21st Century Academy

Let’s start off by laying it all on the line. Everything we hope to gain from the 21st Century Academy Course, from the wealth-vision videos, and from our time here in general at the 21st Century Academy blog.

What You Didn’t Learn At School…

Here it is—what we didn’t learn at school but wish we had, so that maybe we’d have graduated with a real, functional knowledge of money, finance, and wealth creation! This is the list of objectives for the book, and for the larger course overall (because really, the book, great as it is, is only the beginning).

• The most important lesson of all—how to develop the millionaire mindset
• Why people fail—among the very first discussions we’ll have
• History of money
• Money systems and who really controls the wealth
• Why you need to understand the above
• How Jamie McIntyre succeeded—the education he developed from personal experience
• The difficulty with your subconscious and how to correct the problem
• How to start generating instant cash flow, regardless of what is (or isn’t) in the bank
• How to earn tax-free money from investment property
• The four key skills for mastering the 21st Century Education
• The five keys to financial understanding that we should be teaching and learning in school
• Unique renting investment strategies
• Eight ways to raise the money you need to start investing and building wealth—again, regardless of your current financial position

…But Wish You Had

I do realize that in your daily internet travels and in life in general you are constantly bombarded with lists and empty promises. This is not one of those lists. This list is a summary of what you can learn just from Jamie’s free book, and where his subsequent courses and seminars can take you. We’re going to spend a lot of time here in the days ahead breaking this book down bit by bit and talking over each piece. I can see now this project will take us quite a lot longer than originally anticipated, but that’s okay, better we take it a step at a time and really benefit from it than to rush through and miss the point entirely!

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 - 2009

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In our last post we introduced the first video in the Wealth Vision 7-Day Minicourse; today, we are going to start looking more in-depth at the topics that Jamie McIntyre introduced to us in that video.

Welcome To The 21st Century

The first of the videos covers the first four chapters of Jamie’s book, What I Didn’t Learn At School But Wish I Had. It’s an aptly named book, as in all honestly it was written by Jamie and professional accountant Leigh Baker to fill in the gaps in our financial knowledge.

What Jamie found when he set off to learn how to build wealth was that the key factors are not so overly complex that the average man or woman should not be able to be rich, it’s just that we were never given a real, useful lesson in money and finance. What you need to know to be wealthy could be taught to the average ten year old (and should be). But wealth creation is not something we are taught at school, and so most of us are not wealthy.

Why Am I Not Rich?

This is the theme of the first part of the book, covered in chapters one through four. Many of us—particularly those with access to this book—can easily make this statement:

“I live in one of the wealthiest countries on earth—so why am I not rich?”

It’s a simple question, and there are many “reasons,” but the answer is simple, too—you are not rich because you have not been given the financial education to succeed in the 21st Century. School did not prepare you for success in this modern life.

The next several posts will be devoted to exploring this question. We will take a look at the answers and explanations Jamie gives us, and also take a look at Jamie’s story. As he says, his real-life story drives the reality of the situation, and the possibility and opportunity that is out there, home with its relatability.

For now I encourage you to read through at least the opening pages of the book, the Preface, Foreward, and Introduction. If you like, move on to the first four chapters as well, as that is what we will be discussing in the days ahead. Get a good understanding of what knowledge we are after, and why that is important to have in order to create wealth. It’s an exciting path through this mini-course, this topic, and this book, and I can’t wait to share it with you.

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 - 2009

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It’s very common for it to take people a long time to come around and finally take part in a wealth creation course. That’s a curious occurrence, because logically we might think that everyone would jump at the chance to find out how to make money, build wealth, and enjoy their ultimate idea of success. So why is it that we hesitate to take the plunge?

Stubborn Pride

Although we hate to say the word, because it often is looked upon as something negative, our own pride can often be the thing that keeps us from pursuing wealth education. When that happens, it’s often because we view courses of this sort as a sign of weakness. It’s like admitting to ourselves that we aren’t as smart as we think we are, and we don’t know all that we think we should.

