The Millionaire Mind Support Network

How Can I Help You, Help Me — Help You?

We graduates, who have just returned from the recent Millionaire Mind Intensive, found ourselves in a partnership-rich environment. Our eyes were opened to new opportunities that involve other folks — ‘Partnerships’ of some type or another. These strategic alliances could involve vendor relationships, sub-contracting opportunities, network marketing opportunities, joint ventures, and all permeations in between.

The current economic climate encourages building a core group of long-term businesses relationships. The ability to build and maintain successful partnerships, gives our business ventures a competitive edge, and enables us to pull away from the pack and reach financial freedom more quickly.

Well-structured, professional alliances offer new approaches to doing business. Those familiar with the ‘Master Mind’ principles shared in Napoleon Hill’s, ‘Think and Grow Rich’, might call it the tried and true, “smart way of doing business. A successful partnership can actually form a ‘third mind’ to enhance the management of both ventures. This extended, management team shares information in an environment of trust to reach mutually beneficial business solutions. Winning partnerships are designed to create a positive atmosphere, improved communication and foster a problem-solving attitude among a group of individuals who will support each other’s success.

The benefits of successful partnerships go beyond preventing disputes, to improved communication, increased quality and efficiency, on-time performance, a fair profit and prompt payment for contracted work. ‘Win-Win Partnerships’ seek to create a positive, cooperative attitude that leads to long-term relationships based on quality and service.

To create this attitude, each party must seek to understand the goals, objectives, and needs of the others — their win situation— and seek ways that these objectives can overlap.

Components of a Winning Partnership

• Sharing common goals and information to meet the needs.
• Clear expectations on booth sides for a better working relationship.
• Trust and dependability.
• Commitment to Continuous Process Improvement.
• Agreeing to be accountable for the choices made.
• Courage to openly approach and resolve difficulties.
• Respect for and understanding of each other’s requirements and boundaries.

The Synergy of a Winning Partnership is more than the sum of its parts.

The environment created by adopting the components of a Winning Partnership is one of trust, mutual understanding and open communication, that leads to profitable ways to exploit opportunities. The US economy is in a general down turn. That does not mean the current business climate will affect us negatively. Great fortunes have been built in pervious down turns There is always an opening for those who know how to spot and capitalize on less than obvious opportunities.

Government agencies, prime contractors and other Fortune 500 companies are being faced with budget cuts, staff cuts and generally having to make do with less. The use ‘winning partnerships’ can ensure the best use of existing resources, reduce waste and make the best use of staff. The wise use of partnerships can help any organization manage risk and target which areas will allow the highest improvement and the sharpest competitive edge.

The Law of Attraction and Winning Partnerships

Focus your attention on giving your strategic partners and your customers the highest level of quality support and be willing and open to receive that same level of support from your partners and customers. Add value to every level of your personal and professional relationships.

WEALTH PRINCIPLE:

The Law of Income: You will be paid in direct proportion to the value you deliver according to the marketplace

Mark Victor Hansen at T. Harv Eker’s Seminar

In our next Millionaire Mind Support Network™ Blog we’ll continue to discuss structuring Winning Partnerships.

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This Blog is extrapolated from, “The Quality Partnership™ Facilitating New, Effective, More Profitable Relationships, © 1993, H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik — presented at the 1993 EPA HUB Procurement Conference. All writings here are copyrighted. You may not use them without written permission but you may link to the posts or give out a link to the posts. And remember, You Have a Millionaire Mind!

‘All Your Relations’ are Partnerships of One Type or Another

While participating in the Millionaire Mind Intensive each of us were surrounded by 500+ potential partners. Each person in that room had, to one degree or another, committed to support each other in their personal and professional ventures. Fellow participants introduced many of us to new opportunities. In some cases it might be network marketing venture whose product or business structure resonated with us. Perhaps you signed up as an affiliate for the Peak Potentials Ambassador program. Maybe you found someone who is the perfect vendor with just the “right” product or service you have been needed to take your business to the next level. I know a more that a few of you connected and were able to structure strategic alliances to support business growth beyond your current markets. The Millionaire Mind Intensive trainers facilitate many exercises and processes that support participants in seeing opportunity that we might have missed before. MMI gives us the tools to really examine and expunge non-supportive beliefs from our financial blue print.

