Is This You?

 

Are You My RIGHT PEOPLE?

 

 

My right people want to fire the Rat Race.

And Do Stuff That Matters.

Not necessarily in that order.

But both, AND.

Not:

“I want to do stuff that matters in life. When I can squeeze it in, within the context of my Rat Race life.”

And not:

“I want to escape the Rat Race. So I can live LA VIDA LOCA, buy an island, bathe in champagne, and become a professional beach bum.”

 

My RIGHT PEOPLE believe in leveraged income.

Even if they’re not experts at it yet.

Why resign to a lifetime of exchanging hours for dollars, settling for 2-4 weeks vacation per year?

  • This means not only having aspirations BEYOND being an employee.
  • It also means having aspirations BEYOND being “self-employed”.
    As-in: I now work for myself. But I still have a job.
    So when I don’t work, I don’t get paid.That’s still not living.

 

My RIGHT PEOPLE believe in Lifestyle Design.

Even if they’re not experts in it. (I’m not.)

  • Lifestyle design could be jet setting / backpacking / RV-ing around the world.
  • Lifestyle design could also mean rarely traveling.
    But having the daily freedom to
    volunteer at the local school,
    work wirelessly from the local coffeeshop, or
    take days off on a whim, whenever you absolutely feel like it.
  • It’s what you want your days to be.
    But it’s designed intentionally.  Not left to the whims of a boss, or happen-chance.

 

My RIGHT PEOPLE dream with their feet.

That’s right, I said it: “Dream with their feet.”

They have their heads firmly in the clouds, with an almost childlike-optimism, and donkeylike-stubbornness.

They believe so much in their dreams, that they walk the walk.

They boldly go forth, without the guardrails, without the map, without the cheerleaders, without the safety net.

They defy conventional wisdom.

They fall, fail, perspire, and persevere.

On their way to success.

Forget dreaming without action.  That’s a fantasy.

And forget action without dreaming.  That’s, well, the status quo. :)   The template life.

 

My RIGHT PEOPLE are authentic.

That means – they don’t fake it before they make it.

That means don’t try to impress by being who they’re not.
They work hard to find their own voice.
No matter how esoteric / peculiar / unconventional it is.

 

My RIGHT PEOPLE believe in relationships.

Family always comes first.
And friends can be as close as family.
My RIGHT PEOPLE are always seeking real connections.

 

Why do I love my RIGHT PEOPLE?

 

What do I do for my RIGHT PEOPLE?

I write two-cent stories to inspire change, for my right people.

I reveal (revel in) my mistakes and misadventures, for my right people.

I create groundbreaking products, for my right people.

 

I try, fail, fall, rise, try, fail, and fall again.

For my right people.

But I will always find it in me, to never stop when I’m down.

For my right people.

I create community for my right people.

I connect my right people to my right people.

I curate opinions that matter for my right people.

I create tools that matter for my right people.

I celebrate and cheer on my right people.

I give advise to my right people.

I partner with my right people.

I build with my right people.

I form lifetime friendships with my right people.

 

What do I need from MY RIGHT PEOPLE?

  1. I need my RIGHT PEOPLE to hold me accountable.
  2. I need my RIGHT PEOPLE to take action.
  3. I need my RIGHT PEOPLE to embrace failure. Like Thomas Edison did.
  4. I need my RIGHT PEOPLE to embrace fear.
    And take action despite it.
    Not wait for it to fade… only action (or retreat) makes it go away.
    Standing still just magnifies it.
  5. I need my RIGHT PEOPLE to initiate random acts of kindness.
    And to pay forward any kindness extended to them.
  6. I need my RIGHT PEOPLE to live life intentionally.
  7. I need them… you… to write a manifesto, make a bucket list, and mentor someone.
  8. I need my RIGHT PEOPLE to BELIEVE that God didn’t put them on this earth to be ordinary.
  9. I need my RIGHT PEOPLE to BELIEVE that they not only deserve, but are capable of, earning a life beyond the Rat Race.
  10. I need my RIGHT PEOPLE to NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, QUIT. To make a way, or find one.
  11. I need my RIGHT PEOPLE to stay committed to self-improvement and lifelong learning.
  12. I need MY RIGHT PEOPLE to be addicted to action (applying knowledge, not gathering it.)
  13. I need MY RIGHT PEOPLE to recognize that the going getting tough just means 99% of people quit here.
    Here is where going forward define us as our best selves.
  14. I need my RIGHT PEOPLE to not major in minor things.
    Do less. And do that less, better than anyone.
  15. I need MY RIGHT PEOPLE to find a way, or make one.
  16. I need MY RIGHT PEOPLE to live outrageously intentionally.
  17. I need MY RIGHT PEOPLE to start a movement. Light a fire. Be a catalyst.

