According to statistics, only about 5% of the population can be considered financially successful.
The rest of the 95% are, for the most part, struggling to make ends meet. Regardless of how the economy is doing. In good times or bad, the same relative percentages apply. A very small number of people thrive no matter what the broad economic picture looks like.
You would think that by finding out what these success-oriented people know and do (and by modeling them) the greater majority could move up and improve their circumstances.
The problem is most people who are doing well financially do not have a blueprint everyone else can follow. Case in point, millions have read the long standing best seller "Think And Grow Rich." Few who followed the plan in the book achieved financial security. The same goes for other similar self-improvement plans. Very few can follow the instructions and succeed.
Does that mean that the plans are flawed or don't work?
No. Not necessarily. In fact, the plans may be easy to implement and likely to produce great results.
But only a small number of people will actually implement. That is the main reason so few of us enjoy the monetary success we so desperately say we desire. Because even when handed a proven way to make more money or move up in our careers we simply don't follow through.
Which leads to another question: Why don't we follow through?
The answer is straightforward.
We all harbor subconscious blocks to achieving the goals we want. These blocks prevent us from doing the things we know we should do.
If you can identify these blocks (and dissolve them) then they won't stand in the way of achieving your goals. Here's how to identify your blocks to financial security:
1. At the top of a piece of paper write down: What are my thoughts, feelings and beliefs about financial security?
2. Ask yourself the question and allow whatever thoughts, feelings and beliefs to come up.
3. Write down what comes up like: "Money is hard to make." etc.
4. Repeat this process -- being as honest as you can be -- until you have at least ten items on your list.
5. Look at what you've written and note which thoughts, feelings and beliefs were positive and which were negative.
If you're like most people you'll be surprised what you discover. Because this is a very revealing process. You'll pull up the negative thoughts, feelings and beliefs nestled in your subconscious. These are the things you need to let go of or release if you ever hope to free yourself to achieve the financial situation you want.
The English philosopher James Allen once wrote: "Men are anxious to improve their circumstances but unwilling to improve themselves, they therefore remain bound."
Truer words were never spoken neither here nor in Hoboken.
Fact is, the masses are always on the hunt for the next big opportunity, stock tip or business fad. Hoping to strike it rich quick without much or any effort if possible. Of course, this mentality is the same as that of a lottery player or gambler. Odds are heavily stacked against someone with that kind of mental and emotional paradigm.
Reminds me of a true story. A few years ago, someone in my family approached me about getting into the same business I was in. At the time, I was a freelance copywriter doing fairly well. I got to that point by putting in the time and paying my dues. I read hundreds of proven and profitable sales letters. And wrote many of those letters and ads out in my own handwriting.
The big secret to my copywriting career success was based on studying, reading and writing out winning promotions. It takes a lot of time, effort and dedication but the financial rewards dwarf the sacrifice. Anyway, so this family member asks me how he can break into the "glamorous" world of direct response copywriting.
My response was simple. I handed him one of the most successful sales letters in history with this instruction. I said, "Read the letter aloud ten times. Then sit down with a legal pad and pen and handwrite the letter three times."
Want to know something interesting? I've never heard back from this person about becoming a copywriter. Apparently, the work involved was too much for them.
Looking back, I know that's not the real reason most people never follow through on their intentions. You see, the same thing holding people back from achieving their goals is the same thing holding them back from financial security.
That "thing" is: All the subconscious crud that comes up whenever we want to accomplish anything. We have all sorts of non-winning thoughts that act as resistance to taking action.
When someone says they want financial security (or anything else) that subconscious resistance rises to the forefront of their mind. Then failure-based thoughts like, "I can't do this"... "It won't work for me"... "This is too hard" comes up.
Financial winners (which represent a tiny fraction of the general population) learn to eliminate those thoughts. So they can dissolve the resistance and take action.
The masses never discover how to eliminate those limiting thoughts and end up remaining bound to a life of financial mediocrity.
