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ChAPTER 5<br />

<strong>The</strong> Quantum leap Myth<br />

Some Day ...<br />

Some day, when my ship comes in ...<br />

Some day, when I have the money ...<br />

Some day, when I have the time ...<br />

Some day, when I have the skill, the confidence ...<br />

How many of those statements have you said to yourself? Have I got<br />

some shocking news for you: “some day” doesn’t<br />

exist, never has, and never will. <strong>The</strong>re is no “some<br />

day.” <strong>The</strong>re’s only today. When tomorrow comes, it will be another<br />

today; so will the next day. <strong>The</strong>y all will. <strong>The</strong>re is never anything but today.<br />

And some more shocking news: your ship’s not coming—it’s already here.<br />

Docked and waiting. You already have the money. You already have the time. You<br />

already have the skill, the confidence. You already have everything you need to<br />

achieve everything you want.<br />

You just can’t see it.<br />

Why not? Because you’re looking in the wrong place. You’re looking for the<br />

breakthrough, the quantum leap. You’re looking for the winning<br />

lottery ticket in a game that isn’t a lottery!<br />

Have you ever noticed that when you read stories about lottery winners,<br />

they are hardly ever bank presidents, successful entrepreneurs or corporate<br />

executives? That they never seem to be people who were already financially

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