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We kind of stumbled along through the last two posts where I talked about how you need to be wealthy so that you can take wealthy actions and go on to have wealth. It’s something of a difficult concept to explain, but I hope that you followed along with me. I think from here I can start to make this clearer.

Define What Wealth Is To You

We know that the first step to being wealthy is to be that person—to start living today as a wealthy person; to accept and believe that that is who you are. Because you cannot be both wealthy and poor, right?

Now, let’s take some time and try to work out how you can do that, even now, even without six figures in the bank.

Before you can be something you need to know what it means to be that person. To be wealthy, you have to figure out what that means. Now, I can’t give you all the answers here. Being wealthy means different things to different people. And there are different levels of wealth, and more ways than one to be wealthy. To start being wealthy, you have to compile a list of attributes and characteristics that wealthy people have. You have to know what it is that you are striving to be.

The best way to do this is probably to just get in touch with your own thoughts and goals. Figure out what wealth means to you so that you can start incorporating that into your mind process. Brainstorm a list, as long or short as you want, but probably the more the better, of characteristics of the wealthy—a list of what wealthy people are. And this doesn’t have to be a list of numbers. Wealthy people are not numbers, they are people with strengths and weaknesses (but let’s focus on the strengths here). This list could include words like

• Strong

• Smart

• Educated (not necessarily university educated, could be a wealth creation education like the 21st Century Academy, or a real-world education)

• Confident

• Savvy

• Comfortable

• Motivated

Find the words that work for you, even on a general level. Look within yourself, too, and find characteristics of the wealthy. Also look for what you might need to change.

When you know what it is to be wealthy you can start being that person. You know the next step; it is to start taking wealthy actions. And you know where it leads from there. Take the first step now. Know the wealthy person you want to be. And be it!

To Your Continued Financial Success

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

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The point of the exercise in the last post about interviewing yourself to rewire your subconscious was not to make you feel poorly about yourself. That is not the intention of any of this, and not the intention of Jamie McIntyre or the 21st Century Academy. The only intended purpose for any of this is to help you recognize those things that are serving as barriers to wealth and financial success. Only when you understand what has been keeping you from being successful can you take steps to remedy the situation.

Money Can Pressure Anyone

If you recall, the questions I gave you, which came from the 21st Century Academy via an eBook written by Jamie McIntyre, were all focused on the pressure that you feel from money. Many who answer these questions start to feel down about the fact that money is such a controlling factor in their lives. If you have some perspective on that, though, you understand that, as we said, this is not a right or wrong proposition. It’s just an evaluation of the situation.

People from all walks of life have answered that set of four questions. And except for a small group who has found their way to financial freedom, most will realize that they do in fact feel pressured by money. Note that this is people across all income levels! Rich people, poor people, middle-income people, professionals, doctors, lawyers, school teachers, ditch diggers…anyone, almost everyone, can and will experience pressure with money as the root source.

Pressuring Perspective

It’s important to recognize that, but it’s also important to find a way to move beyond it. Money cannot continue to be a source of strife for you if you are to achieve the level of comfort that you seek in your life. Accept that this has been the situation up until now, and accept that the way to change is to start, as we’ve been discussing, rewiring your subconscious and removing the invisible roadblocks to success. I’ll be back next time with more tips from Jamie on how to do just that.

To Your Continued Financial Success

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

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Hopefully you’ve had time to come to terms with the fact that financial negativity is a fact of life, and that you need a change. So let’s take a short look at how Jamie McIntyre would help you improve that negative attitude, so that then we can get on to the better things in life—succeeding in wealth creation to live the life you want!

Deep Roots

As mentioned in the earlier post, your negativity towards money has very deep-seeded roots in your mind and subconscious. So deeply seeded that there is a very good possibility [probability] that you haven’t even realized you harbor negative feelings towards money, and/or that those negative feelings are prohibiting you from building wealth.

Even though there are aspects of negativity, or instances of negativity towards money that you can probably recall and point to, there are other, more harmful subconscious attitudes that you might not be aware of. These are harder to target because it’s not just a matter of stopping yourself from saying something or thinking something that is counterproductive to wealth creation. It’s about changing those very attitudes that you cannot control.

