ThinkTQ And Grow Rich...

Color Commentary for Monday, February 4, 2008
By E. R. Haas

"Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success."
~ Napoleon Hill

From Positive Thinking to Wealth, Power and Happiness...

If you are looking for clear, specific direction on becoming truly successful — both personally and professionally — or have friends / associates who are struggling with failed hopes and dreams, I will turn your entire life around — right here, right now. No motivational hype, just some rock-solid advice from a man with both tremendous failures... and phenomenal successes to his credit.

Even better, a massive amount of DATA to actually PROVE what I am about to tell you!

Over the last few thousand years there has been considerable debate, dialogue and discussion about success — what it means... and how to achieve it.

Today, we can answer this question quantitatively, absolutely and unequivocally. As CEO of ThinkTQ, Inc., the world's leading publisher of virtual training products for personal and professional excellence, I will offer a unique perspective on what not only CAUSES success, but how you can measure your own Success Potential... and immediately IMPROVE it.

As you will soon see, success — however you define it... Wealth... Power... or Happiness — is interwoven into your DNA — your D)o-it N)ow A)ctions.

No question, success starts in your HEAD... moves down to your HEART... and is ultimately produced by your HANDS... through consistent, repeatable ACTIONS.

Let's examine this a little closer.

Success Is All In Your Head...

For the last hundred years or so, experts have concluded that success is all in your HEAD... that true and lasting success is a direct function of the thoughts you THINK. We have found that this is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, but only one third the issue.

About 100 years ago, a young man named Napoleon Hill started a 25 year research project attempting to discover a universal formula that could be used by the average person to attain greater personal success.

His approach was to interview 500 of the most successful people of the time — all rags-to-riches millionaires — including Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, Elmer Gates, Charles M. Schwab, Theodore Roosevelt, William Wrigley Jr, George Eastman and John D. Rockefeller to name a few.

The result of Hill's storied research was his landmark publication, Think and Grow Rich, a book that, to this day, has affected the thinking of countless visionaries, leaders and ordinary folks looking to live an extraordinary life.

"Whatever your mind can conceive and believe it can achieve." ~ Napoleon Hill

Hill believed "thoughts were things" and that the process of success could be elaborated into a simple formula that could be duplicated by the average person. Had Hill lived in the Internet Age, he would have arrived at the same conclusion we did... that success is a function of a series of highly specific ACTIONS directly connected to a person's THOUGHTS.

Ultimately, Napoleon Hill's philosophy gave birth to numerous books on the connection between our THOUGHTS and success such as Dr. Norman Vincent Peal's The Power of Positive Thinking and Dr. Robert Schuller's Possibility Thinking.

Contrasting Hill's focus on Positivity, Schuller brilliantly observed...

Impossibility thinkers are people who make swift, sweeping passes over a proposed idea, scanning it with a sharp negative eye, looking only for the distasteful aspects. They look for reasons why something won't work instead of visualizing ways in which it could work. So they are inclined to say "No" to a proposal, never giving the idea a fair hearing.

Impossibility thinkers are people who immediately, impulsively, instinctively, and impetuously react to any positive suggestion with a sweeping, unstudied, irresponsible assortment of reasons why it can't be done, or why it is a bad idea, or how someone else tried it and failed, or (and this is usually their clinching argument) how much it will cost!

They are people who suffer from a perilous mental malignancy I call the impossibility complex. They are problem imaginators, failure predictors, trouble visualizers, obstacle envisioners, exaggerated-cost estimators.

"If you are surrounded by friends who are impossibility thinkers, then it's time to replace those so-called friends with possibility thinkers. These special people are fewer in number, but one or two possibility thinkers in your world can replace a whole passel of impossibility thinkers." advises Dr. Schuller.

Stunning advice!

It is indisputable that Positive, Possibility thinking trumps Negative, Impossiblity thinking hands down. But still, we have found this to be only one third the cause of true and lasting success. It, in and of itself, provides a good start, but does not reveal the complete picture.

Positive Expectancy will take you a long way down the road, but that's not the CAUSE of success anymore than carrying an umbrella causes it to rain... even though there is a fairly high mathematical correlation between umbrellas and rain!

Success Is All In Your Heart...

Recently, there has been tremendous buzz surrounding books such as Steven Covey's First Things First, Joel Osteen's Live Your Best Life Now, and Pastor Rick Warren's A Purpose-Driven Life, the followup to his first book to the clergy entitled, The Purpose-Driven Church.

"Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements." ~ Napoleon Hill

Here the advice is both practical and life-changing. If you are not living your BEST life now, examine your life from your PURPOSE on down.