But what about our Other Blueprints?

“In the same way we all know we have a money blue print, we have a relationship blue print. The same way most were never taught the skill of money, most of us were never taught the skills of quality relationships. We default back to the only thing we know which is our past communication that is verbal, then modeling, then specific incidents. Even worse is money in relationships because we use our head when it comes to money, and our hearts when it comes to relationships. All Your Realtions” will be an amazing mixture of high impact process work, exercises, games, and some of the greatest experts in the world

— T. Harv Eker

During our Millionaire Mind Intensive Weekend, Doug shared some information about a new Peak Potentials coarse offering, “All Your Relations”. While he was speaking, about the benefits of strengthening our relationships with ourselves, our significant others, our children, parents, friends, nature and spirit, I stopped to consider my many ‘business’ relationships. Could I identify any repeating negative patterns in my business relationships that had held me back in the past? Was it likely that that pattern could reappear to trip me up in the present? Everyone lean forward and stoke your chin. Hmmmm…. Ya think? The “All Your Relations” course won’t be presented until Nov 13, 2008, at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront.

So what can we do right now?
In our next Millionaire Mind Support Network™ Blog we’ll discuss structuring Winning Partnerships.

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What Leadership Looks Like

Quantum Leap Member, Sakinah James-Tahir
with her mom, Sally and daughter Eman

I meet Sakinah James-Tahir at my first Millionaire Mind Intensive in March of 2007.

She made an indelible impression. Sakinah is a Quantum Leap member and had just finished her Life Directions course. She shared an aspect of her purpose with me — “Lead By Example”. She was hosting several business associates at the MMI. By example, Sakinah encouraged full participation in every part of the weekend, not just for her group; but also for anyone who was lucky enough to meet her.

Even though I had known her for only a few hours, what she taught me in that time, has inspired me for the past year. She is the primary reason my LTSS account is dedicated to fund my own Quantum Leap experience. I intend to have the same focus and clarity in my life, as Sakinah is expressing in hers.

It was a conversation we shared with Sakinah, that helped Nick and I keep focused on building this site and developing the Millionaire Mind Support Network™. At the close of our first Millionaire Mind Intensive, the participants really wanted a way to stay in touch and maintain the level of community we experienced at MMI. Nick and I developed this site to solve a problem and fulfill that expressed need. The development process was neither fast nor easy, and at times we got discouraged. Leading by example can be a lonely endeavor. When Nick or I got disheartened, we thought about Sakinah’s actions — not her words — her deeds.

To us, ‘Lead by Example’ came to mean keeping our commitment. We designed and developed a solution to a need — we had to bring it to completion, even when it was difficult, uncomfortable, expensive or taking longer than either of us ever thought it would. We kept our commitment to ourselves, and our fellow MMI participants. We produced a Millionaire Mind site that helped participants keep in touch. Completion is a mighty heady success. It is a Millionaire Mind Experience. Millionaire Minds FINISH! Millionaire Minds produce RESULTS! WE have Millionaire Minds!

When my partner, Nick and I registered for April 18 –20, 2008 MMI, we set an intention. We wanted to attract people with high energy who were willing to participate at 100% and wanted to support us, at the same level we are committed to supporting others. We chose our seats based how we felt as we walked down the isle. As we sat down, we looked around and were delighted to see Sakinah. She had brought her mom, Sally and her daughter, Eman to share the Millionaire Mind Intensive experience. We hugged and laughed, thrilled to reconnect with someone who had, in many ways, been with us during the past year’s journey.

