Wealth Creation Blog

As we’ve got kids on the brain today, it occurred to me that we could learn a thing or two about wealth creation by being a little more childlike ourselves. Kids don’t come with all the baggage that adults do. They have stronger belief-systems and better confidence. Those are all things that could go very far for us as we work to empower ourselves financially.

Be A Kid Again And Be Wealthy

Let’s take a look at some of the characteristics that children retain, but we so often lose as adults, that could return dividends for us as we work to build wealth.

• Curiosity. Kids are curious. With a little more curiosity and interest you might enjoy exploring money, wealth, and finance more. You might find a whole world of interest you never knew existed within you.

• Energy. It takes a lot of energy to do what we have to do in life, and added energy to pursue wealth creation while you also try to survive financially in the meantime. And as we know, energy attracts energy, then action, prosperity, and wealth. Find ways to be more energetic and be more wealthy.

• Motivation. Kids are motivated easily by what they want. You know you want money, wealth, and financial freedom and prosperity. You just have to learn to trust your own intrinsic motivation—stop working so hard at it and listen to your inner voice!

• Enjoyment. Kids enjoy life. Do you? Do you enjoy what you do? Find enjoyment and you attract enjoyment, and positive energy, and wealth…

• Fearless. Kids do not know fear. They do not let fear keep them from doing things that excite them and motivate them. Few adults can say the same. Think of all you would have done by now if you never listened to that nagging voice that stops you from pursuing wealthy ideas.

It often seems that, as much as we try to teach kids how to be, they have the right of life at heart. Children enjoy life and they know how to make the most of it if not meddled with overly much. If as adults we can capture just a bit of youth, we, too, can do great things—without fear, and with a positive energy that attracts great things.

Sean Rasmussen
Wealth Creation Blog
UniversalWealthCreation.com © 2004 - 2008

In posts past we’ve talked about how it is important to include kids in your financial plans for wealth creation. We’ve talked about how much better the start in life for our kids could be if we applied what we know about financial empowerment and building wealth from the start. Every now and again I like to dedicate a post or two to these types of topics in the interest of building a better, simpler, wealthier life for the kids.

Giving Kids A Wealthy Vocabulary

It’s a lot easier to raise children with a wealthy mindset than to try to correct it later. I think any of us here who have been through this process, or are going through it now, could easily agree. And one of the ways we can make their lives easier from the start is to give them due credit for understanding the concepts and the language of wealth.

When you talk openly about finance and wealth with your children, you suddenly strip away the many barriers that go up in our paths to adulthood. You prevent children from forming the attitude of negativity around wealth and money, and negate the need for them to have to work to break down those walls later.

Meaningful Language

The other thing that you do when you use real, meaningful language with children is teach them real, meaningful words and concepts. This is important because if a child knows the words and understands their meaning, they can learn from anyone who is speaking it. That educated child will be able to read and learn and recognize what it is they are exposed to. They’ll be ahead of the game because they will have that innate knowledge from the beginning, and so they can continue on to wealth and prosperity instead of just getting started (or worse, having to recover and relearn things they should have known all along—if only our traditional education would catch up to real, meaningful financial management and education!).

It’s a great thing that an adult does when they recognize their ability and right to wealth. But it’s an even greater thing they do when they pass on that knowledge and power to another, and give a child a strong financial start to life. Have real, meaningful financial conversations with the kids that matter to you and help them to a better life-start.

Sean Rasmussen
Wealth Creation Blog
UniversalWealthCreation.com © 2004 - 2008

Another leading wealth creation and success mentor would tell you that in order to have what most people do not have you have to do something that most people won’t do; “go the extra mile” comes to mind, but it is really more than that. It’s not necessarily a longer path, but a different path. But it’s a path you have to be willing to take nonetheless if you would be wealthy.

How Rich Is The Average Man Or Woman?

To prove the point, I would ask you this—how rich is the average man or woman? Is the average person wealthy and financially stable? Financially free? Or is the average person under financial stress? Struggling to survive while working their lives away for someone else?

We all know the answers to these questions. Now I would ask you—what sets apart the people who are doing better than average financially? What’s different about the wealthy?

