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Lazy Man Wealth Secrets By Joshua Boswell

Men and women who have large piles of cash get their money far easier and faster than poor people. What is more, oftentimes, their money comes in great droves, instead of in tiny sprinkles. How do they do it? How do they work less and stress less … yet have more security, more freedom of time, more luxuries, and more money? In short … they discover where money is flowing … and they rig up wealthcapture devices. Doesn’t that sound simple and nice? Well, it is. In fact, I have often been amazed at how fast money flows to me and others when we are positioned right, with the right money-scoop system in place. Operation Money-Scoop: How to Grab Money as It Flows Today, I’m going to tell you about the first money-scoop method I’ve seen my multimillionaire friends use. (I’ve got three of these for you … so stay tuned.) I think it’s the best one and easiest to implement, but see what you think when I’m done telling you about it. First, let me give you two examples of how fast money can flow when you know this principle. The first example is almost unimaginable in its size and scope … the second is much closer to home and could easily be done by people like you and me. Meet Stanley Druckenmiller. Stanley was born to a poor chemical engineer in Philadelphia. It seemed unlikely that he would ever be wealthy. Yet today, he has an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion and is ranked as the 149th wealthiest person in America. In 2008 alone, he is reported to have earned $260 million dollars. I can assure you he did not dig ditches, flip burgers, or even sit in a cubicle, surrounded by hundreds of other engineers to make this kind of money.

In fact, from the reports I’ve read, he didn’t really do anything that you and I would classify as work. Obviously, Stanley knows a lot about getting rich and being lazy doing it. His first major dump of wealth came in 1992. At the time, he was working for a man named George Soros, managing the now famous Quantum Fund. It was Stanley that realized the British Sterling Pound was valued far too high and was set to drop. It was Stanley that convinced Soros to bet a whopping $10 billion against the Pound. Their plan paid off and in less than 24 hours, they had made over $1.1 billion dollars. But, the massive tidal wave of money did not stop there … over the next few months, as the Pound continued to plunge, they leveraged their position in the Pound to bet against the German Mark. This too paid off and netted them an estimated $2.6 billion. That’s a total of $3.7 billion in profits in less than 3 months … with almost no work involved at all. Insane. Of course, that does not usually happen … and certainly you and I are not in that league. But, that it CAN and DOES happen is what is encouraging to me … and should be to you, too. The Real Story Behind St. Louis’ First Multimillionaire Let’s look at another example and then I’ll give you Lazy Man Wealth Secret #1 so you can put it all in context. In 1839, Nicholas Schaeffer immigrated to St. Louis from Germany. He began selling soaps and candles to farmers in the area. As the Westward Pioneer movement expanded, more and more wagons were coming west. One day, a Wagon Master stopped in his shop asking for axle grease. Nicholas realized that the same lard he used to make candles with could just as easily be turned into axle grease … and sold for much more money.

It is one thing to be without a candle in the middle of the wilderness … it is quite another to have your wagon wheel freeze up. In no time, and with no extra effort on Nicholas’s part, the axle grease business had expanded from wagons to steamboats and was doing exponentially better than soaps and candles. It was about that time that train tracks made their way to St. Louis. It didn’t take Nicholas any time at all to realize that with some slight, no-cost adjustments to his axle grease, he could sell it as a commercial lubricant to help keep the trains running smoothly also. In all of this, Nicholas became St. Louis’ first multimillionaire without any extra work. In fact, the more his company grew, the less he worked and more secure his empire became. It was so secure, in fact, that it is still in operation today, doing over $90 million. It is still run and owned by his descendants, who are lazy and wealthy just like their great-great-grandfather. Lazy Man Wealth Secret #1 What is the Lazy Man Wealth Secret here? Two words: Focused Variance. I know it sounds odd, but that’s the best term I’ve come up for it. Every successful person I know of has two seemingly conflicting attributes inside of them. They are intensely focused … and often widely varied in their efforts to make money. At the time that Stanley convinced George Soros to bet against the British Pound, Quantum Fund was not dealing in currency. It was outside of their core business. Yet, they saw an opportunity to make money … and they acted quickly on it.

