Millionaire Mindset Trait #9: Work hard now so you don’t have to work hard later on in life.

Millionaires start out working very hard in order to become wealthy enough to not
have to work hard later. There is definitely some hard work involved if you want to
become someone who makes seven figures a year. However, you may find that
even though it’s a lot of work in the beginning, it quickly becomes addictive when you
start to see the money coming in. And when you are seeing great results, the hard
work doesn’t seem so difficult any more!

Most millionaires wind up working extremely hard today, so in the future they can
have more time to spend with their families and friends and do the things they love.
Of course, you will occasionally see those who are living an extravagant lifestyle and
appear to be lazy and self-indulgent – the ones who live in mansions and are always
taking exotic holidays and such.

But most millionaires do not come across money by luck so they don’t take it for
granted. They never forget the hard work and persistence it took for them to get
where they are now. They truly appreciate the path they took – the risks and the
sacrifices involved - that allowed them to live their current lifestyle.

I have found that well over two thirds of the millionaires I know aren’t very flashy
people. Sure - they might go on quite a few flashy vacations - as they value their
time to relax - but they don’t often choose to spend their money on flashy cars, large
extravagant mansions, or things of that nature. That sort of lifestyle doesn’t really
suit the average millionaire in my experience.
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Millionaire Mindset Trait #8: Help others become more successful in their own life. Always negotiate with win-win in mind.

Millionaires enjoy helping others to become more successful.
They understand that the more people they help to become wealthy and successful,
the more people that are there who are willing to help them in their pursuit of wealth
and other goals. They also understand that the true art of networking and deal
making means win-win negotiating for mutual long term benefit.
So, let’s look at this trait more closely. If you can help a lot of other people do
extremely well in the world, then you’ve got a lot of people who are going to be more
than happy to help you and want you to be successful in your own endeavors as
well. In fact, when you help others reach their goals or realize the life of their dreams,
they’ll bend over backward and go out of their way to help you.
This is often referred to as the law of reciprocity. You’ve probably experienced this in
your own life. When someone does something really great for you – something that
really helps you, you can’t help but want to help them in return. You won’t forget the
kindness and help – it will stay there in your mind for a very long time.
It’s really a numbers game – or perhaps a better way to put it is that the more good
you put out into the world, the more good will come back to you. The more people
you can help, the more people you will have wanting to help you at some point in the
future.
I have found that some people who are doing somewhat well or having a small degree
of success have a difficult time developing and nurturing this type of relationship with
anyone who is really successful. Their mindset is one of scarcity or lack so they are
very cagey about sharing the things that are working for them. They seem to be
afraid that you will take their idea and perhaps end up becoming more successful
then them or become their direct competition.
There are a small percentage of millionaires that think that way. However, in general
they are the exception to the rule. Most of the millionaires that I know are wonderfully
open and honest and more than happy to help and share advice to help people get
ahead. And believe me when I say that it comes back to them ten fold.
Millionaires also understand that the true art of networking and deal making means
win-win negotiating for mutual long term benefit. If it’s a win-lose relationship, where
one person is thinking, “I’m a really good negotiator because I got such a great deal
out of this guy,” then no one really wins.
You need to understand that if that is your mindset, then you’ll find that a) you’ll never
develop a mutually beneficial long-term relationship with that person, and b) they’re
not very likely to speak highly of you or recommend you to others when they are
talking about you.
It’s extremely important that you always think in terms of “win-win” – how both of you
can do extremely well in any particular deal. In his now famous book “The 7 Habits
of Highly Successful People”, Stephen Covey discusses the importance of making a
“win-win” approach one of your 7 habits – and how much you will benefit when you
do.
You can’t just think about your own good – you must think in terms of how they will
benefit as well. For example, if you are the type of person who goes into a shop and
starts bargaining down the price of an item, you really need to remember that that
shop owner needs to make a profit as well – if he wants to stay in business.
It will pay to always consider the other person as well – think about their goals and
try to help them while trying to benefit yourself as well. Remember this principle
especially whenever you are negotiating or dealing with business matters.
By Mark Ling
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Millionaire Mindset Trait #7: Never allow non-inspirational people to influence you in a negative way.

