I was on Richard’s private island, Necker Island, last week, and was lucky enough to have a week with the Billionaire. Here’s one conversation we had that stuck with me…
We were talking about problems with money. Richard is a self-professed dyslexic, and it turns out his mix up extends to numbers. He said “Today I was speaking to some of my finance team. They were talking about some idea which would mean $25,000 from some 1,000,000 people. So I got out my note book and began multiplying the two together. It ended up with a lot of zeros. It was a little embarrassing because I had to ask them ‘Does that make billions or trillions?’”
Of course I laughed while wondering if he was being serious or just joking (it turned out it was a bit of both). I asked “So if you don’t like numbers, how do you make your businesses so financially successful?”
He replied “It’s really all about people, not numbers. I just look for great people. As for the money, I just make sure the numbers coming in are generally bigger than the numbers going out, and then everything tends to take care of itself.”
So what’s the lesson from a billionaire?
To me, it was that he doesn’t see income. He sees incoming. Many of us are so busy at the outcome, we miss the income.
Many of us are so busy with our output, we miss the input. Richard Branson is a master of flow, and as long as the flow feels positive, he can focus on the important things in life.
What could you do today to grow your incoming? Incoming connections, incoming relations, incoming talent. Attract the best people, with the best input, and the rest will take care of itself.
When we focus on the inside instead of outside, input instead of output, income instead of outcome, we’re more likely to inspire instead of expire…
Greenest Student on Earth
My son, Luke Hamilton has entered the ‘Greenest Student on Earth’ contest and needs your vote for the Greenest Student on Earth Scholarship Competition! It is an online competition for students aged 3-18 from around the globe. This competition is Green School’s way of being able to highlight some incredible green projects with the rest of the world. He’s building an eco tennis court at Green School ~ Please help out by voting here
iLab Accelerator
Join me to learn how to manage your global business from an iPad on a beach. Spend a month at my resort with a group of experts who will show you how to transform how you work so that you can profit in paradise.
iLAB is the first Resort Entrepreneur Accelerator in Asia. Hosted by Entrepreneurs Institute, and located at Vision Villas, Bali, the program includes one month accommodation, co-working, training and mentoring for entrepreneurs.
The first intake, from 22 May 2013 to 21 June 2013, is limited to 15 entrepreneurs. You may have an existing business you are looking to manage remotely or grow globally, or you may be launching a new start-up. The mix of the work environment, peer review, training sessions, shared resources and access to experts will dramatically accelerate your progress in a way that no other consulting or in-house training can.
Benefits of the iLAB incubator include:
✔ A focused resort-style working environment to get a taste of work life balance in paradise
✔ Surround yourself with dynamic entrepreneurs and experts for instant support & feedback
✔ Training sessions on how to work remotely & build a global, anytime-anyplace business.
✔ Tap into experts on list building, translation, Internet marketing, online best practices
✔ Hands-on assistance in refining your message, creating your videos, media & web sites
✔ Mix work with adventure, relaxation and fun, and learn the skills to work from anywhere
Interested to find out more? Email us with your contact details and we’ll call you.
Wealth Dynamics Academy
Join me for a very special event in Bali. On this four day event, held on the beautiful island of Bali, you will embark on an incredible journey of insight and information on the Wealth Dynamics system, and how you can harness it to create radically different results in your life. Wealth Dynamics Academy, hosted by Entrepreneurs Institute gives you the understanding of why some of us succeed and some of us do not.
You will gain an insight into how all 8 profiles interact with all 8 other profiles and 8 stages of enterprise with the 64 Wealth Vector Cards. This process will take you on a journey through 5,000 years of history – why and when the peaks and troughs will take place in your investments, your enterprises and your life.
Wealth Dynamics Academy program steps deeper into the world of Wealth Dynamics. Participants will learn the 64 wealth vectors, which connect each wealth profile and connects every entrepreneur with the seasons and cycles within their enterprise and their industry.
Interested to find out more? Email us with your contact details and we’ll call you.
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