Stated another way … their key focus was to make money. Who cares how it got done?! They were willing to shift their focus and go where the money was flowing. In a similar vein, Nicholas was a soap maker, but had no problem switching to axle grease and commercial lubricants when he saw that there was more money to be made there. In contrast, middle-class people are usually neither focused on getting rich nor willing to vary from their money-making plan. (They usually just dream of being rich and cling to their fears.) They get a degree, work in a particular industry for 40 or 50 years, at 40-60 hours a week, retire in poverty, and die without their family worrying in the slightest how to pay the “estate tax” … because there isn’t any estate left to tax. Focused Variance. That is the first key to becoming wealthy the lazy man’s way. You have to develop an eye for where the money is flowing. Become Aware of the Opportunities All Around You Years ago, I heard Mark Ford give a talk on this topic. He said that wealthy people learn to see opportunities for riches and develop the courage to grasp those opportunities. The more they reach, the better they get at grasping … and the richer they get, the less they have to work and stress. So, how do you develop the skill of Focused Variance? I have identified five key steps to owning the skill of Focused Variance. Sadly, I can’t share all of them with you right now — not enough time or space. But, I can give you the first one. In fact, I already mentioned it when I told you about Mark’s speech. You must learn to become aware of opportunities. You can easily do this by observing how others are making real money. Last week, I told you five stories of people who became wealthy in tough times. Go back and read those stories. How did they do it?

Think of 10 of the wealthiest people you know. How did they do it? Wealth and success are everywhere and the first step to Focused Variance is simply observing and becoming aware. Get out of your daily routine. Step outside the box. Open your eyes. Observe. Take some notes and think about what you're observing. When you are aware of how others make money, you’ll start seeing opportunities of your own. Once you see the truth about making money, you’ll become hungry to vary from your current path and step into the path of real money. With the right system, you’ll be able to scoop up as much of it as you can carry. I’ll help you get started. Look at this … This Guy Went from $6.50/hour to $318/hour … Being Lazy Just over 17 years ago, Paul was stocking shelves in a grocery store. His boss told him he was terrible at it. How can you be terrible at stocking shelves? It was so bad, in fact, that he overheard his bosses talking. The one said to the other that Paul was going to get fired for being so slow and lazy. Well, Paul showed them … he began observing and noticing different moneymaking opportunities. He developed the skill of Focused Variance. Today, he works 3-4 hours a day and makes between $300,000 and $400,000 a year. Apparently his lazy approach has paid off. Since his money-making system is so solid and so easy, I want to invite you to view this video he put together. It will show you exactly how he makes so much money being lazy. Click Here to Find Out How to Be Lazy and Make $318 an Hour.

Part II

Today, I’m going to give you one of the deepest secrets of them all to being rich and lazy. Have you ever felt that you are not smart enough or good enough to be wealthy and live like rich people live? The amazing thing is that you don’t actually have to be brilliant or dripping with wisdom to live that kind of life. Especially when you know this amazing secret I’m going to share with you today. I’ll illustrate with a true story … The Million-Dollar Barstool Chat It was the last day of the conference when Perry Marshall found himself sitting at the restaurant bar. He had a lot to think about and needed a clear head so the clear liquid in the glass in front of him was water, and not vodka like you’d suppose. Perry was at a major turning point in his life. He didn’t know how major, but he sensed that a piece of his destiny was in his hands. He wanted to handle it VERY carefully. A few years ago, Perry had hit the eject button on the Dilbert cube and ventured out on his own as a consultant. It had done well for him … but being of a lazyambitious make, it had not done well enough. To give his customers more meaty advice, he had gone headlong into Google AdWords — which, at the time, was a wild, new, amazing technology. He found out that he was pretty good at crawling inside the Google system skin and figuring it out in ways others couldn’t. Because of this, he was sitting in the restaurant bar contemplating his future. He was speaking at a conference on how to make AdWords pay in spades. The crowd loved it. His decision: Should he keep focusing on consulting or focus more on teaching the intricacies of AdWords? While he was thus deliberating, in walks Bill. Bill is a brilliant man who, for years, has helped hundreds of people get on prime time TV and radio spots with some of the biggest talk show and new personalities in the business.