Millionaires never allow non-inspirational people to influence them in a negative way. Non-inspirational and / or negative people will drain your energy, dampen your confidence, and poke holes in your dreams – but only if you allow them.

I actually know a lot of individuals who have people like that in their lives – sadly often a partner or one of their friends - who have tried to talk them out of their desire to create wealth. They say negative things like, “You can’t do that - sure, other people may be able to do that, but you aren’t smart enough to do it”, or “You’ll never get rich – you’re just setting yourself up for a big let down.”

The reality is, it doesn’t make any sense for you to listen to the advice of people who aren’t where you want to be in life. They’ll attempt to undermine and sabotage your efforts. While some of them may think they are doing it to “protect” you from hurt or disappointment, there are some who do it with ulterior motives. They don’t want you to succeed because then they won’t have any excuse for their own failure or mediocrity. And they may be jealous that you are taking risks and doing things that they never had the courage to do.

You’ll have a difficult time finding any millionaires who will make those types of negative, uninspiring, or confidence-crushing statements. You will also have a hard time finding millionaires who engage in those types of negative thought patterns.  Remember earlier how I discussed the power of your thoughts – millionaires know that and that’s why they don’t give any energy to entertaining negative ones.

You should only listen to people who are where you want to be in life.

Whenever you encounter people like this – the ones who often make negative statements regarding your quest for wealth – you need to ignore them or at best, take what they say with a grain of salt. If you want to stop them in their tracks, you might say something like this:

“Thank you for caring enough about me to share your thoughts and give me advice.  But, you are an average person in society who’s living inside society’s box. You make the same income as most people, and you are struggling financially just as much as everyone else. So, with all due respect, I’m not going to listen to your advice. I prefer to listen instead to someone who is actually where I want to be in life.”

Of course, you may want to stop after the first sentence if the person trying to give you advice is someone who isn’t going to be able to handle the brutal honesty contained in the rest of the response.

You’ve really got to be very careful when it comes to who you take advice from. If you don’t have friends who are millionaires to listen to, then as discussed again, flood yourself with the wisdom and knowledge of millionaires from books, audio programs, and eBooks.

To reiterate this trait, millionaires don’t listen to advice from or allow themselves to be influenced by non-inspirational, negative people.

Now, if you are doing really well and making an incredible income, you will find that you are in the position to become an inspiration to your friends and family. Of course, there will be a few who will not want to listen to you because they are jealous of you.  But for many of your friends, you will find that they are thinking to themselves, “Wow, that’s amazing!” Those are the ones you will be able to inspire – because they will be
receptive to it.

Even if they have no interest in doing the same thing you do – to copy what you do in business, your success can at least inspire them to believe that great wealth can be attained – that it is within their reach. You can be the one who helps them realize that what had seemed impossible before really is possible, because if you can do it, they know they can as well!

By the way, knowing that you have inspired other people – especially those you care about - to improve their lives, see possibilities, and actively move towards their own goals – is one of the greatest rewards you will ever experience!

Article by Mark Ling 
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Millionaire Mindset Trait #6: Focus on purposes beyond yourself – on things you can do with great wealth to help others.

This particular millionaire mindset trait is one of my own personal beliefs. I’m not sure that every millionaire shares it or not, but I believe it is a powerful thing to think about.

I have found that it’s often much easier to motivate yourself by focusing on purposes beyond yourself – in other words, to think about all the ways you can help others with your wealth.

I believe this principle is especially important when you are making good money but you haven’t yet reached the point of making truly great money. So, let’s say you’ve reached the point of making $10,000 a week. For many of you, this level of income will feel quite comfortable - comfortable enough that you may find yourself losing the drive and motivation to do what it takes to get yourself to the next level.

But if you’re thinking of other people as well, and all the wonderful things you can do for others as a millionaire, then that can be a powerful motivator.

