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Jerry Clark is the perfect example of a rags-to-riches success story. From being born in a dingy garage in 1968 to becoming a self-made millionaire while still in his 20s, Jerry today conducts personal and professional development seminars around the world. Recognising the changes that occur at the individual level, Jerry commits to training others how to improve themselves by teaching peak performance strategies that get results. SkyQuestCom recently interviewed the Club Rhino founder and producer to over 100 empowering audio programmes on his take on success.

(The following conversation is an excerpt from our video interview with Jerry Clark. To watch a clip of the interview, visit http://learning.skyquestcom.com/)

SKYQUESTCOM: You mentioned that you have achieved great levels of success. What were the keys to your success?

JERRY: Number 1 is I got started. In other words, I really plugged into the business. You know, once it was time for me to plug in, I decided I was going to use this vehicle as something that was going to allow me to create the results that I was seeking.

Number 2 is I got plugged into the process. In other words, I did what other successful people in the business were doing. They told me, “Jerry, if you want to be successful, you have to do this, that and the other.” And I said, “Ok, if I got to do this, that and the other, that’s going to be able to allow me to create the results that I want, then I’m willing to do that!”

And I was even more willing to do it because I thought they were doing it. In other words, they had created the results that I was seeking. So if they were willing to teach me and you know, I had an open mind and I was willing to learn, then that really made all the difference. So I got plugged in to the process.

Number 3, I just didn’t quit! There were times when I wanted to quit. There were times when things were going horrible; I wasn’t getting the results I thought I should get. And I really wanted to quit. I wanted to quit more than one time. But I just didn’t do that, I kept plugging in. I kept learning, I kept growing, I kept moving forward, and I believe that was the reason why I was really able to create some type of result because of those three things right there.

SKYQUESTCOM: You mentioned that many people can achieve success because you’ve done it yourself. But why is it that most people don’t achieve success?

JERRY: You know it’s an interesting thing. If everyone can do it, why isn’t everyone doing it? It’s a very interesting thing because a lot of people aren’t doing what they could be doing simply because they don’t believe they can be doing it. So even if they can do it, they don’t believe they can do it. And the belief that they can’t do it is enough to get them not to do it! And so a lot of people don’t believe that there’s greatness in them. They don’t believe that they can unleash it. They don’t believe that they can bring it out. They don’t believe that anyone would want the value that they have to offer. They don’t believe that they’re worth very much.

The reason they don’t believe those things is because they’ve been programmed to believe that. They’ve been programmed to believe that they’re not worth much. They’ve been programmed to believe that they have to stay mediocre all their lives. They’ve been programmed to believe that they can’t buy the big house, they have to look at other people have the big houses.

They can’t get the fancy cars because they have to look at other people get the fancy cars. They’ve been programmed to believe those things. Once a person has a certain belief, people are going to operate on those beliefs. In other words, they are going to take action based on those beliefs that they have. And the fascinating thing is that action can dramatically alter if their beliefs dramatically alter. All there is to change is beliefs. So everyone is doing what they doing because that’s what they believe they can do. That’s what they believe they should do. That’s what they believe that they’re supposed to. And the only reason they do that is they were programmed.

Now, at one point in my life, I believed, just like everyone else that, in order to be successful, you got to basically go to school, get an education, go out and work hard for someone else all your life. And maybe one day you’ll be able to retire. That’s what I believe. Since I believed that, guess what I did? I went to school, I got a good education. I went out and got a job. I did all the stuff they told me to do. But what I didn’t realise is that by doing that, you are more than likely to end up dead or dead-broke by the time I’m 65 years of age.

So what happened for me was because of putting a different input in my mind. In other words, instead of continuously listening to the people that had got me to where I was, which was not very far, I chose to listen to a different type of person. I decided to listen to the people who were producing results that I wanted to produce. And those people were telling me a drastically different message. They were telling me that I could do more than what I ever thought was possible. They were telling me I was worth more than what anyone had ever told me. They were telling me that I can produce more and can get more results than what I ever believed that I possibly could.

I chose to continue to listen to that even though if I wasn’t so sure if that was true. Because remember, I still have that belief - “Yeah right, you know, I’m supposed to go to school and get an education.” But for some reason I loved their message, I got excited about it, I wanted to believe it. And I kept listening and because I kept listening, I was allowing myself to re-programme my message that I had got. And once I started to re-enhance the quality of my belief, I started to enhance the quality of the actions that I took, I started to enhance the results that I got.

And once I started to enhance the quality of the results I got, I started to enhance the quality of the lifestyle that I live. Instead of flying around in Economy Class, I started flying around in Coach. Instead of flying around in Coach, I was flying around in First Class. Instead of having the little “basic necessity” home, I bought mansions. Instead of a mansion, I bought several mansions. Instead of having a basic car to get by, I bought the luxury vehicles. I bought the 100,000 dollar plus vehicles, the 200,000, the 300,000 and so forth based on where you are in the country.

The bottom line is: I drove the best, I live in the best. And I decided to be the best that I could be. The interesting thing is though is that I know I could be more! And that’s why I’m still learning, that’s why I’m still growing. That’s why regardless of how many millions that I make, I’m still learning. I’m still doing my best to increase the quality of my beliefs, to increase the quality of my self-esteem, to increase the quality of my confidence, to increase the quality of the results that I’m producing. And so, that’s what it all boils down to- beliefs!

With over 200,000 subscribers around the world, SkyQuestCom is Asia's largest multimedia e-learning company. SkyQuestCom offers online video seminars of the world's best personal development experts and business gurus including Anthony Robbins (Unleash The Power Within), Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad, Poor Dad), Brian Tracy (The Psychology of Selling), T. Harv Eker (Secrets of the Millionaire Mind), John Gray (Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus), Jay Abraham (Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got), Bill Gates (Microsoft), Warren Buffett (Forbes' "Richest Person in the World") and many more. To learn more about SkyQuestCom, visit http://learning.skyquestcom.com/.