The Authorities: Powerful Wisdom from Leaders in the Field

INTRODUCTION

This book introduces you to The Authorities — individuals who have distinguished themselves in life and in business. Authorities make a big impact on the world. Authorities are leaders in their chosen fields. Authorities typically do very well financially, and are evolved enough to know that part of the joy of monetary success is the accompanying social, moral and spiritual obligation to give back.

Authorities are not just outstanding. They are also known to be outstanding.

This additional element begins to explain the difference between two strategic business and life concepts — one that seems great, but isn’t, and the other that fills in the essential missing gap of the first.

The first concept is the expert.

What is an expert? The real definition is …

EXPERT: a person who knows stuff

People who have attained a very senior academic degree (like a PhD or an MD) definitely know stuff. People who read voraciously and retain what they read definitely know stuff. Unfortunately, just because you know stuff does not mean that anyone respects the fact that you do. Even though some experts are successful, alas, most are not — because knowing stuff is not enough.

Well, then, what is the missing piece?

What the expert lacks, the authority has. The authority both knows stuff and is known to know stuff. So, more simply …

AUTHORITY: a person who is known as an expert

The difference is not subtle. The difference is not merely semantic. The difference is enormous.

When it comes to this subject, there are actually three categories in which people fall:

•People who don’t know much and are unsuccessful in life and in business. Most people fall in this category.

•People who know stuff, but still don’t leave much of a footprint in the world. There are a lot of people like this.

•Experts who are also known as experts become authorities and authorities are always wondrously successful. Authorities are able to contribute more to humanity through both their chosen work and their giving back.

This book is about the highest category, The Authorities — people who have reached the peak in their field and are known as such.

You will definitely know some of The Authorities in this book, especially since there are some world-famous ones. Others are just as exceptional, but you may not yet know about them. Our featured author, for example, is K. Raj Singh, also known as the Passive Income Artiste.

Passive income is the idea of earning money through minimal effort and maintenance. Instead of letting money dictate how you lead your life, passive income allows you to pursue your passions without worrying about earning a salary doing so. Control Money Before Money Controls You is a financial investing guide to help you through the process of successfully setting up a passive investment portfolio. By touching on both spiritual and financial advising, Control Money Before Money Controls You details how to lead a balanced and positive life by delving into the idea of the law of attraction and providing multiple examples of K. Raj Singh’s personal experiences in the investment world. In addition to laying out a step-by-step guide for obtaining financial freedom, K. Raj Singh has also started a private investment club to aid in your educational journey towards financial freedom.

Read each chapter carefully to learn and to see the business potential that may be possible between yourself and each one of The Authorities. You may well be able to become their client or, possibly, do business with them in other ways.

They are The Authorities. Learn from them. Connect with them. Let them uplift you. Learning from them and working with them is the secret ingredient for success which may well allow you too to rise to the level of Authority soon.

To be considered for inclusion in a subsequent edition of The Authorities, register to attend a 2-Day Wealth Tycoon Workshop at www.TwoDayTycoon.com, where you will be interviewed and considered.

Control Money Before

Money Controls You

K. RAJ SINGH

My aim in contributing to this book is to inspire and motivate others through sharing my experiences – both successes and failures. My hope for you is that after reading, you realize you are just as, or even more, capable of becoming successful and having financial freedom as I have had the fortune to be. Don’t get me wrong; I have had to overcome multiple obstacles in order to end up where I am in life. I believe that we don’t go through mishaps and failures solely to benefit ourselves, but also so that we can impart our wisdom upon the general public and benefit humanity’s quality of life as a whole.

My drive and ambition stems from growing up in a single parent household with my mother and sister. Early on in life, my parents divorced and I was given the role of man of the house. I soon found that with that title came responsibility – responsibility to provide for my family, support my family, and secure a stable financial future. Throughout this time, my ambition was in the background, ever-fueling and driving my desire for more. I wanted more for my future, more for my family, but not just in a financial sense. I’ve heard of so many families that struggle not financially, but emotionally, because the provider was continuously absent due to their efforts to secure a stable lifestyle for their family. I didn’t want to impart that emotional burden on my family. I wanted to be there for them and not just function as their savings account or an invisible man who allows them to live a comfortable life. I wanted to be there for my sister’s graduation, or my child’s first steps and first words. I wanted to be present.

Being a good person and being successful are not mutually exclusive characteristics, but neither do they come hand in hand. You can be a genuinely good human being in terms of honesty and generosity, but not accomplished in terms of achieving your career goals. In order to become who I wanted to be for my family, I had to learn how to be both the best and most successful person I had the potential to be. To do this, I attended multiple seminars and workshops on personal development, investing, and financial success. To this day, I still continue to learn and grow as a person with every day I live, but one seminar has had a significant impact on my financial life, specifically. This was Peak Potentials’ Millionaire Mind Intensive by T. Harv Eker (now called New Peaks’ Millionaire Mind Experience*). The Millionaire Mind Intensive seminar taught me not to just wonder why life is the way it is and imagine my position in life as static, but to start asking myself how I could change my financial blueprint and future. And that’s exactly what I did.

I am now in a global mastermind group with New Peaks and feel blessed to have been able to spend time with the CEO, Adam Markel, who is also author of the book Pivot. I’ve visited him in his home in California, where we spent hours brainstorming ideas and solutions for our businesses, while also making time for fun and giving back to a worthy cause with our time and physical labor. The dedication that Mr. Markel and the rest of his team put into their company is wondrous and admirable. I, along with countless other people, have taken many of the courses and retreats they offer – my favorite being the Enlightened Warrior Training Camp. The name alone says a lot about the focus of the retreat as becoming an enlightened warrior means to conquer oneself.

As I mentioned before, I wanted to figure out a way to be financially successful but also be present for my family. The best way I have found to do this was to delegate and relinquish some control. For some people this may be hard, especially the types that are perfectionists and relish the ability to oversee every detail of any operation. But in order for me to have enough free time to spend with my family and loved ones, I had to realize that a significant amount of the work I did myself could be distributed and done by other people. I began to hire others to do the more routine work I had grown accustomed to doing myself and although at first glance this seemed like a big initial investment, I soon reaped its benefits. Not having to do the work of multiple people allowed me to focus on the more complex aspects of the projects I was working on and with greater focus came increased levels of productivity. That’s when the successes started rolling in.

None of the headway I made after bringing in others to help would have been possible if I hadn’t realized the importance of continued education, even after obtaining my Bachelor’s Degree. This doesn’t necessarily have to mean taking online classes or auditing courses at your local college – it can be as simple as reading an article on a topic you don’t know much about or taking a weekend and attending a seminar on smart investing. Having a vast store of a variety of information allows you to be creative in your problem solving and future planning, as you can take multiple viewpoints when looking at the situations you find yourself in. Knowledge is power isn’t a famous quote just because the sound of the words is aurally appealing; there is innate truth in those three words, dating back to 1597 in Sir Francis Bacon’s Meditationes Sacrae. As you can see, this book isn’t just about investing in stocks or bonds; rather it’s about investing in yourself – your education, your future, and your success. To take it a step further, I believe knowledge, when applied, is power. Warren Buffet, the biggest investor of our time, says: The best investment you can make is an investment in yourself… The more you learn, the more you’ll earn. I’ve noticed throughout my life that wealthy people tend to always have extensive libraries in their homes and I firmly believe there is a correlation between their success and the importance they put on accumulating knowledge. Knowledge, and the ability of correctly applying it, are the greatest assets in the world because the dividends are infinite.

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