According to business strategist and speaker Myron Golden, the answer is far simpler, yet infinitely more profound: You must learn to talk better.

In his recent teaching, “Leveling Up Your Life = Leveling Up Your Communication,” Golden presents a compelling thesis: “The quality of your life is always going to be in direct correlation to the quality of your communication”. But before you assume this is just another article about public speaking or learning how to make small talk, you need to understand that Golden’s definition of communication is multidimensional. It isn’t just about the words that come out of your mouth; it is about the words you say to yourself, the words you say to God, and even the words you type into a computer.

Myron Golden breaks down communication into four distinct pillars: internal communication, vertical external communication, horizontal external communication, and technological communication. If you want a better life, you have to master all four.

1. The Trap of Lazy Language

Golden begins by dismantling the bad habits that plague our daily speech. He recounts observing people who mumble, noting that this isn’t just a speech impediment—it is often a subconscious strategy. Mumbling is a form of “non-committed verbal expression”. By not enunciating clearly, a person avoids taking full responsibility for what they are saying.

Even more common is the use of profanity. While some might view swearing as a way to add emphasis, Myron Golden sees it as “verbal laziness”. When people use expletives, they are using “non-adjectives to attempt to describe what you mean”. It is a signal that the speaker lacks the clarity or vocabulary to articulate their actual thoughts. It creates a lack of clarity because the words being used don’t actually describe the subject at hand.

However, the most dangerous word in the English language, according to Golden, isn’t a curse word. It is the word “try.”

Golden describes having a “visceral physical reaction” whenever someone says, “This is what I’m trying to do”. Why? Because, as he asserts, “There’s no such thing… I’m not trying to do anything. I’m doing it or I’m not doing it”. When you use the word “try,” you are pre-loading your sentence with the possibility of failure. You are giving yourself an out. If you do it, great; if you don’t, well, you only “tried.” Eliminating “try” from your vocabulary forces you to commit to action.

2. Internal Communication: rewriting the Stories We Tell

The most critical form of communication is the conversation happening inside your own head. Golden references Tony Robbins, noting that to model excellence, one must model belief systems. But Golden takes it a step further by defining exactly what a belief is.

“A belief is a story that you tell yourself about an expected outcome”.

This is a game-changing definition. If your life is difficult, it is likely because the stories you are telling yourself about your future are unfavorable. Myron points out that most people are experts at telling themselves negative stories, and then they are surprised when they get undesirable outcomes.

The Anatomy of Anxiety

Golden argues that nobody actually has a “procrastination problem.” Procrastination is merely a symptom. The real problem is anxiety. And what is anxiety? It is “that feeling I get when I’m expecting an unfavorable outcome”.

To illustrate this, Myron Golden shares a personal story about his former fear of flying. He hated flying because his internal communication told him it “didn’t make sense”. He would look at a metal tube weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds and his logic would reject the idea that it could stay in the air. He reasoned, “I’ve never even seen any cars up there… I’ve not seen a stinking bicycle in the air,” so why should a 250,000-pound plane be able to fly?.

Because his expectation was that the plane would crash (an unfavorable outcome), his subconscious mind wouldn’t let him “put his weight down” in the seat. He was anxious because his story was flawed.

Changing the Story through Education

How did he fix it? He didn’t just “think positive.” He changed the story by acquiring new information. Golden decided to take flying lessons.

Through education, he learned the principles of aerodynamics. He learned that planes are designed to fly—so much so that during hurricanes, planes are often moved into the air because it is easier for them to fly than to stay on the ground in high winds. He learned that if a plane sits on the ground too long without flying, it becomes worthless.

Once he understood the mechanics, his story changed. His belief changed. He went from being terrified to being able to fall asleep before takeoff and wake up after landing. He even co-piloted a twin-engine jet to the Bahamas. This proves his central point: if you improve your internal communication (your story), you change your beliefs, which eliminates anxiety and changes your actions.

3. Vertical Communication: Tuning In

The second direction of communication is vertical—between you and God. Myron Golden observes that many people treat prayer as a way to get God to do what they want. They treat God like a cosmic vending machine or an assistant to their personal agenda.

Golden suggests a shift in perspective. “I realize that when I’m praying and I’m talking to God, I am not talking to God to get him to do my thing; I’m talking to God to get me in tune with him so I can do his thing”.

