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Dimes Mixed

Why Some People Spend a Bundle on How-to Information and Do Not Make a Dime

Here is a fact of life for those us who chose to seek our fortunes. The world is full of mixed messages about money.

On the one hand, we can watch “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” or sit on the edge of our seats while contestants play trivia games for $1,000,000. On another channel, we can watch “Wall Street,” Oliver Stone’s portrayal of 1980’s greed run amok that featured the memorable line “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good” intoned by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas).

And since our minds often generalize about matters relating to a fall from grace such as depicted in “Wall Street,” we might be inclined to think the following statements represent nothing less than universal truths:

The Almighty Buck will screw up your life.
All rich guys are like that.
Money corrupts.
You can be happy without money.
The rich get richer because they are greedy.
Money is the root of all evil.

These and other thoughts that cast financial success in an unfavorable light will thwart your path to money and wealth. Let these thoughts fester and you might end up taking the wind out of your own money-making sails.

Why? You will unconsciously sabotage yourself.

Here is why this happens. If you equate the feeling of success with something bad or undesirable, such as greed, you have set up a serious conflict within yourself.

On the one hand, success is good. On the other hand, success is bad. So what do we do in moments of inner turmoil, confusion, and conflict? Nothing!

This is one reason some people spend a bundle on “how-to-make-money” classes of various descriptions and still fail to make money despite sincere intentions. Despite genuine ambition and the best of intentions, if they are conflicted about whether a lot of money is good or bad, they will likely act tentatively, falter, eventually do nothing, and, last but not least, make nothing.

The key here is to recognize that statements like “The rich get richer because they are greedy" or "money is the root of all evil” are generalizations that get imbedded in the minds of people almost without question.

So here is the key to dismissing statements like this. Find just one example to the contrary.

Can you find, either in person or by reputation, at least one person who disproves any of the universal truisms mentioned above? Of course you can. And least you think “the exception proves the rule,” you can find many, many exceptions.

Look at your local real estate investor association meetings, chamber of commerce meetings, or an entrepreneurs networking breakfast. A church would not be a bad place to look either.

So do not let these “truisms” blunt your money-making drive.

Clear up your thinking about money and getting rich and the “how-to” information that is sitting on your bookshelf becomes a whole lot more valuable.

About the Author

If you are not making all the money you want, Tony Papajohn invites you to empower your mind for success and money with his free, 9-part video series at www.MoneyMindWorks.com .

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