You walk into a bakery. The smell of freshly baked bread fills the air. You see a loaf, warm and golden, sitting on the shelf. You take out your wallet and buy it without a second thought.
Why? Because you don’t want to spend hours mixing, kneading, proofing, and baking. Because you know a trained baker has already mastered the process and can deliver a product that’s better than what you’d make at home. Because time is money.
Yet, when it comes to business, skills, and success, most people insist on baking their own bread from scratch. They refuse to pay for mentorship, courses, or coaching, thinking they can figure it all out on their own. And what happens? Years wasted. Mistakes repeated. Progress slowed.
The Illusion of “Doing It Yourself”
How many times have you tried to start something new, a business, a skill, a side hustle, without guidance? How many times have you wasted months, even years, hitting walls, making avoidable mistakes, and second-guessing yourself? And if you didn’t quit, how long did it take before you finally figured it out?
That’s the problem. People confuse struggle with growth. They think that because something is difficult, it’s valuable. But there’s a difference between productive struggle and unnecessary struggle.
Would you build your own car instead of buying one? Would you teach yourself brain surgery instead of learning from experts? No. Because in those areas, you respect the expertise of others. But when it comes to success, people act like paying for guidance is a scam.
The True Shortcut: Learning From The Right People
Every successful person has one thing in common: they learned from those ahead of them. They had mentors. They paid for coaching. They invested in knowledge.
Why? Because time is the most valuable resource you have. When you learn from someone who has already walked the path, you collapse time. You skip the unnecessary mistakes. You move directly to what works.
Imagine two people starting the same business.
- Person A decides to do it alone. They spend years making mistakes, testing strategies, failing, and learning through trial and error.
- Person B finds a mentor, joins a program, and follows proven steps. They reach success in months instead of years.
Who wins? Who makes more money? Who has more freedom?
Success isn’t just about hard work. It’s about leverage. The right mentor gives you leverage, insights, systems, and strategies that took them decades to master.
Is It Worth It?
Most people hesitate to invest in a mentor or a program because they think it’s expensive. But what’s more expensive: investing $5,000 in mentorship that helps you make $500,000…or wasting 5 years trying to figure it out on your own?
How about going to school for years, spending thousands of dollars on such education and hopefully if you are lucky at the end get the job, start from the bottom and work for years first for someone elses dreams….or…find the business that you truly like, get the mentor to guide and teach you all about it and make it much quicker…as your own boss?
The real cost isn’t the money you spend. It’s the time you waste.
While many will question the statement above comparing traditional education with practical skills and teachings, the answer is not what is right and what is wrong. Again…The real cost isn’t the money you spend. It’s the time you waste. You become what you believe after all!
You believe that school will take you where you want to go, then go there. You belive that going to schoool is waste of time and that you can grow in other ways faster, so be it.
I failed the same college twice and eventually gave up. Never got a degree but today have 3 degrees….working for me.
I’ve poured over $100,000 into my education, not into a traditional degree, but into learning directly from the best. Lisa Nichols, Les Brown, Robert Kiyosaki, Bob Proctor, Tony Robbins… not only did I study their wisdom, but I also shared the stage with many of them. While my peers were sitting in classrooms chasing degrees, I was in the trenches, applying knowledge, accelerating results, and building real success.
Funny how it works. Now, people look at me as if I’ve hit the highest level of success… without a degree. But the truth? My education wasn’t about memorizing theory for a piece of paper. It came from taking relentless action, learning from those who’ve been there, and surrounding myself with high-level players who move the needle. My “degree” is built on execution and taking action, not lectures.
The mindset was and still is simple…I want to become more successful, who is the right person to take me to the next level?
So ask yourself: Are you still trying to bake your own bread? Or are you ready to buy it from someone who has already mastered the recipe?
Success isn’t about struggling through every step. It’s about taking the smartest path. Find someone who has what you want, learn from them, and move faster than you ever thought possible.
Can a Millionaire Speaker coach teach you how to become one? You decide…or would you rather try to make it yourself?
