The other day I get a phone call from my mentor Joe Schroeder. It’s pretty funny how Joe always seems to call me at the craziest times possible. I was kind of having one of those days. The first thing Joe say to me is, “Brian, the reason your not making 40k+ a month is one little thing. You’re too common. Successful people are successful because they do certain things a certain way. Your way is too common and you’re attempting to be liked. Learn to be uncommon and your successes will find you. Once you learn to be uncommon, your successes will find you.”

When I heard this I was floored. It made so much sense to me. If I’m attempting to be liked or be like other people then I’m just gonna end up doing what the majority of others are doing. I wonder if this makes as much sense to someone like you?

Instead of being someone else and walking around attempting to be liked, what if I became a little frustrated with myself? What if I get a little peeved that when I look in the mirror I see my own worse enemy, which gives me enough power to stop the nonsense that builds inside of me daily.