Wealth Creation Blog

The last post may have sounded to some like we wealth creators live in a dreamland where we think all things are good, and we can just think our way to only good things happening in our lives. While that’s close to the truth, it’s not the case; so before we get too many critics offering up their opinions, let’s try to set the issue straight.

Being Objective AND Positive

Just because you reset your default setting to one of positivity and progress does not mean that you are living in a dream-world and just pretending that bad things and unfortunate strokes or set-backs do not happen. Indeed, these are all part of life. Setbacks will happen, as well as unfortunate circumstances that are beyond your control. It’s what you do in the face of adversity that matters.

You can still be positive and objective—one does not preclude the other. It’s true that smart investors, wealth creators, and businesspeople, or even just smart people, carefully weigh the choices at the crossroads of their lives and take an objective view before making solid decisions. But most people do this from the viewpoint of cynicism, and that’s where they go wrong.

Expect The Best

The point is not to invite trouble by always expecting the worst. You should expect positive things to happen and expect that you can make the best out of them. You need to invite in good things, progress, and success by going after it and choosing how you will view situations in life.

Whatever you go out looking for in life is exactly what you can expect to find. So if your default is to find trouble, no doubt you will; if your default is to find positivity and success, you can count on finding that, too. Be objective, but expect good things in life, and your life will be good as a result to be sure.

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
Aussie Internet Marketer © 2004 - 2009

We talk a lot about how we as humans end up with default settings for our attitudes and emotions. By the time you reach adulthood, often many of those defaults are on the side of negative. But you can reset your default settings so that you take the most productive actions possible.

Why Defaults Matter

Default attitudes, reactions, and emotions matter because they dictate the actions that we take and the attitudes we cultivate—the mindsets that we live in. Many adults have automatic default settings of skepticism or cynicism, which makes us mistrust our own emotions and instincts, and even our own informed decisions. Too often, we just can’t believe in the simplicity of life and wealth, or the possibilities that are presented before us. We cannot even believe in our own ability to take control of our lives and create our own realities.

In the end, we spend too much time living lives of negativity. It becomes a chore just to think positively. On the other hand, if your default and belief system is one of positivity and productivity, then you cultivate those things in your life—whereas a cynical default setting cultivates more negativity.

Resetting Your Defaults

Resetting your defaults requires you to first evaluate what your “go-to” attitudes and opinions are, and then work to recognize them every time they become an issue. When you feel yourself automatically looking for the negative, remind yourself that there is positivity to be found, and that you should go there first. You need to look within yourself to determine why you act or react in the way that you do, and if there is real basis for it, or if you are simply reacting based on a negative default setting.

What it all comes down to is resetting your attitudes towards money and wealth, and giving yourself the capacity to succeed through a positive mindset of possibility. I assure you, life is a much more enjoyable thing when you believe in the good and possibility of life, rather than always assuming the worst.

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
Aussie Internet Marketer © 2004 - 2009

Another effective strategy for wealth creation that I was reminded of the other day at Ange’s Attracting Wealth blog was success affirmations. Affirmations are simple to use, but help to keep you focused, and as a result hugely more productive.

What Is A Success Affirmation?

What is a success affirmation? It is simply a statement of purpose. The most effective are those that you commit to every day. If you read Ange’s post, you’ll see her list of several simple affirmations—promises, commitments she makes to herself that help to keep her focused on the most important and productive tasks, but also allow her the time to live life and minimize stress and pressure.

For instance, you might affirm that you will put your needs above those of others. You might affirm that you commit to doing one thing to better your financial position today. You might also affirm that you will spend half an hour doing something that is healthy for you—exercising, etc., and another half an hour just relaxing and refocusing. Or, as Ange does, maybe you affirm that you will spend one hour on each important task, and only spend time on the others if time permits—that way you attend to the most important tasks at hand.

