21st Century Academy

I promised that we would talk at least a little about how to work with your past rather than against it. And the 21st Century Academy course will do even more for you in this regard (in fact if you recall applicable portions or exercises, feel free to comment on them on this post). To get started, let’s look at the past for what it really is—a story with two sides.

Two Distinct Personalities

You may not have realized it at the time, and to be sure you may not have come to the realization yet, but for every negative thing that occurred in the past there is an equal and opposite reaction. Every time something “bad” happened, there was a corresponding positive side to it. Not surprisingly, we don’t easily see these positives and it can take a long time before we figure out the good that became of them, because pain is such an overpowering emotion. In most cases we are just too consumed by the negative to see any good that is there.

Reassessing The Past

Understanding this is important. Because if you know that there is positive there, and if you look hard enough, you can find it. Why does that matter? Does that matter?

It does matter because as we talked about before you cannot continue to compete with your past. And you do not always have to like what happened, but you can at least reconcile it to find the positive result that led you to this place (the positive place where you better yourself, create wealth, and attract better things for your life). That, my friends, is what we call growth. When we grow, as we know thanks to our wealth empowerment education, we expand our positive horizons and clear the way for money and positivity to come into our lives. We capture that power of positive attraction; but when we ignore the past and try to compete with it, we really only create more angst and negative subconscious. So here’s to a look back at a better, more positive past, for a better, more abundant future!

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

In a separate comment on another blog of mine [seanrasmussen.com], a comment came in during our conversations related to the Economics of State of Mind to the effect that in booming times people are quick to take credit and say that they made it all on their own; but in times of bust, such as what many economies of the world are experiencing now, it’s always someone else’s fault. So which is it? Are you responsible for your own financial outcome or is your current financial state the fault or credit of another? Because it can’t really be both ways, can it?

What Would Jamie McIntyre Say?

While it is much easier to say that a lack of money is the fault of another, that is not really true. And like it or not, Jamie McIntyre’s wealth education course is based in reality; in real, workable, achievable ways to get rich. So that means that he would have you not only take credit for your financial successes, but also your failures. It’s unfortunate and it’s true, but ultimately, even though there are outside forces that come into play, it is your process of decision, mindset, and action that determines your personal financial outcome.

You Control Your Financial Future

But what about forces outside of your control? How can you be left to blame for those?

We all know that these forces exist, and that you will come up against both great successes and temporary defeat. And it is what you do with that that determines sustainable wealth. If you know these factors exist, you know that you can take steps to counter the negative and leverage the positive. You can diversify, prepare, save, and even put yourself in a position to benefit financially from tough times. There are things that you can do, as you will surely learn.

Without responsibility and action, you will not thrive and become wealthy. Knowing how to be wealthy means knowing how to manage money and investment in good times and in bad. That, and wiping blame off the table as the useless emotion and negativity-generator that it is.

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