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ummary: There is nothing wrong with “Following the Crowd”. But what happens in your Own Business or Career when following the Crowd will mean you will earn $50K / Year at the Most? If you have been made to be a “Follower” all your life, how do you break the mold fast and get results?
Part 1 – The Problem: Before you read this, please don‟t think I am some kind of 9/11 “Conspiracy Theorist” or a Crack-Pot or something like that. I am not going into the favoured theories of these types of thinkers, in that we are all controlled by “Intricate” plans of a few Powerful Old Men on “Secret” islands. One thing I have learnt (the “Hardway”) and my poor clients often learn “The Hardway” is how we are Conditions / Brainwashed and conditioned from Birth by Society. Now I don‟t mean the “Conspiracy” Theorists like for stories about George Bush / Tony Abbott / Julia Gillard / Super Billionaires controlling us, but Society in general. Your parents – God well intended, may have said some hurtful things to you unintentionally as a child? The school yard, with some evil type of Alpha Male / Female harming other people to make themselves feel better at your expense? Non-Stop Consumerism and Advertising trying to “Make” you feel a certain way, so you feel inferior which drives you to join the Weight Loss / Weight Gain / Hair Curling / Hair Straightening etc. solution. If you are happy following the crowd and sitting with the masses in a job you like – then great. I seriously mean that – I don‟t mean this in a “Reverse” psychology manner or anything. Where following the Crowd becomes a “Big Issue / Problem” is that if the Market Rewards you for being unique and you are trained to “Fit In” – then you are complete toast. All too many people I have worked with start out really “Shy & Sheepish” and until they really get through all the Conditioning / Brainwashing from Society, they really don‟t get results and attract the Clients they deserve! But if you are in your Own Business or in a Leadership Position where you have to really “Be Unique” and “Market Yourself” – following the crowd is a big problem! So here is the big, big problem – after 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110+ years you have been around, how do we all of a sudden “Undo” all that Brainwashing and get over it fast? The truth is that you can‟t. Think about it. You have all these stupid “Positive Thinking” extremists out there who always make out how change is soooo easy (especially when you “Buy” their Products – which they really don‟t need you too, because their millionaires right?)
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