For example, let’s say you have the following dialogue going on in your mind: “Okay, I’m making pretty good money right now. However, I have an opportunity to reach the point of making 7 figures a year here. But, I don’t really need a 7 figure a year income – after all, who really needs that kind of money?
“But on the other hand, I do have children and a family, and I would really like to pay off my house – and I want to pay it off as soon as possible. And, at some point I would really like to be able to buy several more houses so that if my current business stops bringing in a good income at some point - maybe ten or fifteen years in the future, or whenever - then if I own real estate I am still going to have another very good source of income. And I can be in a very good position to help my family, my parents, and other people I care about as well.”

Do you see how this mindset will give you plenty of motivation to move yourself towards greater levels of wealth? Trust me, when you consider all the good you would be able to do for others it is highly motivating!

Along these same lines, you can also think about all the money you would be able to give to a charity that you are passion about. Or, you could even set up a charity of your own for something that is particularly meaningful to you. 

I personally find it so much easier to be highly motivated when I think about others than myself. If I had thought only of myself all these years, I probably wouldn’t be earning 7 figures a year today. I would have become comfortable enough, and my motivation to go beyond that would have dwindled.

Becoming comfortable is one of the greatest demotivators. But when you start to think about everybody else, and all the big goals that extend beyond yourself, that comfort quickly dissipates and suddenly you begin to feel inspired, motivated, and enthusiastic about creating more wealth.

Don’t think about the money, think about all the good you can do in the world with the money – with great wealth.

Focus on helping others and you’ll become much more motivated!

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Millionaire Mindset Trait #5: Always attend to important tasks immediately – never waste your time procrastinating.

Millionaires don’t waste time procrastinating. If the task or project is important they’ll start on it immediately, or they’ll delegate it to someone else.

If it is less important, then they delegate it, schedule it for later in their calendar, or put it in an ideas folder. That way they can forget about it and move forward with tasks and projects that are important.

A good friend of mine, Mark Joyner, who is also a New York Times best selling author, is especially good at time management. He can accomplish far more in a day than just about anyone I’ve ever known. And, he is very good at helping others learn how to do the same. He once told me that, to him, there is this “cosmic RAM” going on in our heads – when I use the word RAM I am referring to computer terminology – “random access memory”.

Let’s say for example you are working online and you have several internet applications open all at the same time – such as photo shop, web browsers, Microsoft Word, and perhaps you’ve got some video software going as well – you’ve got all these programs open and operating on your computer simultaneously.

Now you probably realize that this is going to slow down your computer significantly – it’s not going to run very fast or efficiently when you have all of these applications open. And if you continue to use your computer like that you will find that it is in constant need of repairs because it overheats – it simply can’t handle that kind of load all the time.

The same sort of thing happens in your mind. Let’s say you are thinking about the laundry, vacuuming, and housework you need to do; your kids have a birthday party they are supposed to go to on the weekend and you need to get gifts for that; plus you’ve got this website you need to set up or some part of your business you need to attend to; and on top of all of that you just bought an exciting new training course that teaches you how to do something you’ve been wanting to learn for awhile now.  You’re thinking to yourself how you need to get all these things done.

Just like your computer, you’re brain is overloaded with all of these different things going on in your head at the same time. Needless to say, that affects your own internal cosmic RAM, and that’s not a good thing. Metaphorically speaking, it’s going to overheat.

What you need to learn how to do is 1) get all of the most pressing tasks done right away,  2) put them on your calendar to do at a future date – preferably an online or phone calendar so you can forget about them for now but know that you’ll be reminded about them at the right time, or 3) delegate some of the tasks to other people – particularly those that are business related.    4) For non-urgent tasks that you don’t know when you will be able to get to them, you can put in an ideas folder.  Ideas folders are great – you just review the tasks in it every month to see if you have time to work on them.