He notes that many people go to church, feel good for an hour, and then leave and apply absolutely none of it to their lives. True vertical communication happens when you receive an objective from God and then align your life with that objective. When you stop trying to command the divine and start communicating to align with the divine, the “game changes completely”.

4. Horizontal Communication: Transformation Over Transaction

This is the area most people think of when they hear the word “communication”—talking to other people. Golden emphasizes that this horizontal communication is the key to everything you want in society: finding a mate, raising responsible children, getting a job, hiring employees, and acquiring business partners.

However, most people fail here because they are self-obsessed. Golden points out a common tragedy in business: an inventor or author creates a beautiful solution, but when they talk about it, they make it sound “ugly”.

Why does this happen? Myron identifies two fatal mistakes:

1. Falling in love with the product: They talk about the “trinkets” and “templates” they designed rather than what those things do for the user.
2. Falling in love with their effort: They value the time they spent becoming an expert, assuming the client should pay them for their time. But clients don’t care about your time; they care about their own results.

When you communicate with others, you must shift from thinking about the transaction (getting paid) to thinking about their transformation (their results).

Golden advises that the best time to figure out what you want from a conversation is before it starts. But crucially, you must also figure out how “making it all about them is going to be beneficial to them”. If you can verbalize a message that clearly shows people what they get out of engaging with you, your quality of life will skyrocket.

5. Technological Communication: The AI Revolution

Golden touches on a fourth, emerging pillar of communication: our interaction with technology, specifically Artificial Intelligence (AI).

We are entering an era where “your ability to leverage AI to the fullest is going to be in direct proportion to your ability to describe exactly the outcome you desire”. If you cannot articulate your thoughts clearly, the AI cannot help you. Furthermore, you must be articulate enough to “challenge the outputs” that the AI gives you.

Golden issues a stark warning: Your ability to communicate with AI will determine “whether AI takes you along for the ride or whether you get left behind”. This reinforces his opening statement—learning to talk better (even to a machine) is the key to doing better.

How to Level Up Your Communication Today

So, how do you actually improve these four areas? Myron Golden simplifies it down to two actionable steps. He jokes that he limited it to two because “all of us can count to two”.

Step 1: Read More Well-Written Books

You cannot output high-quality language if you are not inputting high-quality language. You need to expose your brain to good ideas and good syntax.

Step 2: Write More (But Not What You Think)

Writing is essential, but Golden clarifies what you should be writing. When you are reading a book, watching a video, or having a conversation with an intelligent person, and something resonates with you, do not just transcribe what they said.

“Don’t write down what they said. Write down what you thought of as a result of what they said”.

This is the secret sauce. When you capture your own thoughts that were sparked by external wisdom, you are creating “unique content that levels up your life for the rest of your life”. This practice forces you to process information, internalize it, and translate it into your own “internal communication.”

Conclusion: Empower Your Expectations

Myron Golden’s message is a call to become “hyper intentional” about every word we use. Whether you are whispering to yourself about your fears, praying to God for guidance, pitching a client, or prompting an AI bot, your words are the architects of your reality.

Golden reminds us that “expectation is your greatest superpower as a human being”. By cleaning up your language, educating yourself to remove anxiety, and focusing on the transformation of others, you empower your expectations. You stop using words that describe a limited past and start using words that construct a limitless future.

As Myron says, “If you learn to talk better, you will do better”. It is time to level up your communication so you can level up your life.

In his teaching “Go From Excuse Maker To Action Taker,” Golden posits a liberating truth: “I’ve never met a person in my life with a procrastination problem.”

According to Golden, procrastination is never the problem itself; it is merely a symptom. The root cause is that you are associating more pain than pleasure with the act of getting the thing done. If you can flip that association—linking more pleasure than pain to the activity—you will execute immediately.

To move from excuse maker to action taker, you must master the mechanics of your mind. Here is Myron Golden’s detailed blueprint for dismantling the cycle of delay and entering “Now O’Clock.”

Phase 1: The Head (Facts, Focus, and Belief)

Golden explains that the cycle of action begins with how we process reality. It starts with The Facts.

However, Golden emphasizes a crucial nuance: “There’s no such thing as a purely positive fact, and there’s no such thing as a purely negative fact.” Every situation has both positive and negative aspects.