As Bill and Perry spoke about the dilemma at hand, Bill said, “You know, Perry, what you need to do is put together an 8-12 week group coaching program and charge upwards of $6,000 a person for it. I bet your list would eat it up.” Lights went on for Perry and thus was born his now wildly-successful and famous Bobsled Run. With minimal effort and almost no advanced planning, Perry was able to take Bill’s idea and turn it into a multimillion-dollar division of his company. Now, that would be a really great story all by itself, but it gets even better … The Second Million-Dollar Chat Fast forward a few years, and Perry and Bill find themselves sitting together again at dinner. As Perry told Bill all that had happened and how fast his business is growing, Bill said, “You know, Perry, you really should put together an exclusive mastermind club and charge upwards of $18,000 for it. I bet your list would eat it up.” From this comment sprang Perry’s now wildly-successful Roundtable. This too has made Perry millions over the years. Perry talks to his Roundtable members once a month for 30 minutes and meets with them in a live group session three times a year. I have no idea how much he makes an hour from his Roundtable income, but it is surely pretty high. So, have you figured out the deep, amazing secret for being lazy and rich that I’m illustrating here? I will spell it out in three simple words: Other People’s Ideas. Just Be Lazy (and Humble) and Get Rich on Other’s Ideas That is right, the really wealthy among us NEVER rely exclusively on their own genius or ideas. They happily and shamelessly borrow the brilliance of others.

I’m not talking about plagiarizing … I’m talking about capitalizing. I’m talking about discovering the talents, gifts, and genius of others and making it work for you. So, how do you do that? How do you find ideas that are good enough to use? How do you find people with these kinds of ideas? 3 Ways to Discover and Use Great Ideas I have three suggestions for you that will help you find people with Great Ideas, identify those ideas, and put them to work for you so you happily get rich the “lazy” way. 1. Study Great Ideas. You’ll never learn to recognize Great Ideas if you don’t know what they look like. Great Ideas that can make people rich are all around you. Read biographies, study successful companies, attend meetings, read websites … And as you do those kinds of things, ask yourself … what is the Great Idea here that made this company or individual successful, rich, and happy? Once you put up the antenna, you start seeing great ideas everywhere. I suggest you carry around a smartphone, tablet, or good old-fashioned piece of paper and record the Great Ideas you come across. You’ll be surprised at what you find. 2. Surround Yourself With Proven Winners. It has been said that what you read and who you spend time with every day are the two biggest factors in defining who you are and who you will become. And, I believe this statement is true. It always amazes me how much money I make when I surround myself with wealthy, successful people. They just think different. It is refreshing and rewarding. One word of caution … Don’t be deceived by external trappings and bling. I have known far too many people who go into debt to “look” rich … but in reality, their bank accounts and self-worth are bankrupt.

How do you know? Almost all “winners” and truly wealthy people are rich in many areas of their life, not just money. Mark Ford, as you know, is one of my heroes and mentors. I am always delighted to talk to him because I come away with much more than good money ideas … I come away with great wisdom for life. Perry Marshall is another one of those that is wealthy in many areas of life, and not just money. I could list many of my other rich friends (Katie, Rebecca, Garrett, Jon, Brian, etc.) — all of whom have life well put together. 3. Rich, Lazy People Act Fast and Relax More Later. Many years ago, I was at a conference with Joe Vitale. He said something wise and profound … “Money loves speed.” It is a truth that I have seen over and over in the lives of wealthy, lazy people. They act quickly and decisively now, so they can relax and play a lot more later. So, I encourage you to keep a notebook, smartphone, or something else handy so you can record the brilliant thoughts of others … and then, most importantly, immediately set down a thought or two about how you could act on that thought to build your wealth. Money loves speed. The faster you act on ideas, the more money you will make. Mark Ford preaches, “Ready, Fire, Aim” for good reason. You should live by it. It might seem like being lazy means putting things off and procrastinating, but that is not the way of the lazy rich man. They take rapid, decisive action and enjoy the wealth that flows. Buy More Than 20 Years of Great Ideas For Less Than $50 In all my years of making money and doing my best to be ambitiously lazy, I have found that there is one surefire way to make money without being ground down by the proverbial grindstone. It is the fastest and safest way to capitalize on Other People’s Ideas. Here it is: Invest a tiny amount of your time and buy over 20 years of experience from another human being. It sounds crazy, but it can be done.

