In today’s chaotic blizzard of distraction and noise, entrepreneurship has become a contact sport.
So pay attention for understanding how to buy, fix and sell companies and even buy them for zero cash upfront is a life skill that no businessman or woman should be without.
With businesses crashing and burning around us this is not a time to remain amongst the ranks of the mentally castrated.
Instead people have to stop playing in the shallows where it’s safe and go deeper.
In today's chaotic blizzard of distraction and noise, entrepreneurship of any type has almost become a contact sport.
So pay attention, because this has value for everyone in the possession of a heartbeat and is too important to hide.
In the US alone, about 10,000 people are retiring each day. The sale of adult diapers has exceeded baby diapers in the US and most mature economies.
Some people would read these two separate sentences, maybe chuckle and move on.
Those with more enquiring minds would rub their hands together having realised their significance.
It doesn't matter where you are in your individual professions, understanding how to buy, fix and sell companies and even buy them for zero cash upfront is a life skill that no business man or woman should be without.
I'll repeat that - no business man or woman should be without.
True wealth creation comes from doing successful deals. Buying and selling businesses is a core aspect of taking your experience to the next level.
You did it as a kid - swapping baseball cards or dolls for something you really wanted and felt you had come out on top in the deal.
I'd like to write that with companies it's no different because it does require some knowledge but you don't have to crawl over broken glass to get there. The surprising secret is that it’s really not as hard as you might think!
For example retail magnate Theo Paphitis bought Fashion Retailer La Senza for 40 packs of Benson & Hedges in 1998. That was the agreed exchange of value. He then sold it in 2006 for 100 million to Lion Capital.
You can get an MBA in how to leverage, but no-one teaches you how to go about getting a deal...and you shouldn't be daunted by the fact that you have never done it before.
Learning about wealth creation is about listening and taking on board what you don't want to hear instead of what you think needs to be heard.
And when you've been through it you'll smile so wide it make your cheeks hurt.
Adding six figures or more to an annual income requires a change in mindset yet this isn’t just about teaching people how to fish. It’s about developing a skillset that’ll feed them and their families for the rest of their lives.
Skills that will allow them to understand the mechanics of any business; skills that nobody can take away from them; skills that allow them to generate income now and well into the future.
Some people have even commented that it's like receiving a lightning bolt from Zeus himself.
How open are you to trying the next step?
