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The whole thing reminds me of a bar back East that always had a sign out front that said Free Beer Tomorrow!

There's always an "if." I'm just saying.

Another day, another RV called by Tony.

Please don't yell.

Stopped by at the end of my lunch break to find out the global reset already happened. Only it didn't.

I step away for a week or so and I see that nothing's changed.

It's all politics. They just keep saying, "ignore the man behind the curtiain," and "my, what fine clothes the emperor has." They're hoping to kick the can far enough down the road so that the wheels fall off when someone else is in office. People are freaking about the size of the national debt? OK. We'll just pretend it isn't getting any bigger. I guess they figure if the senate can avoid passing a budget for years without the government shutting down, why would anyone care if they stop reporting the actual size of the debt anymore?

When you see the official debt number frozen at exactly the same amount for 3+ months with the government still spending like drunken sailors (I was one of those, so the analogy is apt) then it takes a superhuman amount of ignorance and willful disbelief not to see that there is a massive amount of, um, manipulation going on at the heist levels here.

What's the vector, Victor? Do we have clearance, Clarance? Over, Under.

That would line up with my completely non-fact based theory of a $3.25-ish RV followed by a "speculator driven" increase to some ridiculous level before it settles down to $3.75-ish after 6-9 months. Of course I'm completely making that up, which makes it at least as likely to happen as 95% of what the gooroos spout off every day. Heh.

If these guys ever do get it right one day us skeptics are going to look a little silly. Granted it won't be anywhere near as ridiculous as these guys look all the time. Plus we'll all be cashing in so there won't be anyone left around to tell us "I told you so" either. Heh.

What if he's not an outright liar, but instead just a guy with remarkably poor discernment and horrible "sources"? Of course the effect is pretty much the same regardless, isn't it.

I'm going to share a bit of my own experience here since y'all have brought up some names that I'm familiar with. I've been to a couple Dani Johnson events (I even had a meeting with her about developing her social media community but decided it wasn't a good project for my business.) I've been to a T Harv Eker event too. These and many others like them are all great people doing good things helping gobs of folks reach new levels of prosperity. My own experience in no way knocks what they are doing. It's probably going to sound weird, but the single biggest thing that has impacted my own personal wealth in a positive way (ie. produced a tangible upswing in my income and bank account) has been the last two years I've spent in Bible college. We had something like 60 classes in those 2 years and I can only think of 2 where the Bible itself wasn't the primary textbook. (One was an elective on church history and the other was an elective on legal entities and tax structure, etc.) The Dani Johnson's of the world are spot on that it takes a mindset change. Unfortunately, I've found that I couldn't fake it or force myself to think differently, even with lots of trying. Our mindsets are products of our core beliefs about ourselves and the world around us. Those core beliefs can be very deeply ingrained and difficult to change. But after two years studying the entirety of what the Bible has to say about what God thinks about who I am, etc. it's finally sinking in. Those two years have turned out to be the best investment in our marriage (my wife went through school with me), our bank account (I'm earning more than I ever did, donating far more to charity than ever before and still keeping more of what I earn than I used to), our relationships (we have deeper more meaningful friendships than ever before). I could go on and on. Let's just say that it's had such a big impact on us that we're looking at going overseas and starting an extension of the school so that others can have access to the same life changing experience that we had. That was totally not in our playbook when we got here. But we're more excited about it as a couple than we've ever been about business, church, or much of anything for that matter. So, for what it's worth, those folks are all great, but real meaningful change can come from studying the Bible too. I'm just saying. And I had no intention of sharing any of this here on DV. But there you go. If it's not your thing, no worries. I'm not offended. I can only speak from my own experience.

Personally, I have tons of room for improvement in most of these areas. Fortunately seeing a problem is the first step in making things better.

I've heard it said that the overwhelming majority of lottery winners are flat broke within 5-10 years. Often they end up in much worse financial shape than before millions dropped in their laps. The problem is they think about money wrong and act in ways that destroy their riches. Dave Ramsey recently posted a list of some differences between the rich and the poor. The good news is that we can improve in many of these areas as the RV approaches so that we don't squander what comes our way. Where do your habits and thinking fall? The original posting is here. And here's the list: 1. 70% of wealthy eat less than 300 junk food calories per day. 97% of poor people eat more than 300 junk food calories per day. 23% of wealthy gamble. 52% of poor people gamble. 2. 80% of wealthy are focused on accomplishing some single goal. Only 12% of the poor do this. 3. 76% of wealthy exercise aerobically 4 days a week. 23% of poor do this. 4. 63% of wealthy listen to audio books during commute to work vs. 5% for poor people. 5. 81% of wealthy maintain a to-do list vs. 19% for poor. 6. 63% of wealthy parents make their children read 2 or more non-fiction books a month vs. 3% for poor. 7. 70% of wealthy parents make their children volunteer 10 hours or more a month vs. 3% for poor. 8. 80% of wealthy make hbd calls vs. 11% of poor 9. 67% of wealthy write down their goals vs. 17% for poor 10. 88% of wealthy read 30 minutes or more each day for education or career reasons vs 2% for poor. 11. 6% of wealthy say what’s on their mind vs. 69% for poor. 12. 79% of wealthy network 5 hours or more each month vs. 16% for poor. 13. 67% of wealthy watch 1 hour or less of TV. every day vs. 23% for poor 14. 6% of wealthy watch reality TV vs. 78% for poor. 15. 44% of wealthy wake up 3 hours before work starts vs.3% for poor. 16. 74% of wealthy teach good daily success habits to their children vs. 1% for poor. 17. 84% of wealthy believe good habits create opportunity luck vs. 4% for poor. 18. 76% of wealthy believe bad habits create detrimental luck vs. 9% for poor. 19. 86% of wealthy believe in life-long educational self-improvement vs. 5% for poor. 20. 86% of wealthy love to read vs. 26% for poor.