If what you do with the best hours of your day is not also the thing you're passionate about, stop right now!

Stop right now and confront the cold hard facts for what they are: no amount of effectiveness training, time management skills, productivity tips and tricks or goal setting know-how will replace the critical missing ingredient of your life: passion.

Until you discover your "fire within" you will remain condemned to a life only endured, not lived; to delicacies only tasted, not devoured; to joys only imagined, not experienced. And in old age you will lament the days of your youth, when fears about money and security kept you from taking the leaps of faith and courage in the direction of your dreams.

"The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our native capacities to their greatest extent."~ Smiley Blanton ~

A life lived in moderation is not the stuff of stories told to grandchildren with a twinkle in your eye.

You Can Never Be Too Passionate...

Everyone can increase their purpose and intensity.

When you organize all of your activities toward one focused goal, you not only feel more joy in what you are doing, you get more accomplished.

Many of the world's greatest leaders were called failures, until they discovered their life purpose. When you choose an occupation that is truly compatible with your values, abilities, and unique personality, you will at last begin to understand the meaning of true happiness and personal success.

Again, this is all 100% true. On the surface it makes perfect sense.

But is that all there is to it? Think positive thoughts, and passionately believe — truly believe with all your heart and soul — and you too will become the success you desire?

No. It is still just another one third the answer... not the complete answer!

To succeed you must transform your passion into action. Actually, an entire SERIES of highly specific actions — performed in the right general order — to attain your goals and aspirations.

Success Is All In Your Hands...

No question, the success you desire STARTS with the THOUGHTS you think. Those thoughts then move down into your HEART and are given the FIRE TEST. Are your hopes and dreams really on fire... burning with the white-hot intensity of Passion and Purpose in your life?

If not, there's little hope you will achieve your heart's desire. Why?

Because there's simply not enough positive ENERGY to move those dreams into your life. You do NOT have the power to make them real.

The simple heart of the matter is this.

Your dreams require you to take ACTION.

If you do, they will start to move out of your heart and head and into your life. If you don't, they will remain hopelessly frozen in time.

Without a doubt, the single best motivational quote on success I have ever read is from Og Mandino. He perfectly captures the connection between ACTION and SUCCESS...

"I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success. I will act now. I will repeat these words again and again and again. I will walk where failures fear to walk. I will work when failures seek rest. I will act now for now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person."~ Og Mandino

This also rather nicely brings together the connection between our Head... our Heart... and our Hands — don't you think?

So, how does this quote relate to YOUR success potential?

While absolutely true, the above offers little specific advice — either strategically or tactically — for what you must DO to achieve the success you desire.

Thus, the reason we created TQ!

Success is in Your DNA...

Our company, ThinkTQ, Inc. is in the business of measuring and improving human potential. We created the world's first set of tools to actually MEASURE your success potential... and give you the MEANS to immediately improve it.

You PERSONALLY.

This is what we call the power of "mass-customizaton"... the ability to focus on just ONE person, out of the 6 billion people on the planet, and give YOU the exact diagnosis and prognosis you need to succeed!

Remember in my introduction when I gave you the conclusion upfront: Success is in your DNA? I meant this quite literally!

With tens of millions of records in our enormous database, we now have incontrovertible proof — a FINAL answer to the question why some people succeed brilliantly, where others, with the same God-given talents, constantly suffer with the heartbreak of failed hopes dreams and expectations.

Success is in their D)o-it N)ow A)ctions... a series of highly specific, yet simple to perform actions, that lead directly to the success you desire.

Having analyzed an amazing amount of data, we have found a direct (almost perfect 1:1) correlation between a person's success (income, financial resources, career advancement, happiness factors, etc.) and their Time Quotient or TQ for short.

TQ measures your ability to produce Results over Time... hence the simple formula for success that Napoleon Hill and countless others spent their lives searching for:

TQ measures how smart you ACT, not how smart you ARE.

Produce GREATER Results, and do it in LESS Time, and your success potential soars. Produce FEWER Results, and do it in MORE Time, and your success sinks!

For Example...

	High TQ Performance		Low TQ Performance
	Doubled sales this quarter.		Sales fell by 12% this quarter.
	Increased profitability 300% this year.		Profits evaporated, net loss this year.
	Took kids to park twice this week.		Broke promises with kids, maybe take next week.
	Have $2 million in hand for retirement.		Lived hand to mouth right up to retirement.
	Increased market share this month.		Watched competitors eat our lunch this month.
	Launched 6 new products in the last year.		Development a mess, repositioning aging products.
	Moved into dream home today.		Dreams on hold, awaiting further instructions.

