Wealth Creation Blog

The last post, if you recall, discussed the fact that what you see in one wealth creation program or book, you are likely to see again elsewhere. The reason is that this is what works! It’s to be taken as proof, just as you would accept anything as accurate that you can back up with another source. This leads me to address another question that might come up.

If This Stuff Is Everywhere, Why Do I need A Financial Empowerment Program?

It’s true that over time you could collect the majority of the information that you will get from a good wealth creation program like Jamie McIntyre’s if you just read and researched on you own. Eventually, you could get there. After all, that is essentially what Jamie McIntyre did. But there are some very real reasons why it is to your strict advantage to undertake your new financial education by using a wealth-building program.

The Work Is Done For You

First off, financial empowerment programs have done the work of research for you. It takes years to learn everything you need to know by going it alone and studying all the experts. And truth be told, not all ‘experts’ you encounter are for real. But you can trust the expert advise, education, mindset, and strategy that you are taught through proven programs.

Learn From the Experience Of Others

Wealth creation programs have the advantage of allowing you to learn from the experience of others. See where people have come from, what they’ve accomplished, and what they’ve done with what they’ve had. Find out what’s worked for others to put it to work for you.

Meeting Of The Minds

Programs like the 21st Century Academy bring the best of the best together in one place. It’s like having a meeting of the minds with some of the most successful and wealthy people in the world, all in one spot.

Support And Guidance

Books can be inspirational and informative, but they are not very supportive. When you work with real people, either in person, through homestudy, or online, you have real, live, support available to you.

You could go it alone and pursue wealth creation on your own, but it would doubtless take you much longer, and you would lack the benefits that proven programs offer. I encourage you to save yourself time, money, and frustration, and let the successes and work of others work to your distinct advantage.

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

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One of the ways that you can fund your wealth creation program is by increasing your income. That’s a lot easier said than done, but if you are really getting what you are worth, it’s a heck of a lot easier than if you are working for short pay.

Are You Worth Your While?

Many people are not getting what they are worth. They know it, and their work shows it. It shows to the client, the customer, and to the boss. And it creates a never-ending cycle of negativity and suffering income. Let’s think about this. You take a job for whatever reason, at pay that you may or may not believe to be fair. For some, the money was never there and they knew it; for others, what seemed like a good deal in the beginning is going south, or stagnating to the point that the job is not worth the effort you’re putting in.

After a time, you feel devalued and so you devalue your work—why give away the goods? Why not just put in the effort that you are being compensated for?

Unfortunately, you create a situation for yourself that does you no good. You are not showing your boss your best effort, and your boss is not at all inclined to increase the earnings of someone just barely meeting their job requirements.

This may not exactly be the situation you are currently in, but you get the general idea. Maybe the problem is more like you not valuing yourself highly, and so you allow yourself to be taken advantage of financially.

Value-Added Services

Whatever is at the root of your problem, the situation can be remedied. This year, make a point of increasing your own value and worth, so that you can be bringing in the money you deserve, and subsequently funding your plan for creating wealth.

In future posts, we’ll talk more about the specific strategies for increasing your worth—either in your current position or in a new one. We’ll talk about some specific strategies for increasing your worth and reaping the financial rewards of your proven worth; and all of this with an eye toward creating the mindset of a successful creator of wealth so that you can enjoy that elusive financial freedom you’ve been striving for.

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

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Yes, it is that time of year when people the world over resolve to improve, but before you get to that, make it meaningful by taking stock of the year just past.

Look Behind To Look Ahead

The best way to set really worthwhile wealth creation goals for the coming year is to take a look behind you to see the financial successes and failures of the year gone by.

A look back on your year will tell you a bit about your efforts at wealth creation. It will tell you

• What worked

• What didn’t

• Where your strengths in wealth creation are (strategy, knowledge base…)

• What type of wealth creation strategy you are most suited to (investments, shares, property, business…)

• Where you are lacking

How’s Cash Flowing?

As you do this, take a look at how your personal finances are arranged. Where is your income coming from and where is it going? What could you do differently to free cash for investment and the creation of financial wealth?

This is an important one, especially if you are just getting started in the wealth creation program. One of the top reasons people do not invest, or never take advantage of programs like ours to create wealth, is that they don’t think they can find any cash to seed their investments.

