WHO IS HELPING YOU NOW?

• Do you know a smart person who has figured out his/her enablers from being ‘smart’ and is consistently leveraging them to achiever greater success?
• Do you know a smart person who has figured out the typical disablers of smart people, and figured out how to mitigate them?
• Who is helping you identify the typical ‘mistakes’ many smart people like you make (repeatedly)? Remember, you can’t fix something unless you know what needs fixing!
• If you know some classic mistakes you are making as a smart person who is helping you to fix those impediments and become more successful?
• Who has the guts and credibility to tell you what you NEED to hear (not just want to hear)?
• Do you really want to have a ‘rude awakening’ years or decades later?
• Do you really think you could be more successful, happier, earning more and wealthier if you had such a resource, guide and mentor?

The sooner you start identifying and leveraging your enablers, and mitigating your disablers, the more successful you’ll become an achiever among your classmates, friends, peers, family,  colleagues, competitors,…

MY STORY

I graduated from MIT and did not achieve the sustained success I thought I deserved.

Both my parents were high school teachers, and we were told to focus on education. Dad was the first graduate in his entire family EVER. He got two bachelor’s degrees and one master’s degree. Mom was the first woman who graduated from college on my father’s side of the family. She went on to get two bachelor’s degrees, and then got a master’s degree at the age of 76! Between my two sisters and our spouses, we have 14 master’s degrees. Our family values education.

I was the first in the family to travel overseas and graduate from an elite institution like MIT. To my father and many family and friends, I could do no wrong. When I figured I needed some help, I had nobody to turn to. I was surrounded by people who thought I needed no help! I had to look outside the family for  role models, coaches and mentors – and for answers for ‘what was holding me back’.

Are you surrounded by people who think you need no help?

Would you rather fail than let anybody else know you need help?

Yes on both counts? I’ve been in your shoes.

I’ve had some big highs and big lows. When a business I had started collapsed, I wondered why. I tapped into my network and reached out to others.

I became a voracious reader, watched numerous videos, attended conferences and personal development classes,… and made some progress. I found many of the ‘gurus’ teaching the theory of success, but few helped me implement the theory. Many of the ‘gurus’ and attendees were in awe at my ‘smartness’… they were not the ‘truth tellers’.

Smart people have blind spots too – we tend to see what we want to see; and  surround ourselves with people who constantly remind us of how smart we are (and we often ignore/avoid the ‘truth tellers’). Pretty soon, WE END UP LIVING IN A “I AM SMART” BUBBLE… and descend into a negative spiral of mediocrity.

One day, I was with Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, my friend and mentor, at his apartment in Manhattan. I was telling him that something was preventing my greater success. He suggested that I interview other immigrants like myself and see if there was a difference between the achievers and the non-achievers. He also encouraged me to introspect. So, I interviewed over a hundred achievers and non-achievers – from recent graduates to Nobel Prize winners and CEOs of companies. These included people who were successful (and not), by their own measures. And, I interviewed people who were actually making lots of money and wealthy people, researched it in great detail, read numerous books and articles, watched videos, and gave it some deep thought. I found that there are stark differences between achievers & non-achievers. The achievers:

1. were highly self-aware of their enablers & disablers.
2. lead intentional lives.
3. had a support group consisting of other achievers – people on a similar quest

4. had truth-tellers they listened to.

I also noticed that certain factors show up with ‘smart’ people. Those are the 16 factors I mentioned earlier, and the assessment helps to pinpoint whether the factors are enabling or disabling you at this point in time.

I have spoken about my learnings at several elite institutions, and to alumni of several of those elite schools. At one event, while speaking to alumni of a top 5 school, I added a sub-title to my talk – WHY MANY SMART PEOPLE ARE NOT AS SUCCESSFUL AS THEY THINK THEY SHOULD BE. There were FIVE TIMES the expected number of attendees. I knew then… that my challenges were NOT UNIQUE. There are many ‘smart’ people who are trying to figure out how they can be more successful.

I had figured out a few things on my own and had developed a long list of reasons. I then hired two psychologists to help me make sense of it. They boiled that long list of reasons down to 16 psychological factors that recurred, and each individual either used them in enabling or disabling ways. They either enabled them to become more successful, or prevented their greater success.

We put together an assessment to validate the correlation between certain COMMON BEHAVIORS OF SOME CERTAIN SMART PEOPLE AND SUCCESS (or lack of success). When you take that assessment, it will tell you which of those 16 factors are enablers, and which of those are disablers for you. 

Once I help you identify your disablers, I can help you mitigate them. It is like trying to run a 100-meter sprint with a ball and chain around your ankle. I will help you get rid of the ball and chain – you will immediately be able to ‘run faster’.

I wish I had somebody who pointed out my enablers and disablers and guided me to leverage my enablers and mitigate my disablers. I figured those out on my own decades later. 

You don’t have to wait for several years or decades to become more successful. This MIT grad can show you exactly how to identify your enablers and disablers… and become more successful MUCH SOONER.

I distilled my learnings into a simple framework that anybody can follow – the iCLIMB Success framework. It includes taking stock of your current self, identifying your strengths and weaknesses, your enablers and disablers… more details in the Master Class. I will teach you strategies and techniques that you can apply right away to BECOME SMART & SUCCESSFUL – and become an achiever among your classmates, colleagues, friends, peers, family, competitors…

You are ALREADY HERE ON THIS PAGE. You don’t strike me as the kind of person who wants to wait decades…