21st Century Academy

When you set off to find answers to the kinds of questions Jamie McIntyre asked—like why some people in wealthy nations are rich but the majority are not, or like the larger question at hand in the first chapter—Why do most people fail?—you start to look for some common ground that might point to a solution. This leads to an interesting thought that Jamie had, which he shares in the book in the opening paragraphs of Chapter 1.

What’s The Difference?

One of the first things to pique Jamie’s curiosity was this—why do some people start with nothing and make it big, and others start with everything but lose it? Does luck have anything to do with this? Education?

None of these things seems to be the answer. Nor does marrying into money or inheriting it. In fact, there seems, at least superficially, to be no rhyme or reason to who becomes wealthy.

• People of all ages become wealthy—in their twenties, thirties, forties, sixties, and at older ages, too.
• People of all education levels become wealthy—and people of all education levels continue to struggle financially; even those with higher degrees who we think might be smarter than us.
• People can gain and lose a fortune in a matter of a year—look at the statistics for lottery winners.

On the surface, it looks like the answers to this question are all over the board. In reality, though, there are common factors here. There are distinct reasons why some people are wealthy and others are not. But the answers are not superficial; they go much deeper than just finding nice categories to fit wealthy people in. This is the purpose of the first chapter of the book—to help you understand why you are not wealthy, but to help you understand the real reasons. That’s the first order of business in wealth creation.

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

At least initially, something that all wealth-builders have in common is the desire to be rich now! We don’t want to wait for wealth to come; we don’t want to have to work towards wealth. We’d much rather get rich quick. Certainly there are plenty of scams out there willing to help you do that—or so they’d claim. It doesn’t take long before you are forced to admit to yourself that that just is not going to happen.

Building Wealth Takes Time

As you will soon find out if you go this route, the get rich quick schemes are just that –schemes. The real wealth empowerment programs take time; time to learn, time to practice, and time to realize results. It’s a fact of wealth creation that few people want to recognize, but one that Jamie McIntyre readily admits to. Now, why would he do that? It’s certainly not because he wants to lose your attention. It’s only because he knows that if you are to follow through on his program and actually achieve success with it you need to be committed to doing so. And that means you have to be prepared to be in it for more than just a few days or weeks. It means you have to be in it for a lifetime.

Decades Of Knowledge Compressed

Having said that, there is a flip side to this coin. It does require a time commitment on your part, and it will take some time to build wealth that is lasting and sustaining. But it does not have to take you as long as it takes most people. It does not even need to take you as long as it took Jamie McIntyre himself—not nearly so long. Jamie spent more than a decade compiling the information that made him rich. Yes, he built wealth along the way, too, but he can speed that process for you. This is the information, that he has used to develop the 21st Century Academy courses, and that he presents in his seminars. It’s like having someone compile and compress more than a decade of work into one solid program that will cut your learning curve down by probably something to the tune of 90% or more (actually that’s exactly what it is).

This is the main reason why you are much better off going with a wealth education program than trying to go it alone—which is essentially what Jamie did. Taking advantage of the compressed and proven knowledge and techniques available through this type of money-making course is the best thing we have to a real-life “get rich quick” system. It will take you time, but it will not need to take you decades. Realistically, this time next year you could be in a position to call yourself wealthy. That’s a year that will feel like far less time than if you were to spend it in another year of financial struggle.

I hope you will consider this as you step into the New Year. I hope you look realistically at how you can truly improve your life—what will work and what is destined to fail. I hope the best choices are all yours this year, and that this year brings you even bigger and better success than any other!

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

This post is very much in keeping with the recent post, 30 Seconds to a New Life. When you start your day with 30 seconds of appreciation and positive thinking, you set the tone for the rest of it to be more of the same—in a very good way. Just those 30 seconds takes nothing of your life to speak of and starts you on the right footing each and every day.

You can take this a step further, too, so that you remain focused on it. And you can apply the concept to everything you do as you get your day organized and moving. For example, you might start your day with a bit of journaling—bedside in a diary of sorts, or online, on a blog, whatever works for you. But instead of looking back, make it a journal that looks forward. You might list the things that you are appreciative of today; you might find the positives in even the things you don’t want to do; or you might make it a preview of highlights of the best things that are yet to come.

What Do You Get Out Of It?

What you get out of it is a new perspective, a new way of looking at the same things you do on a daily basis. Instead of a list of ‘to do’s’ and drudgery, you have tasks that need attending, and plentiful opportunities to build more wealth, learn more about being wealthy and living well, and even opportunities to create more financial opportunities. In this light, even a job you don’t like can be satisfying for the step and the financial opportunity that it is.

You don’t always have to change what you do in order to maximize and capture it as a wealth building tool. Sometimes you just need to change the way you look at it. When you can appreciate the opportunities you have every day, that is a whole lot easier. And so much more fulfilling than wishing your days away!

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