The Frame When you observe a fact, you put a “frame” around it. This frame is your focus. You have the agency to focus on either the positive aspect or the negative aspect.

• Focusing on the negative makes you sad or avoidant.
• Focusing on the positive energizes you.

The Misconception of Doubt Your focus creates your belief. If you focus on the positive, you manifest Faith. If you focus on the negative, you manifest Doubt. Golden offers a profound redefinition of doubt: “Doubt is not the absence of belief.”

• Faith is the belief in the outcome you desire.
• Doubt is the belief in the outcome you do not desire.

We often trick ourselves into thinking we believe things because they are objectively true. Golden argues the opposite: “People think things are true because they believe them.” If you are hyper-intentional about focusing on the positive aspects of facts, you build a belief system that propels you forward rather than holding you back.

Phase 2: The Heart (Anticipation vs. Anxiety)

Once a belief is formed in your head, it travels down to your heart to produce a feeling. Golden states clearly: “Feelings are the fuel of action.” Human beings are singularly motivated—we do what we do because we feel like it.

The Energy of Anticipation When you focus on the positive and manifest Faith, your heart produces Anticipation. Golden compares this to a child on Christmas Eve. You can’t sleep, not because you are worried, but because you are “energized by your expectation of a magnificent future.” This energy allows you to wake up early and get to work without hitting the snooze button.

• Golden’s Personal Example: He wakes up at 5:00 AM not because he loves waking up early, but because he focuses on the pleasure of the result: hitting his golf drive 300 yards. The anticipation of the future victory overrides the pain of the present discipline.

The Thief Called Anxiety When you focus on the negative and manifest Doubt, your heart produces Anxiety. Golden describes anxiety as the “thief of our dreams” because it causes us to waste today’s energy worrying about tomorrow’s problem.

Anxiety is Not Fear One of Golden’s most critical distinctions is the difference between anxiety and fear. He uses the analogy of a Bobcat vs. an Alligator:

• Fear is caution over a real, present danger. If you are on a golf course and see a live alligator next to your ball, that is fear. It is a survival mechanism.
• Anxiety is caution over a future, imagined danger. If you walk into a dark parking lot and imagine a bobcat might be there (because you saw a video of one earlier), that is anxiety.

Anxiety creates physical symptoms—sweaty hands, heart palpitations, shallow breathing—that leave you exhausted before you even begin.

Phase 3: The Hands (Power vs. Powerlessness)

The feeling in your heart produces a “function in your hands.” This is the moment of execution or excuse.

• Anticipation leads to POWER: When you have the energy of anticipation, you have the power to act. You don’t procrastinate because you are pulled forward by the joy of the expected result.
• Anxiety leads to POWERLESSNESS: When you are anxious, you feel drained. This lack of power forces you to say, “I’ll do it later.” This is the true mechanics of procrastination.

The Solution: How to Execute Right Now

If you are stuck, it is because you are envisioning the plan not working. Myron Golden provides specific, tactical steps to hack this biology and get it done:

1. “Faith is Created in the Ears” Golden notes that doubt is often created in the eyes (by what we imagine or see), but faith is created in the ears. If you cannot mentally envision the project working, Golden advises:

• Sit down and write out every positive thing that will happen when you complete the task.
• Read it out loud. By speaking the positive outcome, you tell yourself a different story, overriding the anxiety in your mind’s eye with the faith in your ears.

2. Stop Desiring, Start Expecting Golden uses the example of writer’s block. He argues that writer’s block is simply “expecting the book not to sell.” If you knew for a fact you would sell a million copies next week, you would have finished the book yesterday. To fix this, stop “desiring” a result (like a sale) and start relying on the Law of Averages. If you present to enough people, someone will buy. When you move from hoping to knowing, you remove the paralyzing anxiety of the unknown.

3. Make it “Now O’Clock” Golden reminds us that “tomorrow” is a concept that doesn’t exist; reality is always today. By consciously shifting your focus to the positive, generating anticipation, and relying on expectation rather than desire, you can stop being an excuse maker.

As Myron Golden says, make it “Now O’Clock” and get it done.

Myron Golden doesn’t just believe it’s possible. He’s lived it.