As each of us settle back into our lives, it is important to maintain the inspiration and connection we enjoyed during MMI. Look at the business cards you gathered, if you really connected with some one drop them a note and let them know. As you review the cards, think about ways you might be able to support each person. If you don’t need their service at this time, maybe you can pass on their name to a friend. In some cases you can just hold that person’s name in consciousness and wish them well.

Stay connected. When you need a product or service, check the Millionaire Mind Support Network™ directory. We are all on the same path; lets do our best to help each other reach our goals. If you need something or have a success to report, use the Forum. Support is always here for you.

The lesson we learned from Sakinah’ actions, is that we can all ‘Lead by Example’. In fact Millionaire Minds can lead no other way.

Thank you Sakinah, and God Bless.

Our Youngest Millionaire Mind Intensive Graduates!

This Millionaire Mind Intensive was blessed with number of young, enthusiastic participants who knew how to Celebrate!

Awareness, Positive Action, Releasing What Isn’t Supporting Me and Celebrating EVERY SUCCESS

Day three was all about becoming aware of my internal drivers and the integration of the newer, more positive, inner beliefs and outer actions.

Doug suggested that we practice listening to our heart. Our Mind (Thank you for sharing) has the questions and our heart has the answers. When we are feeling tension around an issue, it is usually an indication that our mind and heart are in conflict over taking action. He asked us become more aware of how our body feels when stating a declaration or contemplating a new action and to take notice our reaction. What are we feeling in our body? With some practice we’ll be able to identify the issues that meet resistance and the ideas and actions that prompt joy and excitement. This commitment to awareness is a good way to identify both the positive and negative money and success files that comprise our money blueprint.

In the Secrets of The Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Eker identified four quadrants, the Emotional, the Mental, the Spiritual and the Physical. What we manifest in the Physical is merely a printout of our emotions, thoughts and beliefs. If you want to know what you believe — look around you. We are all 100% responsible for every aspect of our lives. Wealth and Health are a result of what we believe.

Our Thoughts —> Feelings —> ACTION = RESULTS.

Fellow MMI grads know how integral participating in all of the various exercises and processes are to exposing and correcting beliefs about ourselves, money, personal and professional success. These “beliefs” are just thoughts that we have come to hold to be “True”, based on some conclusion that is really an illusion. During day three we are given the tools to stop these limiting beliefs from becoming self-fulfilling prophecies.

This is the third time I have participated in these exercises and each time I have come away with new awareness about what I really believe and some insights about how to change or adjust that belief into a more supportive habit.

My BIG Millionaire Mind Intensive REVEAL: Perfection is a Prison.

Doug ended up with a big red magic marker spot on his forehead to prove his point to
folks like me, who have labeled themselves as “Perfectionists”. We are really “Imperfectionists.” We focus on the 3% to 5% of what is wrong, while ignoring the absolute perfection of the whole. This type of mindset telegraphs a BIG message to the universe; “Send me more imperfection to fuss over.” By always focusing on what NEEDS to be corrected, I have crippled myself — afraid to share work that is not 100% perfect. I am keeping myself right were my mind wants me —safe on square one — not exhilarated to be living my passion and sharing my gifts. I’m just safe, waiting for the right time and opportunity to show what “perfection” looks like. That is NEVER going to happen, so I have been complicit in wasting the many gifts with which the universe has blessed me. Doug suggested that many of us who were afraid to take action, for fear of being wrong, might actually be afraid to experience success.

The end of day three left me with Big revelations and Big action steps I need to take. I have recommitted not only to complete my 90-day Wealth Conditioning Program workbook — Again; but also, to set aside time each week to do some of the MMI exercises again. Nick and I started to smile each time Doug or Melanie would say, “Remember, go deep; you have five minutes to complete.” We decided that introverts need five minutes to recognize there might be something to look at, let alone figure out how the experience might have affected us. At one point, Doug looked out over the room and smiled, “Right this minute, I know some of you are giving your chair seats hickies.”
Did I mention the man is slightly psychic?