Rewiring The Subconscious Mind

One of the most powerful and life-changing lessons that Jamie McIntyre teaches through the 21st Century Academy is how to change the subconscious mind so that you can make room for money and success in your life. If this was the only thing Jamie taught you, then you would already have an essential tool that would make a huge difference in your life.

Rewiring the subconscious financial attitude is a process of revealing your true feelings towards money, and then taking steps to correct them. While this is a truly revealing process, and can sometimes elicit some mental anguish, it’s not a difficult task; that is to say, it does not require any special skill or even money. It only requires you to spend time in reflection, and then take actions to replace the bad with the good.

In future posts, we’ll start to do just that. Come back next time and we’ll start talking about some of the ways to rewire your financial subconscious and free you from those attitudes that hold you back—the ones you can’t even see.

To Your Continued Financial Success

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

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Now that we’ve established that we all, as humans, have needs, and that we all do something to meet those needs, let’s talk just a bit about how we go about meeting the basic needs of life. A perspective on how you meet life needs will help you refocus your efforts and habits into more constructive, more beneficial means of meeting them.

Meeting Needs on Different Levels

As we’ve said, everyone meets their basic needs; but not everyone meets them well. Not everyone meets them on the same level, either. You may be meeting your basic human needs on one of three levels:

• Low level of fulfillment
• Moderate level of fulfillment
• High level of fulfillment

Each of these levels has certain ‘vehicles’ or ‘means’ of meeting the needs attached to them. These vehicles can be categorized thusly:

• Low fulfillment: destructive vehicles
• Moderate fulfillment: neutral vehicles
• High fulfillment: constructive vehicles

These need-fulfillment vehicles take a large variety of forms, both good and bad and places in between. Here are just a few examples:

• Sympathy (of others, to others)
• Substances (alcohol, drugs)
• Food
• Control
• Identity
• Faith/spirituality
• Money (spending and saving, different levels of construction for the same vehicle)
• Accomplishments, awards
• Leading
• Teaching
• Criticizing

As said, these are just a very few ways to meet needs, and some of these can be either negative or positive. To really learn and identify what you are doing well to meet your needs, or where you need to improve, I encourage you to read Jamie’s full discussion on the matter.

Many people are not even aware of how their needs are being met, so long as they feel they are meeting them. That is what makes this an important lesson to learn in the course of wealth creation. If you do not feel need you will not be compelled to change your life; but if you analyze your needs and strategies for meeting them, you may readily understand why what you are doing to meet your needs is counterproductive to living well and living life to its fullest…and to creating wealth for more comfortable living.

To Your Continued Financial Success

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

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One of my first dreams that I “Acquired” from the 21st Century Academy was this: I want to become a Full Time Investor. It was in early 2004 and I had just picked up the Free 3 Hour DVD with Jamie McIntyre. I was in dire straits, financially and was seeking Financial Security. I soon learned the different levels of Financial Protection that we all crave at some level in our lives.

The 5 Levels To Financial Freedom

• Financial Protection
• Financial Security
• Financial Independance
• Financial Freedom
• Absolute Financial Freedom

I set these as goals in January 2004 while doing the Jamie McIntyre homestudy program. I was focused on becoming a full time investor and wanted to know how to make money (like lots) and learn to invest. I soon realized that the focus needed to be elsewhere. You can read more about mindset etc in my Success Communicator Blog.

Become a Full Time Investor In Your Mind

To ever become a Full Time Investor in real life, you need to first be one in your mind. All things originate from a thought so build that though, starting now! First tell yourself you are one and start working towards it. All goals we set don’t always come true but hey… Aim for the Moon. If you miss, you’ll still land among the stars.

I quit my job as an electrician and became a Full Time Investor in 2005. You can read my testimonial that I wrote that memorable day in December 2005 on my I Fired My Boss Page.

Until next time…

Heres to a World Of Full Time Investors

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 - 2007

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