Everyone grows up with an attitude towards money, and a financial subconscious that colors our perceptions and success with wealth. None of us like to admit that we need help financially, as we fear that that might come to be known, and the neighbors might find out our weakness, even though there’s a good chance they’re doing worse than we are (but they won’t admit to it either).

Roadblocks To Wealth

What we really need to do is to see this mindset for what it is—a meaningless barrier; a roadblock to success; a roadblock to wealth. This kind of hesitation, this pride and fear of perceived weakness is exactly what needs to be overcome in order to be wealthy. That’s what a lot of Jamie McIntyre’s seminars, courses, and exercises are about—about understanding these silly hang-ups so that we can knock them down.

Not knowing something is not a sign of weakness. Getting help from a knowledgeable resource is not weakness, either. What is weak is to do just the opposite—to succumb to pride and refuse ourselves that which could really help us. It’s time to let go of these fears and emotions and open our minds to what is really possible. What an excellent resolution for the New Year that would be!

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 - 2009

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As you learn about the mindset that is necessary to create wealth, and Jamie McIntyre’s program takes you through the exercises that work to overcome your attitudes and subconscious thoughts that repel wealth, it is likely that you will go through emotions relating to the selfishness of wealth. These are common emotions, and it’s understandable how this comes to be the case, but being wealthy and the process of building wealth is not selfish—it is just the opposite; you just need to see that to overcome the problem.

Take Care Of You, Take Care Of Others

You know that to be wealthy you have to make a priority of you and your money. That’s nothing new, we’ve talked about it multiple times before and it’s a central theme in the 21st Century Academy, too. But we’ve been taught all our lives that there is something wrong with that, even though most of us know, at least superficially, that you cannot help others if you do not take care of yourself.

The truth of it is that if you do take care of yourself, develop healthy financial habits, build wealth, and have money to live freely, you maximize your ability to help others. If you are financially healthy, you have the means to invest and build wealth, live a better lifestyle, provide for a better and less stressful lifestyle for those who depend on you, and become an independent individual who helps the larger society rather than become a drain upon it. Indeed, your strengthened financial position makes you a better provider, a more accessible parent and partner, and a stronger contributing member to society.

If you look at it that way being wealthy sounds like the responsible thing to do, not the selfish thing to do. And that is what wealth is—it is the freedom and ability to fulfill your own needs and others without harming, and with the financial means to enhance life all around.

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

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What is it that is really, truly, keeping you from being wealthy? Or, what has it been in the past that has kept you from being wealthy that you have overcome to finally find financial success? Do the traces remain?

Finding The Real Reasons

For everything there is a reason. Whatever it is that has kept you from being wealthy in the past, there was something at the heart of the matter. Now, when asked the questions above, people will often, and often sarcastically, answer that money is keeping them from being wealthy. But that’s not really ever true. Consider two points:

1. There is a reason that you do not/did not have money
2. Many people with huge incomes are not wealthy, either

Money is an easy scape-goat for so much of what we do not have and/or what we struggle with in life. But money is a thing, not a being, so it cannot be to fault for our financial positioning.

What is really at fault is the reason that we don’t have money. Those reasons can be many and varied, and may include things like

• A lacking financial education—are you still relying on what you learned in school?
• A negative financial attitude—conscious or subconscious
• Poor savings and investment habits
• Lack of action
• The missing success mindset

I’m sure that readers here can add to this list, too. Please do below and we’ll discuss it further. But before we wrap this up, I want to go back to one question I posed in the opening paragraph.

Do The Traces Still Remain?

Even people who have gained that financial education, improved their attitude, constructed a mindset of success and positivity, and remedied their poor savings and investment habits, can still remain in a state of financial struggle. Sometimes people make headway, and then end up back where they always find themselves. When that happens, there is a reason, too, and to enjoy lasting wealth and financial prosperity you have to get at the heart of it and weed it out. You may think you have done all of this already, but the results of your efforts are a sure indication of what lies beneath.

So today, in order to help you succeed and build wealth, I urge you to take a step back and figure out if there is improvement, or if there is an underlying reason why you are not where you’d hoped to be. Then use that to get at the real heart of the matter, and enjoy real success.

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

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