Everybody is RIGHT PEOPLE for some people.

But are you MY RIGHT PEOPLE?

If not, it is better if you
Unsubscribe,
Unlike,
Disengage, and
Not look back.

I’ve made the mistake of courting EVERYBODY’S RIGHT PEOPLE in the past.
All it earned me was a crowd of strangers.

So I’m actively looking for my right people.
My attention will be laser-focused on super-enabling my right people.

So if this isn’t a fit for you today…
If you’re my “kind of right people”, but not quite…
It REALLY won’t be a fit for you in the future.

For MY RIGHT PEOPLE, leave a comment, and let me know you’re here.


29 Responses to this article

 
Bolaji O November 29, 2011 Reply

Just enabled page comments. ;)

Thanks for the reminder!

Bolaji.

 
Deji May 4, 2012 Reply

Inspirational stuff! Nothing like being in a “family” full of forward thinkers and movers… for it’s THEM that mold our world to be a better place. Right on ‘Bro!

 
Kent Hovland December 12, 2011 Reply

Fire the Rat Race
Warp Drive.. Full Speed Ahead!!!
Nice article, lots of food for thought

 
Leonard Aberts December 13, 2011 Reply

Great Stuff! Lots of great motivational information. Keep up the good work!

 
beej @ income from home December 13, 2011 Reply

LOVEITLOVEITLOVEIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

I already posted on the forum what my goals are, and it’s all about helping people and partnering with people. I believe that this post describes who I’ve been on my way to becoming for quite awhile. Funny how the minute I MENTALLY arrived there, you showed up! Now we’ve got work to do to make the rest a reality!

So it’s okay for my vids to have fun and funky fiddle music, huh? ;) Good. If I see one more IM video with that moody stuff that sounds like it belongs in the background of a supposedly serious movie that failed at the box office I will puke in my shoes.

Umm . . . contest username? Did I miss something? I’m just puttin’ my forum username in there . . .

 
Yusef December 14, 2011 Reply

Hello Bolaji,

Just going through NewbiesRevenge material and it is helping me speed up a process I was in the middle of, namely unsubscribing from marketers list. I have even stopped myself from purchasing a plugin I will definitely need later.

Focus is now on defining the methods that best suite me and my capabilities. There appear to be three and I have settled on one.

It is going well so far and progress is being made to get a website out their the way I want it and will allow me to see where the weaknesses are in what I am doing.

May eventually decide your Nocrastination group but for now very happy.

Please keep me on your email list.

Kind regards,
Yusef

 
Robert Scott December 14, 2011 Reply

Right on!

 
Paul December 15, 2011 Reply

Hi Bolaji O,

I am glad to be part of your ‘MY RIGHT PEOPLE’,

I like to see myself as a good man trying to do good, I’ll even dare say, I want to be a ‘good son’ of our Creator God!

But, I need no one to clarify, justify or declare me a good son but my conscious acknowledgement from My God!

Why did I start off with that statement? I guess because I feel that you and your cause or self-improvement, self-development and self-help (Instead just feeding people fish, teach the how to fish philosophy) is the same way I feel.

I have tried for years to build a self-help website that promotes this philosophy with articles directories, eCourses, software, videos and products (PLR, MRR and Affiliate Programs).

Which brings me to the reason I wanted to become
a member of Nocrastination.

You talk about ‘information over-load’, focus on the important stuff, joint-venturing and how to help others while helping yourself (being a good man).

Okay, maybe I’ve said to much or maybe not enough…what I want to know does make since and can you help me?

Paul

 
Eddy December 16, 2011 Reply

Hi.
Thank you for sheering all the newbie stuff, i feel right at home when you talk, all the mistakes we make and all the people that want profit from us.
I have only started online marketing for a few months now and i been in all the situations you talk about.
Thank you for talking honest and straight from the heart off what you have learn and that you are willing to teach others.
I think you have the first solid content that refers to being a newbie:-)
I looking forward to your emails and post, so then its goodby newbie and hello world:-)

Have a good night and talk soon.
Eddy

 
Juergen January 6, 2012 Reply

Hi Bolaji,
You ask much from your right people but I believe you are also a good friend to your right people. So, count me in.

