Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Wealth File 17

Remember I said in a previous chapter that you must find a Financial advisor whose life demonstrates that they know what they're doing?

That's what we're talking about in this chapter. Just because you read something or watched a documentary/ movie about it doesn't mean you know it. The results in your life have to demonstrate that you know what you're talking about. Harv says, "if you're not really rich and really happy, there's a good chance you still have some things to learn about money, success and life."

Which means you have to find out what you don't know, and then learn it and master it.

This is the time to let go of your ego and pride, and start asking questions. Find out who is living the kind of life you want to live. Befriend them and let them coach you. Or maybe just get an outright coach and let them guide you to the riches you want.

It's time to let go of your limiting beliefs... It's time to let go of your know it all attitude. Empty your cup of your wrong knowledge so you can make room for the right knowledge that will make you rich. Remember that book, What Got You Here Won't Get You There? That's exactly how this is. Your current pool of knowledge got you here. Now you need new knowledge to get you further.

New knowledge will lead to new actions, which will lead to new results.

Be a lifelong learner. There's a lot to this money game, and it takes a minute or maybe a lifetime to learn it. So you must decide which aspect you want to improve, and then decide how much time you will spend to learn it before you move on to the next skill.

Maybe you start by learning how to increase your earnings/salary for a year. Then you spend the next year working on your savings plan... making sure your emergency funds are in place, and you have enough put by to live up to 6 moths without an income.

And then work on your investments for the next year.

And then work on your business the following year.

Create a theme at the beginning of the year for which aspect of the money game you will focus on for the year. Devote an entire year to mastering that aspect. And then move on to the next theme. Use the 10% of your income you've been putting in your education fund to learn the necessary skills. Buy books, attend courses or pay your coach. The more you learn, the more you earn.

Harv says that every master was once a disaster, so this means that success is a learnable skill. Just decide which subject you want to master, and then go for it. It doesn't matter if you're starting from zero or from negative figures. Just start. Make the decision and start right away.

He says your outer results are a reflection of your inner beliefs. You need to be rich and successful from the inside. Which means you learn to think like rich people do. And then do the things rich people do, and you will have the same success and wealth rich people have. Jim Rohn says, "Set a goal to be a millionaire, not because of the money, but because of the person you have to become to be worthy of the money."

Harv says "Rich people take advice from peoplewho are richer than they are. Poor people take advice from people who are just as broke as they are." So make sure that your coach, financial planner or advisor is wealthy themselves. You want to work with somebody whose own life demonstrates that they know what they're doing.