Day Two
If your motivation for acquiring money or success comes from a non supportive root such as fear,anger.or the need to “prove” yourself,your money will never bring you happiness.
So, will more money dissolve the fear?You will! But the answer is absolutely not. Why ? Because money is not the root of the problem; fear is .What’s even worse is that fear is not just a problem,it’s a habit. So what we want to do is change the habit .
As we stated previously, the first step to any change is awareness, meaning the first step to thinking the way rich people think is to know how rich people think.That’s the book want to tell you what ’s the difference between the rich people and the poor .
It’s about 17 ways Rich people think and act differently from poor and middle-class people,17alternative “wealth files” .You can choose to think in ways that will support you in your happiness and success instead of ways that don’t.
Wealth File #1
Rich people believe “I can create my life.”
Poor people believe “Life happens to me.”
That’s true,poor people play the lottery,spend Saturday night glued to the TV,they believe wealth will land on them. But the rich people believe that they are the one who creates their success, that whey are the one who creates their mediocrity ,and that they are the one creating their struggle around money and success.
Instead of taking responsibility for what’s going on in their lives,poor people choose to play the role of the victim.
Victim Clue#1:Blame
Victim Clue#2:Justifying
Victim Clue#3:Complaining
When you are complaining, you become a living, breathing “crap magnet.”
MILLIONAIRE MIND ACTIONS
1. Every time you catch yourself blaming, justifying, or complaining, slide your index finger across your neck, as a trigger to remind yourself that you are slitting your financial throat. Once again, even though this gesture may seem a little crude to do to yourself, it’s no more crude than what you’re doing to yourself by blaming,justifying or complaining, and it will eventually work to alleviate these destructive habits.
2. Do a “debrief”.At the end of each day ,write down one thing that went well and one thing that didn’t. Then write the answer to the following question:”How didi I create each of these situations?”If others were involved, ask yourself,”What was my part in creating each of these situations?”This exercise will keep you accountable for your life and make you aware of the strategies that are working for you and the strategies that are not.
