2015-06-09 Beliefs that Cripple Marketers, and how to overcome them

Hi, this is Kevin Souza. I'm going to talk about beliefs. We all have them and we all believe that our beliefs are true. Otherwise, we wouldn't believe it, if that makes sense. I also believe that there are stupid beliefs in life.

Why do I say that? Because when you believe the opposite of what I believe is a stupid belief, then what you've done is you've removed your own self-limiting thoughts, your own sabotaging thoughts, your own crippling thoughts when you think the opposite of what I'm about to share with you. This video I'm going to talk about 11 stupid beliefs cripple online marketers. They really do. And the first one is, I can't.

Oh, come on. That's so stupid. Because yes, you can if you believe you can't, you're right. If you believe you can, you're right. Either way you're right.

So why wouldn't anyone who knows that believe I can instead of I can't? Why? Well, because of their own personal experiences or from what they've seen with their own eyes. Believe it or not, what you've seen with your own eyes and what you've experienced yourself are not the proper measure of limitations. They're really not.

Because I believe for a long time that I couldn't either. But I did. So I can't is a stupid, crippling belief. Get rid of it by just simply saying, why can't I? Ask yourself that question.

Why can't I do this? Because you can do it. The second stupid belief is that it's too complicated. Oh, come on. If you have a dream or a goal that's worthy of you going after it in life, then you are willing to learn and willing to work.

Step-by-step is not too complicated, is it? You can make anything look complicated just by your own belief. But if you follow a step-by-step training provided by the support system or whatever online business that you're working, it's not too complicated. You just work one step at a time and follow the directions of your mentor. If you're not doing extremely well online and you're not making an income, did you know that your opinion does not count because you haven't done anything yet?

Excuses are not accepted either because you haven't done anything yet. When you have success behind your belt, then you can give excuses. Then you can give your opinions. But until then, follow the step-by-step system because it's not too complicated. In fact, ask yourself, why is this so easy?

The third stupid belief is, I never make money at those things and then you're going to argue with me now. Well, Kevin, it's true. I've never made money at those things. Does that mean the next thing you're not going to make money at? Or does it mean that no matter what it is from now until the day you die, you will never make money online?

It's whatever you believe, isn't it? And so, I never make money at those things have absolutely nothing to do with whether or not you can achieve your dreams and goals and make money at the next thing. Take the business I'm happily involved with working as my primary business. Anybody that's willing to learn and willing to work can make money at it. And we teach you how, step-by-step.

And so that, I never make money at those things, is a stupid belief that can be changed just by thinking the opposite. Here's another stupid belief. You have to spend a lot of money. Oh, come on, please. I didn't.

I didn't have money to spend, extra money to spend. I had very little extra money to spend. Very little. Lots of people have none at all, yet are still able to drive traffic to a web page, capture some leads, build a list and follow up with that list on automated follow-up letters or manual follow-up letters and convert them into sales without spending a lot of money. So, it is a stupid belief to think and believe that you have to spend a lot of money.

No, you don't. Your dream and your goal and the worthiness of that will determine whether or not you'll look for any way possible to get the training materials that we recommend for you to achieve success faster. But, having to spend a lot of money to succeed is a stupid belief. Number five. This one is, well, they're mostly scams out there.

Again, you're basing this on personal experience or what you've heard from others, okay, and what you've seen. You know what? The biggest erroneous belief is they're mostly scams, okay? The business that I'm in is not a scam. Do you think I would subject my family who we have an autistic daughter who's seventeen years old that we help provide for her with our business?

Do you think we'd be so stupid as to fall for something that's a scam? Come on. Wake up, folks. They're not mostly scams. That's a belief that's also an excuse not to give something a shot because your dream's not worth it.

It's not big enough, is it? If it were, then you would go ahead and become happily involved with whatever you needed to do to make it happen that doesn't violate the rights of others, okay? So, that's a stupid belief. Here's another stupid belief. I'm too old.

I've got guys in their eighties on my team. They don't use that excuse. They're doing just fine. So, that's a stupid belief. By the way, old is ninety, okay?

Ninety and above is old, alright? And again, that's my opinion. See, that's my belief, isn't it? You're too old. Stupid belief.

