Wealth Creation Blog

We started to touch on this subject the other day when we were talking about abundance mentality versus scarcity mindset and where you would be when your wealth arrived. The topic today is living in the present.

The Wealth Present

Because wealth is something we are trying to achieve, something we are trying to better and increase, we tend to think of it as something for the future. Obviously to a very large extent wealth is something in the future, but it is also something in your present, and you cannot deny that, either. Denying it and/or not living in the present only causes an undue amount of stress and longing.

Everyone has wealth in their life—right now, in the present. Acknowledging that prevents that issue of undue longing, along with others, and also helps you to capitalize on your mindset and the Law of Attraction and other wealth-building principles. Remember that wealth can take many forms, so if you try hard enough you will find it in your life right now, giving you a starting point to build on.

Positive In The Present

The greatest thing that acknowledging all wealth now does is it puts you in a positive state of mind. As we know, that positive mindset is integral to wealth and financial success. You do yourself a great deal of good and attract more positivity and success to you just through the acknowledgment of what you have and what you have built as you’ve progressed.

The other thing that you accomplish when you do this is you stop wasting the precious time of your life. Life is a gift to be shared and enjoyed, and you should be living it to the best of your ability each and every day. What sense is it to wallow in despair now and to hope that something better will come of that? That is entirely contrary to what you are working to achieve.

As we work to create wealth we need to look toward the future to set and work towards our larger goals; but we also need to live in the present. Wealth is a lifestyle, not a one-off occurrence that comes and goes. Be wealthy now, be wealthy in the future, and take every gift this life gives you.

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
Aussie Internet Marketer © 2004 - 2009

At the end of the last post I said that life is not a dress rehearsal, and indeed it is not. This is it—the big show. The spotlight is on you now, so never take for granted that you can live a life that is contrary to your being and come out smiling in the end. Or even in the present. Now is your time to shine, and there’s no way of knowing if there is a “second chance” until it is too late, so best to make every conscious moment count now.

The Path You Choose

This is why the path that you choose to creating wealth matters so much. This is why you want to be on the path of abundance and positive prosperity. This is why the scarcity mentality is no place for you to be living.

You do not want to waste the precious gift of time and energy that you have been given on stress and strife. No one wants that—that’s why we seek out wealth! We seek to build wealth to relieve the stress and strife that money issues and finances have brought us. Then why add to your stress by living a life that is contrary to your goals? Wouldn’t it be much better to live a life of enjoyment and prosperity that is positive and leaves you with a conscience that is free and clear?

Enjoying The Path Now And Later

Although we tend to focus on the end result, and on being able to live with yourself and your choices when your wealth arrives, we also need to focus on the present—because this is your life, and the only time you can be guaranteed to have. Yes, it helps to look at this from an end-up point of view, because that drives home the consequence of your choices, but you have to live an abundant life throughout the journey, and enjoy each and every day of your life.

Decide who you want to be when your wealth arrives, but also acknowledge two other things:

First, that you indeed have wealth now. Everyone does, they just have to find it. And

Two, that the choices you make today matter both today and tomorrow, and you need to be able to live as best you can as the result of those choices.

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
Aussie Internet Marketer © 2004 - 2009

As I mentioned at the end of the last post, some people are able to make a significant amount of money off the backs of others by capitalizing on the scarcity mentality; not most, as the statistics prove. The only thing the scarcity mentality gets most people is a very limited income and lifestyle, and a bad attitude to boot.

A Choice To Make

As it appears, you have a choice to make—you can create prosperous, sustainable wealth by embracing an abundance mentality, or you can scratch your way to the top and hope that you are one of the “lucky” (?) few who actually build wealth that way. Let’s look at the reality of either choice:

• The scarcity mentality method of building wealth requires that you will live in a state of financial paranoia of sorts—always thinking someone else is trying to get what is yours, that you have to stash and hide wealth so that it might not be taken by another, and that you have to grab as much as you can as fast as you can and continually hope someone else is left in want so that you can collect the amount of money that you feel necessary to be wealthy. Be warned, though, with this attitude there will probably never be enough.