Imagine you are on a sailboat on a three thousand mile journey from California to Hawaii. You can easily miss your target if your rudder and sails are not pointing exactly in the right direction. If your sailboats rudder is 1/2 of a hair width off from the very beginning, over many miles you will miss the island completely. In order to attain true financial freedom you must make one minor adjustment. Have a consistent solid positive outlook about your financial future. To manifesting financial freedom begins with shifting your perspective about who you are and what your life is really about. It's about getting in touch with a bigger mission here on Earth and applying it out in the world. This is a massive journey and will take 100% intention and commitment, yet it will become one of the greatest adventures of your life and will be more enjoyable than you think.
To naturally think positive about the future, you will need to reframe your entire emotional state so that your brain naturally initiates the positive thought process all on its own. This shift begins from within you, right here right now, with the decision to do whatever it takes to think and FEEL positive. It's all about letting go of those thoughts that do not feel good and welcoming the thoughts that truly do. The more challenging your financial situation is, the more determination, courage and will power you'll discover is hidden inside you on a deeper level which you've not discovered yet. If you are ready to start the process of becoming truly financially free, I recommend you do something very radical. This one little exercise if done daily for 45 days, will instigate a complete transformation from within.
Manifesting total financial freedom all starts with how you begin your day. You want to build the feelings and sensations of abundance inside your body within the first 15 minutes after you wake up. When you start your mornings with feeling the most positive possible outcome you can imagine, you are creating a new foundation inside your being that will roll over and create a momentum in the following morning. To do this effectively you'll need to get physically involved. The secret I've found is this...first thing in the morning actually jump up and down, into the air and actually yell (out loud or in your head) with total excitement that massive abundance is here now! Yes, fake it until you make it. Pretend you just received exactly what you want, and let your heart soak into these positive feelings for at least 5 minutes. Jump up and down as long as you can handle it. The more you get into this magical exercise the more you'll shift your financial frequency this week!
"You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't! You have wings, learn to use them and fly!" ~Rumi
Most people aren't in touch with the joy behind their souls life purpose and mission, so they don't have anything to inspire and motivate them to get excited about life in the morning. So if you want to unravel this divine mystery inside you that can start attracting abundance, you may need to first imagine that you just won the biggest powerball jackpot the world has had...last night! Yes! Jump up and down because you received more money than you can spend in this lifetime! When you get into the feeling that it just happened and it feels emotionally real for you, you will begin awakening those positive neuro-peptides in your brain which open the emotional door to feeling and becoming financially free in the real world.
The second and perhaps most important step in awakening this abundant state of being inside your body is to take massive inspired actions throughout your day, doing what really makes you feel light, free and excited about your life, and then let go of any attachment to results you think you're going to have from these actions. The more people you can help create what they want in the world, the more you'll manifest what you want. If you can be of true service to the world with your true gifts that you enjoy giving everyday, you will never have to worry about money. The Universe will reward you for your actions and work, all you have to do is to not drop back into those old poverty feelings/thoughts as they make you greed, possessive and cause you to believe you are not a magical manifesting God Being.
"Non-possessiveness is basically trust in existence. There is no need to possess, because the whole is already ours." ~ Osho
Yes, you as an individual being, yet you are tapped into the power and intelligence of the entire Universe! You are waaaaay more powerful than you know. Your beliefs are what create your life. You've just been manifesting financial stuckness because you kept thinking that was what you were experiencing and thus that's what you manifested. Your thoughts always show up into your life, especially when there is deep emotion behind them. Start visualizing your life as financially abundant and in perfect harmony with the past. As you change your inner world, this energy sparks, reflects and eventually manifests into your outer world. You are interconnected to the whole in more ways than you can intellectually understand.
You may say that you don't have a choice in how you are responding to your outer financial crisis, yet in truth you do. Every moment you have the choice as to what you want to flow your energy, intention and attention towards. Buying into the panic and fear only intensify the feeling of negativity back into your system and worsen your financial frequency. According to the great law of attraction, "like attracts like". An abundant economic situation begins with the idea that it is possible and probable if you continue to focus in this positive direction. Don't make money bigger than you or your life! Money is just energy, electrons in some computer somewhere. It is in this empowering belief that says you are bigger than money that you instantly step into abundance consciousness. This alone can be the sole foundation for a constant steam of infinite wealth to flow into your future.
"You are a creator; you create with your every thought." ~ Abraham Hicks
About The Author:
Jafree Ozwald has been a personal life coach since 1997 and has created success for tens of thousands of people from all over the world.
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