Someone very wise drew this for me in my early twenties (and I can’t for the life of me remember who it was…). I’ve quite a few really good mentors and I didn’t note who said what – I just committed WHAT they ALL said to memory…

Dr Marc Dussault - Then And Now

But here’s the thing…

What my mentor told me is that IF you think ahead (something I now call 20/20 foresight, all you need to do is KNOW where you want to be THEN and plan for it NOW.

I know this sounds complicated, but I’ll give you a very specific example. When I took a sabbatical to finish my doctorate degree, I decided to go work for a company that I selected according to a 20+ point ‘checklist’… One of the conditions I set for myself was that I would be there for 3 years and once I attained my financial and personal goals, I would leave.

It took 3 1/2 years instead of 3, but by the time I left, I had:

• Acquired a post-graduate law degree, an intellectual indulgence that was a ‘reward’ I wanted to give myself if you can believe that. I love learning and love the structured academic environment that forces you to learn things you otherwise never discover on your own – like jurisprudence, the rule of law and its role in the formation and management of society – the Australian Constitution… I could go on…
• I acquired a corporate governance diploma from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). This was an accreditation I wanted to bolster my CV and my skill set to determine if I wanted to serve on company boards. I tried it and realised it’s a bureaucracy and ‘agency’ relationship I don’t enjoy.
• I got fit, lost 10 kilos transforming from a casual to an elite athlete winning not one, but two squash tournaments out of the first three I entered.
• I expanded my understanding of databases, IT integration, health informatics systems, object oriented and relational database programming as well as web services, XML and a whole bunch of other three letter acronyms (TLAs!).
• I was sponsored by an employer to become a Permanent Resident of Australia and intend to become a Citizen very soon.

What’s the point?

I set out to achieve ALL those outcomes BEFORE I ever applied for a job. I knew THEN what I would want ‘NOW’ 3 years later. I made a pact with myself that I would not ‘sell myself short’ for a job. That wasn’t the outcome I wanted.

With 20/20 foresight it’s easier to PLAN FOR SUCCESS than it is to look back with regret.

I am not saying YOU have regrets – what I am saying is that some people do end up where they don’t want to be and for many, the ONLY reason is because they never set out to be anywhere or anything else.

They ‘evolved by default’ rather than ‘revolutionise themselves by design‘.

It’s easy to hit a target you can see and KNOW what it looks like…

Nearly impossible when you don’t know WHERE it is or WHAT it looks like.

If you’d like to start planning NOW to achieve your life goals and dreams, take a look at my programs – I’ve designed them to be accessible for everyone with a model to fit any budget. Go to www.ExponentialPrograms.com and take a look around at both the Business and Internet Mastery Membership Programs.

I have a very unique and exponential way of seeing the world – it’s a mindset I can teach you, so you start

“Live a life of revolution by design rather than

evolution by default to avoid extinction by stagnation.”

– Dr Marc Dussault  –

Antimimeticisomorphism is all about having a different perspective, prism or viewpoint on things to stimulate people’s interest and move them to action. We are bombarded with messages on a daily basis which means for YOUR message to get through the clutter, you have to come up with something original and different.

Antimimeticisomorphism is when you ‘borrow’ an idea from one industry and apply it in another. It is truly exponential, but most importantly, it’s FUN!

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The question of the day is:
How many bricks could you carry – in what you do?

Are you as exponential as this guy is? If not, why not? It costs him NOTHING to be TWICE as productive as the next guy – if he’s getting paid by the brick, he makes TWICE as much!

Ka-Ching!

A picture is worth a thousand words as they say!

The Exponential Mindset Venn Diagram

The statistics are shocking. Only 7% of the population knows the OUTCOME they are trying to achieve, leaving a whopping 93% partially or totally clueless.

Add to that the confusion between the OUTCOME and the REWARD.

Recently, I had a conversation with an Internet Marketing enthusiast who when I asked what his OUTCOME was, responded “I want to drive a BMW and fly Business Class”.

That’s the REWARD of the OUTCOME, NOT the OUTCOME he needs to aim for.

The OUTCOME is what you want to achieve, the REWARD is what you end up with ONCE you have achieved it.

That’s a big part of the problem people have – they are focused on the wrong target.

There is no question that focusing on the BMW is motivational, but the REWARD would be a 7 or 8 series instead of a 3 series IF focus actually shifted to the OUTCOME that leads to the REWARD.

For my squash competition, the OUTCOME is for me to play my best and the REWARD is to win games.

In business, I have the OUTCOME to create MORE THAN $20 MILLION in value for my clients and the REWARD will be the profits I take home AFTER my clients have been served and paid me.

Can you see how I wake up in the morning with a completely different mindset?

If your focus is on the REWARD – you’re trying to make as much money as you can and your brain gets confused rather than clear.

You could be confusing your suspects and prospects by offering “Personal training products for 400 pound elite athletes who need to lose weight.”

If you had clarity of OUTCOME, you’d have focus and you’d go full-on with an approach that could be directed toward

• Elite athletes who are looking for that ONE strategy, tip or technique that can improve their performance by 3, 4 or 5% because they know it would be enough to win more points, games, matches or competitions.

OR

• The general public who is overweight, but NOT obese, needing and WANTING to lose 20 to 30 pounds within the next 2-3 months without medical supervision and without resorting to short-term ‘crash diets’ but rather creating long-term health habits that become permanent.

I am sure you’ll agree that either one of these strategies can work to give you the REWARD – the issue is that the OUTCOMES are completely different even though the REWARD is essentially the same!

Yeah I know it’s a “conundrum and dilemma wrapped up in a paradox.”

Onward and upward!
Dr Marc Dussault

Australia’s #1 Exponential Growth Strategist

P.S.

This is not semantics – this stuff is THAT important.

It might take a while, but when you do ‘get it’, it will Unleash The Exponential Potential™ that is within you, waiting to be set free.

If you don’t know your OUTCOME, how can you possibly expect your suspects and prospects to select you and do business with you?!?!

If you are focused on your REWARD – the client has no place in your mind – NONE.

That is one of the reasons you’re not succeeding as much or as quickly as you would like.