21st Century Academy

I hope the last post didn’t scare you away from your determined goals for achieving wealth. It was certainly not meant to; it was only meant to enlighten you to the fact that information overload is a real problem that people face as they set off on learning about making money, being successful, and becoming wealthy. Even if you only read among the best of resources, you still face the problem of not knowing where to start, and being unable to create a strong, focused plan for achieving financial freedom.

It’s Easy To Fight Information Overload

That’s the good news for today. It’s not difficult to overcome this particular problem. Yes, you need to achieve some focus, and yes, you need to learn in a balanced way all the different aspects of building wealth successfully. But the work has already been done for you.

The best way to combat information overload is to let someone who has already “been there” and “done that” do the work for you. This is where guys like Jamie McIntyre come into the picture. Jamie went the “read all you can read” route, and yes, did find great success. But Jamie also had the advantage of a wealthy mentor to guide him, and his own good discipline. Those are advantages not all of us will have when we start out.

When Jamie went on to create the 21st Century Academy, he took his collective knowledge, hand-selected the best of what you needed to know, and put it all together in his courses, books, eBooks, and seminars. It’s still a lot of information, but now it is focused. Now it is together in one place, in a program that allows you to learn incrementally and at the pace that makes the most sense for you. He threw in a system of mentoring and support, and the end result was what we have today—a premier course for success and wealth education that gives you just enough of what you need, and has the added benefit of saving you years of reading and wondering where to start.

Wealth Creation Kick-Start

To achieve your goals in shorter time, you cannot afford to be overwhelmed or to lose focus. You need to get that strong foundation first. There is plenty of time for expansion of that knowledge later on, but start strong by utilizing the resources that can keep you focused. Make this the year of your success, not just another year when you take in information that never gets acted upon. Be focused and be successful!

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 - 2009

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We accept that in order to be wealthy and successful we have to learn how to do things differently. We know that we need new strategies for making money, and also for managing the finances that we do have in a way that makes us the priority. And certainly not least of all, we need to develop the mindset and attitude that is the foundation of wealth and success.

We know all of this is necessary, but looking at that list there is a lot we need to know. There are also many, many resources that can deliver that knowledge. It can be too much of a good thing.

Wading Through Wealth Creation

There have been volumes and volumes written about how to be successful and how to build wealth. So many of those volumes really are excellent resources; others, of course, are just fluff and scams trying to ride on the coattails of an ever-popular subject. But even considering only the best of the best, it can be enough to overwhelm the most dedicated of wealth creators. It’s enough to turn your determination into a case of information overload.

When that happens, you run the risk of repeating old mistakes and failing to achieve your financial goals. You become too wrapped up in the process of learning that you cannot ever move on to the actionable part of it. Or, you become understandably overwhelmed and give up, despite having learned some very useful things about building wealth.

Paradoxical Success

It seems a paradox, but realistically information overload can be as much a factor for failure as seeking no advisement at all. The good news is that this is a situation that is easily combated. It requires focus and attention to your wealth education and your goals. It requires picking and choosing among those resources, and actually ignoring a lot of what’s out there, at least for the time being.

It may seem that reading anything and everything you can regarding wealth and success is the way to go, but this strategy does have its limits. Getting just enough of a good thing is what is necessary, so that you can keep your focus, move toward your goals, and manage and absorb what you learn. Come back for the next post and we’ll talk a little more about how you can manage wealth development resources so that information overload does not become the object of your dream’s demise.

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 - 2009

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