Archive for June, 2008

The Benefits Of A Program Vs Going It Alone

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Using a program vs going it aloneIf you read the last post you probably realize by now that the 21st Century Academy is not the only place where you can learn about wealth creation and how to change your financial future. But there are definite, undeniable advantages to using a program like Jamie McIntyre’s, as anyone who has ever tried to go it alone will readily tell you.

The Benefits Of Organized Financial Education

The information is out there, albeit widespread. So why is it better that you spend the money on a program like this instead of trying to discover the path to sustainable wealth on your own? There are many reasons, actually.

• Organized financial education. The strongest reason is this—organization. What would take you years to study and organize in your spare time is already brought together and laid out for you in understandable, navigable courses.

• Learn from many. This will depend on the course that you choose, but at least in the 21st Century Academy you will get not one expert, but many. The course is actually a collaborative effort, as well as a course that brings the best the field has to offer together in one place

• Support. It is essential to your success that you choose a financial education program that includes an element of support—such as through forums, workshops and seminars, a network of members and participants, access to leaders and educators. You’ll find this invaluable as you go along for those times when you are confused or simply overwhelmed or unmotivated.

• Choices. Financial education programs give you choices. Choices in how to pursue wealth, choices of strategy, choices of investment vehicles. This is important, because as we know, beyond the fundamentals like mindset, wealth creation and investment are not ‘one-size fits all’. Beware, though, as some programs are more limited, offering only one or two investment strategies, not the variety necessary to support various methods.

• Live better faster. Save time learning, save time reaching your financial goals. There is a lot of information out there, but it would take you years probably to go through it all on your own. Do yourself a favor and take a shortcut to success by taking advantage of a quality, reliable wealth empowerment program.

Your Take On The Matter

Tell me now; what’s your take on this? Can you add to the list above? Or can you offer a word or two of advice for those just starting out? What do you see as the advantages of coming together with a group or program as opposed to striking out on your own?

To Your Continued Financial Success

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 - 2008

The Experts Agree

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Take control and have choices in your financial futureThe experts agree that there are common threads which people share that keep them from being wealthy. If you research what the various financial experts say, you’ll see a lot of similarity between them.

Jamie McIntyre And Friends

Many of you have probably read more than one financial expert. If you have, you’ll see that there is a lot of similarity between them. In fact, you’ll notice that in the 21st Century Academy programs Jamie McIntyre refers to a variety of other experts, from Napoleon Hill to Robert Kiyosaki and Anthony Robbins. And you’ll see that on many points, these men (and some expert women, too—we don’t want to leave out the ladies!) are all in agreement.

The most notable point you’ll make is that all of them agree that mindset is the first determining factor in wealth. The people who are wealthy have a different mindset and play by a different set of rules—the rules that open the opportunity to make money and become wealthy as opposed to the rules set by tradition and financial institutions. So the first order in wealth creation is simple. Change the mindset, change the financial future.

Simple, Not Easy

It may be simple, as in, the concept is simple, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Changing your financial future still takes work and effort. There’s no way around that. But with the guidance of the right financial education and expert leadership, you can get there.

The fact that the experts are all so similar in their advisement should be taken as a vote of confidence—as proof that wealth is attainable, and that the systems do work. There are sure and proven ways to change your life and succeed in creating wealth. If you doubt that, you have only to pick up a few books by these great men and women, and see what they all have to say. You have only to find out what needs to change in your life to make room for money—for wealth!

To Your Continued Financial Success

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 - 2008

Start Today, Grow Tomorrow

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

This is a subject we took up on another of my blogs for wealth creation. It is the subject of taking wealth creation one day at a time.

One Day At A Time

The inspiration for the post comes from a debt reduction strategy that was recently brought to my attention. The strategy is to start people small in debt reduction by starting with the day at hand. And for that day, just for today, the debtors make a commitment not to debt. The next day he does the same. And the day after that, and the day after that, and so on into the future. Each day, he promises himself to better himself, just for that day.

He doesn’t worry about the day that follows, or the months, or the years, he concerns himself with today. To making progress today. Tomorrow he will deal with tomorrow.

