Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth

by T. Harv Eker

WEALTH PRINCIPLE: Your income can grow only to the extent you do!

WEALTH PRINCIPLE: If you want to change the fruits, you will first have to change the roots. If you want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible.

WEALTH PRINCIPLE: Money is a result, wealth is a result, health is a result, illness is a result, your weight is a result. We live in a world of cause and effect.

WEALTH PRINCIPLE: Thoughts lead to feelings. Feelings lead to actions. Actions lead to results.

when the subconscious mind must choose between deeply rooted emotions and logic, emotions will almost always win.

You call yourself a high achiever, a hard driver, determined, and all these traits are fine. The only question is why? What is the root engine that drives all this?

Nothing has meaning except for the meaning you give

The number one reason most people don’t get what they want is that they don’t know what they want.

Most people choose to play small. Why? First, because of fear. They’re scared to death of failure and they’re even more frightened of success. Second, people play small because they feel small. They feel unworthy. They don’t feel they’re good enough or important enough to make a real difference in people’s lives.

Then, coming from your “higher self” (rather than your ego-based, victim self), take a deep breath and decide right now, in this very moment, you will be a bigger person and not allow any problem or obstacle to take you out of either your happiness or success.

If you say you’re worthy, you are. If you say you’re not worthy, you’re not. Either way you will live into your story.

Focus on all four net worth factors: increasing your income, increasing your savings, increasing your investment returns, and decreasing your cost of living by simplifying your lifestyle.

10 percent into your Long-Term Savings for Spending Account 10 percent into your Education Account 50 percent into your Necessities Account 10 percent into your Give Account

Because we are creatures of habit, we need to practice acting in spite of fear, in spite of doubt, in spite of worry, in spite of uncertainty, in spite of inconvenience, in spite of discomfort, and even to practice acting when we’re not in the mood to act.

Happiness doesn’t come from living a lukewarm life, always wondering what could have been. Happiness comes as a result of being in our natural state of growth and living up to our fullest potential.

So what is the difference between “power thinking” and “positive” thinking? The distinction is slight but profound. To me, people use positive thinking to pretend that everything is rosy, when they really believe that it’s not. With power thinking, we understand that everything is neutral, that nothing has meaning except for the meaning we give it, and that we are going to make up a story and give something its meaning.