For those of you who had to leave a little early Sunday to catch your flights, Peak Potentials has you covered. You can down load a PDF of the 90 Day Wealth Conditioning Program
As Doug said, we need to invest in our single most important asset — us!

Millionaire Minds are constant learners — use the tools that Peak Potentials provides for your support.

Live Well and Prosper,

Sandi

Each day as we declare our ‘Attitudes of Wealth’, we state, “I play the money game to win. My intention is to create wealth and abundance.” We use “Playing the Money Game To Win!” as the motto of the Millionaire Mind Support Network™ as a way to state our intention for our community. For me, day two helped define just what “Winning the Money Game” looked like and what it was going to take to reach my Financial Freedom.

Growing our Financial Freedom Account is Job ONE for Millionaire Minds. Our FFA is the Golden Goose that gives us the golden eggs of passive income.
DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES MESS WITH YOUR GOLDEN GOOSE!

Doug LOVES his Golden Goose, and feeds it EVERY DAY!

Doug stressed, in every way possible, the importance of growing and carefully managing our financial freedom account… invoking the Vegas rule — What goes into the FFA STAYS in the FFA.

Doug was so adamant about the importance of NEVER, NEVER, EVER — Killing our Goose, that one of the attendees gifted him with his very own Golden Goose.

Doug Reviewed the Five Factors of Financial Freedom

1. Working Income
2. Savings
3. Investment
4. Passive Business Income
5. Simplified Life Style

To Master Money, You Must Manage Money, and Managing Money Well is the First Step to Financial Freedom.

To help us become ‘Excellent Money Managers’ Doug and Melanie demonstrated the simplest money management system in the world —
The Money Jars — The Financial Freedom Account, Education, LTSS-Long Term Savings Spending, Necessities, Play and Give Accounts.

If you still have some questions about how to use this money management system, listen to The Millionaire Mind Action TeleClass. Peak Potentials has made this audio file available to MMI graduates to help you set up and manage your jars/accounts. They answer the most common questions that come up about the money management system. After you’ve listened to the recorded TeleClass, and you still have questions, you can EMAIL your Jar/Account questions to: jars@peakpotentials.com.

Playing the money game to win, means starting your jars/accounts is now!
Don’t let your “Better Idea” get sabotage your Financial Freedom.

“The philosophy of the rich versus the poor is this: The rich invest their money and spend what is left; the poor spend their money and invest what is left.”

— Jim Rohn, Author, Business Coach & Motivational Speaker

Celebration News First and Foremost —
Best Wishes and Many Blessings, Doug and Melanie Nelson!

To date, our Millionaire Mind Support Network™ is comprised of members who either had Doug Nelson as our trainer for the March 2007 Fort Worth Millionaire Mind Intensive, or Melanie Wierenga as our November 2007 MMI trainer. The November MMI class performed in the impromptu music video, singing “Deep in The Heart of Texas” to celebrate Doug and Melanie’s up coming Wedding.
Melanie was kind enough to share a photograph of their beautiful February 14th Ceremony.

Melanie & Doug’s Hawaiian Wedding

Are We There Yet?

The Dallas April 18 —20, 2008 MMI was lead by both Melanie and Doug Nelson. It is hard to know if they have expanded the MMI curricula this time, or if I was just ready to hear and understand the information and insights they shared.

The Intensive seemed even more intensive this time… and it wasn’t just the slightly longer format. In the MMI world Intensive means 12-hour days. When I felt myself start to fade, I reminded myself that I had worked longer hours for far less benefit than I was receiving right now. Melanie and Doug expend a tremendous amount of very loving, supportive and sometimes “kick in the butt” energy to help attendees move forward, so the very lest we could do was stay present and participate at 100%.

For me personally, the overriding theme of day one was:

Are We There Yet? And, If Not — Why Not?

This is the third time I’ve done these exercises; and each time, I and my partner, Nick, have come away with new insights and follow-on action items.

“Ego and pride are the most expensive things you own in life.”

