21st Century Academy

“Have you heard the phrase that success leaves clues? I have found in my experience that failure leaves more clues.”

–Jamie McIntyre, What I Didn’t Learn At School But Wish I Had

This is a quote taken directly from page four of the first chapter in the book. It comes at a point where Jamie is talking about being completely honest with ourselves in order to figure out what is holding us back from creating wealth—what is keeping us from being wealthy, despite the fact that we all have it within us to succeed.

Identifying The Clues Left Behind

The trick is to be able to identify those clues that failure leaves behind. For Jamie, that led him to the realization that largely, he was living in denial, and that that denial was a crutch that he used to keep himself from facing reality and the more uncomfortable parts of making money and building wealth.

What Denial Looks Like

If you put some thought to it, it’s not hard to recognize this type of denial. Any time you have ever said that you don’t care about money, or that there are more important things in life, you have denied your real desire to have money and build wealth.

Denying our desire for money is entirely counter-productive; and there is not a lot of sense in it. All that denial does is holds us back from achieving financial freedom. And that keeps us from achieving the lifestyle that we want—from enjoying those things that yes, are more important than money, but that we are left with no time or energy to enjoy.

An extremely important first step in creating wealth and achieving a freer lifestyle lies in facing our denial head-on, and acting to counter-act it. Money is not an evil. It is a tool. It is a thing, but it is also the thing that can allow us to find that life balance so that the more important things in life can and will be enjoyable.

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

By now you are probably getting the point of the last few posts:

If you want to be rich, you have to do things differently. The best way to put this is the way Jamie McIntyre puts it in his book, which is the way his millionaire mentor put it to him:

“…If you want to succeed, you need to figure out what…[most people] are doing and do the exact opposite.”

You’ll notice my edit there—all I did was replace “Australians” with “most people”—because this is a universal message and I wouldn’t want any international readers to think this applied only in Australia. This is as applicable anywhere in the modern world. The statistics and results are really not all that different for any of the wealthy, developed nations.

Doing It Differently

What “most people” do is follow that traditional formula for success; and end up broke, dead broke, or relying on family if they are lucky enough to live beyond a few years past retirement. Does this make any sense?

Certainly not. There’s more to life than this. Life is not just one journey to and from work. It’s an experience worth living!

Stories And Morals

The moral of the story up to here then, is that if you want to live a life outside of the norm, you have to do something different. You have to achieve the real wealth equation:

• Lifestyle = Time + Money

You cannot achieve that through the old formula for success, but you can do it by doing something different—just like what Jamie McIntyre did. Jamie’s formula was a bit more like this:

• Commit to building a better life for you and yours
• Discover what it takes to be different
• Find new paths to wealth that do not rely on time-consuming employment (Get educated!)
• ACT to build wealth and achieve your lifestyle of choice

The key to this is figuring out how to do it differently—precisely what the 21st Century Academy is for. Find out how to do it bigger and better, and live the best possible life that you can live!

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

No matter who you are, where you live, how much money you have, or how well educated you are, you can learn and build wealth using the 21st Century Academy investment and wealth creation course put together by Jamie McIntyre.

A Program For Everyone

Usually these sorts of posts speak to the people who have no money and no financial education, but this one speaks to everyone.

It does not matter who you are—rich or poor or in between—Jamie McIntyre’s course will help you build wealth.

Are you of low or middle income? Lack an economic or finance degree? Lack a college degree? Lack a secondary or high school diploma?

That’s okay. You’ll be able to use the 21st Century Academy course, and here’s why:

• Jamie McIntyre speaks in simple terms, of simple concepts that can be used to make money. He won’t talk above your head, but he won’t talk down to you, either.

• Jamie uncovers the simple methods for wealth creation the banks and institutions would rather you didn’t know…because they make you money, not the institutions.

• The 21st Century Academy course is based on investment strategies a ten year old could understand…but they really do work and Jamie himself is living proof!

• The course takes you from point A—just starting out—all the way through to the end and then some. You don’t have to gain an understanding of investment or finance before you can take this course.

Now—are you a college graduate? A high degree holder with no financial knowledge? Finance major? An economics guru? An investor of the traditional schools?

That’s okay, too. You can benefit from the 21st Century Academy course, too, and here’s why:

• Jamie McIntyre presents a wealth of knowledge about mindset and attitude—essential to success in building wealth, but not taught by most finance programs.

• Jamie presents off-beat investment techniques that really work, but aren’t pushed by the powers that be because they do not make money off them—you do!

• An understanding of finance will only work to your benefit, but isn’t necessary. The 21st Century Academy teaches those things you didn’t learn in school, but really should have to prepare for life.

• An increase in knowledge or resources only means you start this program at a better vantage point, so making money with Jamie McIntyre’s program will only be quicker and easier for you.

The 21st Century Academy is a wealth creation course built for everyone. No matter who you are, I’m glad you’re here!

To Your Continued Financial Success

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