In order to be efficient and productive - like with your computer – and to keep things running smoothly, you need to be able to “close off” the majority of those tasks in your mind so that you’re brain is not too cluttered with so many things going on in it.  This way, when you do work on a task you can really focus your mind on it. The more focused you are, the more likely you are to do it properly and finish it more quickly than if you try to focus on too many tasks all at the same time.

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Millionaire Mindset Trait #4: Constantly be learning from other millionaires – from those who are already where you want to be or who are more successful than you in a certain area.

Millionaires seek advice, they read books, and they listen to audio and video programs from people who are more successful than them in a specific area. So it doesn’t necessarily mean that that person makes more money than they do, but rather those people they are listening to are better than they are in an area in which they are interested in improving themselves.


Now, it’s an unfortunate thing but the average person in society actually gets really jealous of people who are more successful than them. That’s one of the reasons you will often hear people make pejorative statements about wealthy people – for example, “rich people are greedy”, or “money brings out the worst in people”, or more subtly derogatory statements such as “filthy rich”.


It’s much easier to make yourself feel better about your lack of success (and meager bank account) by putting others down rather than to own the fact that you are responsible for your life and your financial situation.

Millionaires know, however, that harboring jealousy towards others’ success is pointless. They realize it is far better to be inspired from the success of other people, and to learn from them.

If you ascribe to the principles of the Law of Attraction, then you are most likely aware that resenting or disliking others’ for their success and wealth is going to sabotage your own ability to attract the same. It puts negative energy out into the universe, and the universe will respond back in kind.

Instead, if you express happiness and good will for others – even those who may seem to have far more than they deserve – the universe will reward you – because that is positive energy and will allow you to attract positive things into your own life.

If you find yourself feeling jealous, envious, or negative in any way with regards to other’s good fortune, then it’s really important that you begin to change your thinking.  Those negative thoughts and feelings will not help you at all towards successfully reaching your own goals.

You really must learn how to actually be happy for other people’s success and to be inspired by it. Look for ways that you can learn from them. Disliking them or allowing jealous feelings will not get your anywhere. It certainly won’t help you in your goal of creating a life filled with wealth and abundance.

Most millionaires have that mindset – they are genuinely happy for other’s success and good fortune. I know this very well because I personally know a lot of millionaires.  Every one of us is always sharing advice back and forth with each other. Not only that; every one of the millionaires I know would much rather hear that someone’s successfully making money rather than hear that they are struggling or failing.

They may experience a twinge of jealousy once in awhile when someone is really successful – after all, they’re human too. But they aren’t going to say things like “I hate that guy”. Rather, most millionaires are much more likely to have a healthy respect for someone else’s success. And, they will look for ways to learn from it to improve their own life.

They are likely to say to themselves, “Okay, now just what exactly did he do to accomplish that?” They take action and investigate a little further. In fact, they may just call the person and ask. Most wealthy people love sharing great ideas and helping others by telling them what worked for them.

Once they learn and understand what the successful person did, other millionaires will likely say to themselves, “Oh, okay, I see what he did. Now I am going to try implementing that same thing into my own business and make it work for me as well.” That attitude is really important and will make a huge difference in your life!

Perhaps you’re thinking to yourself, “Great – I don’t know any millionaires personally, so how can I learn from them? It’s not like I can call them and pick their brain for awhile.”

If you don’t personally know any millionaires to associate yourself with then there are plenty of ways you can learn from other millionaires. Start by flooding yourself with knowledge from them – by listening to their audio and video programs, or reading any books they have written.

Books are a fantastic way to learn from the success of others! There are a lot of great books on Amazon.com for instance. I am constantly learning from other millionaires and improving my mind on a daily basis. Every night - or almost every night - I spend some time reading a different book that has to do with wealth creation or other forms of business. I can definitely say from experience that doing this regularly will really make a difference in your life.

Audio programs are excellent learning tools as well. Perhaps you don’t want to sit down and read – maybe you’d rather be outside taking a walk. Audio programs are great for this. You can often get audio versions of books – there are a ton of “wealth gurus” who have audio programs to help you become more successful and increase your wealth.