Melanie made that statement when discussing why some of us take longer to reach success and financial freedom. There have been many times in my professional life when my “I KNOW THAT” attitude has hobbled my good intentions. As I reviewed some of my exercise answers, I realized that over the years, advice and support has been offered to me, but, to use Melanie’s phase, “I wasted time, money and opportunity following “MY BETTER IDEA”

So what is the litmus test for I KNOW THAT?

If you know it — you are already LIVING IT!

Am I doing better than I was one year ago when I attended my first MMI? — YOU BET!

My first Millionaire Mind Intensive weekend changed everything about how I ran my business and thought about my life.

Am I doing better than I was five months ago when I attended my second MMI? — ABSOLUTLY!
My second MMI helped me grapple with some of the internal dialog that was subtly sabotaging my efforts to move forward.

What did I take away from my third MMI?

Doug kicked my butt! — In the best way possible. In this past weekend I feel like I “GOT” the tools I need to integrate the outer-world actions with the inner world processes.

I feel more AWARE of my self-limiting triggers, and definitely have more clarity about my financial and personal objectives.

The good thing about a “Tough-Love, KICK-IN-THE-BUTT” is that it provides enough momentum to break though inertia and reach break out velocity.

By the end of day one, I felt I had enough break out velocity to reach my goal of financial freedom…the ability to live the life style I desire without having to work or rely on anyone else for money.

GOOD OR GOOD

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Personal Financial Blueprint

As we poke around our personal financial blueprint, we have the opportunity to examine the various beliefs that have brought us to this point in our lives.

What are our beliefs about money?
Is there never enough?
Just enough?
Or have we manifested as much money as we need to live our dreams?

What do we believe about romance, success or joy?
Have we allowed expansiveness in our lives?
Have we really accepted that the seeds of greatness exist in all of us?
Recognizing, managing and changing our financial blueprint is the process that defines our strengths, and helps us get from where we are now…to where we want to be.

Millionaire Minds understand that in order to be top achievers we must
Fully accept TOTAL responsibility for realizing the lifestyle, relationships, financial freedom and opportunities we are currently experiencing in our lives.

T. Have Eker is famous for saying, “You can be RIGHT, or you can be rich!”
Giving up your personal story of “rightness” can be a challenge, but it is the critical first step.

When we start to take responsibility for every aspect of our lives, we begin to respond differently to events as they occur.

In Jack Canfield’s book, The Success Principles, he refers to the E + R = O formula

Event + Response = Outcome.

We can actually improve the outcomes in our lives by responding differently to challenges and opportunities as they occur.

Successful people, Millionaire Minds, take 100% responsibility for every thing that is manifesting in their lives.

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All writings here are copyrighted. You may not use them without written permission but you may link to the posts or give out a link to the posts. And remember, You Have a Millionaire Mind!

Don’t Worry, Make Money: Spiritual and Practical Ways to Create Abundance and More Fun in Your Life

First published in October 1997 by Hyperion Books, Don’t Worry, Make Money: Spiritual and Practical Ways to Create Abundance and More Fun in Your Life, is still one of my favorite books and nested within easy reach on my Millionaire Mind Bookshelf.

“What, Me Worry?”

I love this little book; and not just because Mad Magazine was one of my primary youthful influences, and Alfred E. Neuman, mascot of Mad, signature “What, me worry?” philosophy was a foundational influence for those of us in the “Duck and Cover” generation. The, “worry is a negative use of time and energy”, school-of-though is now being espoused by such notables as Eckhart Tolle and T. Harv Eker.

This is a sane, easy read that offers a series of essays full of interesting and unique ideas for the overworked businessperson, Don’t Worry, Make Money shares how to live a life that’s more wealthy, productive, and carefree by refusing to let worry get you down. Richard Carlson provides strategies for living more fully and worrying less as a means of attracting more wealth and abundance in our lives.

