It’s smart to take a few minutes to give yourself a status check.

Get into a quiet place and ask yourself some serious questions.  Here are fifty questions that will make you think.

1. What does your life look like, right now?
2. What will it look like in five year’s time?
3. How happy are you?
4. What is stopping you from being happy?
5. Why not get happy sooner?

If you read Kiyosaki’s “Conspiracy of the Rich” and realize that the world has changed dramatically, now is a very good time to take stock of your life.

It’s Time To Get Rich and Have Fun

Those who stumble along blindly from paycheck to paycheck, sinking deeper into debt, numbing their senses with tobacco and booze, living vicariously through sports teams, avoiding reality, and channeling their passive aggression into liberal politics, are in for a sudden and rude awakening.

You don’t have to join them in squalor and servitude. It’s time to get rich and have fun.

It’s Not To Late

Most people only make changes in their lives when they exceed their pain threshold – the pain of remaining where they are is exceeded by the pain of change – or when forced to do so by external circumstances.

But the frog in boiling water never looks at the temperature as it rises, and he cooks before he can escape.

He misses the train to success. You don’t have to miss the train. It’s not too late.

When Is It Too Late?

It takes guts to leave the ruts, to walk away from the comfortable, the familiar, the “safe”. It’s easier to stay aboard the Titanic than to leap into a bobbing lifeboat in freezing seas. Easier to deny reality and “hope for the best”. Problem is, when it’s too late, it’s simply too late.

25% of the white population has left South Africa since 1995. When we left, friends said,

“We’ll see how it goes – we’ll wait a bit – we’re comfortable.”

Now it’s too late for them – they’re too old, their world is crumbling around them, and they’re stuck on the sinking ship.

Others viciously attacked us for leaving; they accused us of taking “the Chicken Run”, and stopped talking to us when they heard we were immigrating (this only happens in South Africa – not in other countries).

Now they’re living in one of the most dangerous third world countries and regretting their choices.

You Need Four Things to Change Your Life:

1. You need to objectively and rationally evaluate your options and circumstances. Get advice from people who have already created what you want, not those more screwed up than you are. Fat fish in small, stagnant ponds can’t tell you what it’s like to fly freely in the mountain air – in fact, they think it’s impossible. So talk to eagles. Life is short – you deserve the best.
2. You need to do due diligence before making changes. Take time to do this, but don’t wait until it’s too late!
3. You need mentoring, guidance, support, and a clear action plan. My support system was Rika, and hers was me. YOU are your best, ultimate support system, but the more successful people you have helping you, the better. Learn from their mistakes. Find people who are richer, smarter, and more motivated than you are.
4. You need serious motivation, which means you burn your bridges, close the back door, and commit unconditionally. Create a bulletproof mindset. The only South Africans who return to South Africa after immigrating are those who couldn’t make it in their new homes, and most of the time they kept property or money in South Africa – they “kept their options open” – they never really committed. Small wonder they failed.

Your Best Option is to Use Joint Ventures

Ninety-seven percent of our problems, pain, and restrictions can be solved with money.

When we realize how much we can achieve with money, and take into account the way the world is changing, the best option is to use Joint Ventures to acquire financial freedom.