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Jamie McIntyre came to learn a very important lesson that we all need to embrace before we can move on to wealth and prosperity. Continuing on from the last discussion, Jamie goes on to say,

“At the time, I did not realize it, buy by letting go, moving on, and forgetting about it I was creating the space for a lot more new money to come into my life. In the same situation, many other people would have been tempted to hang on and be upset, angry, and peeved off about what happened to them. I am not the only person that has been taken advantage of financially in one way or another, probably half the population has. For those who have not, what do you think is likely to happen in the next 10, 20, or 30 years? The question is how will you deal with it?”

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

The Potential Is There For Everyone

The potential to find a reason in the past for our current lacking or limited success is there for all of us. As Jamie says, at some point in your life there is a great chance that something unfortunate will happen. The risk of these unfortunate events is not in the event itself, but in how you deal with it.

If you continue to dwell on the past or focus your energy on unfortunate occurrences, you do two things:

1) You use up all your time and energy wishing for something you can never get back, and
2) You fill up your life with that failure, leaving no room for anything better.

It is easy to feel sorry for ourselves and dwell in the past, and let someone else be to blame for the way we are today. It is far too easy. But it is painful, too. As I like to say,

“Life is not short. It’s the longest thing you’ll ever do!”

You deserve to do it well, and to enjoy the time spent doing it!

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

Not unlike many of us, the blame and excuses that Jamie McIntyre was using often focused on issues in the past.

“One of my favourite excuses was, ‘If I could just get back all the money that is owing to me then I could turn my business around.’ When my millionaire mentor heard this he said, ‘Jamie, you could focus your energy on your past and try to collect all this money that is owing to you, that is called ‘old money’. Most people live in the past and they devote their energy to the past. If you want to become wealthy you need to devote your energy to your future. That is called new money.’ Then he gave me another pearl of wisdom. He said, ‘I guarantee if you take that energy and dedicate it to the future you will be a selfmade millionaire well before you ever collect the money that is owing to you.’”

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

Letting Go The Past

We all seem to have something from our past that we can blame for not being rich now. Most of us will even have some instance similar to Jamie’s where we are owed money, or some outside influence caused a loss of money, and if we could just get that money back now, we could use it to seed our prosperity. However, the past is in the past, and wishing it back gets us absolutely nowhere.

It is a far better use of your time and personal resources to focus on the future and to take actions that will result in success, and in wealth and financial freedom. Do what we learned before—do the opposite of what most people do, and capitalize on living for the future, instead of dwelling in the past!

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