You have heard that old cliché... if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Well in my experience that’s true, no one I know has ever REALLY got rich quickly, even though it may appear that money has been made fast.

On closer examination you’ll find that these folk who suddenly seem to have “found the money” have been working at it for years. They have experienced obstacles, disappointments and hard work along the way.

People seem to want there to be a straight line to success, well unfortunately it’s a wavy line. In fact, in some cases massive zigs and zags. The name of the game is to make the size of the zigs and zags tighter. The name of the game is to have small dips and troughs, be constantly adjusting your efforts to achieve success faster.

I advocate blurring the line between hard work, passion and pleasure. That’s the life I get to live, I love business, marketing and entrepreneurs. None of this is work to me, although I wouldn’t do it for free. I can’t make a case for solving people’s problems for free, firstly there must be an exchange of value, in this case my knowledge and the know-how acquired over 35 years of expensive experience and on the other hand, the money clients pay me for speed and accuracy.

Believe it or not most people made their fortune in ordinary every day business, it didn’t happen via some new idea or breakthrough. This is all confirmed in a book entitled “The Millionaire Next Door”. This is why I believe that ordinary every day business operating as extraordinary is still the best way to make a fortune in Australia today.

The Fortune 500 magazine, last years study 400 Billionaires and would you believe 170 of them literally started their Billion dollars business in their garage. Another 100 started with smaller amount of money. It doesn’t necessary take money to make money… so don’t let a lack of money stop you.

Something else you might get comfort from is the fact that most millionaires made their millions after they turn fifty, so it seems there is still hope if you haven’t figured it out yet. It just goes to prove there is no straight line to success.