Wealth Creation Blog

I don’t have to tell you that this is the time of year when we all start resolving to live better. It’s the time of year when we start putting our thoughts and plans for wealth creation into high gear, resolving to make this the year that we finally “make it.” These are the days when we take that deep breath, get ready for the big plunge, and decide to put our heads down and finally do what it takes to achieve that financial success that will make the difference in our lives.

Noble Plans For A New Life

These are all very noble plans and goals. I do more than hope that this is the year you achieve financial success and freedom. If you make your rounds around my blogs, you’ll see that I’ve been working on many posts of encouragement and support, including many money-making resources. As we dive into all of these, though, I’d like to take a look back at some old advice so as to achieve the best possible level of success with your efforts and hard work.

More Than Money

Much as we focus on wealth creation on this blog, making money is not all that we are about here. This blog, as regular readers will know, if about building wealth for a better life, based largely on Jamie McIntyre’s mindset philosophies and his work through the 21st Century Academy.

What is key to know about these programs is that they are not just about the money. In fact, were money not such a predominant factor in life it would probably be included very little in it. In effect, Jamie McIntyre’s programs are about life success. In the modern world, that means making money. But it does not only mean making money.

Money is a wonderful thing to have. In today’s world, it is what determines how much personal freedom you have. But a successful life requires more than just knowing how to make money. That is why, for the coming New Year, for all your goals and plans; my wish for you is that you will approach it with a whole life view. If you do, I’m sure you have found what I and so many other 21st Century Academy grads have found—that financial success is something that comes far easier when put into the context of the whole, and not focused on as the sole objective.

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

What I hope we’ve all learned from Mr. Rush Limbaugh, in case you didn’t already know it, is that recession and financial stress is optional. How so? Because recession, as with all economic ebbs and flows, is ruled by emotion. Yes, there are tangible market factors which can be pointed out to determine what is and is not a recession, but in the end history tells us that market turns pivot on one thing—the collective emotion of investors and consumers.

Nothing New

This is not a new concept, especially for those of us in wealth creation circles. We’ve heard this from such historical experts as Napoleon Hill and Wallace Wattles; we’ve heard it from modern experts like Jamie McIntyre and his contemporaries. For every major market turn, you can trace a line back to the fear and anxiety of the market that drives it.

Assuming this to be a given amongst us, the discussion turns to this:

What Can You Do About It?

You can do just what Mr. Limbaugh is doing.

Refuse To Be A Victim Of Recession

Create your own destiny by creating your own wealth. Educate yourself in as many ways as you can so that you have financial investment tools to use in every market; because really, every market creates an opportunity. You just need to be in a position to capitalize upon that opportunity.

The first and foremost thing that you can do about weakening economies is to develop the mindset of success that will see you through them. That is the basis of the 21st Century Academy. It is the basis because it is the foundation of financial success. Men like Rush Limbaugh, love or hate him, are proof positive. He maintains a mindset of success and well being. And he is successful and well-off.

The consumer or investment market cannot take your mindset away from you. Only you can do that. So, the markets cannot force you to be victimized by them. Only you can grant that permission, too. Refuse to participate. Refuse to be victimized. Insist on being a success in each and every economy throughout your successful life!

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

Guilt is one of the most driving emotional forces in terms of financial attitude, intelligence, and ultimately financial intelligence. Not all of us always recognize the emotions behind our financial attitudes as emotions of guilt, but when you take an objective look at the situation, that is what you will find at least as often as not. Jamie McIntyre takes us through many exercises in his eBook, videos, seminars, and courses to help us to be able to recognize this and to correct that mindset to one of success.

It seems that as humans we can find personal guilt in almost any situation—unless, that is, we learn to overcome that emotion and empower ourselves. Lately, the dismal economic climate that is affecting all corners of the world is the most recent source of guilt for the wealthy and successful. But how “right” is that? Should you be feeling guilty for your success because others are struggling?

Own Only Your Portion Of The Problem

The only reason you might have—and I do stress “might”—to feel guilty while others are struggling would be if you directly caused their struggles. That’s not a common scenario for people who come to wealth and success through a program like the 21st Century Academy. A course like Jamie McIntyre’s that focuses on self-development, personal financial independence, and positivity really gives you no cause to feel guilty for succeeding—ever, no matter the economic outlook. Realistically, these are the times you should feel the best about what you’ve done, achieved, and become; because when you are positive, financially strong, and independent you are not a burden on others or a struggling government or society. And that attitude of positivity and success, as well as any charitable contributions you give, can do worlds more to help people than it could ever be perceived as hindering.

Personal financial success that is honestly built and achieved is never a reason for guilt or shame. Those are old-school financial emotions that are born of old emotions of want and need. They have no place in your successful mindset; not now, not in this economy, not ever.

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

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