The Contrarians will Rule the World in 2017...

With the dawn of a New Year you are going to see 100's of pieces of advice, guidance and inspired waffle...

You will be guided to make a Plan, define your Rituals, carry out your Affirmations and write your Goals down so that you will be successful in the year ahead...

You will see people committing to change, transform their negative habits into positive lifestyle choices; lose weight, stop smoking, find a partner, make more money etc...

And in 7 weeks time they will all be back to where they started from...

So how do successful people do it...?

How do they become more successful than others...?

Well - one thing is for sure, it's not down to New Years Resolutions, Affirmations and Rituals carried out in the shower each morning...

The First Rule of Success - stop thinking that you are not successful and then attempt to get "fixed" by reading Napoleon Hill...

Napoleon Hill was a suspected con man - he wrote about the success that other people had achieved and became successful himself as a consequence...

He even describes being "visited" by spirits in Chapter 12 - revealing secret knowledge...

Jack Daniels will have that effect on people sometimes...

There is mixed evidence to confirm that he met any of the people mentioned in his book, with the exception of Thomas Edison; who nicked all his best ideas from Nikola Tesla in the first place...

It's a bit like me writing about Branson, Trump and Musk - not actually having ever met them - and making up a "system" that sold books so I became famous too...

The Second Rule of Success - you know what you need to do / change / learn / leave / accept; so just get on with it...

January is the month of commitments, and February is the Month of excuses...

If you want more of something then you have to have less of something else - that something else could be stupidity, relationships, friends, drama, ignorance...

If you are hanging out with losers, then guess what will rub off. Stop reading Facebook and read a Real Book, get out of the Pub and get to College - and no the "University of Life" doesn't count either...

Imagine - someone comes to you and asks for your help. They want to be more "successful" personally and professionally...

So you ask them a few questions and find out that they are in a dodgy relationship, they have high ego and entitlement issues, don't have any real ambition and are boring to hang out with...

The you tell them what they should do to become more successful...

• Leave their partner - they deserve better...
• Drop the ego and become more humble - go on a retreat to chill out...
• Define what actual value they deliver to others - and go to college...
• Find what they are passionate about...
• Get some better friends and learn the art of conversation...

What do they say...?

Whatever they say will be a dreary list of excuses - they will read Napoleon Hill and walk over Hot Embers in a car park in Docklands - but they won't ever actually do what it takes...

Stop it with the excuses...

The Third Rule of Success - be Contrarian..

Go where the others don't, think like the others don't and learn what the others ignore; and stop it with the affirmations and incantations they are just sedatives for the soul...

It is an unfortunate habit of mine that I arguer with just about anyone - it is rare that I hear an idea and don't immediately come up with an argument against it...

If I saw an article saying that Puppies are cute - I would find a way to argue that they aren't. If I saw an article that said Puppies are horrible, I would of course defend them with an article on their profound cuteness...

I was diagnosed as being a "Contrarian Sod with Zero Deference..." at a young age - about 5 years old from memory; and according to a variety of school reports...

It is both a curse and a blessing - it means that I am great fun to have at dinner parties, but I am guaranteed to come up with something new every time. Not because I want o be creative, I just want to prove the establishment wrong...

Playing with Rockets and Guns for the British Military was a great place for me as you can imagine...

Being Contrarian is tough, lonely and frustrating for everyone including me - it's draining having to find alternative views to everything...

Did you know that the Earth is actually flat after all...?

What has it enabled me to do...?

Be differentiated, be unique and be able to offer something truly unique to my clients...

My family think I am nuts - but I doubt they have the right equipment installed to do that...

However, I am sat here in the Moselle Valley looking out over the frozen meadows and trees draping down to the river, drinking a local Cremant, and eating a local quiche...

We have clients in 24 countries - over the next few days I will be in Paris, Belfast, and Luxembourg having more fun professionally and personally than is allowed under EU Law...

What are they doing - sitting in the back end of a UK post industrial city urban wasteland waiting to pay their mortgage off so they can have another take away curry every week...

But think - what are really successful people like...?

Are they warm, cuddly, sympathetic tree huggers - or are they Donald Trump...?

Do you think that Jeff Bezos read Napoleon Hill and then created Amazon...?

Your job is to be Contrarian - create your own ideas, argue with people, create something that everyone thinks can't be done...

Forget the money and go for the principle, let go of your dodgy partner (I know who you are....) read some proper books that you can disagree with, lose all your boring friends and start to have some fun...

If you follow the herd - there is always a queue at the waterhole...

If you go out on a limb then there is a chance you wont make it, you'll end up broke and looking stupid...

So drop the ego and the sense of entitlement so you don't care about all that - then you will be free to create something amazing...

The Contrarian Guide to Success...

Now - strictly, I should tell you here to read Napoleon Hill, do your Goal Setting, write your Affirmations and be "awesome to everyone..." because if you were truly contrarian you would just say "screw that - I'm doing the opposite..."

If, however, you'd like a little nudge on the journey to becoming more successful by being a "Contrarian Sod with Zero Deference..." - please read on...

1. Assume all received knowledge is wrong - it's a bit like when we were taught at school that the triple point of water was 4 degrees; it's actually 0.01 degrees. But because some bloke in a tweed jacket with sued elbow pads told us it was true we believed him...
2. Find out for your self - if received knowledge is wrong then learned or acquired knowledge must be right. So get learning and experiencing, start to formulate your own ideas and principles...
3. Have a go - just because no one else can do it doesn't mean you can't - it just means they never found a way.
4. Hang Out - with other like-minded argumentative, abrasive and single minded individuals. Parties are so much more fun and louder too...
5. Be wrong - apparently my arguments for a flat Earth are somewhat flawed, and even my Aliens on the Moon theory is somewhat thin. Be OK with getting it wrong - one day you will get it right...
6. Move on - if you hang out with people who talk about the weather, sport, reality TV programmes and read the tabloids - get rid of them and find more interesting people immediately...
7. Stop saluting - just because someone wears a suit and has an allocated parking space at their company doesn't mean you have to respect them - allow them to earn it first. A lot of sharks and psychos' wear silk suits remember...
8. Soul mate - I was lucky (Lynn was even more lucky of course...) I found my soul mate when I was 15, and we have been together ever since, She is my Kryptonite (keeping me in check when required...) my inspiration (picking up when required...) and my best friend. Find someone to share the journey with - it's a bumpy road otherwise...
9. Attract - you will pull people toward you. If you met all the people that we work with you'd see a common thread of personality, approach and mindset. They are all ambitious, slightly odd, creative, determined passionate and successful; bit like myself really...
10. Learn - not just the accepted ideology. Read what the strange people say too, not that you have to agree with them - I think that David Icke is a bit of a nut case for example - but explore all the ideas so that you can formulate your own.

Have an Exceptional Contrarian New Year...

AND...

Don't come along to our event on Friday 13th in January in the UK...

It's all about Personal Growth, Success and Development - you'll probably hate it and dislike the great bunch of people who will be there...

Instead, stick to Reality TV, the Daily Mail and Napoleon Hill...

To find out how much you'll really dislike it click HERE to find out more disturbing details...

Remember, not to sign up and come along to have a fabulous time...