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In the last post we looked at what Jamie McIntyre had to say about looking at our failures as clues to our current financial status. We introduced the concept of denial, whereby people use excuses like saying that money is not important to them, or that there are more important things in life. A lot of people have a hard time arguing against that, but if you read what Jamie and his millionaire mentor have to say, you start to figure out that yes, indeed, most of us are living in denial of how important having money is to each and every one of us.

More Important Than Money

Jamie McIntyre‘s mentor explained it best:

“You know most people would agree with you that there are other things more important than money. A lot of people say they are not interested in money, but can you guess what the people do who usually say that? They go and work for it because they are just like you Jamie. You go off and work your whole life for money and the whole time you say you are not interested in it. Would you not say that is a classic case of denial?”

No doubt, put that way, you can deny this no less than Jamie could. It is entirely self-defeating to say that you do not care about money, but then allow your entire life to revolve around it.

The beauty is that it really does not have to be this way. You can find a balance in which you can create wealth, make money, and live life—and right the balance so that making money by working your life away does not have to rule your life and times.

Think about it. You may say, and certainly believe, that there are more important things in life; things like family, security, and enjoying life. That is even true. But if you spend the majority of your time chasing the dollar by traditional means, are you really attending fairly to those things? No, you are not. And therein lays the paradox. If money is not the most important thing in life, you have to stop letting it rule yours. Easier said than done? For most people, the answer is yes, until they get a real financial education, an education for life.

To Your Continued Success!
Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 – 2009

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

Off we are, then, on our series of posts based on Jamie McIntyre’s 7-Day Wealth Vision Course. This post is based on the first of the 7 videos (available for download at UnversalWealthCreation.com or for viewing via the YouTube Link—to get them all, please go back to our last post).

Day One Of Your New Wealth Vision

Day one is short video—it’ll only take a couple minutes (literally) out of your day to watch it. In it, Jamie is basically introducing us to the first several chapters of the book, and getting us thinking about some fundamental and very important questions and topics. Understanding these basics will help you better understand your financial attitude and your current positioning in the grand scheme of money—that is knowledge that really is power!

The four basics that he touches on there, that are discussed through the first 4 chapters or so of the book, are

• Jamie’s story—not as bragging rights (although doesn’t he deserve them?) but as an example of how possible it is for a regular guy to go from beyond broke ($150,000 in debt and essentially homeless) to rich—proof that it can be done.

• Why is it that in rich countries (Australia, the U.S., New Zealand, UK…) people fail? If these nations are thriving, why shouldn’t their citizens be? This is one of the most important questions to answer because most likely this, in one way or another, describes your situation; you live in a wealthy nation, but you are not wealthy—and there is no good reason why you shouldn’t be. You need to identify the problem before you can fix it.

• How money works. Modern money is much more ethereal than you might think it is. As Jamie says, most people are “astounded” to find out just what money is and where it comes from—thin air! Understanding this helps you realize the level of control and possibilities within monetary and banking systems the world over.

• What is a 21st century education? What Jamie learned through his own personal education was that this is something we really aren’t taught at school; we could have been, but weren’t. He also learned that this sort of education is imperative to building wealth—and it’s the knowledge that wealthy people have. So in the absence of a modern financial education, Jamie McIntyre set out to create one. That’s what is before us today.

As we anticipated, there’s no doing justice to what Jamie is talking about here without discussing it in more detail, over a number of posts. Before we move onto the next video “day,” we’ll come back to some of the topics here and discuss them in more detail, with the book as our guide. To understand what’s going on, it’s best if you download the book now, and start reading what Jamie has to say in his own words, which will make it all the more understandable for you.

Remember, the videos are based on the book, and you can get a free copy right now, right here!

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