Today was the end of my weekend vacation at my cousin’s. I had fun talking law & entrepreneurship with a relative today. Overall, my trip was a great getaway and source of variety at this time of constant business for me. Hopefully, it will leverage itself into relatively longer lasting momentum. When I got home, I spent some time getting organized. I had a business meeting tonight and am back to work making progress on a current deal. On an unrelated note, I received a random squeezing of the ass today! 
On the morning of Friday, April 24th, 2009, I felt the deep presence of a mindset that I haven’t really felt for a few years. I’ve named this mindset “raw financial achievement”, and I am now very glad that it has come back, because I think it is going to help me in life. The mindset of raw financial achievement is probably going to be a tough pursuit. I would be much happier in the short-term forgetting about the pursuit of making billions of dollars and indulging in the side of me that loves deep human connection, passionate creativity, & exploring the meaning of life. In the long-term, I know that I will be much much much happier than I will ever be now when I am living a truly outrageous life and can seriously pursue the obtainment of my Ultimate Goals. So I am doing a deal with the dark side of psychology & attempting to take on the cold, machine-like mindset of raw financial achievement in order to make billions to change the world & live my dream. The risks are that I could crack due to the psychological pain or be attracted out of the mindset by what naturally makes me happy. Ultimately, I want to achieve my goals, remove this raw achievement mindset, and get back to the super happy natural me. Wish me luck! 
Other people’s money (OPM) is one of the most fundamental sources of OP Leverage that can be consistently utilized for massive financial profit. The more money you have access to for building wealth, the more leverage you have in building your net worth and purchasing power. I 100% believe in leveraging other people’s money. In fact, I would almost make it a sin to never utilize other people’s money. Other people’s money is a financing tool. It can enable you to take on ventures and investments otherwise out of your reach. It can turn an average yielding asset into a homerun. Remember that, fundamentally, there is always cost to taking OPM and that it is virtually always wise to do so if you can consistently outperform those costs.
A lot of entrepreneurs have mixed feelings about business plans. Some see them as useless. Others see them as vital. I was on the fence a few years ago but am now firmly positioned in the opinion that they are vital when talking about a true entrepreneur with a real business. A professional entrepreneur taking on a serious venture is going almost always be involving other people at some point who will have a meaningful stake in the venture’s performance. Unless one is so credible or so suave that a business plan doesn’t matter, then having a business plan to backup other people’s investment of resources in your company is going to help you seal the deal. When creating a killer business plan aimed to convert potential into results, you really want to dig deep down and create something world class.
A major problem is that a ton of results are completely lost in most situations of life due to faulty execution by individuals or groups of people. What humanity really needs at this point are sophisticated & powerful strategies, tools, & resources for following through with diligent execution & accurate implementation. This is the second level of human achievement. So much achievement has been lost due to a weak establishment of this second level. I can’t stress how BIG this is for fundamental human achievement. The first level of human achievement is developed many times further than the second level. If we could improve the second level of human achievement to the point that the first level is at right now, then I think we would see a massive explosion in achievement & quality of life throughout the world, much more so than an equivalent increase in further first level development. If this second level is such a big issue throughout humanity & society, then why haven’t we already handled it by now? How do we go about attacking these tough issues and really accomplish an amazing second level establishment in modern society?
I believe people often think through the perception & consideration of other people. I’m especially talking about instances that don’t consciously or logically have anything to do with the people that we think though. We subconsciously relate our own thoughts to other people and essentially think through them, which can influence us and our behavior. So, obviously, a big distinction to make is that the people you think though and the way you think through them can either help you or hurt you in life. I think it accounts for a notable amount of influence over us day-to-day, where if we freed ourselves from this process or optimized it, our lives & behavior would begin to look differently. Who do you think through?
