The Guardian (Nigeria)

Lessons To Learn On Making Money ( 3)

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I Fyou really want to increase the amount of money you presently earn, the first thing you must do is to stop paying attention to what others around you are saying or doing. You are to pay more attention to what that quiet voice speaking within you is saying.

Most people who fail to accumulate enough money to live the lifestyle of their dreams are those most easily influenced by the opinion of others. Even though you love your mum and your mum loves you, if your mum didn’t achieve the financial success that you are striving for, it makes sense for you not to take her advice. Instead, talk to someone who is already wealthy and can give you profound advice in terms of finances.

“Thinking is the highest function a human being is capable of doing. Unfortunat­ely, very few people think. They merely trick themselves into believing they are thinking when they are exercising their faculty called “memory.”

You have power to think. In your exercise of that power, create a reality wilder than your wildest dreams. Use that incredible power to transform the way you think, feel and make money. As soon as you hold thoughts of prosperity and think of yourself as a wealthy, prosperous person surrounded and swimming in a sea of plenty, your body and mind would instantly move to a prosperous vibration and you would begin to attract, like a magnet, everything necessary for you to become wealthy,

You must begin to see money as an obedient, diligent servant that you can employ to earn more money and that you can use to provide services far beyond the service you could ever physically provide.

Money is evil, money spoils character; the rich get richer, the poor get poorer. These limiting statements are the beliefs of the mediocre and impoverish­ed. Lack and limitation can only exist when you make room for them in your mind. When you allow limiting beliefs to dominate your mind, you remain small.

Your first step to live in abundance is to believe in it and focus your mind on wealth. Distant yourself from small- minded people; you think and act big to create big results.

It is an absolute law of life that you must have something mentally before you could ever have it physically. If you cannot imagine yourself living in abundance and financial freedom, you won’t ever be able to create that reality. The law of attraction reacts both ways. You can attract wealth, but you also attract misery. It is according to your choice.

Think of the things you would do with that money or executive position and then mentally start doing them. Since your subconscio­us mind cannot tell the difference between actuality and visualisat­ion, this exercise would quickly help you develop the prosperity consciousn­ess. But you must understand that thinking by itself, isn’t enough; you must reinforce it with action. One of the world’s most distinguis­hed psychologi­sts, William James ( 1842- 1910), concluded that the average individual uses a small portion ( about 10 per cent) of his potential. So, you are capable of so much more than you think. Life isn’t about playing it small; it is about taking risks, learning from our mistakes to grow into an even better person and unleashing our full potential. You were not made to play it safe and do the same things for 90 years until you finally die. Most people live intellectu­ally or morally in restrictio­n. They use a small portion of their consciousn­ess and creative resources, much like a person who uses only a finger out of his whole bodily organism.

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