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It doesn’t always take a huge effort to motivate you to building wealth; you do not always have to think in things so huge as a whole wealth development program or education to keep yourself on track to financial prosperity. Sometimes all it takes is a small effort repeated over time. In fact, that is probably fundamental to staying the course and not becoming overwhelmed by the wealth program you have embarked on, or are about to embark upon.

A Few Seconds Out Of Your Day

Staying on track and staying motivated to complete a course like Jamie McIntyre’s can be tough when you’re faced with all the other claims on your time and resources. A small, simple practice of reminding yourself and retraining your focus can have a very big impact on how far you go with it and seeing it through to the end.

For example, every day I start my day with just 30 seconds of positivity. I focus my attention on the good, on the potential of the day, and on all that I am lucky to have and to be. It takes next to no effort, and rights my mindset for the rest of the day.

This is not at all hard to do. You can do it while you lie in bed, tucked in warm, and you can even manage it without your morning coffee, or tea, or other caffeinated beverage of choice. All you have to do is, each and every morning, tell yourself what is good about your life; remind yourself that you are a wealthy person (because you have to be that before you can act the part, remember?); remind yourself that your life is good, and that you are improving it even more, even by getting out of bed to start a new day.

While this may sound so simplistic (not unlike the mindset that allows for wealth to build), it is highly effective. Still skeptical? Give it a try for the next week. Then come back and tell me how you feel. I guarantee that you will feel better 7 days from now, wealthier and wiser, than you do today.

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

Everyone has a past, like it or not. And like we’ve talked about before, that past bears on many things as they apply to building wealth. For instance, your past—conscious or unconscious—is what has formed your perception of money and your attitude towards it. And that attitude is a large piece of the choices you make, your mindset, and the subconscious sabotage that you may inadvertently be attacking your efforts to build wealth with.

Who’s The Boss? Past, Present, Or Future?

Very often what we find ourselves doing when we resolve to create wealth is competing against that past—”showing it who’s boss” so to say. But what we come to know, what your wealth creation course is trying to teach you, is that that kind of competition really isn’t productive. Your past is over and done. You can’t teach it anything. You can’t change it and you can’t just erase the mental baggage that comes along with it. You can only find ways to make your past, even what you perceive to be a negative past, work for you now.

Reconciling The Past, Looking Back To Move Forward

You can’t change the past but you can change your understanding of it. You can analyze it, reconcile your feelings from it, and correct the negative attitudes that have resulted from it so that you make the room for wealth to work in your life (this is very much related to when we talked way back about rewiring your financial subconscious, and the exercise Jamie McIntyre walks you through to do that).

Your past is not your competitor. It is something that occurred, and something that contributed to who you are today. And that can’t be all bad. Once you realize this you can begin to look for ways to reconcile the past and actually make it work for you, instead of being at odds with it. Remember that the past is a part of you, so competing against it is only competing against yourself. Surely you can see how that isn’t beneficial at all. Meet me back here for the next post, and we’ll talk a little more about how you can make the past a better part of your future.

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

We’ve talked about it, and I’m sure you could relate to the necessity of staying empowered and making your life one of consistent positivity and success. If it were that easy, you’d be there by now, though, right? So let’s talk about some ways to be more consistent in your wealthy mindset, attitude, and approach to life.

The Habit Of Success

What is most effective is to first build a habit of success. By the time we are adults many people have become so ingrained in negative thought, so used to immediately defaulting to stress, pressure, and negativity, that we have lost the ability to think and feel positive. It should be an automatic, but probably more often than not the automatic response is negativity, not positivity and abundance.

A habit of success is built by retraining ourselves. It’s something like the subconscious rewiring that Jamie McIntyre teaches, which we talked about before. The way to start building more consistent positivity is to first build constant reminders into your day to do just that.

It’s sad but true that by the time we are adults we have to work to be more positive. This should be something that is second nature, but it’s not. The simplest way to kick-start this process is to build reminders into your life to appreciate more and remember that you are a wealthy person, working to acquire more wealth all the time.

You probably get my meaning by now, so I’ll just leave off with a few tips for becoming consistently positive and successful.

• Schedule time everyday for your wealth education (because the program and the process itself is motivating)
• Write your goals and read them daily as a reminder and motivator
• Surround yourself with motivating quotations, or even pictures that represent what you want
• Take time to appreciate your life and progress everyday. Take just a few moments to tell yourself that you are wealthy, you are achieving, and you do have cause to be thankful.
• Keep a blog or journal to motivate yourself to remember what you have and what you overachieving
• Visit motivational blogs and websites for a daily dose of motivation

What can you add to this list? What are some small ways you can become consistently positive and stay on the path to progress and financial success?

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