The Rule of 33%

Many of my ideas come from Facebook, either directly like Monday's post. or indirectly like today's. This post was inspired by something that my friend Casey Eberhart posted on Facebook. Casey posted the following:

This is SO awesome! Have you heard about Tai's 67 Steps to get everything you want? Take just 1.34 minutes and give this a quick read! I think you will like it as much as I did. You do want to make more money don't you??

Along with this link.

Tai talked about many things in his video, including how he reads a book a day, the rule of 1/10th, how you're the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with and the rule of 33%. There's enough info here to probably fuel multiple blog posts.

Before we get into the Rule of 33%, let's look at the 5 people you hang out with the most. I talked a little bit about this back in May but I'd like to expand on it and then we'll see how the Rule of 33% can help you.

If you're hanging around the employee break room at McDonald's there's a pretty good chance that you'll hear conversations about minimum wage, when the McRib sandwich is coming out again and how someone had to take the bus to work because their car wasn't running. But if you hang out at the locker room at the country club you'll hear conversations about new investment opportunities, someone who just bought a new Ferrari or Lamborghini and when the McRib sandwich is coming out again (there are some things that everyone wants to know!).

If you're in the former group but would like to move to the latter, the Rule of 33% can help you. The Rule of 33% says to spend 1/3 of your time with people less well off than you, 1/3 with your peers and 1/3 with those who are better off than you. You spend time with those who are less fortunate to help remind you of what you do have, but more importantly to mentor them, just as the people more fortunate than you will mentor you. You can upgrade your circle of friends by seeking out a mentor or two to help you grow. The more time you spend with these mentors, the less time you'll spend in the McDonald's break room.

When you look for your mentors, keep the Rule of 1/10th in mind...no matter how good your mentor is, you'll only get 1/10th of what they have. So, look for mentors that have 10 times more than what you want to have. If you want to earn a million dollars a year, learn from someone making 10 million dollars a year. Although, if you apply "The 10X Rule" by Grant Cardone maybe you can change this. I haven't read the book yet, but Jay McHugh talked a lot about it when he was here a couple of weeks ago.

To wrap up...find someone to lift you up by mentoring you, lift up someone else by mentoring them and hang out with your friends to just have fun (and find out when the McRib sandwich is coming out again or you can just go to the McRib Locator website). 

Interesting days

Today - We Love Memoirs Day, Trail Mix Day and Love Litigating Lawyers Day

Tomorrow - Emma M Nutt Day, Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day and Letter Writing Day

Next Wednesday - Buy a Book Day and Salami Day

September 31 - There is no September 31