I’m sitting here in LA for the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Pan American Games this weekend.  Everyone is here in quest of becoming a Pan American Champion.  Well at least some of them are, others are just here to compete, some are here for the experience but you can tell the competitors that are here to try to win.  You can see it in their eyes.  They are determined.  They are focused. And they are here to try to reach their goals.

Speaking about goals, I believe that most of us set our goals to low in life, have a limited belief mentality and without someone constantly around you to push you out of that limited belief mentality, you’re probably going to be stuck in it.

Let’s use me for an example.  In 1999 I had a story written about me in the Worlds largest GJJ magazine called, “Gracie Magazine”.  Talk about being excited, the story was about this tough American that came to brazil and fought, that was the event that I became the first non brazilian to defeat a BJJ Black Belt in Brazil.

Well fast forward a few years, I’ve become quite known in the business World, I’ve had interviews done on me, I’ve been featured in stories, but when I made it on the front cover of The Millionaire Blueprints magazine with Famous Amos, I thought that I had ‘made it’, that was all I needed, I was happy with it and had no other goals regarding that, I had finally made a cover.

Well why was I thinking so small?  My thoughts became much bigger when a friend named Dominique made a mistake when introducing me one time.  In her introduction she said something to the effect of, “Lloyd irvin has been featured on the front cover of Fortune magazine” and went on.  When she told me that she messed up and had said “Fortune Magazine” instead of “Millionaire Blueprints”, it hit me, why couldn’t I be on the front cover of Fortune magazine?

Although I don’t even read fortune magazine, I know that they talk about “BIG BUSINESS”, on the business side of the World I work alot in the internet marketing side of things.  I help businesses get more business through the internet.  I’m currently working an a HUGE project to help “Cosmetic Dentist” throughout the World generate more clients.

But let me get back to my point here.  Why didn’t I ever even consider the thought of one day being on the cover of “Fortune Magazine”? It was because of I didn’t think it possible.  A few years ago I would’nt have thought being on the front cover of “Millionaire Blueprints” a possibility either.

You have to set your goals as “High As Possible” as long as they are realistic.  One thing that I tell my jiu jitsu students is never to set a goal of reaching blue, purple or brown belt.  Always set your goal for Black Belt.  If you set your goal to reach Black Belt, then you set a realistic plan to reach Black Belt, then the blue, purple and brown belts with be just speed bumps in the road that you will cross as you travel towards your Black Belt.

If you set your goal for blue belt, then your efforts will be geared towards getting the blue belt, which will hurt you in the end and slow your progress.

So make sure that you set your goals high!

Make sure that they are realistic!

And go for it!

Lloyd Irvin

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