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The basics of passive income are that you’re looking to create, you go to ten figures in a hurry. Now
be prepared to do the work, but look for the low-hanging fruit remember, I did my first seven
use systems that will pay you that really corresponds with your figures inside of six months, so
forever and don’t worry about it strengths. this stuff really works. If you
being online. want that book, just go to www.
Brian: Which of those five areas PassiveIncomeMillionaireBook.
Brian: Is this as hard to do as are your favorites? com and it’s available for you right
people think it is? now.
Doug: I’ve made money in all
Doug: No. It’s like anything else. of them, but my favorite and Brian: Doug, thank you for being
There’s a certain level of self- the one that I love to coach here. This was amazing!
discipline and understanding other people on is business and
that’s required to create these entrepreneurship. The reason I feel Over the last two decades, Doug
things in the outset, and you need so comfortable there is because Vermeeren has conducted extensive
to understand techniques on how when I interviewed the 400 top first-hand research into the lives of
money is really made. achievers, most of them had made
their money in the areas of business the world’s top achievers. He has
There are five areas: business, and entrepreneurship. I got some learned the success strategies of top
real estate, investing, intellectual effective mentorship from people business leaders from Nike, Reebok,
property, or through your that have created billion-dollar Fruit of the Loom, FedEx, KFC,
networks. When you understand brands that everybody knows. United Airlines, Microsoft, Disney
how passive income can be made and many more. ABC television and
in each of these areas, that’s when Having said that, I also enjoy
you start to explode what you’re intellectual property, as well as FOX Business refer to him as the
doing. I think reason why most learning how to make money modern-day Napoleon Hill.
people don’t have passive income through networking, which most
is that they only way know how to people aren’t aware. In addition, he is the producer and
create income is through trading director of 3 out of top 10 personal
time for money. They look at In fact, I actually made $400,000 in development movies ever made. He is
money from a transactional point an hour once with none of my own the producer of The Opus (featuring
of view, not from an exponential money through using my networks.
point of view. That was simply by introducing Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen,
entrepreneurs who needed money Joe Vitale, John Demartini, and
Brian: That’s interesting. How do to people who had money and others.) The Gratitude Experiment
you pick one? taking a cut from both sides. So, (Bob Proctor, Marie Diamond, John
there’s a lot of creative ways, and Demartini, John Gray) and The
Doug: With those five areas that I think that this is an important Treasure Map (John Demartini,
I mentioned, some of these are principle here, is that resources—
going to be stronger for you than meaning money—always follows Marshall Sylver, Randy Gage.)
others will be. In fact, a student of resourcefulness. The ideas always
mine who was very strong in real precede the income. People often He is also the producer of How
estate realized he was a people think that they need money before Thoughts Become Things which is
pleaser and had a hard time asking they can implement ideas. billed as a sequel to The Secret.
for rent if people had problems. He
found after taking a test that we Collaboration is the new economy.
offer our students that investing There are so many people that you He has authored 3 books in the
was a better suited area for him to can partner with, even without Guerrilla Marketing series and is
be in. money, to create powerful tools creator of PERSONAL POWER
and enterprises. MASTERY, which is rated one of the
Warren Buffett once said, top personal development programs
“Business is not like the Olympics. That’s the best advice. I’ve actually in the world providing powerful
You don’t get extra points for got a book that a person can get tools to companies, individuals, and
making a higher high jump or doing access to for maybe $6 online
a race faster.” The key is, with any called Passive Income Millionaire, students.
kind of business or passive income that unfolds seven principles to
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