Develop A Prosperity
Consciousness
The starting point of all riches is the development of a prosperity
consciousness. You must become a financial success in your thinking long
before you achieve it in your reality. Both poverty and riches are the
result of a state of mind, and the most important single step you ever
take on the road to wealth and financial independence is the decision to
change your thinking, to impress into your mind an unshakable belief
that you can and will achieve your financial goals. This must happen
before anything else happens.
Think And Grow Rich
When I was growing up, I was fascinated by stories of successful men and
women and how they made and lost their fortunes, and then made them over
again. I read about the importance of a prosperity consciousness in the
book, Think And Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill, several times. But I never
fully understood what it meant until about five years ago. Then it hit
me and I've never been quite the same since. Every aspect of my life has
improved dramatically, especially in the area of accumulating wealth,
since I finally understood what is meant by a prosperity consciousness.
Two Great Discoveries
Here are two of the most exciting principles ever discovered in the long
search by mankind for the secrets of health, happiness and great
personal wealth.
All Causation is Mental
The first principle is this. All causation is mental. That means that
everything that you are or ever will be will be a result of how you use
your mind. You are merely a mind with a body to carry it around with.
The entire man made world that you see is simply an expression of
thought. Your entire life is an expression of your own thinking. And
since the quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life,
if you improve the quality of your thinking, you must, you will,
inevitably improve the quality of your life.
The Law of Expectations
The second principle is what we call the law of expectations. This law
says that whatever you expect with confidence, positive or negative,
becomes your reality. If you confidently expect to succeed, if you
confidently expect to learn something from every experience, if you
confidently expect to become wealthy as a result of applying your
talents and abilities to your opportunities and you maintain that
attitude of confident expectations long enough, it will become your
reality. It will give you a positive optimistic cheerful attitude that
will cause people to want to help you, and will cause things to happen
the way you want them to happen.
Action Exercises
Here are two things you can do immediately to practice these principles
in your day to day life:
First, start thinking today in a positive, optimistic, confident way
about personal and financial success. Continually imagine what
differences it would make in your life if you were financially
independent. This is the starting point of developing a prosperity
consciousness.
Second, develop your own attitude of positive expectations. Look for the
good in every situation. Look for the valuable lesson in every setback
or difficulty. Be positive and cheerful about everything that happens
and you will be amazed at the difference it makes in your life.