Some of the greats are Tony Robbins, Wayne Dyer, Jack Canfield, Suze Orman, and Robert Kiyosaki just to name a few. You can download audio programs onto your iPod, MP3 player, or pop a CD into your car stereo. It’s really a very helpful way to upgrade your mind by doing this every day.

By finding ways to constantly learn from other millionaires you will begin changing your mindset – you will start to think along very different lines than what the average person in society thinks. Reading books, watching videos, and listening to audios regularly will affect your subconscious thoughts on a daily basis and bring about amazing results.

If you struggle with frequent negative thoughts over which you feel you don’t have much if any control, then this is a great way to rapidly start changing those very thoughts to ones of possibility, abundance, and gratitude – all things which will empower you and move you towards your wealth goals.

Also, you will begin to develop a greater understanding of how wealth is actually made. While each millionaire’s approach might be a little different, you will find that the underlying principles are pretty much the same. You will start to realize that wealth creation is a skill you can absolutely acquire rather than some airy fairy sort of thing that only lucky people get to have, as that is simply not true (and a negative belief that you need to eradicate!)

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Millionaire Mindset Trait #2: Focus on the business model that can significantly help you increase your income.

The majority of millionaires understand that the universe doesn’t just hand you money.  While a few do believe that can and does happen by following the tenets of the Law of Attraction, in my experience the majority of millionaires are much more pragmatic about how wealth is acquired.  Most millionaires understand that real money is made by focusing on this business model:

Leads multiplied by conversion rates times the average dollars made per customer times the average number of transactions per customer determines the amount of money you make.
Let me put it more simply:

Leads x
Conversion rates x
Average $$$ per customer x
Average number of transactions per customer
= Your income

In my work as an internet marketer, that business model is what I always focus on.  It has played a significant role not only in helping me become a millionaire, but in helping me continually grow my business.

I’m always working on finding ways to get more traffic to my websites and get more visitors to my landing pages, which means more leads. I work to capture as many of those potential leads as I can with things like email marketing, newsletters, and so forth so I can convert those leads into buying customers or sales.
From those initial purchases I then try to get my average customer to spend more – to buy more products or higher-priced products. And from there I want to get them to become regular customers - to buy from me on an ongoing basis. All of these steps follow the business model shown above.

The greater each of those numbers in this equation, the more money I make.

Now, that’s what I do as an internet marketer.
Perhaps you’re thinking, “what if I’m not an internet marketer – will this model still work for me?” No problem! This business model applies to virtually every type of business there is. 

Let’s say you run a coffee shop. You most likely advertise in various ways in order to get more people (leads) to come into your shop. When they come in, you strive to get a higher percentage of them actually buying something from you (convert the leads).  And of course, you always want to get the average person to spend more money ($$$ per customer) – for example, you might say to them as they order a coffee, “Would you like a fresh pastry to go with your coffee today?” or, if they’re ordering a pastry or lunch, “Would you like some freshly brewed coffee to go with that?” 

And then, of course, you always try to get each customer to come back and buy from you again (average number of transactions per customer). So, for example, you might offer them a loyalty tab (kind of like frequent flyer miles except it’s coffee) or something like that. Or, if you’re a savvy business owner utilizing the power of the internet, you get them to sign up for your email list. Then you can occasionally run a
special offer and tell them in the email, “Hey, if you come in today you will get a free latte with whatever you order”.

All of those things combined will determine the amount of money your business brings in. At the end of the day, no matter what industry you’re in – whether it’s internet marketing, running a hotel, or selling real estate - these are the four things that you want to always be focusing on if you want to reach your goal of becoming a
millionaire.  Millionaires understand that you really want to pay close attention to detail and always keep trying to improve upon each area, because the money that you make is a multiplication of these four things – in other words, the higher those numbers, the more money you will make. So if you improve even just a couple of these things it will greatly boost your income.