This book is an antidote for those of us who can fall into the trap of thinking that the only way to make our first, second or third million, is to stay late at the office, feeling stressed out and full of anxiety. However, this can actually get in the way of having a productive and rewarding career, and can drastically decrease our earnings. “Accept the fact that you can make excuses, or you can make money, but you can’t do both,” Carlson tells us. Combining his unique philosophy with specific financial strategies, Don’t Worry, Make Money also tells us how to:

• Use the power of reflection
• Learn about the relationship between moods and money
• Develop relationships with people before you need something from them

Don’t Worry, Make Money is a great companion to The Secrets of the Millionaire Mind. The thoughts and suggestions in both books are completely compatible and equally helpful to the Millionaire Minded.

Although Don’t Worry, Make Money is currently out of print, Amazon.com has a number of books available though their used book resources. Check it out. This book is a great gift to yourself, or for a friend.

Live Well and Prosper,
Sandi

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All writings here are copyrighted. You may not use them without written permission but you may link to the posts or give out a link to the posts. And remember, You Have a Millionaire Mind!

Fuel Your Life, Work and Team with Positive Energy

Jon Gordon is the author of the international best seller, The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel your Life, Work and Team with Positive Energy.

The following ‘Energy Tips’ are reprinted from one of my favorite monthly newsletters,Jon Gordon’s Energy Tips.

You can order The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel your Life, Work and Team with Positive Energy, from The My Millionaire Mind Book Shelf and sign up for his great newsletter at: www.JonGordon.com

Millionaire Minds Need Energy and Focus

The following tips are a great place to start, or to enhance, your millionaire mind journey

1. Take a 10-30 minute “Thank you” walk every day. While you walk practice gratitude. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.

3. Buy a TIVO, tape your late night shows and get more sleep—it’s the ultimate energizer.

4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement:
My purpose is to_______________________________________ today.

5. Live with the 3 E’s. Energy, Enthusiasm, Empathy.

6. Read more books than you did in 2007.

7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, tai chi, qigong and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.

8. Do the “one thing” you have always wanted to do.

9. Dream more while you are awake.

10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat fewer foods that are manufactured “in plants”.

11. Mentor someone, and be mentored by someone.

12. Engage in daily random acts of kindness.

13. Clear your clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing positive energy into your life.

14. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy vampires away.

18. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements:
I am thankful for ______________________________________.
Today I accomplished___________________________________.

19. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

20. Enjoy the ride. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy it.

Visit www.JonGordon.com for more “energy tips and resources.

Live Well and Prosper,
Sandi
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T. Harv Eker’s most helpful advice…

Wealth Principle:
When you are complaining, you become a living, breathing “crap magnet.”

The Law of Attraction states, “What we focus on expands.”

When we complain, or listen to others complain — What are we focusing on?
All the bad stuff in their, or our world…NOT A GOOD MILLIONAIRE MIND STRATEGY!

Harv advises Millionaire Minds to make darn sure not to put yourself in proximity of complainers, because negative energy is infectious.

The august British paper, The Financial Times, declared in a lead story that the US economy was sinking into depression. (But then, what can one say about a publication that is printed on pink paper) The Wall Street Journal headlines alone have probably helped sell enough Prozac to help out Eli Lilly and Company next earnings report.

Over the past weeks, a number of “Business Henny Pennies” have contacted me about entrepreneurship in a tough economy. You probable have some “the sky is falling” folks in your life too!

I posted this article on October 10th, 2007. I thought it would be a good time to review the wealth principles that work in ANY economic environment.

Wealth File # 2

Rich People Play The Money Game To Win
Poor People Play the Money Game to Not Lose…

It’s been several months since our Millionaire Mind Intensive weekend. Many of us are initiating new enterprises specifically intended to build multiple streams of passive and residual income. We are tweaking and restructuring our existing business looking for every opportunity to monetize. Just as we are beginning to execute our “SpeedWealth” strategies, it seems as if the business environment may have become slightly more challenging. Some of us are hesitating, very much like a child about to enter a double-dutch skip-rope game…looking for just the right time to jump in. Some of us have compiled a list of reasons to delay the implementation of new business initiatives. As T. Harv says you can make excuses or you can make money.