Willing Not Able

What is different about the wealthy is that they do what the average person does not. They are willing to do things differently. Willing. Notice I didn’t say Able, I said Willing. The average wealthy person is no more capable than you or anyone else. They are just more willing. They are willing to do things that the majority of people are not and do not do.

The willingness to be more than average, to be financially successful and build wealth is not really hard to achieve. It takes developing your mindset and changing your routine and habits, and it takes resolve, but none of those are things that are beyond your reach. All that you need to succeed and be wealthy is firmly within reach of you right now. You just have to be willing to face it and do what the rest of the world will not.

Sean Rasmussen
Wealth Creation Blog
UniversalWealthCreation.com © 2004 - 2008

“To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.”I can’t say who this quote should be attributed to, as it’s just something I came across randomly in an email the other day. But I found it to be no less inspiring, and no less true.

Wealth Creation Is All About Change

To create wealth, you have to do something different than what you are doing right now. You have to be willing to go that extra distance and do something new and different. You have to learn new things, apply yourself in new ways, and probably even push yourself outside your current comfort zone. You have to do something you have ever done before in order to attain the wealth you’ve never had. To get rich, you have to change.

How Do You Know What Will Work?

There are no guarantees in life. I cannot guarantee that everything that you try will make you rich, but I can guarantee that you will be given the opportunity to learn and to grow with each action and each attempt. I can tell you that when you seek out change with perseverance and determination you will move towards financial wealth and success. How do I know? Because when you live life in this way you can’t help but succeed. When you live life this way you

• Build the character and personal fortitude you need to succeed

• Attract more confidence and determination

• Change the path of your life to one of action and movement toward success

• Focus on the wealth—personal and financial wealth—that you have already created

• Attract more wealth—more money and more personal wealth

You can’t always know from the start with 100% certainty that a particular action will “work” per se; but one thing is for sure—you will never know if you don’t try. And if you never do anything different, you will never have what you have never had.

Sean Rasmussen
Wealth Creation Blog
UniversalWealthCreation.com © 2004 - 2008

A consistent life of positivity and success and appreciation is what moves you forward to financial success. But as we discussed, it’s hard to keep the focus and maintain that much needed level of successful consistency into your life. It’s usually not enough to read something positive once, even if you accept it as absolute truth, and stay motivated, maintaining that feeling of accomplishment and financial empowerment.

We all know the feeling that we get when we read or study something motivating and empowering. We all know what it’s like to spend some time with a motivational book or wealth creation course, and come away feeling like we can conquer the world. And we all know how easy it is to lose that feeling when we get back into the groove of daily life. The question is, then, how to maintain that feeling and consistent spirit of financial ability and achievement?

Tips For Staying Positive And Focused

What I’ve compiled here is a quick list of some very simple ways to keep that feeling and positivity so that you move forward and also attract more positivity and accomplishment into your life.

• Write down goals

• Reread goals on a daily basis as a reminder of what you are working towards

• Place pictures in strategic locations that represent what you want to have

• Place motivational quotes and sayings in places where you’ll see them

• Keep a journal of successes and/or abundance—things you can be thankful for, scouting out the wealth you already own

• Appreciate your life, everyday—appreciate that you are alive, that you are capable, that you have what you do have—be positive!

• Make a list of your accomplishments—at the end of every day, write down 3 or 5 things you did that helped you create wealth and achieve financial success

• Exercise—because feeling good physically improves your attitude emotionally and psychologically—your mindset!

As you can see these are not things that take up a lot of your time. They are not things that have to consume your day, or keep you from your responsibilities and wealthy actions. They are small, simple changes that you can make, things that take from just a few seconds to just a few minutes. But they are all motivating just the same.

More than anything what we need to remain consistent and motivated are small reminders throughout our day. That’s what we’ve got here in this list above. I’m sure there are more, so please share in the comments what works for you—what do you do to stay consistent and hold onto that feeling of positivity and financial accomplishment and possibility? What of these do you agree with, or intend to incorporate into your daily life?

Sean Rasmussen
Wealth Creation Blog
UniversalWealthCreation.com © 2004 - 2008