21st Century Academy

To get the most from a 21st Century education, you have to choose your instructors wisely. Choose to be led by proven, successful individuals who stand as proof to the success of the programs they are offering.

It is not uncommon for people who are interested in creating wealth via the share markets to look to a financial planner of some sort for help. The only trouble with that is that often these people are in no better financial shape than you are. Most readily accessible and affordable financial planners are just paid employees. In a lot of cases, these people are working on commission, and are really only interested in pushing the financial products that will make them money.

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This is not to cut up financial planners—these guys are hard working people who are trying to get ahead, too. The point to take away here is that when you choose to learn about investing and wealth creation, you have to choose who you follow wisely.

What makes more sense?

• Take the advice of a planner who sees only modest returns on his or her personal investments, whose decisions regarding the investment of your money is influenced by commission, and who still has to work for money?

Or

• Learn from a seasoned professional investor who has used his or her own products to make millions and now lets money work for him (her)? A person who works because he/she chooses to, not because he has to?

Where Does Jamie McIntyre Fit in?

Your financial success will be greatly impacted by who you choose to follow; choose the second guy, a guy like Jamie McIntyre, and his program, like the 21st Century Academy, and you can be confident that the path you are shown does lead to financial freedom and financial success.

Better still, choose the latter and you create financial independence all your own. When you choose to learn from a guy like Jamie McIntyre, taking the knowledge and support of a system like the 21st Century Academy, you don’t just get advice for the day, you get advice for a lifetime. You aren’t just told where to put your money, you are taught how to invest in manageable ways, and you have the education you need (finally!) to create wealth and sustain yourself for the rest of your life.

To Your Continued Financial Success

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 - 2008

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Now I’ve given you the first 2 things you need to start setting your goals for financial freedom. I’ve given you the 5 levels of financial freedom and I’ve given you the exercise to help you learn where you stand in terms of financial independence. Now the next part is where we get to have a little fun.

Financial Reality

If confronting your financial reality was sobering and overwhelming, now is the time to look at the other side of things. Now you get to determine what you want in life – what you’ll have when you’ve reached your financial goals, thanks to Jamie McIntyre’s ingenious (yet simple) 21st Century Academy program!

Defining What You Want To Achieve Financially

This exercise is really fun, but you should keep yourself grounded enough to be realistic. Unless, of course, shameless amounts of money and belongings are your goal; in that case you should be honest and include it!

This exercise for setting financial goals for financial independence is just a brainstorming session. It will help pinpoint your definition of financial success.

Just take about 5 minutes and list the things that you want. The things that you will use the wealth you create to buy, do, and experience. List the things you want to

• Own—like a house, car, fine art, jewelry, a boat or yacht…
• Give—charities you want to support, philanthropic causes, a house or car to your parents or siblings, maybe your kids…
• Experience—a vacation, a trip, a seminar…
• Achieve economically—like reduce your debt, cash money in the bank, a big net worth, a continuous stream of annual investment income, business profitability…

Now, qualify those goals. Use them to set a schedule for your wealth creation by breaking the list into short term (achieved in 6 to 36 months), intermediate (achieved in 3 to 10 years), and long term (in more than 10 years) goals.

Now What Do You Have?

What you have now is the list of financial goals that you want to achieve—and the timeline for achieving them. What you’ve given yourself is a road map that will help you realize whenever you have achieved a small or large financial success. This will be your basis for a finely tuned set of goals. As you go along and start enjoying financial success through Jamie McIntyre’s 21st Century Academy methods, you’ll be able to check off your successes and know that you are either well on your way, or you’ve arrived at financial success! Then you can join me and the scores of others in telling Jamie McIntyre just what a difference he and the 21st Century Academy have made in your life!

To Your Continued Financial Success

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 - 2007

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One of my first dreams that I “Acquired” from the 21st Century Academy was this: I want to become a Full Time Investor. It was in early 2004 and I had just picked up the Free 3 Hour DVD with Jamie McIntyre. I was in dire straits, financially and was seeking Financial Security. I soon learned the different levels of Financial Protection that we all crave at some level in our lives.