After all, just how successful are people who struggle to generate meager Results over their Lifetime?

Right. Not very, is the correct answer.

More Results In Less Time: The Key To Lasting Success.

TQ doesn't measure your cognitive intelligence (IQ,) or your emotional intelligence (EQ.) For purposes of this discussion, assume your IQ and EQ are good enough—because they are.

No question, if you're reading this page, you're smart enough to achieve anything you want in life.

Because TQ is based on 100 simple, easily repeatable actions, it is the only form of intelligence you can actually improve over time.

Our TQ Test is the natural evolution of 4,000 years of thinking... a Gold Standard reference to the factors moving you TOWARDS the success you desire... or HOLDING you back from it.

"High Expectations are the key to everything."
~ Sam Walton, Founder Wal-Mart

Your TQ is broken into two distinct areas: What you have given yourself the right to EXPECT; vs. your power to Execute, such that you meet or exceed those Expectations. We have found that it is your ratio of Expectations over Execution that controls the degree of success in your life.

"High Expectations Demand Brilliant Execution."
~ E. R. Haas, Founder ThinkTQ, Inc.

Thus, we have reduced millions of pages of books, seminars, articles and videos down to just 4 words of advice... the best possible advice we, or anyone else can give you:

Expect More ~ Execute Better

Yes, it is High Expectations coupled with Brilliant Execution that produces the success you desire... what we call High TQ Performance.

"High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation." ~ Jack Kinder ~

Raise your Expectations... set your sights on greater and greater results... believe in the beauty of your dreams... do it DAILY.

Improve your power to Execute... sharpen your performance edge... increase your propensity to take bold action... do it DAILY.

Do this incrementally every day you are alive, and you will achieve success beyond your wildest hopes and dreams. Don't, and prepare to watch your life wither and die on the vine.

So, now you know what the most successful people in the world—men and women alike... in every walk of life—ALL have in common.

People like Bill Gates, Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffett, Larry Ellison, Richard Branson, John Elway, eBay's Meg Whitman, Rev. Robert Schuller, Kathy Ireland, Paul McCartney, Jack Welch, Bono, Sam Walton, Scott Cook, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Martha Stewart, Colin Powell, Rick Warren & Joel Osteen, Condoleezza Rice, Michael Jordan, Nancy Pelosi, Richard Petty, Will Smith, Senators Elizabeth Dole & Barbra Boxer, Tom Clancey & Stephen King, Google founders Larry Page & Sergey Brin... and any self-made man or woman on the Forbes 400?

They are all ACTION-ORIENTED DREAMERS!

Each transformed his or her VISION into outstanding Results over Time... with High TQ Performance: High Expectations ~ Brilliant Execution.

You can too!

How can you improve your TQ?

Actually, the process is quite simple:

1. Systematically identify what's holding you back...
2. Eliminate it.

If you want to achieve ALL your dreams and goals, simply test your TQ and turn it up 20-30-40 points. Now, not someday, maybe.

Because this is so important, we made our TQ Tests freely available to everyone who is serious about their performance. It costs you nothing but 20-30 minutes of your time and will be the most eye-opening experience of your life.

Once you have completed both the long and short tests, you will be given an initial evaluation of the forces moving you TOWARDS success and those HOLDING you back from it.

We have found that you CAN live a life of passion and purpose... you CAN achieve the success you so richly deserve... you CAN have a career that is both, emotionally and financially rewarding.

Just ThinkTQ and Grow Rich!

Yes, there is a formula for success. That formula is TQ.

Please take a few minutes to accept my challenge and discover what you are doing RIGHT... what you are doing WRONG... and precisely what you must do DIFFERENTLY to reach your dreams and goals.

TQ is roughly based on the U.S. Olympics Training Progression... where we take ordinary kids and train them to produce extraordinary results.

If your TQ Score is 60 or less, you need to focus on bringing up your fundamentals. Score less than 70 and you'll need to learn how to "Train to Train". Score under 80, and we will "Train you to Compete". Score 80 and above and we will "Train you to Win."

The evidence is overwhelming.

The facts compelling.

All this requires is a small leap of faith on your part... that just may lead you down a completely different path — a much easier path — to your dreams.

Take the TQ Test by clicking here now. Once you have completed your personal TQ Test, you will find that it is the first of many vital steps you can take within the entire TQ System to guarantee your success.  

ThinkTQ and Grow Rich is not just a great idea, whose time has come. It is your prescription for a life of wealth, power and happiness!