Saving Money and Building Wealth:
Wealth Consciousness
Here is a
secret to building wealth:
before you ever accumulate any
substantial sum of money you
must gain a wealth
consciousness.
What is
“wealth consciousness”? It
is a consciousness of abundance
that recognizes that you deserve
wealth and financial rewards in
life just for being you.
It is a fundamental law of the
universe that if you don’t think
you deserve something then you
will most certainly not get it.
You must first of all recognize
that you deserve something
before you will ever receive it.
Those who have it in the back of their mind that they don’t deserve money or that money is evil will most certainly find that circumstances dictate that they will experience financial lack regardless of their talent, opportunities and experience. Even if you find this hard to believe, it is hard to argue with the fact that a negative attitude, in and of itself, creates problems of its own. And having a poverty consciousness certainly qualifies as a bad attitude in the realm of finances.
Poverty
consciousness is the opposite of
wealth consciousness.
Poverty consciousness focuses on
lack and the fact that ones
needs are never met. This
belief system is the fundamental
reason that most people do not
accumulate wealth.
Therefore when they do get money
they act like they will never
get it again and thus spend it
all at one time rather than
accumulating it. How much
money you make has no bearing if
you can accumulate wealth,
believe it or not.
There are people making incomes
twice the median average who
still do not accumulate wealth
and then there are people making
the median income who are able
to accumulate wealth. One
has wealth consciousness and one
does not. It is simple as
that.
What can
you do to increase your wealth
consciousness and build wealth?
First of all you must banish
all thoughts of lack. Next
you must replace them with
thoughts of abundance and
realize that there is always
enough to go around and that you
won’t run out of anything.
Feel that more will always be
coming instead of acting like
you will never have it again.
Once you have mastered this
mindset then you too will begin
to accumulate money.
Examine what your own attitude has been towards wealth. Do you have a wealth consciousness or a poverty consciousness? How has your financial situation reflected this belief? Or perhaps you have a wealth consciousness but still no wealth. What is the problem then? The problem is you have only taken the mental steps necessary and not followed through with action.
Integrity is essential in anything but especially when dealing with belief systems and underlying attitudes, which define our behavior. Even after you change your beliefs, make sure you are following up with actions, which are in harmony with those beliefs. Think about what wealth consciousness means to you and try to determine what behaviors and actions you can change to be in line with this new belief.
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