When you buy a business book or wealth-building system, what are you really buying? Access to dozens of years of experience and wisdom from another human. Today, I would like you to watch a video from a friend of mine that has spent the past 20 years mastering the art of being rich and lazy. He makes over $320,000 a year … and works under 20 hours a week. And the truth is, he really doesn’t have to work that much. By watching this video, you will be able to borrow his ideas and position yourself to duplicate his efforts. During this video, he will tell you exactly what he has done, share with you more than 20 years of insights and wisdom, and show you how you could do the same thing … minus the 20 years, of course. Take some time right now and watch this very fascinating video … Click here to watch now

Part III

Since all of us are only allotted 24 hours in a day, the rich must know something about creating wealth that other people don’t. Today, I’m going to share a secret with you. This secret allows rich, “lazy” people to make $500, $5,000, or even $50,000 an HOUR when so many others in the world are camping out in parks demanding that minimum wage be raised from $7.25 to closer to $8.00. To understand this money-making secret that allows ordinary people like you and me to make extraordinary incomes … and with far less effort than most people … I’m going to tell you three short, but true stories. My Journey from $2.50/hour to $1,400/hour First, a number of years ago, I landed a copywriting project. My fee was $1,000 — with 50% up front. I spent more than 200 hours on that project. I wrote, re-wrote, debated, consulted, spent time on the phone and in person trying to make this client happy. But it was no use. They simply did not like my copy … and in the end, refused to pay my final fee, so I only ever got $500 out of it. My hourly rate: $2.50 Not very good … and it was a lot of work. Fast forward 4 years. By now, I had learned the Lazy Man Wealth Secret I’m going to share with you. I now have a client that pays me $5,000 a month … plus 3% commission on all new monies the company makes. My time commitment is 1 hour per week on the phone, plus another optional hour per week of answering emails. Total maximum time commitment: 8 hours. My hourly rate for this project: $625 … and with very LITTLE effort. But, when you factor in the commissions, you more than double that. I actually average around $1,400 an hour for that client. Not bad.

How did I go from $2.50 to $1,400 an hour? For the most part, I used Lazy Man Wealth Secret #2: Other People’s Ideas and stole an idea from a man named Vilfredo Pareto who died in 1923. An Italian Secret to Becoming Rich Pareto was an Italian economist who studied wealth distribution in England in the late 1800’s. He discovered 80% of the wealth was held by 20% of the population. He further discovered that of those top 20% very rich people, there were 20% of those (or 5% of the total population) that were SUPER rich. And, of course, of those 5%, 20% (or 1%) were SHOCKINGLY rich. (Yep, they were griping about the 1% in the 1800’s … the lazy will always be among us … but that’s another story.) The magic behind Pareto’s discovery is that 80/20 is in operation in ALL areas of life. Stated another way, “Big doors swing on small hinges” or “A big ship is controlled by a very little helm.” Using this reality, I took a very small hinge and made my income swing wide open. And now for my last story … A Piece of String Launches a Mighty Ship Vilfredo was not the first person to see that little things can make a massive, huge difference. Around the year 257 BC, a man named Archimedes made a wager with a friend that he could launch a large ship into the ocean by himself pulling on nothing but a little piece of string. The people of the time laughed at him … until he connected a series of pulleys and ropes to the ship. Using this leverage, he pulled on the piece of string and successfully pulled the massive ship from dry dock into the water. No one was laughing after that.