Never too old to learn because if you still have dreams and goals and you want to help other people, you're not too old, ever, okay? Here's another stupid belief. I don't need positive attitude training. I've had all of that over the years, you know? Just that very statement alone shows your ignorance because you can never stop learning, ever.

So, yes, you do need positive attitude training, especially if you're in denial about needing it. I still do, too. Don't tell me you don't need positive attitude training because, number one, that's not only a stupid belief, but it's a lie. It's a lie to yourself and it's a lie to others. That's number seven.

Number eight, here's a real stupid belief. I don't have the time. Oh, please. We all have twenty-four hours a day. The internet is one of the best time leveraging vehicles in the world.

Really. Let's say you have five hours a week. One hour a day, Monday through Friday. You don't even have time on the weekends. One hour.

Yeah, but that's my television time. Oh, that's true. That's more important than your dreams, right? Please. When I started online way back in the early 2000s, I stopped watching TV because my dream was important enough to me to do it.

And you can leverage your time. If you have five hours a week and you have a network of, say, twenty people that are putting five hours a week, that's a hundred more hours a week in your network. So, a hundred and five hours a week and you're putting in five. That's called time leveraging. So, not only is, I don't have time, a stupid belief that'll cripple online marketers, but it's a lie.

Because, yes, you do. And any dream is worth any small amount of time that you can leverage when we show you how with our systems. Here's another stupid belief. I'm not good with people. Who said you had to be good with people?

Who said that? The internet is an amazing tool to be able to create a business without having to have much interaction with people. So, I'm not good with people is a stupid belief to stop you from progressing because there are people who are also not good with people who don't keep professing that who do very well online. Here's another stupid belief. I'm not a salesperson.

Again, who said you have to be a salesperson? If you have a website and you're driving traffic to it and people fill in their email address and subscribe to your page or their opportunity to earn income or to buy your products and now you've collected that email and you now have a whole bunch of emails on your list that you're sending automated follow-up letters to and manual broadcast letters to that we give you what was called the swipe or the words to say in those letters, who said you needed to be a salesman? You don't need to be a salesman to succeed online. So, that belief is stupid and crippling. Number 11, I'm not tech savvy.

That's a stupid belief. Who said you needed to be tech savvy? If you know how to turn your computer on, if you know how to check email, that's pretty much it. If you know how to type a little bit and maybe navigate a couple of social media sites, trust me, if you have a dream and a goal that's worthy of you being willing to learn step-by-step on how to build an income on the internet, you don't need to be tech savvy. You really don't.

Just because you think you can't, oh yes you can. If you think it's too complicated, oh no it isn't. That's just an erroneous belief. If you think you never make money at those things, you'll always believe that and why even look at a way to make more money if you keep believing that? You have to spend a lot of money.

No, you don't. The money you spend is based on your decision to how important your dream is and your decision to finding the money to spend to get your training materials or marketing materials is based on the intensity of desire for your goals and your dreams. They're mostly scams. No, they're not. That's just a cop-out and it's just not true.

I'm too old. Old is 90. When you're 90, you can say that to me. Until then, you can't because I have people in their 80s who are building this business and doing very well at it. I don't need positive attitude training.

Yes, you do. Stop being in denial. We all do forever. That conditioning, that positive reinforcement is needed all day long every single day. I don't have the time.

That's another lame excuse, stupid belief. Yes, you do because you can leverage what tiny amount of time you believe you have in order to build an income without sacrificing time away from your family or your job. I'm not good with people, so what's that got to do with anything? That's a stupid belief because you don't need to be good with people to earn an income on the Internet. By the way, you get better at working with people when you're working online too.

I'm not a salesperson. Who said you have to be? The right website with the right traffic and the right follow-ups with the list that you're building will convert sales, not salespeople. And then I'm not tech-savvy is another stupid belief because it doesn't matter. If you're willing to learn and willing to work based on, again, the intensity of your dream and goal, you can earn income online.

So those are the 11 stupid beliefs that cripple online marketers. Simply change what you believe. Simple as that. I had to, and I did, and I'm grateful that I did, that I didn't keep myself in a box, in a negative, fearful box of, oh, I don't think I can do this. Why do you torture yourself?

Why? Makes no sense. Cut out the negative, crippling beliefs because they're just not true, except if you believe they're true for you. So this is Kevin Sousa, and you make sure that you make it a wonderful day.