You Sleep When You Die

Last week I wrote about everyone’s RAS (Reticular Activating System). I explained how RAS works. For those of you who didn’t read it, I’ll catch you up real quick. If you’re walking through an airport, there’s lots of noise: people talking at ticket counters, people talking on cell phones, people buying things, people making announcements over the loudspeaker…it goes on and on and on. But all of a sudden you subconsciously activate your RAS. You activate it to listen only if you hear your own name or flight number being called. You’re able to block out everything else.

Lucky for you, the principles of RAS can help you achieve goals beyond your wildest dreams.

I want to give you another example…

Every one of us has a Reticular Activating System (RAS) in our brain. RAS is an area of the brain that helps us transition from “relaxed wakefulness” to “high attention.” Because RAS puts things on our awareness radar, it plays a vital part in our ability to achieve goals. Get it? Making your million dollars. Plant it in your head NOW…deep in your RAS.

Based on the number of responses I’ve received, yesterday’s post about making your first million clearly got in your head. That’s a good first step toward your fortune.

But be honest: How many of you actually committed to changing even one thing about your life? If you did, read on. If not, I would suggest you immediately unsubscribe from this blog, because nothing from here on out will be of any use to you.

Growing up in Old Bridge, New Jersey, I noticed a couple of things at a very young age. One: every one of my parent’s friends hated what they did for a living. And two: every one of my friend’s parents hated what they did for a living. So I decided early on that I wanted and HAD to find something I would love to do.

You can accomplish anything you set your mind out to do. I speak to hundreds of students at various universities. My goal is to make them believe that anything is possible.

[...] you have to work until you are the very best at what you’re doing. I haven’t gotten to be as successful as I am today because I’m the smartest at what I do. I’ve gotten here because I work the hardest. I never stop. I don’t give up until I’m the best.