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An interesting human phenomenon, which I have recently been reminded of, shows us that when economic times are good, people are quick to take the credit for their financial well-being; but when the tables turn and it’s harder to make a dollar, the flood of excuses starts and people will find myriad “reasons” why their money troubles or lack of financial fluidity are not their fault.

What Do We Know About Personal Financial Responsibility?

So what do we know about this? Are we responsible only for the good that comes our way in terms of money and finance? Is continued, sustainable financial prosperity beyond us because outside world factors are uncontrollable? What would that mean if that were true?

I suppose that would mean that it wasn’t possible to be wealthy all of the time—that it were only possible to be wealthy during strong economic times. So that must mean that in many parts of the world where the economies are in or near recession, the U.S. for instance, there are no wealthy people right now? To be sure there are probably fewer than in years past when times were good, but rest assured there are still plenty of wealthy people in the US and the world now, too. I guess that means, then, that we are responsible for our financial destinies in both good times and in bad. I guess that means we need to learn how to prepare and plan and make the most out of the opportunities slow economies present (because indeed they do!)

More Food For Positive Thought

One last point to make here—if you only maintain your positivity and responsibility during good economic times, then when things get tougher your mindset and attitude turn to what—blame and helplessness. Hardly something that will attract positive thinking. And once you are on that road, there is only one place it leads.

Wile it might be nice to have someone else to blame for what we don’t have, we have to be honest with ourselves and know that isn’t true. There’s only one person responsible for your financial prosperity and you know that is you—for better or for worse, in good times and in bad.

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

All of us have something that we get hung-up on in life. These hang-ups take many forms and are highly individual. However, they are highly manageable, too.

What Is Your Wealth Creation Hang-Up?

The first step in overcoming personal hang-ups or barriers is to recognize what they are. Recognize their presences, pay them their due attention, and then resolve to overcome them. As with any progressive process identification is key to resolution.

So first take a moment to try to identify some of the barriers that weigh you down. These could be anything, like

• The financial fear factor of working against ingrained financial systems (as we talked about before)

• Subconscious wiring that holds you back from financial success

• Your attitude toward what money is and represents

• The fear of success

• Finding the personal resolve and fortitude and perseverance to see yourself through to wealth and financial freedom

Your hang-ups could be large and glaringly obvious or they could be very much hidden and buried. It could take you quite a long time to identify what is holding you back. But just knowing that there is something there and that you are working towards uncovering and correcting it will be progress and enlightenment in and of itself.

Moving Beyond Personal Barriers To Financial Success

Sometimes it is hard to overcome these barriers. An attitude of positivity helps. The guidance you seek through wealth education and research will help you identify some of the more common hang-ups that impede individual wealth, and will tune you in to your own self so that you can more easily identify and manage them.

Building wealth is, in many ways, a study in self-improvement. The benefits are many even beyond financial gain. This part of the process is just one of the ways that you will become a stronger, healthier person by pursuing financial prosperity. It is one that you will, no doubt, come to value very highly.

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

Most everyone “gets it” when we talk about being more positive and living everyday in abundance to attract more of the same; at least, they understand the concept. But getting started can be a bit more of a challenge, so let’s talk about that some more.

Starting The Cycle Of Living Well

Once you have money it’s easy to live like you do. It’s easy to live well so that you capture that powerful law of attraction and attract more of the same. But most people do not start out wealthy. They start with a motivation, a hope, and a wish, but not with an overflow of money.

Here’s the thing—you don’t really need money to attract money. You need success and positive thinking to attract more success, and the money then comes. You need to focus on the attitude and the concept, not so much on the physical presence of money. Money is a byproduct—the byproduct to positive thinking and living well—to living wealthy. By that I do not mean just financial wealth, but life wealth.

As we all have heard so many times, there is more to life than money. But try living life today without money….that’s not so easy. Money is a very handy tool in the modern world, isn’t it? The point here is that you can live wealthy without having money. You find wealth in all that you have, by focusing your positivity and abundant thought on what you have and what you are achieving and working towards.

A Word Of Caution

Whenever this subject comes up I feel I need to give a word of caution. As Jamie McIntyre says, you need to start living a life of quality and abundance in order to attract more of the same in your life. You need to start living wealthy. But you also need to understand what that really means. It does not mean going further into debt to live like the wealthy. That is really opposite to your goal, because that is not living in abundance that is attracting more debt.

Living wealthy and stockpiling wealth and abundance means finding the abundance you already have in your life and starting from there. It’s there if you look for it. It may mean changing the way you view your life, but you can find, through positive thinking, that you already have a level of wealth in your life upon which you can build to attract more.

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