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One great turn will get you to certain goals; it may even get you to the goal that you have defined as your arrival at being wealthy. But to stay there, it takes more than one good turn. It takes many, and an ongoing, continuing effort to stay on top.

Continuing On In Wealth And Prosperity

So what is the path to follow? How does developing wealth continue?

The continuous path to financial freedom is variable, as all of success and achievement is. It willvary depending on your strategy for building wealth, your interests, your needs, your successes, and even your failures. Moving forward, there are some general things you should consider that will help you stay the course to financial freedom. For instance

• Continuing on in wealth education for increased success and more ways to become wealthy

• Developing new strategies for investment and wealth creation

• Reevaluating strategies and goals

• Scrapping the under-performers for the real money makers

• Diversifying for greater return and security

Staying The Course

This endless work sounds tiring, doesn’t it? And if you’ve met your goals, and achieved that level of wealth success that you were shooting for, why should you have to keep going? Why is important to continue to work to develop financial freedom when you have already achieved that goal?

It’s all about sustainability. A windfall sum of money will make you feel wealthy for a time, but to truly be wealthy—to be financially independent and in control—you must develop lasting wealth. Lasting wealth depends on your continuing to build upon your success for greater success. Lasting wealth is the key to true financial freedom.

The continuing road does not have to be an extraneous effort. Being that you have already come this far, and that you have already learned so much to get here and changed in so many positive ways, you’ll find that continuing on is much, much easier than getting started and making your first money. All you need to do now is to sustain that wealth through continued commitment to your new mindset and lifestyle. But with the world of possibilities and a healthy taste of financial success, no doubt you’ll be energized and raring to go anyway.

To Your Continued Financial Success

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

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We’ve been talking about empowerment and prioritising how your money is managed. Something that goes hand in hand with that conversation is the system of values that you place on how you spend your money—what some refer to as a hierarchy of values. Get intimate with what you value, and you may just find the key to wealth creation success.

Top Values Get Top Billing

The things that you value most are what will get the lion’s share of your money. This may or may not have anything to do with what you think you value. But if you look at where your money goes, you’ll begin to see what you have valued most highly, and quite probably see how you’ve valued yourself very little.

What you value most is the first place you spend your money. From there there is an order of values that goes down the list of expenditures. At the end is what you have been placing the least value on; if something goes untended, it will be what is at the bottom of the list.

The problem is that most people have themselves at the bottom of the list of values. They are their last financial obligation each month. And so they get the least attention, the least money, and are first to be cut from the list when money limits dictate. With you at the bottom of your list, you will never be the financial priority that you need to be. If you do not value yourself, you will not win your own wealth. You will not choose to attend to your own wealth creation.

Values And Awareness

Up until now there is a good chance that you were not even aware of your own system of values. Largely, this is something that lies in the subconscious or just above it in a place we pay little attention to. But a look at where your money goes will give you clues as to what you have been valuing. If you do not see your own wealth growing, there is a good chance you have not valued yourself enough.

So can this be changed? Definitely yes. In many ways this ties into the concept of rewiring your subconscious that Jamie McIntyre talks about in the 21st Century Academy materials. Once you learn to rewire your subconscious and place a value on you the direct result will become apparent. When wealth creation suffers, more often than not it is time for a change in your value hierarchy.

To Your Continued Financial Success

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

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Being a parent, I am constantly thinking about how to help my children gain a firmer understanding of the financial world, so that I can help them succeed even before they get started. If you are a parent, no doubt you want this for your kids as well. And if you are not, I’d venture that there’s a very strong chance you have children in your life, or will have in the future. So whether you have kids or not, this is a post for you.

Open Up About Money

Finance and wealth creation is not something that should be hidden from children. Admittedly, finance is not something parents used to talk about with kids. More likely, it is something parents work to hide from their kids. For some reason, money and finance seem to be right up there with big ‘S’ word in conversations we’d love to avoid with our kids. And that is why most of us grow up with limited financial intelligence. But if you start your kids young, you can change the financial future for them, and you can prevent the kind of financial pain, associations, and struggle that we’ve been discussing.

It really makes so very little sense for us to be closed-lipped about money, wealth, and finances with our kids. In fact, that reluctance to address the issue is one of the things that leads to the impression that money is somehow bad, evil, or painful. And we all know where that leads now, don’t we!

An Ounce Of Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure

You’ll find that by being open and honest and including your children in your financial education with the 21st Century Academy, and even just with everyday finance, that you will open the minds of your children and in fact take down barriers to financial success before they are ever built up. Children are, as any parent knows, extraordinarily resilient. They are capable of grasping so much more than we ever thought possible. We do them a great disservice by assuming that they cannot benefit from a financial education from an early age.

Jamie McIntyre and the 21st Century Academy understand this. The programs offered even include provisions for kids and teens. Take advantage of that, but also make financial education a part of your child’s everyday life. Talk to them, be open and honest, include them, and ask their opinions. Empower your children towards financial success from the beginning, and save them the lifetime of struggle and frustration that you’ve endured. Be a child’s financial hero!

To Your Continued Financial Success

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

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If 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

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Today we’ll be using the list from the last post to complete the exercise designed by Jamie McIntyre, offered through the 21st Century Academy, to rewire the way your subconscious mind views money. We’re going to take a look at the most limiting beliefs you hold towards money and use them to answer some questions and create a plan of action.

Answer Me This

Answer yourself this—what I think doesn’t matter. This is all about how your mind twists money into negativity and prevents you from being a financial success.

The next step is to take that list and just answer a few questions, again provided by Jamie McIntyre. They are:

1. What are my most limiting beliefs about having absolute financial abundance?

2. What specific amount of money represents financial abundance to me?

3. What will I do today toward developing a financial plan?

4. What did I learn today that I can use to make progress?

5. What financial terms and aspects of personal finance do I not currently understand?

6. Why am I committed to follow through?

7. Give one or two situations from the past when you pulled through despite difficulty.

Start Moving Forward

I like this exercise because is gives you valuable insight into your subconscious mind, making you aware of how you are hindering your own wealth creation without even knowing it. I also like it because it gives you small steps you can take today even without the complete benefit of the 21st Century Academy to start moving forward. Additionally, those actions are small enough to be implemented without interfering with anything else in your life.

I hope this exercise provides the insight and enough action that you need to start enjoying success with money today. I wish you all the best and hope to see you back here soon so that I can help you learn to go further and do even more!

To Your Continued Financial Success

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

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