 
Murph January 28, 2012 Reply

Great food for thought. I am exactly what you are talking about. I am driven, I have many whys. I will never quit. I will be a success story and I will bring many with me. I will never be whole until I’m a true success and I can’t be whole until I have helped the people I love and also so many others that have the same drive and determination. I hate seeing people suffer and part of my success will be giving back. That will feel right and I will then be able to call myself a true success.

 
Deborah February 21, 2012 Reply

I couldn’t agree with you more!!! Thank you for this post – this is my motto and determination.

 
Steve Love March 6, 2012 Reply

Hello, Normally I don’t reply to blogs. But this one was so fantastic that I had to reply and let you know that I want to be one of your RIGHT people. And I want to get some RIGHT people of my own. Thank you

 
Lisa March 26, 2012 Reply

I am who I am and I am proud to be one of your RIGHT PEOPLE
Lets make life happen :)

 
Tim April 16, 2012 Reply

I can identify with your aims and ambitions. I see two sides in life. One is the support of family and friends. The other is Ambition. But each are both separate and yet mutually dependent. My favorite challenge is when someone tells me my idea is ‘impossible’. That tells me it really means ‘that is impossible unless you seriously commit yourself to take continuous action and achieve your ambition’. That I’ve done several times. Now I am determined to do it yet again. So, my statement makes me accountable to you – and your statement makes you accountable to me [and many others too]. So, I am with you!!

 
Bobbi April 27, 2012 Reply

Want to stay home with my kids far away from where the rats race.

 
Mark Robinson April 29, 2012 Reply

Hi Boloji,
Its a great pleasure to be par to of the right group. :)
Its Action Time….lol

 
Rhonda Grice April 29, 2012 Reply

I thought something was wrong with me because I seem to dream with my feet too, lol. Now I know it’s okay to have dreams and never give up. It’s nice to meet some other “Right People”!

 
Mera April 29, 2012 Reply

Interesting I like this alot

 
Neil April 29, 2012 Reply

Beautifully written.

My new home page so I can take it in deeper.

Thank you.

Neil

 
Peggy April 29, 2012 Reply

I am so happy to have found you out here, Bolaji… This is such an inspirational message and really resonated with me.. Thank you for what you do.

 
Anthony Warren April 30, 2012 Reply

This is a very eloquent call that totlly resonates with me – there is so much more than making a living by overworking and compromising oneself spiritually. Thanks for putting the call out there to be found.

 
John April 30, 2012 Reply

What a welcome intrusion to my same O, same O. Tomorrow is simply the sum of today’s decision and today I choose success that I might bless others.

 
Philip Rees June 27, 2012 Reply

Thank you for writing this article Bolaji. It resonates with me as I have been turning my life around. You are inspiring!

 
Kathryn Maclean June 28, 2012 Reply

Fantastic article Bolajj O . You are my Right People.
I need some Right People of my own to partner with, take action, stay committed, Never Never Ever Quitters, and God believers,Think I need to go find my own Right People.
Thanks again for the excellent article.

 
Jacques June 29, 2012 Reply

You have a way with words man. Wow, good stuff. Call me an Actionaire, taking right action, with the right people:-)

 
Janice M Baird July 16, 2012 Reply

Wow – what a super list. My favourite is I need my RIGHT PEOPLE to stay committed to self-improvement and lifelong learning. I’m Guest speaker (first gig!) at an event tomorrow night about Good Health in a Nutshell. I’ve learned heaps of ways for people to self help themselves to be healthy, and I need to share them . . . . .

 
Marshall September 2, 2012 Reply

I want to thank you and your guys for all the effort you put into your product Offline Mobile Tycoon I purchased all three levels. (The First I have ever purchased online, so you are doing something right…lol…) I like your philosophy. I will do my best to adopt it into my own.. I have many ideas and one in particular that if you read this post I would like some feedback on how I might make it all happen…maybe if you felt it was a bright idea we could collaborate on it to bring it to market.

Kindest regards

Marshall

 
Patty Johnson February 14, 2013 Reply

I’ve been hooked since my very first webinar with you guys. I love the way you teach. You should do all of your own videos yourself. You are clear in your direction and I love that you do things to push us to do more. Most of all, I love that you believe, that you give, that you push, and that you care. You’re the real deal, Bolaji O!

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