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To view this email as a web page, [click here]() {NAME}, When I was in high school, getting As was the only option. With immigrant parents who were focused on education, a competitive group of friends, and a dream of getting into Stanford, I knew I had to take SAT prep seriously. So I started buying SAT books. You know the ones: Princeton Review, Kaplan, etc. I bought 10+ enormous SAT books and did everythingâ¦except actually READ them. And when I finally cracked them open, I found I was still struggling, especially with the math part. Then I heard about this Kaplan class. It included special examples, classroom instruction, and an expert instructor who would walk you through the examples. It was something like $800. That was a TON of money for my family. When I brought it up to my mom, Iâll never forget what she said: âWeâll find a way to pay for it.â And they did. And it worked. [Ramit during college] Iâll never forget that moment and what I learned from it: TRUTH #1: If itâs important, thereâs ALWAYS a way to pay for it
For my parents, when it came to education, theyâd find the money. I took the class. They drove me 30 minutes each way, on weekdays, so I could learn SAT prep. Now thatâs love⦠And it helped! Having an instructor who could work with me and help walk me through the examples was priceless. It was also nice to be around other students who had the same struggles. I realized I wasnât alone. TRUTH #2: Investing in yourself works
Itâs not just about money. Itâs about mentally acknowledging the need for help, and then finding a way to make it happen. My mom and dad didnât have the money or the time â but they found a way. And for me, the security of knowing I could get personalized help from the instructor ⦠wow. But thereâs another thing I didnât mention. For a long time, I didnât tell anybody I took that Kaplan class. It was just something I didnât want to talk about. I wanted success to seem effortless. Which leads me to⦠TRUTH #3: We have a weird, puritanical belief about effortless success
We believe we shouldnât âtryâ too hard to succeed, that itâs not cool if we do. WHERE THE HECK DOES THIS COME FROM?? Why isnât it OK to admit we actually want to be successful? You see this puritanical belief in lots of different, subtle ways. Person 1: âWow, you look so great. I love that dress!â Person 2: âHa, this old thing is so old. I found it at the bottom of a dumpster.â WHY?? Person 1: âDamn, congratulations on that promotion. Howâd you do that?â Person 2: âI have no idea. Literally, I should be fired for how little I work.â PLEASE STOP THIS INSANITY.
Iâve spent my life since taking the SATs â more than 20 years â trying to show how any real level of success actually DOES take work. Being the best is never an accident. It takes work to be good, and a lot of work to be great. The people who tell you about how easy and effortless it is to make a million dollars in passive income are lying, and worse, delusional. [Ramit Sethi] I know how much work it takes to build a multi-million dollar business â Iâve done it. Success, whether itâs your finances, your business, or your relationships, takes an investment of time. And sometimes, money. Success is almost never effortless. I wish I could tell 15-year-old Ramit that thereâs no shame in asking for help. Of tapping into the expertise of someone who knows more than you do, and accelerating your growth. I didnât know how to dress, I didnât know how to gain muscle, and I didnât know how to grow my business. I got help for each one of those things. Over time, Iâve come to be proud of what Iâve invested in learning and improving my life. And we have over a million IWT readers who are unapologetic about wanting to improve their lives. The real people featured on Netflixâs âHow to Get Richâ and on my podcast reached out and asked for help. They wanted to create their Rich Life and knew they couldnât do it alone. And it can sometimes be scary to be that vulnerable, to admit that you need help. Thereâs this shame around it that Iâd love to debunk - because that vulnerability is actually your greatest STRENGTH. So when it comes to achieving your Rich Life, it can be easy to get stuck in dream mode, thinking about "someday," while staying stuck in the day-to-day challenges. Today, I'd like you to write down one thing you could do to move toward your Rich Life. Is it reaching out and asking for help? And what's the biggest obstacle between you and your Rich Life today? [Signature] â â You may be new to IWT.
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