We’ll call our hero John. To all appearances, John was just a gym junky. He was great at it and had a perfectly sculpted body to show for his efforts. What John didn’t show, though, was his ambition. He wanted to do more with his life than just look buffed at the beach.

John was earning a living working at the gym. He sold memberships, helped show people how to use the equipment and did other odd jobs around the gym. He had a lot of free time throughout the day when gym customers were at work, so he used his time productively reading investing books. John wanted to find a way to get ahead in life and wasn’t letting the fact that he was broke stand in his way.

One of the things John learned from his books was that nobody ever got seriously rich working for someone else. Entrepreneurs get rich, not employees. He could relate to that. He worked at a gym for a boss who was making serious money off his body building expertise. John decided to start marketing himself and became a personal trainer.

John found success as a fitness expert. He started working cheaply, but found that he was so in demand that he raised his rates. Before long, Hollywood stars and wealthy business people were calling on him to be their personal coach and John was making good money.

He was able to make enough money, in fact, that he saved enough to make a down payment on property. His books had taught him that real estate was a great way to make big money. He had also observed that while his former employer at the gym made good money, the guy who collected his rent made even better money.

John decided to invest in landed property instead of a home or established business. He simply bought a piece of land in a growing area and rented slices of land out to various small businesses. He didn’t even have to build on the land. They paid long term leases. Come rain or come shine, they would have to pay him rent every month.

John is now a very wealthy and successful man who has set his sights even higher, to politics. Had John not believed in himself even when to all appearances he was just a gym junkey, he would never have achieved all that he has achieved.

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