How long does it take to get rich? A lot of people between fifty-five to sixty years old coming in my seminars are pretty worried because their time are coming up. It is not as sparked up and exciting as it used to be. They hear that you have to be already rich by twenty-five to thirty years old. I know for a fact that that is wrong because I have been down in the tubes and holes several times. It wouldn’t be hard if you know some of the rules in business.
The first thing you might want to know is that it only takes 10,000 hours to get rich in America. But here’s the interesting thing, it has to be 10,000 hours of work that only you can do. Straightening up the shelves and writing a yellow page ad are things that somebody else can do, so they do not count towards your 10,000 hours. While, signing papers above your desk is something that only you can do. This is one of the reasons why I write so many ads in Craigslist and hire so many contractors for writing blogs, doing researches, posting ads, writing up inventories or doing things for the mailing list. I can hire somebody to do all these, but what can I not hire somebody to do? These blogs and videos, and working in front of a video camera can count. I cannot hire somebody to do my speeches and seminars, to look at all the marketing going on in law firms, architectural firms or medical offices and convert them to this industry. I’m the only one who can do that.
So, as long as I’m doing those kinds of functions, I’m knocking my hours off towards my 10,000 mark. Now, most of these have already got halfway, because nobody else could have done your college for you which could be about two or three thousand hours of your 10,000. And nobody could read the hundreds of books you’ve read, and each one of those could be four or five hours. Most of us have already got about 5,000 hours towards our 10,000 hours to get rich. We are this close! All we need to do now is to get focused on the rest of the way out. Just keep in mind that it takes 10,000 hours to get rich. If you need a little backup information on this, read Malcolm Gladwell’s book, “Outliers”, and you will find out how many times researchers came out with the same exact 10,000-hour number. And I tell you what, two or three years from now, you will make it there. It takes 10,000 hours to get rich, but those hours they only count if you do work that nobody else can do.
Since 1987, KC Truby has taught 16,000 accountants how to find and sell more new business clients. 2,000,000 small business owners have his tapes on sales and cash flow. KC has brought 250,000 businesses into a local accountant’s office with his QuickBooks Made Easy seminars and tax marketing techniques. He was also named one of the “100 Most Influential People in the Accounting Industry”…
