What You Think About Money!

What You Think About Money!
Copyright © Steve Hoffmann

http://TotalWealthOnline.com/


Your beliefs about money stem from early in life by what you
see and experience around you. Things your parents said
about money, fights in the home about money, what your
teachers said, and your own early experiences about money.

It's really not your fault. But, once you know this, it's
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to change and reprogram your thinking
and belief system. Because your thing makes it so.

Here's a major test - think back as far as you can about
your earliest memories about money. What was the context,
the situation? What did you hear said about money? What were
the messages you received about money? How did you 'feel'?

What you believe about MONEY is how you see the world and
will determine the experiences you have with it. Like a
self-fulfilling prophecy, your beliefs around money will
result in what you experience.

Your beliefs may 'feel' true and real for you, but it's not
necessarily the truth or fact in reality.

Here's another test - If money is not showing up, it's a
reflection of what's going on in your 'inner' world - how
you see yourself, your own self worth. It means you need to
do some work on your 'inner' world. IF YOU DON'T GROW WITHIN,
YOU GO WITHOUT...


Money is a great teacher and an insightful coach about YOU -
if you will listen closely and learn, and use the experience
to grow yourself in your relationship with money.

There are many erroneous beliefs about money - let's examine
5 of them.

>> THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US <<

This belief is based in the 'scarcity' mentality or
'poverty' consciousness. Resources are scarce and in limited
supply, and you have to scramble over each other in
'dog-eat-dog' fashion and compete to get those limited
resources.

The truth is that money is just energy, an exchange for
value.

If you make the mental shift that money is limitless, that
it can be invented, created and generated on demand, in line
with the value you provide, it will open up all sorts of
possibilities.

So it's only your beliefs, imagination and creativity that
limit you. How liberating is that?

>> RICH PEOPLE ARE BAD <<

Well, that has to be one of the biggest falsehoods I've ever
heard. It's based in a mixture of envy, suspicion and
mystery - "How come they can do it, and I can't? What do
they know and do, that I don't know? They must have done
something shady or deceitful to get their money."

Sure, there are some who do it that way. Equally, there are
less than desirable characters among the ranks of the less
than wealthy too.

ANOTHER JUSTIFICATION IS - Good people, spiritual people
don't chase after money. It's wrong to have money and focus
on accumulating material things.

The fact is, whatever spiritual or religious beliefs you
follow, it is your birthright to live an abundant life and
your higher purpose and vision. With abundance, you have
more options, resources, freedom, flexibility, and abilities
to live your best life to its fullest potential, and help
others achieve the same.

>> YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD TO MAKE MONEY <<

This belief is anchored in the simplistic linear view that
the harder you work the more money you make. Well, that's
just plain not true!

You are remunerated in direct correlation with how much
value and service you provide, not how many hours you work.

Successful people know that working 'smarter' not harder is
the way to go and is totally achievable. We were not meant
to toil, struggle or suffer.

Here's a Tip - whether you're starting your business,
building it further, or taking it to its next growth level,
always be looking for the best ways to automate the
activities in your business.

Create 'set it and forget it' automated systems that
systematise your client acquisition, contact and selling
process. Technological developments such as auto-responders
and a range of software applications have done wonders for
automating routine time-consuming tasks.

Leverage your time. Shift away from trading time for money.

Focus on doing what you do best. The truly wealthy put their
money and the efforts of other people to work for them, and
outsource tasks that are not natural talents for them. Like
a virtual army always marching forward, advancing your
interests.

A successful life is a balanced life with time for work and
play.

Otherwise, what is the point of working hard if you don't
enjoy yourself and get the benefits that flow from your
work?

>> YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO MAKE MONEY <<

Wherever you look, stories abound about people who started
their businesses in their garage, spare room, even their
car.

Anything is possible, if you believe it, and set your mind
to achieving the task, and taking the ACTION to make it
happen.

With the internet, this is even more so. Technology has
enabled minimal and no start-up money requirements. The huge
growth in the home business sector has meant minimal
overheads.

Sure, it's great to have some money to seed fund your
business, but it's the other elements that are far more
important, like your success mindset, entrepreneurial
creativity, taking ACTION at the right time, repetition,
persistence, and the flexibility and resilience to bounce
back quickly to try the next thing that will bring success.

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS TO MAKE LOTS
OF MONEY<<

Not true at all. How many wealthy teachers or university
lecturers have you seen lately? Their salaries leave much to
be desired.

In recent times, we have seen more internet marketing made
millionaires than we've seen previously in other business
sectors, and many with very little or no formal education.

What they have is an entrepreneurial, risk taking spirit,
action orientation, and persistence to succeed at all costs.

In fact, too much formal education can be a hindrance as you
may end up set in your ways with a standardized 'cookie
cutter' approach to seeing the world that you will have to
'un-train'.

Another issue is that you can make the mistake of going on
an endless quest of doing more courses to acquire further
knowledge, always on the lookout for the next piece of the
puzzle that hopefully will be the 'jackpot' answer.

Without adequate APPLICATION, there is no success. Success
comes from applying your knowledge 'full circle' and seeing
it through to the absolute degree of completion with dogged
determination.

The most successful people come to business and making money
with an open mind, egalitarian in nature, and willing to try
new things. A success mindset and attitude are all
important, as is the ability to see and act quickly upon
opportunities with great timing.

When you know which particular false and limiting beliefs
you may have about money, you can go about changing and
reprogramming those beliefs so that you can move closer to
achieving the success you so richly deserve.


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