Wealth Creation Blog

Ever stop to wonder why we call it wealth creation around here? Why not call it something else, like the ages-old “get rich quick” or something?

Synonymous With Wealth

We do use a few other synonymous terms as you’ve probably noticed by now; building wealth, wealth building, creating wealth, developing wealth….but primarily our goal is wealth creation. Why do we choose this as our main focus and not the more general wealth, success, or get rich?

You In Control

It’s very simple—it’s what fits. It’s the truth of the matter.

Wealth Creation is our focus because it is the most appropriate simple terminology for what we do. We work together here to help people create wealth of their own. We show them the resources that teach people how to make money virtually out of thin air. If that sounds crazy, let me assure you it’s not. If you think about it even on a very logical level, you’ll see that is true.

Think about the amount of money and cash that you actually hold in your hand in a given day, week, or month. A miniscule amount compared to what goes through your bank account. In reality, wealth is a paper and numbers game. It grows out of nothing much of the time. Take, for example, real estate. How do people make money with property? Through holding it over time. Just having your name on a piece of paper creates money for you. The same is true of all investments, really. Think about that. Your name on a stock or bond, and your wealth grows out of that.

Your Choices, Your Decisions

More than anything, creating wealth is a matter of deciding to do it. It is a matter of deciding to put your effort and talent into something different. It is deciding to develop the “can do” attitude that opens the door for the creation of wealth.

There are many, many ways to actually create wealth; the real reason we choose this term over others is that wealth creation is actionable, and possible. Anyone can be a wealth creator. You can use old proven methods or find completely new ways. The possibility and potential is always there for the dedicated and creative. Out of thin air, you can create a whole new life. Now that’s exciting!

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
Aussie Internet Marketer © 2004 – 2009

How will you manage the next phase of your life?

This is something a lot of people don’t think about until they start really thinking about how they might manage their way through the retirement years; but there are a whole lot more phases to life than just work and retirement, and thus many more reasons why you should be pursuing wealth now.

Ages And Stages

As I said, many of us think of life in two phases: work and retirement. That’s actually very sad if you think about it because that means we are revolving our entire lives around a rat race job. In reality, though, there are many other phases of life that all require careful financial management, and for the fullest living, sustainable wealth.

Just a few of life’s other phases include: our younger years, usually dominated by school and education. Then comes the post-secondary schooling years—college or university, etc. (unless you go straight into the work force); of course after that comes (for most people) the ball-and-chain of all balls-and-chains—life in the working world.

During that time there are numerous other phases that you might experience, such as a marriage, children, the adolescent/teen years, then your kids’ education, university, and on and on to retirement when you are finally supposed to be able to take a break. What a tiring way to spend a life!! And to think that even at that point great percentages of people never enjoy that break due to lack of money or failing health…

The Preparatory Phase

When you really think about it, you don’t have two phases of life to prepare for, but many. Good wealth-building and wealth-management ensures that all of those years can be good years, fulfilling and rewarding, and on your terms—the way life should be for all! Think about the phases you have gone through in life and the phases that you are yet to go through, and decide now how you can best manage those. Build wealth for now and for the future, and enjoy maximum enjoyment throughout each and every phase of your life.

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

There is one thing that you have to be very aware of when you implement a productivity practice like working with your moods. That is the temptation to become lazy. It’s an easy thing to do cater to your mood and stop taking any action at all.

It’s What Do You Feel Like DOING

The key to being more productive by matching your tasks to your moods is to determine what it is that you feel like doing at this time. It is not to grant yourself an excuse to do nothing or to procrastinate away the things that are less attractive, but that still need doing.

The idea behind this strategy is that if you sit and brood over something that you need to do, you are wasting huge chunks of time that you could be using to do something else that requires your attention. Instead, you fill those blocks of time with other tasks and gear up to a time when you are better mentally prepared to take on the other tasks of wealth creation that you’d been putting off.

We All Have Times When We Feel Like Doing Nothing

We all have those times when we feel like doing nothing. That’s normal, and it’s okay to feel that way. It’s even okay to do nothing—to relax and take some time for yourself. That’s a part of balancing your life and it’s important, too, but it’s important to make sure that this wealth-building productivity strategy does not become an excuse to always be relaxing and never be working. Wealth creation is a way to a better life (the way!!), but it is also a pathway that requires work and effort on your part. There is no way to get rich quick!

This is just one thing to be aware of as you take this strategy on. This strategy can work wonders for your production line, but if you are not aware of potential pitfalls like this then it can also quickly become the cause of a lack of progression. Suit your mood, but within reason, and learn to enjoy your progress and success…and prosperity!

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
SeanRasmussen.com © 2004 – 2009

So far we’ve talked over the importance of scheduling appointments for wealth creation; we’ve talked about setting an appointment time that you will keep and respect; and we’ve talked about ways to find that time despite your busy life and schedule. Now, let’s seal the deal and make sure that this is not a fleeting resolution, but one that sticks with you and grows into true wealth and prosperity.

Making It Stick

Sticking to an appointment schedule for the first few days usually isn’t all that hard; at that point it’s exciting and new and you’re motivated to make it work. But sticking with it for the long-term, so that wealth creation becomes a reality, with a chance to grow into a lifestyle and not just a daily activity, is a different story.

Habitual Creatures

As humans we are creatures of habit. That means that anything we are going to do for any extended amount of time needs to become part of our habitual routine. It’s said that on average it takes a person about three weeks, or 21 days, to develop a new habit to the point where it will be accepted as a “given” part of the day.

If you want to make your new wealthy habit stick, you need to commit to it and force yourself into doing it for an extended period of time—for about the equivalent of three weeks. If you really want to make your wealth creation appointment a part of your life, you need to first develop that schedule and timing that works for you, and then commit to keeping it until it reaches that level of psychological priority as all the other things you just know you “have to” do every day—things like getting dressed, eating, (hopefully) exercising, and going to work (which you’ll be able to replace entirely through your wealth-building efforts one day soon!).

It may take some effort to get to this point, and that’s okay. Again, even if these are not your most productive wealth creation days, at least you are showing up and prioritising them in your mind. The rest will follow if you can just force yourself into making your financial prosperity a real habit of priority in your life.

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
SeanRasmussen.com © 2004 – 2009