The 5 Levels To Financial Freedom

• Financial Protection
• Financial Security
• Financial Independance
• Financial Freedom
• Absolute Financial Freedom

I set these as goals in January 2004 while doing the Jamie McIntyre homestudy program. I was focused on becoming a full time investor and wanted to know how to make money (like lots) and learn to invest. I soon realized that the focus needed to be elsewhere. You can read more about mindset etc in my Success Communicator Blog.

Become a Full Time Investor In Your Mind

To ever become a Full Time Investor in real life, you need to first be one in your mind. All things originate from a thought so build that though, starting now! First tell yourself you are one and start working towards it. All goals we set don’t always come true but hey… Aim for the Moon. If you miss, you’ll still land among the stars.

I quit my job as an electrician and became a Full Time Investor in 2005. You can read my testimonial that I wrote that memorable day in December 2005 on my I Fired My Boss Page.

Until next time…

Heres to a World Of Full Time Investors

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 - 2007

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The Day I Fired My Boss!

I posted this letter in the Wealth Creation SuperHighway Forum after achieving a goal of replacing my income through various investment strategies thanks to participating in the Jamie McIntyre Homestudy program. I acheived my financial target 6 weeks short of schedule on the 8th of December 2005.

“The only reason it took me nearly 2 years to fire my boss was purely because that’s the time I set for the goal. Had I set a 1 year target, I have no doubt that it would have been acheived in that time ” - Sean Rasmussen July 2006

So here’s the letter I wrote on that day, in it’s entire unedited form:

The Path To Freedom - leaving captivity

Sean Rasmussen - Karratha, Western Australia, Thursday, 8th December 2005

I’m finally there! In the next level.

Today, 8th December 2005 at 7am I walked away from my job a free man. No more shackles from the day to day grind of conforming to the will of society. I’ve replaced my income thanks to Jamie McIntyre (thanks Jamie) and the road is no longer rocky. My life has turned for the better. Big Time.

My new title: Full Time Investor & Life Coach

I can now do what I love to do. Invest during the day and help others achieve the same.

Look up the word Happy in a dictionary and you’ll see a picture of me. Actually, you’ll probably find my photo next to “ecstatic”, “excited” & “over the moon” as well.

Nearly 2 years ago, when I did the Jamie McIntyre homestudy program (the same month as Bill Stacy did his), I set a 2 year retirement target. Retire to do what I want to do, not what I have to do. There’s a big difference. I have been getting up in the morning and going to work because I had to.

Now I’ll be getting up and doing what I want to. Big difference.

My target has been achieved 5 weeks ahead of the deadline, January 15, 2006.

Meanwhile, I’m living my dreams. I’m in the Next Level. I’ve stepped up to the plate and I’m ready! Bring on life. It’s beautiful!

I’ve met some fantastic people over the last 21 months. Jamie McIntyre, Andrew Dimitri, Bill Stacy from Planet Wealth (mate, do you inspire me), Nik Halik, Adam Thomas & John Chapman from Investor Finance, Ian Daley, Roger (my graduate mate from Brisbane), 150+ Graduates that joined 21st Century Academy with me in the last 18 months, numerous speakers at seminars and literally hundreds of new people I’ve met through Jamie McIntyre’s program.

Has this been a fortune cookie of life, or what? Small things make big changes. I nearly didn’t see Jamie’s add in the paper that day in December 2003. I sent away for his free VHS and the rest is history.

Look up the word Happy in a dictionary and you’ll also see a picture of my wife, Cherie.

When she broke the board at the seminar in Fiji, I knew there and then. This is it. We are in the Next Level. Financial freedom is only a matter of time in my own mind. Success is approaching fast in the shape of happiness, freedom, gratitude, love, security, and financial rewards.

I am actively supporting charities. People want to know what I’m doing and want a piece of it. Life is looking pretty great right now, to say the least.