It was around this time that Archimedes also boasted, “Give me a place to stand and a fulcrum and I will move the world.” It Is Time to Move Your “World” The Lazy Man Wealth Secret I’m talking about here is, of course: Leverage. The rich use leverage in all kinds of situations … investing, time management, business development, relationships, etc. … And so can you. The way to put this to work for you is by asking one specific question in every situation you find yourself. The One Question You Should Be Asking if You Want to Be Rich and Lazy Here’s the question: “How can I put in one unit and get five (or ten, or twenty, or 100) out.” When I say unit, you just fill in the blank and turn it into questions like these …      

“How can I spend one hour and get $1,000 back from that?” “How can I invest $1,000 and get $30,000 back?” “What can I do right now to make my spouse feel 10x more in love with me?” “Where can I invest 5% of my time to make 95% of my income?” “What do I need to say in this one letter to get 10,000 people to buy?” “What talents, skills, and resources of other people can I use to make an extra $100,000 this year with relatively little effort?”

See, it works in every area of your life. Rich people do far less work and make far more money because they leverage everything around them. The starting point of all this leverage is asking the question.

Every Leverage Question Has An Answer … 100% Guaranteed As you go along, you will find that you get better and better at asking the question and finding answers. Oh, and you can be 1,000% certain that there is always an answer. You can always get more “bang” for your “buck” in life. You just have to be willing to ask how and act on the thoughts and ideas that come to you. Yes, there is always a way to leverage the things in life to get more for less work. If I can figure out how to go from $2.50/hour to $1,400/hour … and if 5% of the population on this earth can control 95% of the wealth … and if Archimedes can move a massive ship with a piece of string … then you can most certainly discover how to have a whole lot more money with a whole lot less effort than you are putting in today. You just need to ask the “leverage” question in EVERYTHING you do … and have the courage to follow up on the answer. We Went to Lunch in His New Mercedes-Benz My good friend Paul discovered a way to utilize leverage in his life. I have mentioned his story before because I think it is very powerful. Like me, he was making a pittance … but then he found a lever that allowed him to drastically increase his income. A few days ago, I was with Paul in southern Florida. He took me to lunch. As he pulled up in his new Mercedes-Benz, I couldn’t help thinking of his former life as a broken man, stocking shelves at the local grocery store. Today he has two homes, several very nice cars, a beautiful boat, and an amazing lifestyle. He works far less today than he did as a stock boy.That is the power of leverage. You need to learn it. I want you to watch a video that Paul put together describing how he made this incredible journey. The lever he used to lift himself out of the grocery store and into the Mercedes-Benz could be exactly what you need. Watch Paul’s video now and begin living like a lazy, rich man by having more and doing less.

Part IV

Half a dozen men from the crowd had to break up the fight. At first, they were content to watch. But as the insulting words turned to shoves … and shoves to blows … and blows to blood … it was time to put an end to the madness. The crowd of close to 1,000 people had assembled just outside a medium-sized shop in an upscale part of Tokyo. They had been there all night. Some for over 24 hours — like the man with blood on his hand from having broken open his foe’s upper lip. 24 hours was a long time to wait in line, but in his mind, it was worth it. His position meant that he would be the fourth person in Tokyo to get a new iPad. It was an honor that he deeply coveted. Enough to wait in line for just over 24 hours. Given this mindset, it is no wonder that when the other man attempted to cut in line, a bloody argument ensued. The patient-line-waiter lost his cool and forcibly secured his spot. No one blamed him. I wouldn’t … would you? Lazy Man Wealth Secret #4 — The Final Secret Have you ever wondered, as I have, how a company like Apple can come from the verge of insignificance and bankruptcy and create a global empire in less than 10 years? How did they build a string of products that became the envy of the technology world? How did they so enrapture the minds of the masses that they were (are) willing to stand in line for days at a time and pay for products in blood as well as money? Today, I’m going to share with you an observation I have on this point.

