibilities that remove us from the bonds that hold us back, as we stop looking at the price and instead the dividends. 

What's the real cost if you don't invest in your family and your health?

Stop looking at the price and start looking at the cost you need to invest in to get what you want and love.

For the last two months, I had this huge TV box sitting on my back porch. 

And then my boys broke their bed from jumping on it (side note: little boy beds are not meant for little Polynesian boys jumping on them), so we have these broken pieces up in my loft. 

And pretty soon, we got use to the mess that these have created, almost like a contemporary piece of art that is tucked in the corner of the house and just permanently there. 

The thought keeps popping in that I should contact this person or ask that person to help me move them, but then something else would come up and the empty box and broken bed would get shoved to the back of my thoughts again. 

For TWO MONTHS I allowed this to occur, until I finally asked myself the simple question,

"What is it going to take to get rid of this stuff?"

Today I brought the bed down and put it next to the box, and I took my son's rusted bike that has been in our garage for TWO YEARS and placed that next to the mess as well. 

How many times in your life do you have junk literally laying around that you keep avoiding?

How long have you been carrying around this junk?

Figuratively, what judgments and stories from the past are creating junk in your mind. We can make up excuses all day long, but at the end of the day the burden is still there, and it's self-inflicted.

Instead of carrying around this garbage, clean it up!

How?

Through productivity, meaning you're actually going to do something about the junk and remove it from your mind and physical space. 

Oftentimes, it's not about getting more, but asking better questions.

Productivity requires you to ASK MORE POWERFUL QUESTIONS. 

Powerful questions allow us to access space. 

And within 5 minutes, I was able to access more space by asking my landscapers if they would take my junk to the dump for me for a fee. 

We can't afford to let junk, garbage, grudges, hate, or jealousy to overwhelm us.

It sucks the life force from us.

 Where in your life can you get rid of the excess junk that isn't serving you. 

LET IT GO!

Drop the dead weight and get rid of the garbage that continues to sit around so that you have MORE SPACE. 

You will find more power to create, and energy to see something. 

As I was making breakfast crepes for my boys this morning, I came to this conclusion about pleasure for a moment. 

Is it really worth it? 

Sure, the sugary goodness of eating these crepes that smelled so good would taste great for a little bit, but what then?

Would I be satisfied with just a small bite? 

Am I clear about the consequences that come from losing self-discipline, even over something as small as eating crepes for breakfast when I've been trying to live a healthier lifestyle?

As we've discussed before, CLARITY POWER, so then I get clear about what it is that I want. 

When I don't have clarity, I do whatever I want without thinking about any repercussions and make choices that cause me to settle rather than prosper in life.

When we are uncertain, we do the things that go against previous commitments that have been made.

But when we KNOW what we want, we know what we're COMMITTED to. 

Then we ask the question, is it really worth it?

If I want to have a body that exudes power and health and lead through example to my family and clients, I have to have discipline.

Discipline falls under commitment, so when you get tempted to break free from what you really require of yourself, it makes the answer simple.

We don't overcomplicate the process because we know what we want.

It's not about something being good or bad, but knowing whether or not something is WORTH it. Is it worth going against what you believe to be true in regards to relationships because you're not clear on what kind of person you want to be?

Prosperity is a choice....and so is mediocrity.

You're going to have to choose, so that when you get tempted, you can CHOOSE from a place of clarity on where you stand and what you are committed to doing. 

I invite you to take on a Challenge of getting clear about what you want. 

Are your current daily behaviors bringing you what you want? 

I was talking with a client that was exercising and have permission to share the story about not being able to figure this client's cardio out. 

Last year, it was just fine, but now it's exhausting to do the same thing.

We ask these questions like, "What's wrong with what I'm doing?" like it was magically taken away.

Here's the truth: NOTHING HAPPENED TO YOUR CARDIO.

Or whatever it is that you think is holding you back from receiving success. You stopped pushing yourself and a year later, your body isn't going to do what it did before. No alien abducted you and took all of your responsibility away. 

We want to slam anything and everyone else instead of taking responsibility for ourselves. You stopped doing the required work. THAT'S what happened!

You lacked clarity and stopped doing the work.

There's nothing magical and mystical about this. 

You stopped producing. You stopped creating. You stopped growing and innovating because you stopped telling the truth about what you really want.

Are you still trying to blame someone else for the weight that you carry, whether it be physical or mental?

Or can you be honest with yourself and be aware of the impact of your choices?

Are you still trying to blame someone else? 

There's no usefulness in asking these types of questions of blaming other people for where YOU ARE. 

OR.....

You can stay in a place of power by taking ownership for creating the space and state of being for who you are. 

 Are you doing the necessary required actions?

Are you doing what's required and BEING who is required to take the necessary actions?

Stop being a victim and making up necessary stories that do not serve you and take ownership. It's called life. 

If you don't take responsibility for your life and shift it onto someone else, you will not prosper.

The life that you live is the life that you have created. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING MORE, IT'S UP TO YOU. 

This is the way of power and the way of wealth: taking ultimate ownership and extreme responsibility for your life.