Dr. John Demartini

And I had to go and use the neighbors across the street and the next door neighbors and the mallows and the Zubrods equipment. And then I told him there were different prices. If I use your equipment in the garage, it's one price. If I do it this way, I started diversifying. And then I got me three groups of three kids helping me. I made, after all costs, $45.

which is probably around $600 or $700 a day's money as a kid when I was nine. And then my dad said, well, now he didn't see me saving money. So he bought me a coin collection set and a piggy bank. So I started saving money. And I filled up things and, you know, I started to learn to save and do it. And then he said, well, now you're going to learn the next step about being independent.

which is probably around $600 or $700 a day's money as a kid when I was nine. And then my dad said, well, now he didn't see me saving money. So he bought me a coin collection set and a piggy bank. So I started saving money. And I filled up things and, you know, I started to learn to save and do it. And then he said, well, now you're going to learn the next step about being independent.

Now you're going to pay for clothing, food, and rent, $750 a week. That's $30 a month, $1 a day, basically. He said, but that's going to buy you freedom. Now you can get up at five o'clock in the morning. All I ask is you be home by nine o'clock at night. You can go anywhere you want, do anything you want. It's your life. So he was training me.

Now you're going to pay for clothing, food, and rent, $750 a week. That's $30 a month, $1 a day, basically. He said, but that's going to buy you freedom. Now you can get up at five o'clock in the morning. All I ask is you be home by nine o'clock at night. You can go anywhere you want, do anything you want. It's your life. So he was training me.

So when I was nine, I rode my bicycle 35 miles in different directions and then raced home. When I was 12 years old, I started to do a little bit of hitchhiking stuff. 12, I started riding bikes many, many miles. I started hopping trains at 12 going on 13. 13, I started hitchhiking. 14, I hitchhiked across America down into Mexico.

So when I was nine, I rode my bicycle 35 miles in different directions and then raced home. When I was 12 years old, I started to do a little bit of hitchhiking stuff. 12, I started riding bikes many, many miles. I started hopping trains at 12 going on 13. 13, I started hitchhiking. 14, I hitchhiked across America down into Mexico.

So my dad trained me on how to be self-sufficient because he said, you're not going to make it in school. I mean, I did a little bit of the drug scene in the 60s, like everybody else. Everybody did that. When I first hitchhiked to California, I got a ride and I got my way into Austin. I met this chick that I'd met on the Freeport Beach. I found her number and I contact this girl.

So my dad trained me on how to be self-sufficient because he said, you're not going to make it in school. I mean, I did a little bit of the drug scene in the 60s, like everybody else. Everybody did that. When I first hitchhiked to California, I got a ride and I got my way into Austin. I met this chick that I'd met on the Freeport Beach. I found her number and I contact this girl.

She picked me up. We went to dinner. Then we went to a Ted Nugent concert at the Armadillo Club in Austin. So afterwards, she was a hot chick. So we got to go backstage and I got to get stoned with Ted Nugent back in 1968. So that was my first day on the road going to California. It was not that bad.

She picked me up. We went to dinner. Then we went to a Ted Nugent concert at the Armadillo Club in Austin. So afterwards, she was a hot chick. So we got to go backstage and I got to get stoned with Ted Nugent back in 1968. So that was my first day on the road going to California. It was not that bad.

I was 23 years old. I was doing classes at my apartment every night. I would speed read books. I'd get up at two o'clock, do yoga to 2.30, speed read books to 6.30, read four to seven books. By then I was speed reading. At 6.30, I go jog and come back, clean up, go to class.

I was 23 years old. I was doing classes at my apartment every night. I would speed read books. I'd get up at two o'clock, do yoga to 2.30, speed read books to 6.30, read four to seven books. By then I was speed reading. At 6.30, I go jog and come back, clean up, go to class.

And so I said, minimum love donation, $5. And I think I got $10. And then I said, minimum love donation, $10. And then I think I got $20. And then I said, minimum love donation, $20. And still got $20, $30, $40 or something. And then I finally got pissed off, which is purposely inspired spiritual service, educating the divine, if you will. I'm just making up something here.

And so I said, minimum love donation, $5. And I think I got $10. And then I said, minimum love donation, $10. And then I think I got $20. And then I said, minimum love donation, $20. And still got $20, $30, $40 or something. And then I finally got pissed off, which is purposely inspired spiritual service, educating the divine, if you will. I'm just making up something here.

And I said, minimum fee, 20 bucks. And the night I put minimum fee, 20 bucks, I got $360 that night. Wow. And I go, whoa, that's interesting. I'm waiting for other people to decide my worth and they're making sure they don't decide it. They're waiting for me. And so when I did that, I went, hmm, each time I raised it, I got a little bit more. And then when I valued myself, I got a lot more.

And I said, minimum fee, 20 bucks. And the night I put minimum fee, 20 bucks, I got $360 that night. Wow. And I go, whoa, that's interesting. I'm waiting for other people to decide my worth and they're making sure they don't decide it. They're waiting for me. And so when I did that, I went, hmm, each time I raised it, I got a little bit more. And then when I valued myself, I got a lot more.

So I gradually started to go and increase that. Well, I made a goal. I actually wrote out an escalating amount that I wanted to keep doing. And I used to carry cash in my pocket on what I wanted to make in a day. And I eventually carried 30,000 a day and I made 30,000 a day. I started charging 30,000 a day for my service and I got it. But I had to do it in steps. I couldn't go from $20 to $3,000.

So I gradually started to go and increase that. Well, I made a goal. I actually wrote out an escalating amount that I wanted to keep doing. And I used to carry cash in my pocket on what I wanted to make in a day. And I eventually carried 30,000 a day and I made 30,000 a day. I started charging 30,000 a day for my service and I got it. But I had to do it in steps. I couldn't go from $20 to $3,000.

I realized that until you value, don't expect the world to. And I realized whenever you want to change it and raise it, I had an exercise I did. Write down 100 benefits to the clients of the new fee and 100 drawbacks to the clients of the old fee. and then make sure you deliver something of extra value and make sure you have something that nobody else can do it.