The multi-billion dollar self-help industry has a deep and dirty secret:

They sell you junk food dressed up like health food. Not only do some of the most commonly parroted lines and "lessons" not actually help you… but many will actively hurt you and your business.

In fact, there are 7 such self-improvement lies that will do more harm to your business, your wealth, and your future than good.

In today's show, I break down each of these 7 lies and show you why they're nothing but dangerous lies.

Listen now.

Show highlights include:

• The insidious way the multi-billion dollar self-help industry sets you up to fail (while pretending like they're helping you) (1:41)

• The #1 biggest self-help lie almost every advisor believes (3:21)

• How to create the perfect morning routine for yourself (without waking up at 4:30 am, jumping into a cold plunge, or wasting your entire morning journaling and repeating affirmations) (5:36)

• Why having the most positive, growth-oriented, abundant mindset means nothing if you haven't figured out THIS (7:35)

• What nobody has ever told you about the "you're the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with" line that gets parroted by every life coach, every podcast, and every self-help book (9:12)

• Why manifestation does NOT work (and how I got seduced by the lies of manifestation for years and years and years) (13:09)

• How fantasizing about your future success will literally make it less likely to happen (this is backed by hard research and data) (14:09)

• The cold, hard truth about imposter syndrome and the slow and dreadful way to eliminate it forever (15:25)

Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift:

If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free.

Here's something you might not like to hear, but you need to hear it:

The reason you're not as successful or effective as you want isn't because of the market, the economy, or any other external factor. The reason is you.

Take, for instance, the fact every listener of this show knows enough to get started. And yet, the vast majority will let that information die in the deep recesses of their mind instead of taking swift action on it.

The biggest difference between the most successful and most mediocre advisors isn't a skill gap. The successful ones aren't naturally better at marketing than you are.

The real difference?

They know how to get out of their own way.

In today's show, you'll discover how to get out of your own way, sneaky ways that the mind tricks you into creating obstacles out of thin air, and why this is the secret to tripling your lead flow.

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Show highlights include:

• The strange way getting your health biomarkers checked regularly improves your marketing ROI (1:15)

• This proven way to triple your lead flow is so effective and so simple that most advisors will simply ignore it (5:54)

• Here is the most straight-forward, yet comprehensive landing page formula you'll ever need (it's stripped down on purpose because it prevents you from turning a simple landing page into a cathedral!) (7:07)

• Why executing at breakneck speed (even if it means making big, fat mistakes) is the single best wealth-generating machine for advisors (8:23)

• How to get more done in one afternoon than most advisors accomplish all quarter (and why this is far easier than you might think) (9:17)

• 3 deadly "productive" activities that robs financial advice businesses blind without your realizing it (11:21)

• The 80% rule for becoming at least three times more effective, for tripling your lead flow, and for reaching financial freedom 3x faster than your most heated competitor (12:46)

• Why do so many financial advisors get haunted by the Research Demon? Here's the truth… (15:34)

• How to improve your results by 500% compared to the next best advisor (16:27)

Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift:

If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free.

I'm feeling extra generous and reflective in this episode because the July Inner Circle newsletter, my 100th straight issue, is the single best newsletter I've ever written.

The process of writing this celebratory issue has left me overflowing with ideas. Which means you're in for a treat in today's show.

I'm giving you 10 of my best secrets I've learned from spending more than a decade helping financial advisors grow their businesses.

You'll leave knowing what separates the top advisors from the meddling ones… why 90% of advisors shoot themselves in the foot with marketing before they even get started… how your righteous skepticism of marketing is slowly killing your business… and a whole lot more that you can immediately apply to your business and marketing.

Listen now.

Show highlights include:

• The #1 deadliest mistake advisors who have been burned by scummy marketing agencies make (6:11)

• 5 words that can answer almost any marketing question you ever have and turn your confusion into confidence (6:59)

• A subtle mindset shift that helps you look forward to marketing instead of dreading it (7:41)

• How to override a natural human glitch that tricks you into procrastination and mediocrity (8:39)

• A rarely discussed wealth creation machine that flies over most advisors' heads (9:09)

• Why simply thinking about your competitors secretly sends your best prospective clients to them (this was originally uncovered by the "pioneer of success" in 1910 and it's even more true today) (14:45)

• How to grow your financial advice business by doing nothing other than staring at a wall for an hour (15:20)

• Try this covert, yet wildly effective marketing "strategy" to naturally attract wealthier and higher quality clients (15:58)

• Here's the reason you should fire your worst clients by the end of today (19:37)

Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift:

If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free.