Whether you’re running a race or singing an aria, the ability to breathe in enough air quickly can make all the difference in your performance. Breathe in, breathe out.
 
That essential element, oxygen, flows in and feeds the processes fueling your performance. In the same way, knowledge feeds the processes that bring success. Being able to absorb large blocks of knowledge quickly is called “transference” and it’s going to propel you toward prosperity like nothing else.
 
The Knowledge You Need is Already Out There
 
Like an abundant supply of fresh air, knowledge is readily available for those who seek it. The secret is to get in front of people who have already done what you want to do. By being in their presence, listening to them and what they know, transference of knowledge can take place
quickly. In other words, a huge handing off of knowledge
takes place in a short period of time.
 
Some of us think we have to sweat and struggle, twist and turn through our journey to prosperity, when the truth is there are already people who know what we need to know to move forward. Becoming tuned into those people, recognizing when you’re being given the gift of knowledge, is a trait truly successful people cultivate.
 
The goal, then, is to identify those special people. Listen to what they have to say with your mind wide open to all the possibilities. Don’t allow your automatic roadblocks to pop up and shut down the transfer of knowledge. When you can do that, that’s when you begin to move forward by leaps and bounds toward your goals.
Here are some ideas for finding the people with the knowledge you need:
 
1. Who is most successful in your field? Offer to buy them lunch in exchange for an hour answering your questions. Respect their time and come prepared with a list if you’re hoping for follow-up time later.
 
2. Invest in a consultant. But don’t pick someone from the phone book! Have they done what you hope to do? Paying someone to help you avoid the big pitfalls is a great investment, if you choose carefully.
 
3.Join or form a mastermind group. Like you, there are others who have found success in specific areas but need help in others. Pool that combined knowledge in a mastermind group and help each other find solutions. Weekly calls with your group can keep you from wasting time on things that don’t work.

Become Intensely Aware of Life’s Learning Opportunities

The single key factor in the amazing success many people achieve is the ability to recognize learning opportunities. What looks like failure to someone else could, instead, look like a way to learn quickly what not to do next time.

Once you’ve found someone with the information you need at this point in your life, take a deep breath and get ready to learn. The worst thing you can do, when life hands you the opportunity to learn quickly, is start throwing out objections. Some common ones are, “That can’t possibly work” or “My situation is different.”

I’m not advocating indiscriminate learning. But you can suspend your disbelief long enough to hear what someone else has to say. That simple act of truly being able to listen without critiquing allows the knowledge to flow in and begin to change the way you think.

Remain tuned into the ways life brings exactly the knowledge you need. Cultivate an awareness of what can be learned in every situation. Each chance encounter, whether on a plane, in a meeting or at a party brings with it the possibility that transference of information can occur, if you’re ready.


Bernadette Doyle publishes her weekly Client Magnets newsletter for trainers, coaches, consultants, complementary therapists and solo professionals. If you want to get clients calling you instead of you calling them, then get your free tips now at www.clientmagnets.com