3 ways to ruin your business

Today’s email is for advanced business owners. To view this email as a web page, [click here]() {NAME}, Today’s email is for advanced business owners. If that’s not you, I’ll see you next week. But if that is you, I have something great in store for you. I’m going to share three harsh truths about growing a six-figure business. Once you understand these, you could double your revenue by the end of 2023 … and still have time for vacations like this: [Cass and Ramit] On a trip for my 40th birthday this past summer (while my business continued to run) In this email, I’m going to share those three powerful truths … and then I’ll show you why you should join my [6-Figure Consulting System](). Note: This isn’t only for consultants. If you work with clients or customers in your business, you can double your revenue by the end of the year. My advanced students include editors, artists, psychotherapists, coaches, productivity consultants, IT experts, and much more. [Ramit's 6-Figure Consulting System]() I rarely open this program. And I’m closing it tonight at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. So please hear me out. If you'd like to get access to the actual systems I built to double my revenue (without doubling my workload), read on… Why one of my favorite coffee shops closed When I was writing [my book](), I used to write for two hours every morning in a coffee shop. I got to know the owner, and one day I asked him why he didn't email his customers to grow his business. "I know," he sighed, "there's a lot I should be doing. I just don't have time to do marketing." He didn't have time to do marketing. Two years later, his shop closed its doors. If you pointed this out to him — “Dude, you’re too busy to grow your business?” — he would probably laugh. “Yeah, saying that out loud, it sounds pretty ridiculous.” But how many of us do exactly this? How many of us spend time dreaming about making 10X our income … but we actually spend most of our day answering random emails and treading water? Ask yourself this: Two years ago, did you want to be where you are now? Even if you're doing "pretty well," nobody ever wakes up saying, "I'm going to make a conscious decision to get stuck in the same place two years from now." Instead, it happens day by day, little decision by little decision. And yet some business people live the dream. They don't bother charging 25% or even 40% more. They charge TWICE as much … sometimes TEN times as much. (For example, when a Dow Jones company hired me for a day of consulting, I charged $25,000. They paid it without batting an eye.) Who ARE these people? What do they have that we don't? Is it an Ivy League pedigree? Is it all about WHO you know, not what you know? I hope it's cool with you that I'm blunt about what I've learned along the way — from charging $20/hour to making $25,000 for a few hours of work. I always respected people who told it to me straight, so I won’t sugarcoat it for you. [$25,000 for a few hours of consulting] $25,000 for a few hours of consulting Here we go. Truth #1: "I don't have time" is a poor excuse for not growing your business You don’t have time to grow your business and your income? What are you doing all day when you’re responding to email after email, posting on social media, and working on client work? Let’s get real. You have the same 24 hours that top-tier business owners have. What do they do differently? I teach the answer in my [6-Figure Consulting]()[program](). If you keep doing what you’re doing now, a year from now, do you really want to be stuck answering the same emails and dealing with the SAME questions? Truth #2: “That might work for YOU, but not for my market” is the mantra of losers We all do this: We say, “That might work for THAT PERSON, but I’m different because...” It’s easier to create this idea that the world is sooo hard … and the world is against us … and every day we’re struggling, too overwhelmed to just keep our heads above water. Top performers feel overwhelmed, too. But they do something different: They seek out material that systematically changes their mindset from “overwhelm” to “this is a challenge I can overcome.” Truth #3: People fear success This is the most pernicious of all. We all understand being afraid of failure. But how many of us are afraid of succeeding? Look at this email I got when I was recruiting for an executive assistant. This reader, Jess, wrote in to say she hadn’t applied even though she wanted to. Ramit: “Shame. The worst that could have happened was a no.” Jess: “I think the worst that could happen is a yes and then total disappointment.” Haunting. And we all do it: - Coach/consultant/biz owner: “What if I close this $20,000 deal and I don’t live up to their expectations? Then what?” - Engineer: “If this product takes off … I’ll have to support thousands of customers. Ugh, I hate dealing with users.” - All of us: “If I double my revenue, I’ll just have to spend 20 hrs/day working on this … or even worse, hire people and have a ton of overhead.” Do you see how crazy this is? How many of us SABOTAGE ourselves by worrying about succeeding too much? [Ramit GIF] Why do people worry about succeeding TOO much? And so we lower expectations. We compare ourselves to our competitor, who’s charging $10/hour more than us ... when the real game, the real top performers, are charging 2X, 5X, even 10X more ... and doing work that makes an impact. The most important question to ask: “Will what I’m doing right now get me to the future I want?” Have you been wanting to get in total control of your time? So you wake up, see a crisp list of to-dos, and know that at exactly 6 p.m., you’ll be done with work? That you can take an hour off in the middle of the day to work out, or go to yoga, or take your kids to school? [Ramit at the gym] This was taken at 4:15 p.m. on a Tuesday. Does your business let you do that? That the high-quality clients you work with respect you, listen to you, and treat you as a trusted adviser, not a throwaway hired hand? And most importantly, that you’re making the BEST and HIGHEST-VALUE use of your skills? If you’d like to know how you can apply this to your life, I can help. The [6-Figure Consulting System]() can help you dramatically grow your business, take control of your time, and use the very systems I used to find top-tier clients and top-tier customers who gladly pay for my premium products at IWT — even when I thought they could never afford my rates. Don’t keep waiting for the answer to fall from the sky. Don’t keep waiting for something to “happen to you.” You have to take action to make it happen — and you can do it today. Or … you can do nothing. But be honest if you aren’t willing to try: Admit that growing your income and taking control of your time isn’t a priority. Is that true? And if it’s not a priority, when will it be? Without taking a concrete step forward, these results are not going to happen. (Has your revenue doubled in the last three months? Do you know what you’ll do tomorrow to double revenue by the end of the year?) I insist on my students’ success. That’s why I don’t offer useless tips like “Top 10 ways to grow your TikTok account!” but instead, rigorous, tested strategies for driving Big Wins in your life — like 2X’ing, 5X’ing, or even 10X’ing your business. And I can prove it. Proof that my 6-Figure Consulting System works My students, just like most of us, were hesitant, worried about failing, and even worried about success. The only difference? They invested in themselves because they knew they weren’t risking anything ... and they got disproportionate results like THIS: [Rachel Karl testimonial] You can hear more students talk about their results at the bottom of [this page](). 6-Figure Consulting System closes tonight at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. This material is proven, and you have nothing to lose. I trust that you’ll follow through, and I’ve carefully crafted this material to force you to take action. If you’ve been wanting to grow your consulting business … to have control over your day, more clients with better work-life balance, and a thriving business that lets you live a Rich Life … here’s your chance to take the step to the next level. You can get the entire program in minutes — everything you need to shave years off your trajectory. Or you can continue to do what you’ve already done. [Join the 6-Figure Consulting System]() I hope to see you inside. [Signature] P.S. There’s never going to be a perfect time to grow a 6-figure business. But if the past is any guide, there’ll be even more business owners who’ve multiplied their businesses using this system — long before I open this course again. And you can join them. Yes, you’ll have doubts. But you’ll be armed with the exact system to explode your business. As my parents always say, a year from now, you’re going to be a year older. What are you going to do? 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