Wealth Creation One Day At A Time

Building wealth can work in much the same way. In fact, if you are deep in debt and you adopt this strategy, you are already doing something to work towards building wealth. You are already making progress!

It is understandable that in the beginning the process of gaining a financial education can be overwhelming. It is not uncommon for people to start and stop many times before really committing to a program like the 21st Century Academy. Even then, it’s not uncommon for a person to realize the possibilities Jamie McIntyre is presenting, and still stagnate. Wealth creation is a very big thing.

But it is a manageable thing, too. Just like you can get yourself out of debt by making one effort today, you can build wealth by taking one action today. Do something today to build your financial future. It can be anything—read a book, read this blog, research wealth creation, sign up for Jamie’s homestudy course, set a goal, save some money, work to rewire your financial subconscious—anything at all.

All great things start with one small, single step. Take a step forward today, follow it up tomorrow, and in time you’ll be able to look back and see how far you’ve come!

To Your Continued Financial Success

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 - 2008

What Are You Living For?

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Take control and have choices in your financial futureWhat are you living for? Are you living to work? Or are you working to live? Is life your priority? Is money? These are hard questions to answer because in some ways this is a chicken and egg scenario. You need money to live and to enjoy life fully in the modern age. You need to work to make money (for now). Without money you can’t live. But when you work for a living, you miss out on an awful lot of life, too.

The Way Life Should Be

You shouldn’t have to choose between work and life. In a perfect world, you’d be able to live as you choose and not have to slave for 40, 50, 60 hours or more and miss out on life. But the world isn’t perfect, so we have to do what we can with what we have.

In essence, this is the fundamental basis of wealth creation programs like the 21st Century Academy. However, those programs do not ignore the reality of money and do not propose that we simply accept the inevitable and dream of a better world. They give us better ways.

Better Ways To Live More And Work Less

How do you break the work/life cycle? How do you live better and work less? The answer is simple. Build sustainable streams of wealth. Make money work for you—make money make money! Live off passive streams of income.

Is that possible? It is. In most cases though, it’s not possible without first getting a financial education. Most people need help. They need the additional assistance of a modern education and financial empowerment program. The need it, because most of us never had it. School didn’t prepare us to live first and work second; it just prepared us for a job. This is why we need programs like Jamie McIntyre’s—because we need someone to help us fill in the gaps, and show us better ways to live more and let the money do the working!

To Your Continued Financial Success

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 - 2008

How Money Changes You—For The Better!

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Think that’s not possible? You’re not alone. And I’m not at all surprised that you would think money cannot make you a better person. In truth, money can’t make you a better person. That’s why there are rich and powerful people in the world who do horrible and unethical things. But Jamie McIntyre’s style of wealth creation can make you a better person. Doubtful? Read on….

Remember The Small Changes And The Sum Of The Whole

Money in and of itself is neither good nor bad. It’s the people that have money that are good or bad, so to speak. As Jamie McIntyre will show you early on in the 21st Century Academy programs, money is just money—a tool for life, but not inherently evil; not even inherently good. It’s just a vehicle that you can use to get you where you want to be—living the life you want to live, without the stress and strain of financial depravity, and without working your life away to get what you need. Creating wealth and having money will change you for the better, so long as the changes you make in your life on your path to wealth creation are good changes.

The kinds of changes the 21st Century Academy teaches you to make are all good. As we talked about before, you’ll make many small changes as you learn to create wealth and get rich that will result in one or a few big changes—primarily, financial prosperity.

Better Attitudes, Better Living

Many people are surprised to find that the 21st Century Academy doesn’t start right off teaching things like investment strategy. It starts with teaching you to correct the negative attitudes that you have towards money; because it is that negativity that keeps you anything less than rich. However, when you start to improve your attitudes, and start to make the changes that allow you to create wealth, you can’t help but become a better person. What you learn from Jamie McIntyre will affect your life in every way until, in the end, you’ll be a better person for having learned to make money and be rich. Could it get any better than that?

To Your Continued Financial Success

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 - 2008