Unless you
were born in the Stone Age of no TV or media, you had the dream of
being a millionaire or at least financially wealthy at one time or
another growing up. The really sad part is that as you grew you
probably became jaded and was told over and over it's not going to
happen for average people like you. Am I right?
There are a
lot of myths and misguided mystic beliefs about wealthy people out
there that you probably have bought into and to your detriment I must
say! My father’s favorite saying is, “Money is the root of all
evil.” His reason for not succeeding. Yes money used wrong can be
evil but you will find the largest charitable donors listed in the
“Who’s Who column of givers.” (Fictitious name) Having money
gives you the option of doing whatever you want and usually that means
giving back to the world in thanksgiving for having that wealth.
I have read
and heard these very myths over and over and yes I even bought into
them in my earlier life but age has given me a new insight into my
life and lives of others who have been cheated with the following
myths and mysticism’s’.
1: The
wealthy of the world work 10 times as hard as the ordinary man in the
street.
Yes that is
sometimes true in the beginning of their striving for that gold ring
on their merry-go-round of business world and a few by choice. But it
soon became clear to me that it was not true and each millionaire has
found his path and stuck with it. Yes, stick-to-it-ive-ness is the
secret here!
2:
Millionaires are more intelligent and better educated than you and I.
Did you know that the majority of millionaires do not have a college
education? They have been educated in life by the world and their
desires and dreams. Yes, getting and education will put you one step
up the rung to finding your goals only because the average person has
no idea what or where they want to go in life until their thirties or
forties. But most of the millionaires found their own niche or dream
and went for it and gained their education as they went. In so doing
they chose mentors to follow and help them along their path then stuck
with their goals and succeeded. Something anyone can do.
3: Honest
people don't get rich. Yes there are scoundrels in every step of life
but you will find that in every class of human beings. The very elite
of the multi-millionaires did not get there with dishonesty. Most are
brutally honest to the point of scaring and putting off the faint of
heart. Life dictates that honesty is the best policy and if you think
you need dishonesty to get where you want to go I say, "Throw in
Your Towel Now!" Dishonesty will lead to your failure!
4: You need
money to make money. Not so! Most millionaires and billionaires have
had to beg, borrow and sometimes hit rock bottom to get where they
are. Many have filed bankruptcy and gone broke but never let that
deter them from success. They got up brushed themselves’ off and
went on to make more than before with the lessons learned. Yes money
is going to be a necessity to start your climb to the top and you may
have to put your ego and pride to bed in that department. You are
going to need humility to find that capitalist that will help you
succeed or you can grovel to your family and get some backing.
Financial backing was never been easier for them than for you.
Millionaires just learned how to use money instead of money using
them!
5:
Millionaires knew exactly what business they were going into as a
child. Wrong again. Most came to realizations while doing other things
and found a niche that they could fit into and then put their all into
it. Keeping their eyes open to opportunities and not being afraid to
tackle the dream and goal under adversity, the key there!
6:
Millionaires are already made and all the ideas have been taken. Wrong
again! Technology is just beginning and the probability of new and
innovative things popping into your life is extremely strong today.
All the Internet made millionaires is proof there!
7: I'm too
old to change now. How sad that you would believe that age has
anything to do with it. Age just means you’ve gone through the
growing pains and gained knowledge you don’t know you even have.
Search for it and get busy here. If this 63 year-old great grandmother
can change life at this stage so can you. You are never too old to do
what ever your heart desires.Now how to
get where you want to go? Here are some tips I learned along the way
that maybe you can apply to your life.
Never give
yourself an excuse to fail, close any existing exit so that you can
never turn back and have no other alternative but succeed. That may
mean listening to family and friends belittle you and your dream or
staying away from them. Close your eyes and go for it anyway!
I know a
millionaire gal who lived in her car for six months while she worked
at her dream of wealth and put all her money into her business.
Showering and changing clothes in public bathrooms or going into gyms.
Eating one meal a day and absolutely no one knew it until after the
fact. She stretched her dream to the limits. She now is a
multi-millionaire and has huge homes on both coasts a short five years
later with the Jaguar in the garage and a boat in the Marina. How
badly do you want security?
Acquire the
mentality of a millionaire or wealth as it is seen by the world! Most
people don’t believe there are secrets to wealth they believe
wealthy people are just lucky. As a very wise person once said, “You
are who you think you are.” Believe that you can and crave it
passionately and with ever fiber of your being. But look around you
for every opportunity that stops on your door. Don’t pass too many
of them up or one may not bother showing up again.
Dr. William
James, of Harvard, often called the Father of American Psychology,
says that if you are going to make a change in your life, you should
"do it immediately and flamboyantly"! So flamboyantly is the
operative word here! Use your imagination and start to think and act
successfully. No, do not go out and go into big debt. Debt has never
been the answer. Build assets not things!
BELIEF is one
KEY to gaining faith in you.
Goals. Write
down the amount of money you want and when you want it. In order to
achieve monetary wealth, you need an amount and a deadline to aim for.
Remember - A goal without a deadline is no goal at all! This is the
mysticism of a wealthy person. This very thought will work on the
sub-conscious mind. Why do this? If you don’t know where you’re
heading, there is a slim to no chance you’ll ever get there. Write
it down and look at it daily. Work at it every day!
ATTITUDE is
another KEY:
Developing
the right attitude is the key to believing you can be somebody. Then
look for opportunities in every step of your life! They are in front
of you if you look for them!
Believing is
definitely a step that cannot be skipped. The only way of obtaining
that belief is to get outside your comfort area… If you stay within
your own comfort zone forget ever getting into the world of the rich
and wealthy! This is probably one of the hardest steps in success.
People are so engulfed in their own world of comfort that the very
thought of getting outside of it does them in. Kill those habits that
create your comfort zone. Read the little book by Napoleon Hill,
“Think and Grow Rich.” Then put it into action.
Without
belief and faith in that belief along with your goal the mysticism has
been erased and given time and hard work you will be there! Give up
negative thoughts that creep into you mind! Dwell only on positives.
Yes there will be hard work and there will be things to try and cause
you to go into the negative thoughts but kill them!
There is no
mysticism in the world of the wealthy, only faith, goals, positive
thinking and learning to get outside your comfort zone. If you find
yourself comfortable your doing something wrong. Stretch as far as you
can stretch outside yourself. Remember the gal who lived in her car to
use her money to get wealthy!
The myths
perpetrated by the poor and lazy is just that, myths. The wealthy have
learned how to work smart and not hard but it didn’t start out that
way and neither will you. Hard comes first and then easy!
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