21st Century Academy

In our last post we introduced the first video in the Wealth Vision 7-Day Minicourse; today, we are going to start looking more in-depth at the topics that Jamie McIntyre introduced to us in that video.

Welcome To The 21st Century

The first of the videos covers the first four chapters of Jamie’s book, What I Didn’t Learn At School But Wish I Had. It’s an aptly named book, as in all honestly it was written by Jamie and professional accountant Leigh Baker to fill in the gaps in our financial knowledge.

What Jamie found when he set off to learn how to build wealth was that the key factors are not so overly complex that the average man or woman should not be able to be rich, it’s just that we were never given a real, useful lesson in money and finance. What you need to know to be wealthy could be taught to the average ten year old (and should be). But wealth creation is not something we are taught at school, and so most of us are not wealthy.

Why Am I Not Rich?

This is the theme of the first part of the book, covered in chapters one through four. Many of us—particularly those with access to this book—can easily make this statement:

“I live in one of the wealthiest countries on earth—so why am I not rich?”

It’s a simple question, and there are many “reasons,” but the answer is simple, too—you are not rich because you have not been given the financial education to succeed in the 21st Century. School did not prepare you for success in this modern life.

The next several posts will be devoted to exploring this question. We will take a look at the answers and explanations Jamie gives us, and also take a look at Jamie’s story. As he says, his real-life story drives the reality of the situation, and the possibility and opportunity that is out there, home with its relatability.

For now I encourage you to read through at least the opening pages of the book, the Preface, Foreward, and Introduction. If you like, move on to the first four chapters as well, as that is what we will be discussing in the days ahead. Get a good understanding of what knowledge we are after, and why that is important to have in order to create wealth. It’s an exciting path through this mini-course, this topic, and this book, and I can’t wait to share it with you.

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 – 2009

Off we are, then, on our series of posts based on Jamie McIntyre’s 7-Day Wealth Vision Course. This post is based on the first of the 7 videos (available for download at UnversalWealthCreation.com or for viewing via the YouTube Link—to get them all, please go back to our last post).

Day One Of Your New Wealth Vision

Day one is short video—it’ll only take a couple minutes (literally) out of your day to watch it. In it, Jamie is basically introducing us to the first several chapters of the book, and getting us thinking about some fundamental and very important questions and topics. Understanding these basics will help you better understand your financial attitude and your current positioning in the grand scheme of money—that is knowledge that really is power!

The four basics that he touches on there, that are discussed through the first 4 chapters or so of the book, are

• Jamie’s story—not as bragging rights (although doesn’t he deserve them?) but as an example of how possible it is for a regular guy to go from beyond broke ($150,000 in debt and essentially homeless) to rich—proof that it can be done.

• Why is it that in rich countries (Australia, the U.S., New Zealand, UK…) people fail? If these nations are thriving, why shouldn’t their citizens be? This is one of the most important questions to answer because most likely this, in one way or another, describes your situation; you live in a wealthy nation, but you are not wealthy—and there is no good reason why you shouldn’t be. You need to identify the problem before you can fix it.

• How money works. Modern money is much more ethereal than you might think it is. As Jamie says, most people are “astounded” to find out just what money is and where it comes from—thin air! Understanding this helps you realize the level of control and possibilities within monetary and banking systems the world over.

• What is a 21st century education? What Jamie learned through his own personal education was that this is something we really aren’t taught at school; we could have been, but weren’t. He also learned that this sort of education is imperative to building wealth—and it’s the knowledge that wealthy people have. So in the absence of a modern financial education, Jamie McIntyre set out to create one. That’s what is before us today.

As we anticipated, there’s no doing justice to what Jamie is talking about here without discussing it in more detail, over a number of posts. Before we move onto the next video “day,” we’ll come back to some of the topics here and discuss them in more detail, with the book as our guide. To understand what’s going on, it’s best if you download the book now, and start reading what Jamie has to say in his own words, which will make it all the more understandable for you.

Remember, the videos are based on the book, and you can get a free copy right now, right here!

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 – 2009

It’s easy to get side tracked when you are talking about a program like the 21st Century Academy, because it is so many things all rolled into one. It’s not just a financial investment program, and it’s not just a wealth creation or mindset program. It’s all of those things, and probably more. In the context of this blog, we’ve ranged far and wide over those topics. We will continue to, too, but since I do have a couple of other success communication and wealth creation blogs, I’d like to turn things here back to Jamie a little bit.

Getting Back To Basics

Quite some time ago I had broken down some of the video resources provided by Jamie McIntyre into a series of short YouTube videos that I’ve called the “Wealth Vision Course.” I think this would be a good time to go back, collect those videos up, dust them off and revisit the lessons that are waiting to be learned in them.

My plan of action for this next several posts is to link you over to these videos and then talk a little bit over a post (or two or three, depending on how inspired we are) about the message contained in that specific post.

Getting Ready For Class

Now, a lot of times when we do a project or series like this we’ll dole out the goods a little at a time and then eventually gather it all up in one nice tidy package of links and reviews. This time, I thought we’d do something different and give you the links to all the goods right now. That way, you can go at your own pace, watch them when you have the time, and think of more great things to add to the discussion!

You can choose to do this one of two ways:

1. You can click on individual links below to each of the 7 videos on YouTube, and I think those links will be handy in case you ever misplace them (you can just come back to here), or
2. You can just follow this link [http://www.universalwealthcreation.com/], scroll down on the page, and download both the 7 day mini-course and Jamie’s free eBook. This might turn out to be the better option, because the videos are based on the book, and then you’ll have them both–

But nothing will cost you a thing! They are all free downloads!

So here you are, 7 links for 7 wealth creation videos, and a lifetime of wealth and success!

1. Wealth Creation Video 1
2. Wealth Creation Video 2
3. Wealth Creation Video 3
4. Wealth Creation Video 4
5. Wealth Creation Video 5
6. Wealth Creation Video 6
7. Wealth Creation Video 7

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
Universal Wealth Creation © 2004 – 2009