Let’s look at some numbers…

For example, let’s say you have a business that’s bringing in $5000 per month - $60,000 per year. If you were to double just two of these areas – say your leads double and the average dollar amount per customer doubles – your income would quadruple – you’ve just gone from $60,000 per year to $240,000 per year! Not bad.

But let’s look at what happens if you double all four areas - your leads double, your conversion rates double, your average dollar amount per customer doubles, and the average number of transactions per customer doubles. Now you’re making sixteen times more money than you were making initially. $5000 per month x 12 months x 16 = $960,000 a year!

Now, as you can see it doesn’t take much of an increase to substantially increase your income. But let’s play with the numbers just one more time. Let’s say you tripled each one of those areas? You’d be making 81 times more money than you were originally!! Yes – 81 times!! So, your business has now gone from $5,000 a
month / $60,000 a year, to bringing in (are you sitting down?) – $405,000 per month!
Just by tripling those numbers. That’s an amazing leap from a meager $60,000 per year to $4,860,000 per year!

Hopefully you can now see how focusing on that business model – how an increase in any of those areas and especially in all four areas - can absolutely move you towards your goal of becoming a millionaire!
Millionaires understand the power of this business model and they use it to create wealth.

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Millionaire Mindset Trait #1 Your thoughts create your reality. by Mark Ling

Millionaire Mindset Trait #1: Your thoughts create your reality. 
 
Millionaires understand that the outside world closely mirrors what goes on inside one’s mind. In other words, your thoughts create your reality. They recognize the power of their thoughts in terms of achieving their goals and creating the life they desire.

If you want to know the type of stuff that goes on inside someone’s head, just look at their life. Likewise, if you wonder why your life is the way it is (good or bad) then consider the kinds of thoughts that you think on a regular basis.  Most people rarely achieve more than what their self belief systems will allow. In other words, they will rarely exceed what they believe is possible for themselves. For example, if they believe they can never be more than an average wage earner, then they will unlikely ever make more than an average income.  Or, along those same lines, if they believe they are not good enough to marry the type of person they truly desire to be with, they will either end up settling (often miserably) with someone else, or they will remain alone. Essentially, their life becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy of their belief system. Their outside world clearly reflects the very thoughts they continuously entertain.

This concept applies to what they believe about the world as well. For example, if you believe that life is unfair and only really “lucky” people (for example, those who are born into wealth or win the lottery) can become millionaires, then you will probably never put the effort towards becoming a millionaire yourself. In fact, it’s difficult to be motivated at all if you believe good things mostly or only happen because of luck.
Fortunately, though, what you believe about yourself can be reprogrammed. However, in order to do so you must actively work to ‘weed out’ all those negative beliefs. Once you are aware of your negative beliefs then you can begin to actively replace them with positive ones.

Without self-awareness, it is impossible to make the necessary changes that will allow you to succeed in achieving your goals.  Millionaires keenly understand that, because their outer world does and will always
mirror what goes on in their mind, they create their lives and shape their own destiny with their thoughts. They also understand that to do this they often must venture outside of their comfort zone a bit.  Most people, however, don’t understand this – they have many goals and dreams that definitely achievable if they take action. But unfortunately, the action they need to take may be just outside of their comfort zone. Unlike the few who achieve incredible wealth, the majority simply are not willing to do very many things that are unfamiliar and uncomfortable.  By nature, we as human beings tend to prefer to stay in our comfort zone – even if the consequences of doing so are not in our best interest. But when you dare to stretch yourself and endure some discomfort, the rewards can be incredible!

I’ll give you a good example of this: Most people can learn to play the guitar or piano, or learn a foreign language. But doing so is just outside their comfort zone because it takes time and effort. Learning these skills requires a lot of practice – usually at least an hour or so several days a week for months and months - and often a few years - in order to master that goal.  So, even though most goals are truly achievable for most people, the fact that the path to getting there is just outside the average person’s comfort zone keeps many people from even trying. This is one of the reasons few people ever become millionaires.

