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To have wealth, you first have to be wealthy. This is the cornerstone of the mindset and teaching of Jamie McIntyre and the cornerstone of effective wealth education. And while the thought seems very simplistic, there is definite reasoning as to why this is the way it has to be.

Be What You Want To Be

You are the person you are today. Without change, you will continue to be that person. And that type of change is more than just a change in the thoughts that you think intermittently. The thoughts you think determine who you are now, and who you will be. It’s sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Whatever you think about yourself is what you will be; and once you are that you will only build upon it. You will be that more and more.

So if what you are now is a person who is in need, you will continue to be a person in need. Your need will continue to grow, and it will always be present in your life. But if you are a person who is wealthy, you will build more wealth into your life. That is what you will be.

The reason this is so is simple, too. You can’t be two things at once. Poverty and need do not magically transform into wealth, or transform you into being a wealthy person. They do, however, grow you as a needy person.

Being Wealthy

You can become a wealthy person if you change and start to be wealthy. This can start small. You can start being wealthy today, and then focus on doing it bigger and better. That change starts with changing the way you look at yourself—the way you see yourself. Start today. Be wealthy. Be more wealthy tomorrow. But start today to be the person you plan to be; because until you do, you can never be a wealthy person.

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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“You are the company you keep.”It’s sort of like “you are what you eat.” Today we’re talking about the people that surround you and their impact on your financial life.

Who Are The Company You Keep?

Take a look at your life and think about the company you keep. Think about all the company you keep, including

• Online friends

• Blog communities (like this one)

• Offline relationships

• Personal relationships

• Business associations

• Work relationships

Think about all the people you talk, read, or listen to, and the overall types of company you keep. You may not even have directly communicated with any of these people (such as when you read a blog or forum…), but if you follow what they say, you are keeping company with them. And the kinds of company you keep will have a very strong impact on your financial success; more than you might realise.

Keep The Company You Want To Be

Those of us following men and women like Jamie McIntyre, or programs like the 21st Century Academy, have been introduced to the power of attraction. In this case that power is the power of like attracting like. Applied to your personal associations and building wealth, that translates thusly: keep company with positive and successful people and that is what you will become. You will attract positivity and success to you and into your life. But keep company with negative and unsuccessful people and that is what you will draw to you.

This does not mean that negative people are bad people, just that they are bad for you in terms of success and wealth creation. You need to limit those influences in your life and focus on building an influence of wealth.

We can not entirely avoid negative people, but we can decide what affect we will let those people have on our lives by deciding the role we let them play in ours. Focus on building relationships with people who are strong, motivated, supportive, and focused on the good, and that is the type of person you will become. Choose your company carefully, as when you look back at yourself, you will see that you certainly do become the company you keep.

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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