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More Rare than an Olympic Gold Medal

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

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Bill Bartmann and I after speaking at a big event with Zig Ziglar

It’s pretty rare to get an Olympic Gold Medal, wouldn’t you say? Only 1,210 Americans have received one. It’s unusual to climb Mt. Everest, too: Just 2,300 people have done that.

But there’s an even rarer category: The number of billionaires. No more than 1,125 people in the world can claim that distinction.

My friend, Bill Bartmann, did just that. Now keep in mind that this group of 1,125 people includes people who had major help along the way: Many were born with it, inherited it, or had every advantage while growing up.

In the history of billionaires, Bill Bartmann stands alone. He’s the ONLY former homeless person and gang member ever to have made a billion dollars. That’s right, Bill went from eating out of dumpsters and living under a bridge viaduct, to having after-tax, take-home pay in a single year of more than $100 million and being listed as the 25th richest person in America.

Here’s where it gets extremely interesting: Bill is willing to coach YOU on how to succeed in business.

After all, what can you learn from someone whose daddy died and left him a billion? But it’s totally different with Bill Bartmann: He worked in a slaughterhouse. He was an alcoholic at age 17. And at one point Bill was paralyzed from the waist down. Yet Bill discovered a DIFFERENT way of thinking and acting that enabled him to overcome all of that, and become a self-made billionaire.

After scaling the highest peaks in the business world and getting his fill of toys like $25 million aircraft, what’s Bill up to now? He has one current passion: Showing others his special techniques for overcoming any challenge and being as successful as they want to be.

Do you think Bill might know a few things YOU could use to overcome your own challenges? What if you could get his thoughts on dozens of business topics?

Now you can. Bill is launching a one-of-a-kind online service, called his “Billionaire Business System”. This is not some one-size-fits-all deal. Instead, Bill has built a mentoring tool that provides you with laser-targeted advice on many individual topics.

Are you already running a business but not sure what’s the best way to secure financing for your next stage of growth? Bill covers that topic. Not even sure if business is right for you? Bill has a video session just about that.

In fact, the Billionaire Business System currently has almost two dozen topics, and is constantly growing.

I strongly recommend that you take a look at Bill’s system and see for yourself how it can remove whatever roadblocks are in your way to greater business success. You can find it by clicking here.

Name me anywhere else on the planet that you can get specific, useful, and comprehensive business-building advice from a self-made billionaire? That’s OK, I can’t think of any, either.

The sooner you have Bill Bartmann in your corner, advising you on business success, the sooner you can sit back and bask in your own dreams coming true.

By the way, the chances are really good that whatever challenges you have, Bill’s been there, and found a way to overcome them. Let Bill show you how, by taking the easy step of clicking here.

Olympic Motivational Speaker Ruben Gonzalez
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The Success Incubator

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

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Before I got into the speaking business, I used to sell Minolta copiers in downtown Houston. Every day I drove 40 miles to the Minolta dealership, 20 miles to my territory, 20 miles back to the office, and 40 miles back home. 120 miles every day!

The reason I was willing to do that was simple. My sales manager, Linda Shepherd, was an incredible salesperson and a a great sales trainer. Driving 2500 miles a month for the opportunity to learn from Linda was a small price to pay.

The whole time I was in the car I listened to self-development tapes. I never wasted time listening to the news. You could say that I was putting myself through an intense success university during those years.

After a few years I was a different person.

Working for Linda was a little like training at the Olympic Training Center. The Olympic Training Center is an environment condusive to success. It’s a place designed to help people be the best that they can be. It’s a very special place. Kind of like a magical incubator where you put chicken eggs in one side and after a while, EAGLES come out of the other side.

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I just spoke for Weichert Realtors here in Katy, TX. Taylor Stout, their broker, is an incredible person. He has created an Olympic Training Center type environment in his office. Taylor is genuinely interested in helping his Realtors succeed.

When he hires new Realtors, he finds out exactly what they want to achieve personally and how they think real estate might be a vehicle that could help them realize their personal dreams.

Then, he pours his heart into his people to develop them into the type of person that can succeed in real estate. He has created a success incubator that regularly takes in chicken eggs, and after a couple of years hatches eagles.

Taylor is not in the real estate business. He’s in the personal development business.

Moral:

If you want to get better results from the people in your life, whether in your own business, in your office, in your little league team, or even at home, do what Taylor Stout does.

Become genuinely interested in your people’s personal goals and dreams, take the time to develop them and encourage them, and after a little incubation time, you’ll have a flock of eagles around you. And you will have created a legacy that will be around long after you are gone. 

 

Olympic Motivational Speaker Ruben Gonzalez
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Skydiving in South Africa

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

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Jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.

I was just in South Africa where I got to speak for O’Keeffe and Swartz, and Alexander Forbes, two of South Africa’s most respected financial services companies.

The week before heading “down under,” I thought that Skydiving in South Africa had a nice ring to it. I figured I might as well check it off my bucket list while I was there.

I contacted the Johannesburg Skydiving Club and arranged to jump with Chris Grosch, a veteran skydiver who has jumped over 7000 times in the last 20 years. Chris was a trememdous guide. He kept me relaxed by telling me stories of his clients and by being relaxed himself.

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The worst part of skydiving is everything that happens before the jump. The fear of the unknown. The climb to 11,000 feet takes about 12 minutes and that’s when you are nervous. That’s when you start thinking of everything that could go wrong.

Then, all of a sudden, everything starts happening really fast. The door in the back of the plane rolls open, the other six skydivers fly out the door, and the instructor has you kneel at the edge of the open plane.

That’s a good time to say your last prayer! Then, you feel a gentle push, and all you see is the ground. You are so high up that there is no sensation of falling. It’s actually a lot of fun after you jump. The fear is gone and all you feel is exhileration.

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You fall for about 45 seconds and then the instructor opens the chute. Opening the chute is actually a letdown because the exciting part is over.

For the next 5 minutes you glide gently to the ground. There is absolutely no sensation of falling. You can actually steer the parachute left and right like an airplane. You can land it anywhere the wind and glideslope will let you.

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The idea of skydiving is a lot more scary than the actual jump. It’s just like when you are a kid and the idea of jumping from the high dive in a pool is scarier than actually jumping. Once you do what you fear, the fear dissappears. Fear is a smokescreen. Don’t let fear of the unknown keep you from your dreams.

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My skydiving instructor helped me overcome a fear. Find someone who has done what you fear and ask them to help you go for your dreams!

 

Olympic Motivational Speaker Ruben Gonzalez
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You Don’t Know How Good You Can Be…

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

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Greg Reid and I in Ruthless Competition…

I’ve always been a good ping-pong player. But I wanted to take my game to the next level because I wanted to beat a friend of mine who beat me regularly - Greg Reid.

I decided to get some coaching from a lady that is in the Vietnamese National Ping-Pong team.

In the first 10 minutes she gave me two tips that made a huge difference in my game.

One of them was changing my stance by only 6 inches and the other was changing the position of the tip of my index finger by one inch!

Believe it or not, those two small changes made a huge difference in my game.

I’ll be taking lessons from this Coach for the next year. Imagine what a difference that will make! Greg’s going to have to get a coach or he will be toast! I know he will because he knows what it takes to be your best.

If a little coaching could make such a big difference in my ping-pong game, imagine what a difference it can make in your professional life.

You have no idea how good you can be!

 

Olympic Motivational Speaker Ruben Gonzalez
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