In a candid and deeply reflective talk, Golden reveals how he went from being “broke and worse than zero” to generating more than $41 million in just four and a half years. But this isn’t a flashy rags-to-riches story. It’s a masterclass in how wealth actually works—and why most people never experience it.

Golden’s message challenges conventional thinking, dismantles popular myths about money, and replaces hustle culture with something far more powerful: principles.

Rock Bottom as the Beginning

Golden’s journey began where many people quietly live for years—financial desperation.

A decade ago, he was surviving on borrowed money with a damaged credit score, struggling just to rent a home. He recalls the humiliation of having his water and electricity shut off while his wife was eight months pregnant. He remembers standing in a welfare office and realizing that his presence actually reduced his family’s benefits.

These weren’t just hard moments. They were defining ones.

Instead of breaking him, they became fuel. Golden explains that pain, when interpreted correctly, doesn’t destroy—it activates.

Wealth Is Not Just Human Effort—It’s a Gift You Must Steward

One of Golden’s most controversial insights is also one of his most grounding:
the power to create wealth doesn’t originate with human effort alone.

He points to a biblical principle that reframes ambition entirely—the idea that the ability to generate wealth is itself a gift. Not as an excuse for passivity, but as a reminder that everything required for success—thinking, seeing, moving, deciding—comes from a source beyond ego.

This understanding shifts wealth creation from arrogance to partnership, from striving to stewardship.

Two Truths That Change Everything About Money

Golden distills his philosophy into two transformative ideas that redefine how wealth works.

1. Wealth Is a High-Energy Result

Golden argues that wealth follows the same law as physics:
energy flows from high energy to high energy.

No high-energy outcome ever comes from a low-energy source.

To illustrate, he compares wealth creation to a fully loaded 747 jet. A plane weighing nearly a million pounds doesn’t lift off with lawnmower engines. It requires enormous power. The same principle applies to money.

This doesn’t mean hype or fake positivity. It means being intentional about the energy you project—especially through language.

Golden calls phrases like “I’m surviving,” “I’m okay,” or “I’m above the dirt” broke language. Not because they’re untrue, but because they signal low expectation, low momentum, and low belief.

High-energy people attract opportunities, relationships, and results—not because of magic, but because energy is contagious.

2. Wealth Is Measured More in Time Than in Money

Golden then delivers a perspective shift that reframes the entire idea of being “rich.”

If someone earns $25,000 a year for 40 years, they make a million dollars.
If someone earns $1 million in a year, they are 40 times richer—not in amount, but in time.

Speed matters.

Wealth isn’t just about how much you make. It’s about how quickly value is created and exchanged.

This insight directly challenges the cultural fear of “getting rich too fast.” Golden redefines a “scheme” simply as a plan—and asks a confronting question:

Why do we warn people about plans to get rich quickly, but never warn them about plans to stay broke forever?

Pain and Purpose: The Twin Engines of Wealth

According to Golden, two forces consistently drive wealth creation.

The Power of Pain

Many people don’t become wealthy because they don’t need to.

Comfort is often more dangerous than hardship. Pain creates urgency. It forces movement. Golden explains that his financial suffering gave him a reason to act decisively—while others stayed stuck because life was “good enough.”

Even later, when he reached $30,000 per month, he felt rich—until a mentor showed him a level of wealth where that amount was insignificant. That realization introduced a new kind of pain: the pain of unrealized potential.

Pain doesn’t have to come from poverty. It can come from awareness.

The Power of Purpose

Golden is clear: wealth lives in the arena of purpose.

Purpose is not something you invent. It’s something you uncover.

He warns against copying business models just because they’re profitable. If you build success around something you hate, you won’t last long enough to win.

Golden shares how he rejected highly profitable strategies because they didn’t align with who he was. His rule is simple:
All good money isn’t good money.

True purpose sits at the intersection of:

• What you love to do
• What you’re genuinely good at

When those two align, persistence becomes natural—and excellence becomes inevitable.

The Final Invitation

Myron Golden’s journey proves that wealth is not about luck, gimmicks, or shortcuts. It’s about understanding how energy works, respecting the value of time, allowing pain to refine you, and committing fully to your purpose.

His closing challenge is simple but profound:
Stop trying to create your purpose. Discover it.

Because when you do, wealth stops being something you chase—and becomes something that flows.

The question is no longer “Is it possible?”
The real question is: Are you ready to step into it?