In my last post, I mentioned that ONE of the things you need to do to attain the mindset of the wealthy is to stop listening to your broke family and friends. Consider the next time these people try to dissuade you from becoming an entrepreneur. Chances are that they don’t have the results you want!
Most people have a really hard time wrapping their heads around this one, but believe you me; it is no less true than your eye color! I put this theory to the test myself and this was extremely hard for me to do. The results have been truly amazing.
You see, one of the biggest threats to prosperity is the often submerged subconscious belief that you don’t deserve prosperity. Series of events that have happened over the course of your lifetime could have created residual programming that keeps you in lack. Examples are: if you had an older sibling in school and you didn’t live up to their achievements, if you had an authority figure tell you that you were no good, or if you were raised in a religious system based on guilt and condemnation. Any or all of these types of events could affect your subconscious belief that you are not worthy.
Now back to me for a moment…I had parents that said things like, "We may not be rich, but at least we are honest", "What do they need with all that money. What could they possibly do with all that money?", "Well, you see, that’s how the rich get richer and poor get poorer."
Wow! And guess what? (please keep in mind that I am in no way trying to trash my parents or talk dirt about anyone else that my think this way, but only trying to illustrate my point) I see everyday how my parents struggle with their finances. I also see that my dad has worked so hard all of his life only to worry about loosing the condo they worked so hard to finally buy and make mortgage payments on now that they are middle aged.
So what do you do? You can’t cut your family out of your life! Although some people do. It’s just something I can’t do. This is going to sound really terrible of me but I have to limit my exposure to them. And it’s not just my parents that I have had to do this with. I have had to do this with my whole family and most of my friends.
Its understandable that one may not want to cut out their family altogether and I am not endorsing that, but limiting your exposure can be a good thing. This ensures that the relationship still carries on and does not disrupt budding relationships like that of grandchildren etc.
Food for thought... Make a list of your ten closest family members and/or friends (people you associate with most) and place beside each name what their annual income is. Now average out their income. Now write down your income. If you are okay with the number you see than you don’t have to do a thing. If you’re not then…
____________________ Lisa Miller - Home Business Mentor
Anyone that is going to break a paradigm in their life must first know that repetition is the first law of learning and the first step to change behavior.
I have coached several people that have had little results and others who have changed 30% increase in their lives. They also created alot of money!
____________________ "I observe my thoughts
and only entertain those that empower me.
I have a millionaire mind."
