I'm Porter

I was in Uganda last year, my first time in Africa. After some 5 star luxury I doned my backpack and went into the mountains – jungle treks, AK47s, volcanoes, smoking ganja in the ghetto, bungee jumping over the nile and two near death bus rides later I thought I was a pretty hardcore tourist.

But Uganda is pretty safe and stable and full of great friendly people. What I didn’t realise was I have nothing on Shane Smith and Uganda has nothing on Liberia.

Civil war, naked war lords and cannablism.

This, is the Vice Guide to Liberia.

Just an idea for a flyer campaign on the street. Instead of giving out leaflets to unqualified prospects willy nilly, instead, stop them and create an interaction.

You: “Hey, do you know the way to Porter’s Coffee Shop?”
Them: “Porter’s Coffee Shop, hmmm, no sorry”.

*big smile time*

You: “It’s down the street, left at the traffic lights and in front of Natwest”
You: *hand them one coffee free voucher*

People want to help people. Altruism makes us feel good and coffee makes us feel even better.

I’m rich. It’s just a mind-set. Being rich has nothing to do with the money you actually have in the bank, it’s more to do with your beliefs around money, abundance and happiness. A man with friends, a smile and an empty bank account can be more happy than a billionaire with a private jet and an Armani suit. So the richness of your experience is important. A friend once taught me, to really feel rich – just. stop. and. breathe.

But all this rich talk comes across patronising when you have bills you can’t pay and not enough money to do so. This is where most are lacking in one distinct thing:

Good Beliefs About Money

Your beliefs about your self-worth and how that relates to the money you can earn is the number one thing which will either propel you to wealth or pull you down into poverty.

For example, I want you to write a 1000 word article on the thing you know most about. For this…

I’ll pay you £2.
No, I’ll pay you £20.
Actually, I’ll pay you £200.
Scrap that, I’m going to pay you £2000 for a 1000 word article.
Hold on. I’ve decided. I’m going to pay you £20′000 for it.

At what point did you get that gut reaction? The one that says – uugghhh I’m not worth that much. You’ve just identified one of your beliefs about money. Could that limit you at some point?

“Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves” is a childhood favourite of mine. A belief most of us carry around – a one I fought against by literally throwing away my spare change till I built a detachment from small money. A detachment from small money will make you strive to earn larger amounts.

Beliefs are a fascinating thing that not only control our reality but are our reality. Your beliefs on money will sculpt your future earning potential and therefore dictate what you can achieve and do in your lifetime.

It doesn’t matter how much money you earn if you have poor person beliefs. You’ll always find a way to be needing cash at the end of the month. Your lifestyle will move in accordance with your income and if you overspend now, you’ll overspend them. An extra £100 a month isn’t the answer. New beliefs are the answer!

I’ve been lucky to of been born with entrepreneurs for parents and too of grown up with some elders around me that could help sculpt some excellent powerful beliefs. A couple years back I did a Beliefs Workshop with Matt Hudson of Mind International (a company I now work with) that helped clean our some old programs and bad beliefs and since then I’ve taken my income levels to new heights.

If you’d like to do a beliefs course with Mind International then let me know, I’m interested in doing another and would love to get something set up with Matt. Email/facebook me!