The first step is dealing with the current siege mentality.

A siege mentality might be described as being overwhelmed by the pervasive pessimism as expressed in business media, the evening news and informal conversations with business associates. In the business world, the talking heads on the financial channels, and the writers of Op-Ed pieces are communicating their many worries. To some, it seems like all the old rules no longer to apply, and the new rules are hard to identify. Media mavens express concern about how these challenging times will affect all of us. We need to recognize that these perceptions, sense of malaise, pessimism and uncertainty are not helpful and not necessarily applicable to our personal or professional life.

“Worry is a prayer for what you don’t want.”

Wealth File # 5
Rich People Focus on Opportunities.
Poor People focus on Obstacles.

It is all too easy to become so focused on threats, risks and challenges – to be drowned in the sea of skepticism, that we quickly loose sight of opportunities and new sources of growth. Business is cyclic. There are upturns and down turns. The enlightened entrepreneur will continue to create economic value in any market cycle.

What You Focus on Expands

“Another key principle pertinent here, is that rich people focus on what they want, while poor people focus on what they don’t want. Again, the universal law states, “What you focus on expands.” Because rich people focus on the opportunities in everything, opportunities abound for them. Their biggest problem is handling all the incredible money making possibilities they see. On the other hand, because poor people focus on the obstacles in everything, obstacles abound for them and their biggest problem is handling all the incredible obstacles they see.”

– T. Harv Eker, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, pg. 80.

Action Always Beats Inaction

“Rich people get started. They trust that once they get in the game, they can make intelligent decisions in the present moment and make corrections along the way.

Poor people don’t trust in themselves or their abilities, so they believe they have to know everything in advance, which is virtually impossible. Meanwhile they don’t do squat!

Rich people see an opportunity, jump on it and get even richer! As for poor people — They’re still preparing.”

— T. Harv Eker, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, pg. 84

Need some you need some Millionaire Mind Action Steps?

Check out Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, pg. 85.

Need some Millionaire Mind Inspiration?

Check out “The Big Idea”, your roadmap to the American Dream with Donny Deutsch. Each weeknight at 9 and 11pm CT on CNBC Deutsch, the maverick CEO who built a multi-billion dollar advertising and media business, introduces you to the men and women who have made BILLIONS with their Big Idea. If you can’t catch the show check out The Big Idea Blog at: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838512/site/14081545/

This show and Blog are not only inspirational, but great ways to kick start your personal dream machine.

Need an antidote to the doom and gloom talking heads?

Check out the wild man of “The Street”, Jim Cramer and his “Mad Money” each weeknight at 5 and 10 pm CT on CNBC. Jim Cramer believes that there is always a bull market somewhere, and he wants to help you find it. “Mad Money” takes viewers inside the mind of one of Wall Street’s most respected and successful money managers. Cramer is your personal guide through the confusing jungle of investing, navigating through both opportunities and pitfalls with one goal in mind — to help you make money. “Mad Money” features Cramer’s unmatched, fiery opinions and the popular Lightning Round, in which Cramer gives his “Buy,” “Sell,” and “Hold” opinions on stocks to callers.

Stock information aside, this is first and foremost an educational program. Cramer is a great teacher and explains the “Who, What Why When and Where” of the financial markets. And best of all, you learn that savvy investors can make a profit in any economic climate because, “There is always a bull market somewhere!”
For more on Cramer and Mad Money Check out: http://www.cnbc.com/id/17283246/site/14081545/

Remember, You have a Millionaire Mind and we are here to support you.

Live Well and Prosper,
Sandi

Copyright © Millionaire Minds, LLC 2008
All writings here are copyrighted. You may not use them without written permission but you may link to the posts or give out a link to the posts. And remember, You Have a Millionaire Mind!