I recently read an article that discussed some advice Billionaire H.L. Hunt shared with many people in his circle of influence, and I had to share it with you. Bunker was born into a farming community, he worked hard to try to make something of himself, but ended up bankrupt for his trouble. But after pulling himself together and applying what you are about to learn, he became extremely successful. His advice for anybody who feels like their life isn’t as they would like it to be is amazingly simple. And sometimes very difficult at the same time.

So what was his advice?

1) Put the goals you want to achieve in writing

2) Pay in advance

For most of us, our brains respond best to written commands. When you write down the goals you’d like to achieve, whether they are for today, next week or 3 years from now, somehow your brain picks up the vibes and goes to work on helping you to achieve them. You’ve no doubt seen this in your own life. When you set up your day in your diary and plan what you want to get done, you tend to accomplish a lot more than on days where you just bumble along without any sort of plan to follow. Writing out your goals is absolutely crucial to your long term success.

It stands to reason actually. The vast majority of the world’s population never gets around to writing their goals on paper. And as we know, the majority of the worlds population is dead broke, even people who live in so called ‘wealthy’ countries where opportunity abounds and making it should be relatively ‘easy’.

Many people don’t write their goals down, they simple set them in their heads and think that this will be enough. But a goal in your head is like an idea that comes and then is quickly gone. Don’t risk leaving this critical task to chance. Committing your goals to paper and reviewing them regularly ensures that they will be at the top of your thoughts as you go through your day. But written goals are only half the story, as Bunker said, you also have to pay in advance.

What do I mean by paying in advance?

You’ve no doubt seen a farmer planting a crop. He has no idea if his crop will actually grow, or if he will receive enough rain, or if a plague of locusts will destroy his hard work. He has little control over the price he will receive when he takes his produce to market or who will end up buying it from him. Yet he pays for his seed in advance. And when that seed grows into a beautiful, lush crop, he takes the results of his hard work to market and is rewarded because he paid for his seed and did the work in advance.

As online business owners, we need to do the same thing as our farmer. Building a successful online business comes with a price. You have to pay in advance. You have to be studying, learning and investing in your education all the time, to become what you want to be in the future. There’s simply no way around it, you have to learn before you can earn . When you pay in advance, another important thing happens. You are motivated to get things done because you’ve invested in yourself and you want to see the results from your investment. Bottom line? Success ultimately comes from two simple factors…

1) Put your life’s goals in writing

2) Pay In Advance

I know from personal experience that this works. I never used to write down my goals, I always just ‘knew’ what they were. And I never got anywhere. An old friend, let’s call him David, has always set comprehensive, written goals in every area of his life, but particularly in the financial area. He lived through the hard times, studied everything he could, found a mentor and learned some more… and he became a millionaire several times over…

Now I have a set of written goals that guide me every day.

And when I see would be online millionaires who don’t invest in information and tools to move forward and make it to the next level…and when I hear them complain when they’re asked to spend money on their education. Or when I hear them saying how expensive things are and how they ‘can’t afford it’, then I know in my heart that unfortunately those people will probably never make have a profitable online business. Information gives us the chance to make giant steps forward in our lives. It’s that simple. I’ve invested heavily in information products over the last 3 years (when I couldn’t really afford it) and like the farmer, continue to reap the profits.

I can’t give you the advice on your specific situation, only based on my own knowledge and what I’ve seen others do. But I’ll tell you this. Write down your goals and pay in advance. Pay to learn what you have to learn. Pay the price now, and you’ll be rewarded in ways you can’t even imagine at this point in time.