I’m really excited and there are a thousand things I want to do. Now I will be doing so with balance. For nearly 18 months, I have been working in a day job (10 hour days, 13 day fortnights), investing on the stock market, helping people get started with Jamie’s program and pretty much been up to 11-12pm every night with few exceptions.

Most mornings, I’ve got up at 4.30am to walk the dog and be at work on a construction site for a 6am start. 45 degree heat in summer, working in the sun in North West WA. I was nearly crippled or possibly killed by a near miss 6 weeks ago when a 6.75kg scaffold tube was dropped 12meters to the ground, landing within 6 inches of my right shoulder.

In all this time, I’ve watched about 6 movies, read no newspapers, watched maybe 1 hour of news and been 100% committed to the task. I only had $20,000 to start investing with and had no stock market knowledge worth mentioning 2 years ago.

Then I went to Fiji with my wife and 2 boys. That took me to the next level.

Now, I am planning balance in my life. This means evenings off. Lots of time with my family is not only on the cards but happening from today onwards. I’m scheduled to take my family to New Zealand in July 2006 and Hawaii in November 2006, followed by a few more destinations in 2007.

My next Big Holiday will be 4 weeks in France with my family. Don’t know when, but it will have to be soon. The world is too big to be sitting around, waiting for things to happen.

I’d like to share parts of my goal list I wrote out during a Jamie McIntyre homestudy session in January 2004:

• Retire to full time investor by January 15, 2006 - achieved
• Financial protection by 5 May 2005 - achieved
• Financial security by 5 May 2006 - on track
• Financial independence by 5 May 2007
• Financial freedom by 5 May 2008
• Absolute financial freedom by 5 May 2010
• Take my sons to all 7 continents by their 20th birthday – on track
• Travel to one major world destination every year – on track
• Donate 10% of profits to charity – ongoing and being honored
• Establish my own charity for educating children by 2016

There are many more. Some were achieved a lot easier than I thought. Others were possibly a bit ambitious but still workable. The main thing is this:

If I hadn’t written these goals down, I would have lost track and got off target. Today, I would still be at work and heading on a path towards retirement at the age of 65.

My inspiration source is massive. I will be sharing as much of my learning with as many people as I can. Anyone who wants to be a part of this, email me urgently. I’m building a team of 10 people to help me share this with many more people and help them do the same as me and many other 21st Century Academy Graduates. Who doesn’t want to be a Bill Stacy, right now? ( Bill, you’re a legend)

While I was writing this post, I jumped on the phone and joined up as an ongoing monthly sponsor of Greenpeace to add to my list of charities. When I nominated the amount, the response was hugely rewarding! Look. I’m taking action! I’ve been an onlooker for too long. Now I’m taking action.

One piece of advice I can give from all this:

Write down your dreams, Take Action and do it!

It’s all in your mind.

I’ll see you in the next level. Join me there.

Regards
Sean Rasmussen

So that was it. I wrote that testimonial within 1 hour of leaving the workforce forever. At the time I was overwhelmed by the fact that I had actually done it. All the critics, sceptics, cynics… all the people who told me it was a pipedream… they are still back there somewhere at the same job or another one. The beleivers who rewarded me with their support and who listened to me; some are advancing in leaps and bounds. Others are on their way or thinking about it. Life is surely beautiful and must be lived to its potential.

I beleived in Jamie McIntyre and 21st Century Academy. It paid off for me. I decided to make up my own mind and not let anyone else do it for me.

As I write this, I’m at a 21st Century Academy Education For Life seminar on the Gold Coast in Australia. It’s day 1 of 4. I have been to 6 or 7 of these now (it’s a benefit of working close with Jamie). I was listening to Jamie McIntyre inspire the 400+ people attending and I was inspired to jump into my hotel room during the break and post this. I remembered how easily I could have given this whole “wealth thing” a miss… The though scares me.

Believe in your ability, back yourself in and take action! It’s the only way to find out what is really in store for you in life.

Thanks for reading my story.

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 - 2007

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