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

A lot of what we learn in wealth creation programs, including the 21st Century Academy programs and courses, is something that we come across again and again. At least, if you run in circles of financial empowerment you will. The more you read, the more you research, the more you watch or listen to, the more wealth building information that you access, the more you will see similarities and repetition. What can we take from this?

Great Minds Think Alike

Great minds think alike. There’s probably no more succinct way to say it. The reason that you will find much of what you see taught again and again as you pursue the various avenues of wealth creation again and again is that the people who have succeeded in creating wealth and gaining financial freedom have done so based on solid foundations of money, investment, money management, and mindset. Basically, they get it. And not surprisingly, what’s worked for one works for another. It’s the very reason that one person can teach another how to become rich—because it’s the same for all. You just need to learn how to do it.

Proof, Not Mindless Repetition

What we can take from this is that the recurrence of certain concepts of wealth and financial control are proof that these methods, strategies, and fundamentals work. This is not a case where uncreative minds come together and repeat what someone else has said. This is a case where groups of successful individuals have made money, built wealth, and passed on what it is they learned for the success of others.

If you’re doubt it, you have only to look at the track record of the one who is telling it to you—the expert behind the strategy or theory. Look for his or her individual success. It should tell you all you need to know to know who is really a leader in wealth education, and who is just following the masses.

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

The rich get rich because they do things differently than everyone else. The rich focus on saving, creating wealth, and maintaining the right financial attitude. Beyond mindset, we can identify four key skills that the wealthy develop to build wealth.

Again, we look to Jamie McIntyre from 21st Century Academy. Jamie has identified four skills that are key to succeeding in wealth creation and presents them to us so that we can begin to work as individuals to improve our own wealth creation skill set.

Key Skills For Creating Wealth

Here are the four most important skills that you need to develop to create wealth and gain financial freedom.

1. Thinking Creatively. We are conditioned to let someone else do the thinking, and simply regurgitate what we’ve been told by another. The thing that the wealthy do differently is develop themselves as independent thinkers and creative problem solvers. A creative thinker can find a way to meet challenges and overcome. A creative thinker gives the answers, rather than wait for the answers to be given to them.

2. Negotiation. How do the rich get what they want? They negotiate. And that is just what you need to learn to do to get what you want in life. We know how to negotiate as kids, but lose this ability as we age and start to accept ‘no’ for an answer. The wealthy do not accept ‘no’ for an answer when they truly need something!

3. Communication. As Jamie says, it’s not enough for you to know that something is beneficial. You have to be able to convince others of the benefits of a thing as well. When you can sell the benefit of something, you can achieve your desired end result. You have to be able to communicate in an effective manner to do that.

4. Marketing. Focusing your efforts on an end result, and finding a way to market to the business or outside world to achieve that result. This is for anything, including an exchange of ideas or an exchange of goods and money. The wealthy succeed because they find creative, innovative, effective ways to market themselves and their ideas. Developing your brand of marketing skills is essential to wealth creation success.

Enjoy Wealth Creation Success

Fortunately, these are all skills that can be developed in a short amount of time. Start working today to develop the skills of the wealthy so that you, too can enjoy success in wealth creation!

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

There are many things that hold people back from pursuing wealth creation successfully. And there is a quite common thread among those who do not move ahead with wealth creation strategies. What you might find surprising, though, is that the most common hold-backs for people in creating wealth often have nothing to do with things like education, skill, financial knowledge, or access to money. The big reasons that people do not commit to wealth creation usually have more to do with issues of mindset.

Wealth Creation Success

That probably is not surprising to regular readers of this blog. We’ve said it before, repeatedly. As Jamie McIntyre says at 21st Century Academy, the millionaire’s mindset is 80% responsible for wealth creation success. Strategy accounts for a mere 20%.

A lot of people who come to our wealth creation programs looking for a better life are surprised to find that one of those emotions that hold a very large number of people back from making money and enjoying financial wealth is guilt. But why in the world would you ever feel guilty about pursuing a better way of life? About making money and creating wealth to give yourself, your family, friends, and loved ones a better life?

Guilt About Creating Wealth

There is no good reason why you should feel guilty about creating wealth. Wealth creation does not make you greedy or selfish. But these are the things that people associate with riches and wealth. Money has gotten a bad reputation in this world, thanks to a handful of shady characters who happen to be rich.

The guilt that is associated with wealth creation comes from a lifetime of ingrained learning. We learn that honesty and respect are earned by working hard and that money perverts people. We learn that the wealthy are selfish and untrustworthy. We learn that money is dirty and we use that as justification to living lean and working to get nowhere.

Terms Of Wealth Creation

Guilt, in almost any situation, is a truly useless emotion. This is especially true in terms of wealth creation because it is simply untrue. There is no shame in being better, in living easier, in giving and helping others. There is no reason you have to prostitute your morals to build wealth. Purging yourself of feelings of guilt now will allow you to move forward in wealth creation and start developing the true mindset of a millionaire. If you hope to succeed at wealth creation, if you are committed to making money to better your life, let go of guilt now and stop letting it control your financial future!

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