But millionaires very keenly understand that they are responsible for creating their lives and shaping their own destinies. They fully understand that doing so requires doing those very tasks that most people refuse to do – tasks outside their comfort zone. They do it, though, because the reward outweighs the discomfort along the
way – and they’re serious about achieving their goals. The irony is that it’s often not drastically far outside of their comfort zone – rather, it’s just enough to cause most people to hesitate or not try at all.  What you allow to go on inside your head is one of the key factors that determines whether you go through life earning an average income or earning a 7 figure income, and the quality of those thoughts will determine whether or not you will actually take action towards your goals on a daily basis even when it’s not comfortable to do so.
As long as you choose to stay in your comfort zone, you are not going to accomplish very much in your life, and you definitely won’t become a self-made millionaire.

Cognitive dissonance

Now, there’s a psychological concept that explains why the world around you – your external reality - closely mirrors what goes on inside your head. It’s called “cognitive dissonance” and it occurs when the world outside is out of alignment with your thoughts and beliefs.
Cognitive dissonance means there is internal conflict - and your brain prefers harmony. So your mind quickly begins working (often subconsciously) to determine ways to get rid of the conflict. Your brain will find a way to make your outside world accurately mirror your thoughts and beliefs.  This is one of the reasons why your thoughts (and choosing positive, empowering ones) are so very important!!
So, if you believe you are capable of a lot more than what is actually happening in your life – if you firmly believe that and you adopt this and the other mindset traits that I’m about to reveal to you, then your mind will work towards your goals rather than against them – because again, it wants to resolve any cognitive dissonance.
To put it more simply – If you want to change your world (and become a millionaire), you have to start
by changing your thoughts.  Since your outer world will always end up reflecting your thoughts – you must
choose positive, self-empowering thoughts that fit with and support your goals!

Now a lot of people believe that this is the Law of Attraction at work – that the universe  is doing it for you. This may very well be the case, although I’m somewhat more inclined to think that it is largely due to the fact that by focusing on your goals and all the things you desire, and by reprogramming your mind so that you have a millionaire mindset, you will end up – both on conscious and subconscious levels – working your way towards achieving those goals. Because your brain wants the cognitive dissonance to go away!  Either way, believing in yourself and your ability to achieve the life of your dreams is a very important mindset trait for you to acquire if you are truly serious about becoming a millionaire some day. In fact, that belief will make an enormous difference in your life, so the sooner you adopt it the better!

Whenever you find yourself saying anything inside your head that is negative and not helping you towards your goals, stop those thoughts. It’s not easy to consciously monitor your thoughts all day long in order to make yourself think more positive, empowering thoughts – after all, that takes a lot of effort. It’s much easier to just
continue to allow a runaway stream of negative thoughts to go on in your head.  But that has serious consequences for your life.  It’s kind of like the parents who allow their children to run around screaming, throwing tantrums, and doing whatever they want regardless of the consequences. In the end, not only do the parents suffer but the children do as well. I’m sure you’ve been around families like that (or have one of your own) and most likely it wasn’t a pleasant experience.  However, by providing proper supervision (and close monitoring) and discipline, and by setting appropriate limits, those children will more likely grow up to be respectable, responsible adults. Just like being a good parent, it’s really important to consciously
monitor your thoughts and stop the negative ones. Use positive affirmations to begin to take control over what’s going on in your mind. 

It is extremely important and helpful to begin consciously changing your thoughts, especially if you’re not actively thinking on a regular basis the types of thoughts that will help you to believe in yourself and develop the confidence to start moving towards your goals.  Begin to take action on changing your thoughts today. Understand that you can reprogram your inner belief system, no matter how “out of control” it may be right
now. If you can get your inner belief system to accept that you’re truly going to achieve your goals, and you start adopting all the traits that you’re learning right now from reading this article, you’ll be a lot more likely to get there. In fact, you will get there.
Okay – that was a bit lengthy but your thoughts are sooooooooo very important that
I really wanted to make sure I got the point across!


Article by Mark Ling http://www.amazingself.com