Assess your income and expenses, read up on where you can find investment money (this was a post a while back, and it is also part of Jamie McIntyre’s book), and commit to finding the cash you need to build the wealth that will secure your financial freedom.

Here are some of the places you should be reassessing on an annual basis to make the most of the cash at your disposal:

• Income—know how much you are really taking in

• Expenses—what expenditures are really necessary? What can easily go?

• Personal property—cash poor? Look at what you could sell off (both the big stuff and the small stuff); this can include untapped property equity, too

• Generous benefactors—friends and family that would lend money to help you succeed.

Get Personal

Financial reassessment encompasses everything in your life. And since the goal of wealth creation is to build a better, more financially secure future for you and yours, I want you to remember to take your reassessment personally. Attend to the financial issues, but pay attention to the lifestyle you want, too. Make sure that as you make financial progress you also make personal progress, because as we know, wealth creation is as much about feeding the mind and spirit as it is about making money. And as we’ve said before, the only real point to all of it is to fund the kind of life you want.

Hoping you find progress in both the year past and the year ahead.

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

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We talked before about increasing your income by getting what you are worth. No doubt plenty of you left thinking that is easier said than done. If it was that easy to convince your boss to give you that much-deserved raise, you’d have done it already, right? I hear what you are saying, but wealth creation does rely on your ability to access that all-important seed money for investment. And a great number of people have easy access to cash right at their fingertips—if they’d just be confident enough to get what they are worth.

This really goes back to the issue of mindset and determination; if you have the mindset of success, wealth creation will follow. If you know your own worth and believe in it, you will find financial success. If you are determined to improve your life through wealth creation, you will put in the effort to get all that you are worth.

Recognizing, however, that it can seem impossible to tap that worth, Jamie McIntyre has led the way. His method for increasing wealth by tapping self-worth is simple and straightforward.

What Are You Worth?

Many people have a small idea of what they are worth, but no real research to back them. Research, though, is no more difficult than a job hunt.

Take your credentials to other companies and see what they are willing to offer you. Compare that to what you are getting now, and then go to your own boss with the offers. In many cases, a company will sooner step up to the plate and give what they should be giving before they will lose a good employee to the competition (especially now that they know what you can do for that company).

Don’t go in haste, go with a plan. Try to get three offers to back you up. Show that your skills are valuable, that you are willing to move on, and also throw in some bit about the value that you add and can continue to add to your current company.

In the business world, pay increases go to those who ask for them. But yours will be better still if you do more than ask—prove your worth! Prove your worth (even though your company probably already knows), show that you have options, and be prepared to move towards those options if your current employer won’t match your terms.

You’ll know just where you stand in terms of worth and valuation. That’s an important lesson to learn on the path to wealth creation.

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

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As you research and work through the various wealth creation programs offered, you will come across many different strategies and types of investments for making money and building wealth. Not all strategies are for everyone, though, and you need to decide which is the most appropriate and most manageable for you.

What’s Your Wealth Creation Style?

As you read and learn about these various wealth creation strategies, you’ll get to know more about them, and you’ll begin to see which will suit your style and your life the best. Consider each investment strategy on its own and choose that which you feel most comfortable with.

Some things to think about when you are deciding on an investment strategy (or strategies) are:

• Previous experience or skill you might have that can be applied to a strategy

• Amount if money you have to invest

• Security of the investment

• Your personal comfort level in regards to risk

• Access to ongoing support and education for a given strategy (which should be no problem with the right wealth creation program leading the way)

• Your interest in a field or strategy—do what you have an interest in and that interest will sustain your efforts indefinitely!

How Much Is Enough?

Although it can be exciting to think about all the strategies for building wealth that are available to you, check yourself and do not try to do it all at once.

Americans like to use the expression, “Jack of all trades, Master of none”; this is not how you want to manage your wealth creation portfolio. You want to become a master of your chosen strategy first, see it through to success, and move on from there.

In the beginning, plan to focus your resources on just one or two strategies (which is not to say that you cannot make more than one investment, just that you invest using the same strategy or investment outlet for each); as you start making money and your experience and skills grows, reevaluate and consider new strategies (or stay with the same if its meeting your goals for wealth creation).

Wealth creation is a process that takes time—short time, relatively speaking, but time nonetheless. To enjoy the most success in wealth creation, start small and manageably and grow as you learn.

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

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