21st Century Academy

There are many theories regarding how best to set goals, plan for the day, and organize your time. This post isn’t about to delve into all of those, but in the spirit of taking you throughout the day in a spirit of positivity, wealth, and productivity, let’s talk about how you might help yourself along at the end of the day. And don’t worry; I know you’re tired then, hopefully contentedly so, so I won’t make it difficult.

Finding The Good At Day’s End

Remember the feeling of satisfaction you get from a job well done? From meeting a challenge and rising to it? I’m sure you can relate, but how about capturing that feeling at the end of every day? Wouldn’t that do a lot to carry you though to your morning of appreciation, and on through the next day? And the next? And the one after that? I’m sure you get the point.

While it’s good to start your day looking forward, it’s also good to save time for reflection on the good, progress, value, and positivity that has passed. Why? Primarily to feed from it and recognise it—to know that it’s there so that you know you’ve made progress toward your financial prosperity and toward a better life all around (because in reality there is no separating the two, is there?)

This can be as simple as how you start your day—with 30 seconds of positive reflection, picking out all the good that came of your day, or with a few minutes spent journaling. You can forget about beating yourself up for what you didn’t accomplish, regret does you no good. See how you did progress and let that snowball, attract, and build more productivity.

Staying motivated and on track in wealth development programs requires that you stay focused on what you are doing in the here and now, and on where you are going—what you are achieving in both the short and long term. Look forward to every new day, and appreciate those you’ve lived.

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

I’m going to start with a quote that is making its way around my blogs; it comes from Napoleon Hill‘s classic financial empowerment text, and it is a very good example of how simple wealth creation really is fundamentally:

“One sound idea is all it takes for a person to achieve success.”

One Sound Idea

Think about that. One. Sound. Idea. One single idea is all it takes to catapult your actions and efforts toward building wealth. All it ever took anyone to become rich was one sound idea. All it took Jamie McIntyre to be the millionaire and wealth mentor he is today is one sound idea.

This is very much related to our talks about how it only takes one step beyond the norm to be rich and successful. Taking a step indicates action. Before that you have to have the idea. One is no good without the other, but together they are a powerful team.

An Ocean Of Success Awaiting

When you put it like that, when you come down to the very basic fact that it only takes a single, solitary, sound idea to build wealth, it doesn’t sound that hard, does it? Anyone is capable of having an idea. More often than not people are absolutely bursting with great ideas; they just don’t act upon them.

Think about how many ideas cross your mind in the course of a day. Just one day. Expand that to a week, and a month. Now do you see the ocean of potential that’s waiting inside your head? Take just one of those ideas and couple it with the power of positive mindset and action that you learn from the 21st Century Academy—the guidance to guide your great ideas. What a winning formula for success!

Consider this one a post for anyone who ever doubted that they could succeed and be wealthy. Consider it a post for the overwhelmed, the financially struggling, the financially undereducated (which is everyone relying on an old-school education). Consider it proof that anyone can succeed and be rich. And now enjoy some time basking in a sea of great ideas, knowing that all you have to do to be rich is pick just one!

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

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