Connect Your Dream to Reality

Do you recall the first 9 Secrets of Success?

1. A Desire or a goal that you envision to be real. A dream you deeply desire.

2. Faith in the attainment of that desire beyond all doubt.

3. Your subconscious mind does not know imaginary from reality, nor right from wrong (the realm of your conscience), so you can use Autosuggestion to embed the faith in your desire into your subconscious deeply.

4. Specialized knowledge allows you to master what aligns with your purpose—the cornerstone of your impact.

5. Imagination allows you to build your desire in the workshop of your mind, creating a blueprint with all the details.

6. Organized Planning organizes this living blueprint, bringing each step closer to reality.

7. Decisions empower you to take swift, unwavering action. They set you in motion from the inside out.

8. Persistence gives you the resolve to continually pursue your goal, even when the obstacles seem insurmountable.

9. The Mastermind principle is about surrounding yourself with individuals who challenge and uplift you, creating a synergy that elevates everyone in the Mastermind.

These next two energize inside and all around you, making things happen that seem almost miraculous.

10. The Subconscious Mind

The Connecting Link

Your subconscious mind is part of your soul (psyche) where your beliefs, desires and actions converge. It stores every thought, ultimately guiding your actions and reactions.

Steve Jobs used his subconscious to a high level. His perfectionism and unrelenting pursuit of excellence, simplicity and elegant design for human interaction and beauty were rooted in his subconscious beliefs that nothing less than the best for humanity would do.

Application: I believed I would become a doctor at age 14. I believed I would be a part of the Internet in 1992. I believed I would be gifted with business wisdom and great wealth as a result and that I would have my Magnum Opus in three different businesses in three different fields. I believed I would help Canadian riders become pro cyclists. A couple of months later I was invited to be a partner of a pro cycling team, Israel Premier Tech. Chris Froome, four time Tour de France winner is a good dear friend and I’ve ridden at the Tour with him and Michael Woods, a Canadian runner turned pro cyclist. I just adore them and the pro cyclists. Their hard work and dedication are inspiring. And my partners on the team, Billionaire Sylvan Adams, Ron Baron and Jean stand for greatness.

Wisdom: Program your subconscious with your highest ideals. Trust that it will guide you toward the actions you need to take, allowing your dreams to manifest through aligned effort. I believe when your subconscious mind is aligned with the Spirit of God, what is in your heart will manifest in powerful ways, but oftentimes in ways you do not quite expect or understand at that time.

11. The Brain

A Broadcasting and Receiving Station for Thought

The brain is not just a physical organ but a transmitter of thought. When you harness it, you can connect with the collective ideas of others, drawing inspiration from the world around you.

When Elon Musk mired his brain with visions of space travel, robots for the good of humanity and a fair financial and social network, he would call X. It was much too early, so X merged with Paypal and eventually sold to eBay. He created SpaceX to go to Mars by developing reusable rockets, Tesla to build autonomous electric vehicles that are energy efficient and ultimately give back to the grid, and robots that would serve humankind. From learning physics to engineering,  he asks big questions to allow his brain to think and intuitively piece together executable solutions.

Application: My mentor Bob Proctor said most people don't think. I thought about that and realized it is hard to think deeply for a long time. So, I started asking myself questions and then thinking about possible principles, concepts, and elegant solutions based on different industries and walks of life. 

I am fundraising for how.com. It's the first time I have fundraised since I started business in 1999. The vision is so big. We believe it will reinvent how travel is booked, how shopping is done, how people feel and how companies will operate. We valued it at $50 million, hoping to raise $4m and invite strategic investors to invest more to have strategic oversight upon launch. We are already oversubscribed. Then I thought of all the people who helped me and invited them; more than half were interested, and more than 70% of those are investing. Then I thought of more people who helped me along my life way. Then I saw all of my network. My family. My friends. My domain network. My business network. My logistics network. My cycling network and so many more. I had this belief with domains, with crypto, with my investment in NVIDIA in 2018, and now with how.com. I believe how.com will be an important fabric of the Internet and society.

I have failed a lot but I have also learned a lot to get to this point. This will be one of my Magnum Opus'. This is not my first swing at AI. My first was in 2007 when I acquired a company with semantic technology called Visual Knowledge and invested $10m. I was too early. VK wasn't fast enough nor good enough.

Then, in 2015, I built a mobile app, InTune, that would listen to you as you played the piano to teach you and also turn the pages as you played. One of the developers was fresh out of the University of Toronto. He went to intern at Microsoft in 2017 and then Google Brain. In 2019, he founded a company called Cohere and is CEO. It's currently valued at $5.6B. Congrats, Aidan!

So, this will be my third swing, and the timing is perfect. It's now an execution risk and a game of speed and reinvention! If you are interested, email me :)

Wisdom: Tune your mind to the frequency of greatness. Allow your brain to receive inspiration from above, picking up signals (insight and downloads) that manifest your dream.

Read on for my big life question and two life lessons (only one-minute more). They have helped me in my life and I hope they help you in yours.