Success affirmations are used throughout wealth and empowerment courses and strategies. Many use them only as a personal commitment to mindset and spirit, and let the more pragmatic tasks grow from that commitment—for instance, “I am a person who deserves to master my time”. Others use them as Ange has, as a mixture of both. You should do whatever works for you.

Reaffirming Success, Everyday

It is important to sit down, decide what your affirmations will be (and limit how many you have so that they maintain their effectiveness), and then repeat them; reaffirm your success and commitment every day. Start your day out this way, and this will become the background music of your life—which means you will not have to work so hard to remember what you are doing and why.

Success affirmations are your commitment to you, which in turn becomes your commitment to wealth and to all of those who share your life. Make that commitment—you deserve it! See how this simple wealth strategy can easily turn into so much more.

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
Aussie Internet Marketer © 2004 - 2009

There are a few reasons why people tend not to embrace the idea that they can create their own reality. One of them is because we seem to be flooded with skepticism in our lives and our default setting is to doubt. You have to work hard to change that around and approach life from a positive angle, wherein possibility is your default belief.

Another reason is because believing that you can create your own reality adds something that a lot of people do not want—personal responsibility.

Your Life Is Your Own

It should excite you to know that your life is your own and you are in control of it. It should be a relief that you can choose how you will deal with life and your choices will create the reality that you want. Too many people, however, don’t like to hear that, because with choice comes responsibility; and there is just an abundance of people in the world who don’t want to take responsibility for their life—they want it to be taken care of for them. They want to be victims and martyrs and be able to blame someone else for their situation. But you can’t have it both ways—you can’t create your own reality, believe in creating your own reality, and still blame someone else for the outcome.

Empowering Wealth Creation & Success

If you are going to be wealthy and successful, and live financially free, you have to create that wealth. And that means you have to create your reality, which in turn means you have to take responsibility for your life. Considering the state of affairs in the world, it’s not too hard to understand why people don’t do this, but I promise you that when you do take responsibility and begin creating your own reality and wealth, you will enjoy life more than you ever have before. You’ll feel the sense of possibility, accomplishment, and freedom that you have wanted—and you’ll know that, above all else, because you are one of the few with a default setting of positivity and possibility, and one of the few who understand that personal responsibility is empowerment and not burden, that you can do and have anything you set your mind to.

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
Aussie Internet Marketer © 2004 - 2009

I owe due credit to my good friend Ange Recchia of Buzzing with Ange for this post. Hers was a timely reminder of a fit theme that runs throughout nearly all wealth creation resources.

Your Hand In Creation

Ange’s timely reminder was that the one central theme she came to know well from all of the experts and wealth creators that she followed was this one simple quote:

“You create your reality; what you think about comes about.”

It’s true, and I’ve had the same experience. We create our own destinies through our attitude and mindset. We make the decisions about how an experience will impact on our lives. Unfortunately, far too often people make the wrong decisions and decide to let things become burdens and hurdles instead of opportunities or manageable situations. We relinquish control of our lives by not taking control and deciding how much of an impact and what kind of impact any given thing will have upon us.

Even “bad” situations can go our way if we handle them right—which means learning from the experience and refusing to dwell upon it—refusing to give them any more power in our lives than they should.

The Whole Life Experience

As Ange says, this is not at all limited to wealth creation. You create the reality of your life in every aspect—health, wealth, relationships, lifestyle, family… Really, in order to be the most successful in one area you need to create a positive, healthy reality in the other, because no two of these are ever unconnected. The lifestyle that you make possible will be directly correlated to the wealth you build, which is directly related to your family’s lifestyle and happiness, and on and on.

Your life is your reality, and that reality is what you make it. Understanding that one simple fact is probably about 99% of the battle. It’s an extremely empowering thing to know this, and a wonderful stress relief to know that yes, you can create your life and live it to the fullest; and it all starts with your decision-making and reality creation process.

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
Aussie Internet Marketer © 2004 - 2009