• The abundance mentality method of wealth building requires that you live with a positive attitude, enjoying life each and every day, be thankful for others and always capitalize on what is good in your life. You do not live in fear because you know wealth is not limited, and you can create it right alongside of others. You are able to engage in enlightening and useful conversation about wealth creation with other people because you do not have to be afraid that they might ferret out your trade secrets and you share your knowledge, enjoying the feeling of helping others get ahead, too.

So I ask you now—which sounds like the better life to you?

Who Will You Be When You Arrive At Wealth?

The path you choose determines the type of person you will be throughout the wealth-building phase of your life and for all the days after. Remember this life is not a dress rehearsal, it’s the real thing. Enjoy every possible minute of it, and feel good about the person that you are and have been when your wealth arrives.

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
Aussie Internet Marketer © 2004 - 2009

Let’s be clear. Although there are two types of mentality, there is only one that you want. Need!

Abundance Versus Scarcity Mentality

We discussed the difference between the two last week. You can go back to our post about the Abundance Mentality if you need a review or definition.

Now, many people mistakenly think that a scarcity mentality (in which they believe wealth is limited, finite, and there is not enough to go around) is the way to go. They figure that there is only so much wealth in the world, and so they have to grab as much as they can for themselves in order to be wealthy. Their success depends on your failure. What a sad, sad way to live!

If you understand the abundance mentality—and the Law of Attraction and wealth creation in general—then you understand this is entirely counterproductive. There is more than enough wealth to go around. New wealth is created each and every day. More would be created if people stopped living with a scarcity mentality and started believing in the wealth of life!

Breaking Down The Abundance Mentality

It’s all very simple, really (we like simple wealth creation, don’t we?). If you focus your mindset and energy in want and limitation, guess what you will have? Exactly. Want and limits.

If you focus your mindset and energy in abundance and wealth and positivity, guess what you will have? Good job, you’ve been listening! Abundance, wealth, and a life of positivity!

I have to admit that there are a relatively select few who have managed to make money and still maintain a scarcity mentality. Look at the statistics, though, and you’ll see just how few that has been. Considering that most people are subscribed to the scarcity mentality, I think it’s safe to say that that is a major reason why 96% end up dead or broke or relying on the government by the age of retirement…..all that aside, just think about this: how do you want to live when your wealth arrives?

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
Aussie Internet Marketer © 2004 - 2009

We’ve been talking a lot about attitude and emotion and how you “should” feel about all manner of things from the local and world economy to the investment climate to the fitness of the world for wealth creation. We discussed not letting others dictate how you “should” feel about all of this, and instead being in control of your financial emotions. Now, let’s refine that a bit.

Who Cues Your Financial Emotion?

Does watching the news or the daily market report leave you feeling despondent? Do you shake your head through the entire newscast and leave your set feeling worse than when you’d arrived? Do you generally feel good about your financial position or your daily living and feel that with some concerted effort to build wealth you could be quite comfortable….but then lose that feeling as soon as you read the next internet or media report on the state of the country or world?

If this sounds familiar, you are taking too many cues from the outside world and not trusting your own instincts enough. And that will become, if it hasn’t already, a big problem for you as you continue to work toward personal wealth.

When you take your financial/emotional cues from others, you do a couple of things:

• You undercut your own confidence and ability by essentially telling yourself your own instincts and emotions are not trustworthy.
• You back-step and undo everything in wealth creation that you have already accomplished.
• You start living with a scarcity mindset instead of an abundance mentality.
• You attract more negativity and scarcity to you, instead of abundance and positive energy.

All of this makes it very hard to build wealth and achieve the end goal of financial freedom. The case is certainly not hopeless, though. All you have to do is rebuild trust in your own emotions and take your cues from you, not from the outside world.

People actually have a very good sense of the potential of things, we just suppress it. Take life head-on, trust your feelings, and continue to remain positive about any endeavor, and you will surely be an unstoppable force in creating personal wealth.

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
Aussie Internet Marketer © 2004 - 2009