Ryan Renfrew

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Written by Ryan Renfrew | Follow me on twitter / facebook

What uuuuuup? Hope you are having a great day and that you’re a kickin’ some bigtime ass.

And I truly mean that… I hope you are completely smashing it in all areas of your life… Do you know why? Because it is 100% all in your hands.

No one else is gonna give you the official title of ‘Mr Bad Ass’… or even has the right to decide if you are worthy or not of everything you want and deserve in life.

Without coming across as pessimistic, which I’m not, it is widely known that the majority of people here on planet earth are miserable in their lives, people are pissed off with their jobs, their relationships and the general flow of their lives. So I wouldn’t take – with a pinch of salt – what most of the people around you are telling you, unless you are lucky enough to have surrounded yourself with the awesome people who read my blog! In fact, not only are you better off not listening to said vampires you are better off learning what NOT to do from them. In not jokin’ around here… it’s true…. If you want to live the Rockstar life and kick some serious ass…watch what the majority of people do and do the opposite – a complete 180.  I mean this, if you want to be noticed and stand out you gotta swim against the tide, be a maverick, a Bad Ass, do things your way, no compromises and definitely not the way the ‘normal’ majority or the status quo believe things should be done.

Most people place their future in the hands of others and are very good at making excuses and finding alibis for everything that is wrong in their life…putting way too much emphasis on what others say…you should get a steady 9-5…you should work hard now to reap the benefits when you retire…do what the so called “experts think”, the economy isn’t right just now, and so the list can goes on and on. But guess what, NO DEAL! A BIG FAT NOOOOO DEAL!!!!!! Take your advice, no opinion and shove it.

Many professionals and 9-5 ers put way too much emphasis on the number of qualifications they have. Okay, now I know this ain’t gonna help me make any friends here…but to hell with it!! And here it is… You don’t need to have all these fancy qualifications and have those fancy letters after your name. Unless you’re a doctor or something, then those wee letters could make all the difference. The point I’m making is… if you want to design your life around your passions and turn what you love into how you make a living, then qualifications don’t mean jack.

NOW, If what you LEARNED to get those qualifications makes you better at what you do and moves you closer towards you goals, or if you enjoy getting further qualifications, by all means do so. There ain’t nuttin’ wrong with that.

9 times out of 10, entrepreneurs with the most qualifications and letters after their name make the least amount of money. Bill gates, Richard Branson and Mark Zuckerman, are all college dropouts. There are of course exceptions, but they’re rare.

It’s not like you can’t learn all that stuff on your own any way. All you need is the right books. And there are lots of great books out there which cover anything you want to learn… the only thing is that they don’t come with those little letters after your name.

Of course you gotta be good at what you do… but a bunch of letters after your name or some fancy title will have nothing to do with how good you are or how much money you’re capable of making.

Do you know that there are people out there that make a lot of money and have one hell of a good time making it?

They learn how to get from where they are today to where they want to go…they are self educated in business, sales, marketing, personal development and time management.

These people, ma’ friend, are mega action takers! Taking massive action in the direction of their goals…not just one or two things a day.. but massive action…seriously they get a huge amount of momentum going towards where they want to be in life.

They do things that force them to step out of the comfort zone (the only way to grow is to step out of your comfort zone and take fear head on) if you don’t grow as a person then there is a huge chance your business won’t grow also, the two are very closely related.

They don’t take any shit… but also they don’t give people any shit… they live by their own values and rules and let others do likewise.

They invest in themselves AND in their business…if you invest in the right things it will come back ten fold or even one hundred fold who knows, maybe even more. The investment isn’t necessarily financial, time is our most valuable commodity, we car earn back the money we wrongly invested but we can’t earn back our time spent invested in wrong interests.

And you may have guessed it, they most always work for themselves. If you really want to create a legacy and leave your mark you need to be captain of your ship, take responsibility, take a few risks and full steam a head.

Okay, these people are not perfect and by no means are they way smarter than most of the unsuccessful people out there…they do have their fair share of rough times like every body else… but I assure you they’ll be the first to admit these dark days are essential in shaping who they are today.

The most important things about these dark days is to learn the lessons along the way.

In addition to these dark days, some of the most successful people I know are loaded with some crazy ass dysfunctions like OCD and ADD. It’s just part of who they are, and how they roll.

In the recent No Bullshit Secrets to Stratospheric Success series I talked about the importance of giving, and giving often. To be a serious Bad Ass you have got to understand the importance of value, getting paid good money for providing extremely high levels of service or a product of great value and having the balls to charge two, three and even four times what your competitors are charging.

Not every one will put in to action what they have learnt or been told to do. Only a small percentage of people are gonna get Bad Ass results because there is only a small percentage of people who are doers. It takes a Bad Ass attitude to take the theory and apply it.

The most distinguishing trait of a Bad Ass is that they do not conform. They do not swallow the norms that the majority of the population so readily gobble down… I f had had followed a conventional path I would be wearing a shirt and tie, wouldn’t be allowed to swear, would have to make that there are no speeling or grammatical errors anywhere on this page. But worst of all there’s a good chance that I would be surrounded by drones, zombies and life sucking vampires on a daily basis, instead of meeting cool Bad Ass achievers like your good self.

If I had conformed to these norms by doing all the boring lifeless stuff I mentioned above, nobody would read this blog… because it would be boring, regurgitated crap with no soul, passion or personality. I guarantee if  I followed and emulated what everyone else around me is doing (and what most people are actually telling me I should do) Id be lucky to have a fraction of the readership I do. Ya’ see people not only want to learn and grow but they also want to be entertained along the way.

The serious Ass Kickers have a higher purpose, a deeper motivating factor, something internal that drives them forward.

• They KNOW they are gonna make mistakes.
• They KNOW their dreams aren’t gonna be handed to them wrapped up with a bow.
• They KNOW they are gonna piss off a few people along the way and have a few fingers pointed at them. But do you know what? They don’t give a fuck, they are cool with this.
• They KNOW not to try and please all of the people all of the time.

The Ass Kissers will be clueless

• They are afraid to confront their fears.
• They are way too concerned what others think and say about them.
• They certainly don’t like to piss people off.
• They are afraid to make mistakes.
• They avoid risks whenever possible.
• They don’t invest in themselves.
• They will wait for everything to be perfect. (A heads up – It never will).
• They will take shit from people.
• They only look out for themselves.
• They don’t have belief in themselves.

If you regularly read this blog you are in the other 1%… you are the small minority who can see through the bull shit and are stepping up, taking personal responsibility for your life and are an actively doer….and for that I salute you.

You are awesome at what you do, and you know that the cute letters after a name are exactly that, cute letters after a name… that don’t define you at all…. you define you… what you say defines you, your actions define you. Not what others say or think about you. When it all boils down…what the status quo think and do shouldn’t bother us, that’s their business, not ours.

How do I know YOU are like this when 99% of people aren’t? Simples… because you would of ran like a bat out of hell the first time you came across this blog… You would have been scared, and thought these views quite radical and too afraid to be an unconventional Bad Ass like the rest of the 99%ers out there.

I genuinely commend you on being a one percenter, a massive action taker, a person who is not afraid to make mistakes…and learns from them. I have so much respect for the value you provide, the people you help and the balls to live unconventionally. I respect you for being a total Bad Ass.

*** Disclaimer*** I am not bashing the 99%ers out there, I just choose to surround myself with the people who are rising to the top.

I would love to hear your comments in the comment section below. I realise that this post my make me even more enemies. But I don’t believe in holding back, sometimes I gotta say what I gotta say.

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