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T. Harv Eker
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March 7 - April 12, 2020
“The key to success is to raise your own energy; when you do, people will naturally be attracted to you. And when they show up, bill ’em!”
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.
These four quadrants are the physical world, the mental world, the emotional world, and
the spiritual world.
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.
A lack of money is never, ever, ever a problem. A lack of money is merely a symptom of what is going on underneath.
“What you hear, you forget; what you see, you remember; what you do, you understand.”
The difference between a declaration and an affirmation is slight, but in my mind, powerful. The definition of an affirmation is “a positive statement asserting that a goal you wish to achieve is already happening.” The definition of a declaration is “to state an official intention to undertake a particular course of action or adopt a particular status.”
I recommend that you state your declarations aloud each morning and each evening. Doing your declarations while looking
into a mirror will accelerate the process even more.
DECLARATION: “My inner world creates my outer world.” Now touch your head and say… “I have a millionaire mind.”
WEALTH PRINCIPLE: Thoughts lead to feelings. Feelings lead to actions. Actions lead to results.
Your programming leads to your thoughts; your thoughts lead to your feelings; your feelings lead to your actions; your actions lead to your results.
Verbal programming: What did you hear when you were young? Modeling: What did you see when you were young? Specific incidents: What did you experience when you were young?
When the subconscious mind must choose between deeply rooted emotions and logic, emotions will almost always win.
Again, your subconscious conditioning determines your thinking. Your thinking determines your decisions, and your decisions determine your actions, which eventually determine your outcomes.
WEALTH PRINCIPLE: If your motivation for acquiring money or success comes from a nonsupportive root such as fear, anger, or the need to “prove” yourself, your money will never bring you happiness.
Steps for Change: Specific Incidents Here’s an exercise you can do with your partner. Sit down and discuss the history each of you brings to your thoughts about money—what you heard when you were young, what was modeled in your family, and any emotional incidents that occurred. Also, find out what money really means to your partner. Is it pleasure or freedom or security or status? This will assist you in identifying each other’s current money blueprint and may help you discover why you might be disagreeing in this arena.
The only way to permanently change the temperature in the room is to reset the thermostat. In the same way, the only way to change your level of financial success“permanently” is to reset your financial thermostat.
Remember that the first element of all change is awareness. Watch yourself, become conscious, observe your thoughts, your fears, your beliefs, your habits, your actions, and even your inactions. Put yourself under a microscope. Study yourself.
WEALTH PRINCIPLE: Consciousness is observing your thoughts and actions so that you can live from true choice in the present moment rather than being run by programming from the past.
Wealth File #1 Rich people believe “I create my life.” Poor people believe “Life happens to me.”
WEALTH PRINCIPLE: Money is extremely important in the areas in which it works, and extremely unimportant in the areas in which it doesn’t.
Rich people play the money game to win. Poor people play the money game to not lose.
If your goal is to be comfortable, chances are you’ll never get rich. But if your goal is to be rich, chances are you’ll end up mighty comfortable.
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Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people want to be rich.
The number one reason most people don’t get what they want is that they don’t know what they want. Rich people are totally clear that they want wealth. They are unwavering in their desire. They are fully committed to creating wealth. As long as it’s legal, moral, and ethical, they will do whatever it takes to have wealth. Rich people do not send mixed messages to the universe. Poor people do.
WEALTH PRINCIPLE: If you are not fully, totally, and truly committed to creating wealth, chances are you won’t.
WEALTH PRINCIPLE: The Law of Income: You will be paid in direct proportion to the value you deliver according to the marketplace.
“The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow.”
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
It’s simple. Your field of focus determines what you find in life. Focus on opportunities and that’s what you find. Focus on obstacles and that’s what you find. I’m not saying that you don’t take care of problems. Of course, handle problems as they arise, in the present. But keep your eye on your goal, keep moving toward your target. Put your time and energy into creating what you want. When obstacles arise, handle them, then quickly refocus on your vision. You do not make your life about solving problems. You don’t spend all your time fighting fires. Those who do, move backward! You spend
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If you want to get rich, focus on making, keeping, and investing your money. If you want to be poor, focus on spending your money.
Poor people prefer to be paid a steady salary or hourly wage. They need the “security” of knowing that exactly the same amount of money is coming in at exactly the same time, month in, month out. What they don’t realize is that this security comes with a price, and the cost is wealth. Living based in security is living based in fear. What you’re actually saying is “I’m afraid I won’t be able to earn enough based on my performance, so I’ll settle for earning just enough to survive or to be comfortable.”
WEALTH PRINCIPLE: Never have a ceiling on your income.
If you don’t have a brilliant business idea, not to worry: you can use someone else’s. First, you can become a commissioned salesperson. Selling is one of the world’s highest-paid professions. If you’re good, you can earn a fortune. Second, you
can join a network marketing company.
WEALTH PRINCIPLE: Rich people believe “You can have your cake and eat it too.” Middle-class people believe “Cake is too rich, so I’ll only have a little piece.” Poor people don’t believe they deserve cake, so they order a doughnut, focus on the hole, and wonder why they have “nothing.”
Working income is the money earned from active work.
Passive income is money earned without you actively working.
WEALTH PRINCIPLE: Rich people see every dollar as a “seed” that can be planted to earn a hundred more dollars, which can then be replanted to earn a thousand more dollars.
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.
So, yes, I am absolutely suggesting you put serious attention and energy into continuously learning and, at the same time, be cautious of whom you are learning and taking advice from. If you learn from those who are broke, even if they’re consultants, coaches, or planners, there’s only one thing they can teach you—how to be broke!