I know that “four” is not really a great marketing number, but this is the Final Secret I have for you in this Lazy Man Wealth Secret series. Actually, there is a Fifth Secret, but you will not learn it if I tell you. As I have written these essays, I have peppered them with the Fifth Secret, leaving you clues all along the way. I challenge you to see if you can uncover it. Once you unlock that Fifth Secret … and actively combine it with the other Four … you will have a very solid foundation for transforming yourself into an official Lazy Rich Man (or Woman, as the case may be). The “End of America” Phenomena Steve Jobs is not the only one who has reached into the minds of masses of people and driven them to the point of distraction as they do all they can to hand over money. A more recent example is Stansberry & Associates and the hypnotic promotion they wrote a little over a year ago. It’s called “End of America.” I remember driving to a Church meeting about a year ago when I got a call from my sister-in-law who lives down in Gilbert, Arizona. “Joshua, do you have any idea what is happening with our government and economy?!?! I’m really concerned that the dollar is going to collapse and that the government is going to implode. We need to do something about this. I have a special report I’m going to send you. We need to get moving on this!” Because I’ve worked with Agora for a while, I knew exactly what she was talking about. She had been reading Stansberry’s “End of America” letter. Actually, I found out that she’d heard an advertisement on the radio about it and then looked it up online later. What surprised me is that this sister-in-law never talks about money or politics … and here she was lathering at the mouth. She couldn’t tell me about it fast enough.

Amazing. How did Stansberry do it? One last story might give you a clue … If the Shoe Fits, Wear It Nick’s feet were very sore. He had been walking in the mall for more than two hours … looking for shoes. The ones on his feet were old, worn out, and not really suited for long walks in the mall. Now, if he could only find a shop in the mall that had what he was looking for. He couldn’t. So he went home, with sore feet and a frustrated heart. The search turned online. But it was 1999, and Nick did not find much there either. Being really frustrated now, he decided to start his own online specialty shoe store. And so, the now world-famous Zappos.com was born. In 2009 — just 10 years later — Amazon.com bought Zappos for a cool $880 million. Now Nick can buy any kinds of shoes he wants … and have them delivered with a smile. In the process, most of the free world has been taken by shoe storm. If you have ever dealt with Zappos.com, you know what I’m talking about. Their customer service is ridiculously delightful. That’s why, every year, they sell billions of dollars’ worth of shoes and apparel … and why tens of thousands of people have posted free-will-offering testimonials on their site. Secret #4 is … Have you guessed it? I call it “Inner Child Marketing.”

Have you ever spoken with a three year old who wants something? “Daddy, I want … I want … ahh … one of those!” Smiling, I reply, “What’s ‘those’?” “Umm, it’s, it’s … umm … that … I want one of those things!” In their little mind and heart, they know EXACTLY what they want. It’s clear. They know the feeling, the experience, the smell, the sound, the texture … the everything … they know exactly what they want … They just can’t articulate it. And after a few guesses, I hit on what “those” is, and their face lights up, they clap their hands, and they rejoice inside. “Yes! That is what I want!” is written all over their whole little being. Adults Do the Same Thing Even though we are all “grown up,” we walk around in life acting just like three year olds. There is a feeling, an emotion, an experience, a sight, a sound, a texture, a taste that we want. We know exactly what it is. But sometimes, we don’t know exactly how to articulate it. It is just outside our grasp. Steve Jobs … Porter Stansberry … Nick Swinmurn … they each became a voice for the masses. In their products and in their marketing, they clearly articulated what another human being really wanted. And when they did that, the masses lit up with joy and happiness. They were ecstatic. They couldn’t pull out their wallets fast enough. The people that can clearly reach into the hearts and minds of others … and then give voice to their wants, needs, and innermost desires … those are the people that can live super rich. Both rich in money and rich in the magic moments of life that deluge us with the intangibles of peace and happiness.

How do you develop this ability to give voice to the “Inner Child” desires of others? I’m not going to tell you. But my friend will … How Does He Make So Much Money Working at Home? The other day, my neighbor was pulling out of her driveway. I was on the front lawn (it’s about 1.4 acres of cut grass and nicely-trimmed trees, thanks to my children) exercising (okay, mostly frolicking) with my wife. You could see the expression on my neighbor’s face … “What does that guy do for a living anyway? I wonder if it’s legal? He never actually works.” Ha, ha! I do work, but compared to my neighbors, I’m pretty lazy. I can do that, because years ago, I learned some pretty cool secrets from a good friend of mine named Paul. If you are serious about being wealthy and somewhat (or totally) lazy, you need to know the secrets Paul shared with me Not only did he help me understand how to give voice to the “Inner Child” of the masses all around … his system showed me exactly how to make money doing it. He put together a short, but rather unique video showing how you can learn these secrets as well. Watch the video now …