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This post relates to several things we’ve talked about here in the recent weeks. It relates to our discussions on fear and failure, and it relates to the blame-game we play when we don’t achieve what we’ve set out to achieve. It also relates to preempting goal failure by going prepared with a course of wealth education that has what it takes to teach you to make money and maintain the wealth mindset. It is also very much in relation to the last post regarding curiosity or commitment and Jamie McIntyre‘s message.

Understanding Elemental Points

If we were to take all of these posts and boil them down to a few single points, one of those points would be this:

A wealth education is an essential path, but it can only take you so far. To reach the ultimate goal of wealth, you yourself have to do the traveling. The best of wealth education courses, materials, seminars…the best motivational speakers, the best of everything the world of wealth creation has to offer can only do so much for you. In reality, all they can do is present you with the tools and opportunity to build wealth and achieve success. Not to belittle the extreme importance of those tools and opportunities, but they are what they are….vehicles you have to drive.

The Best Information And Products Can Only Take You So Far

The rest is up to you. You have to be willing to walk that road to find the rewards along it. That’s important to know, too—wealth is not just a pot of gold at the end, it’s a collection of smaller successes and rewards along the way.

No one can make the journey or put the work into wealth creation on your behalf, and have you come out the winner. We can help, and that’s what we’re here to do, and what programs like the 21st Century Academy are here to do. But you have to commit and understand that effort is a requisite contribution. It’s all effort that you can certainly manage, but elemental to your success nonetheless.

Sean Rasmussen
Wealth Creation Blog
UniversalWealthCreation.com © 2004 – 2009

When last we met, we talked about the need to make different efforts as opposed to just putting in more effort of the same, unproductive means. So today let’s talk a little bit about what those different efforts might look like.

So Many Choices…

Honestly, there is a world of options out there, and it is up to you to decide what is right for your personal wealth-building plan. Don’t let that overwhelm you, though, get excited about those myriad opportunities and let them motivate you to financial freedom!

That had to be said, but to give you some direction, start thinking about the new, different efforts that you could put in in order meet with greater success and achieve your goals.

You’ve GOT To Look At This!

One of the absolute first places you must look is to your own mindset. You can have all the best laid plans in the world, but if you do not put the mindset and attitude for success behind them, you will continue to spin your wheels.

It May Not Even Seem Broken

We all know what they say about how

“If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.”

And that is precisely what people think about their own financial attitude and mindset much of the time. They think,

“Well, I like money; I want money. I have great intentions and plans and goals. So I must have the right mindset for success.”

And they think the problem lies elsewhere.

The truth of the matter is that prior to a healthy dose of success and financial empowerment advice, most of us probably do not even realize that our mindset is our own worst enemy. Being that much of what holds us back is subconscious, we fail to see the connection at all. However, if you are like “most people,” with all the greatest plans and dreams for wealth but none of the results, it is time for you to pursue information and resources to help you understand your true mindset, and then make the changes that can make the difference.

The absolute most important thing—the “key” if you will—to financial success is the financial attitude. If you want to make the most use of your time and effort, do something new—build a stellar success mindset!

Sean Rasmussen
Wealth Creation Blog
UniversalWealthCreation.com © 2004 – 2009

When we talked about emotion ruling recession, we mentioned that every economy creates an opportunity. Good, bad, or otherwise, there is always an opportunity to be had; one that you can capitalize on and continue to create and build wealth, or even develop new opportunities.

One Man’s Trash

In many ways what this becomes is a case of one man’s trash being another man’s treasure; properties and investments that are no longer profitable for one person’s wealth creation could be an excellent bargain, and a prime foundation for your own. The fact that someone else has cast off this opportunity does not make it a bad one in and of itself—there are many factors at play that can make something unmanageable for one person, all the while it is exactly the opportunity you have been waiting for.

Profiting Off The Backs Of Others?

This brings to the forefront a question: is building wealth in a down economy a case of profiting from the downfall of others? Is there something “wrong” with your building wealth in this way? Are you somehow becoming a vulture or profiteer while others suffer?

No, no, and no. Unless you underhandedly did something to cause the financial demise of another, that blame cannot be yours. More often than not, your investments will help those people and entities. After all, there can be no upswing in a bad economy unless investors do what investors do best—invest! Unless people free cash and start to use it, the only thing that can occur is market stagnation. The world’s economy, and all the people who rely upon it (which is all of us), need you to capitalize these opportunities and create wealth!

The Tipping Point

We know the opportunities are certainly out there in these slow markets. And we know that there is money to be made by those who position themselves well now. So what will make the difference? What’s the deciding factor? Where is the tipping point?

The tipping point is this: preparation. The people who do more than survive bad markets, who make money and come out ahead, are those who are prepared. They are the people who get educated, who study various opportunities for investment and wealth creation, and who put the effort into making them work. I don’t think you’ll be surprised to hear me say that 80% of that is mindset, and deciding to find the opportunity for wealth within. The other 20%, which I also do not think will surprise you, is having the tools and financial education to empower you to do that.

The full balance of the 100% is all within your reach. You’ve come this far, tipping the scales already. Maintain your positivity and successful mindset, and no doubt you’ll be one of the people proving that economics truly do create opportunity with each and every turn.

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