Sir John Templeton, not only the world’s greatest investor but also one of the greatest human beings, shared something with me almost 30 years ago: he said that he’s never known anyone who tithed—meaning the person gave 8% or 10% of what he earned to religious or charitable organizations over a ten-year period—who didn’t massively grow his

what matters is what you think about yourself.

Real wealth is unleashed in your life the moment you find something you care so deeply for you will give it your all—even your life, if necessary. This is the moment in which you will have truly escaped the tyranny of your own mind, your own fears, your own sense of limitation. A big order, I know. But I also know that most of us would give our

Go out and screw up! You’re going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process.

So how do you lower your tax bill and keep more of your earnings so you can compound your investments and achieve your idea of Financial Freedom faster? • Make sure that wherever possible, you invest in a way that allows you to defer your taxes (401[k], IRA, annuity, defined benefit plan) so that you compound tax free and pay tax only at the time

you are not a manager of circumstance, you’re the architect of your life’s experience.

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. —FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

So how about you? What are you going to do to add more value to the marketplace? How are you going to ensure abundance rather than struggle? If we’re going to make a radical shift and take you from where you are today to where you want be—to financial freedom—then this path is the most powerful one I know to get you there.

Of course, it didn’t happen overnight, and it didn’t happen easily. Sara shared with me that one of the most important secrets to her success was that from an early age, her father actually encouraged her to “fail!” But he defined failure not as failure to achieve a result . . . but failure to try. Around the dinner table, he would ask if she had