Dipak Bhadra, an alignment coach and former air-conditioning professional of ~30 years, describes his 14-year journey toward financial freedom after first hearing Rich Dad Poor Dad (2011). He pursued structured learning (18 months Rich Dad coaching), attended a pivotal six-day Bob Proctor training in Canada where on day 4 he shifted mindset, and applied a model derived from Buckminster Fuller. He emphasizes that financial freedom is when passive income exceeds expenses, argues mindset (95%) outweighs strategy (5%), and attributes progress to investing time, mentors, and over $250,000 (including travel to US/Canada). He wrote a book (~2022) and is offering a free two-hour online master class on Saturday, 3 February (registration link provided).
Questions this video answers
2011 (received audiobook).
18 months.
Zero (net passive income = 0).
Six days, in Canada.
More than $250,000 (including travel to US and Canada).
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Hey friends, good evening from Dubai and good morning, good afternoon whichever part of the world you are in. So today I thought to share my personal story. Because many time I meet people, people who knows me maybe from 10 years, 15 years, 20 years. And they ask me what made me to do what I am doing today. I was doing something totally different five years back for 30 years of my professional life. And I'm doing now totally different. So what made me to do that? How I accumulated that courage and how I feel now leaving that secure job. And how I achieved my financial freedom. So I thought let me share a little bit of that story. So join me maybe since 2011 and somebody handed over me audiobook of Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Now this author, if you know him. So I got book of this guy Robert Kiyosaki which was Rich Dad, Poor Dad. And that made me to think that there is something called financial freedom. Now that was 2011, 14 years back almost or 13 years back. And it's a seed which was, you can say, I don't say planted but there was a desire that how the life will look like when there is a I am financially free. And that time I had no answer. So I decided to learn this. Now being me as an engineer, always logical thinking. I never planned my life, my financial freedom, what I will be doing if I know, if I am not doing my job which was in air conditioning. And slowly the raising awareness, learning about money, keeping myself updated about financial freedom. The desire started growing. But something. Something was continuously driving me. But I was not reaching anywhere. So first five years of that journey, even though I learned I straight away went to rich dad coaching for 18 months. I have decided to learn about financial freedom, what money is. And I was carrying that knowledge. But results were not changing till 2015. Now you can imagine that you want something badly. You are doing everything. You have invested time, you have invested money. But your results are still zero in that journey. Like financial freedom. If you are aware the definition of financial freedom is very simple. When your passive income exceeds your monthly expenses, you are financially free. And at the end of 5 years till 2015, my passive income net passive income was zero. Now why it was happening to find that answer, I decided to go to this gentleman, Bob Proctor. Now I just didn't watch his video on YouTube or read his book. I straight away decided to go to Canada, learn from him. For six days training and in very first day he asked me that why you are here. And my answer was I am looking for financial freedom. And then say it is Good. Like when you are financially free, definitely you will have many other freedom of choices. But then he says that why you want to be financially free, how your life will look like. Do you have those pictures? When you are financially free and being me as an engineer, a logical person, a left brain person, I never thought it is I need all this. I need to have those pictures, clear picture in my mind. And then he says okay, keep your mind open. Don't reject whatever I say but don't accept. Consider it. I learnt from him on day 4 I got this answer what I am doing today. Day four, sitting in Canada learning from Bob Proctor directly. You can see the picture of Bob Proctor here back side. This is Bob Proctor. This is my first picture. My training I attended and that shifted something inside me. Bob Proctor told me that if you keep fighting with the same model, nothing will change. To change the reality you have to change the model. And then he gave me a model. He gave me a roadmap. And with that roadmap things have changed. But was that change was easy? Not at all. Was that worth thousand times? The freedom of choice now I have is tremendous. I am free to travel anywhere. I am free to do what I am doing. Now I choose to work. Not I have to work. Earlier I have to work because I had bills to pay. But now I choose to because my bills are being paid by my passive income. My financial freedom. Now it only happen by raising my awareness from this gentleman, my mentor, Bob Proctor. About mindset I learn and from Robert Kiyosaki I learn about money and I made a decision to learn from them directly from the source. And last two years back I have written this book. Now this book made me authority. I'm an author now. I never thought three years back if somebody would have asked me can I write a book. It was not in my dream but then see this. So I have mentor for book also. So then I have made a choice to have mentor on all skills which I want to learn, I want to develop. So I have public speaking mentor, I have business mentor, I have book writing mentor, I have mindset mentor, I have money mentor. Who is your mentor? Who are the mentors in your life? Now you will be thinking that there is enough information in the world. Just go to YouTube and attend any video and you will be an expert. Or you can attend some free classes and you will be an expert. What happens? You know that that information remains as information, only information. Unless it is not implemented, it will remain in your conscious mind. Information needs to be gelled with your belief system, you need to believe that. So first five years I wanted financial freedom. But my belief system was old. My belief system was still that money is root of all the evils. Money doesn't grow on tree. I have to be satisfied with what I have. So I had knowledge. But my belief system was not changed. So my actions was keeping me in the comfort zone. I was not making any big leap of faith and nothing was changing. But when I narrow down this gap, this knowing doing gap at subconscious level. So Bob Proctor always says that financial freedom is 95% mindset and 5% strategy. Are you focusing too much on mindset? Sorry, Strategy. Many people I meet them, they. They would like to invest in mba, they would like to invest in certification. The results are not changing now why I'm telling you because I was one of them. But when I learn about this information, which I shared partially today it's too short time on this live video. So if you feel that this makes sense, if you want to change your model. So these are things I learnt from Bob Proctor. And this model is by Buckminster Fuller, who was Bob Proctor's mentor and Robert Kiyosaki's mentor. And Buckminster Fuller was a great thinker of his time and architect. And he says you can never change the existing model by fighting with the same reality. To change the reality, you have to change the model. Now you can see this model, maybe this, this may be your model. You are trying to change too many things. People make new resolutions, they decide to change too many things. Mental well being, emotional well being, physical well being, financial well being. And then they feel overwhelmed. You have to make a new model. I made a new model. Bob Proctor pushed me to leave my job. Even that time I was not financially free. But he told me that you only need to know what you want. How will show up. By that time I was not able to believe this. That how I can jump without knowing how I'm going to do it. But he says that if you believe and if you are willing to pay the price. Are you willing to pay the price? I have paid the price. But then rewards I received are much bigger than the price I have paid. Now you will be thinking that how you can achieve it. So I'm offering the opportunity to you. I'm doing a master class which is online master class happening on Saturday 3rd of February, which is just three days now or four days from now. That is absolutely free. It's two hours. Your commitment is two hours of your time. You don't have to invest any money but the information in that two hours. Now if this 10 minutes. If you feel that the information which I have shared does it make sense the two hours will be totally mind blowing and to learn this information for me it took 14 years invested more than $250,000 plus traveling to US and Canada and putting lot of efforts applying making some mistakes. I am going to share in that two hours. If you feel this makes sense, join it. There is a registration link in this Take control of your life. There is a better life when you are financially free. When you have you don't have to worry about paying your bills and then you will be choosing to work not you have to work. Choose to work and have to work. There is a big difference. I made a choice. Now that what I am doing I love to do. Hope this was helpful to you. Join in my master class. It will be absolutely amazing. That's all. This is Deepak Badra. I am alignment coach. I help people to align their life to design their life. That's all. Take care.
