Imagine that you’re at war. You’re an army general and there’s a secret undercover agent working for you behind enemy lines sabotaging enemy’s attempts to take you down?
Your childhood beliefs about money serve a similar purpose. Only they work against you! They sabotage YOU and every attempt you make to attain wealth no matter how big or small.
Many of us were taught to have negative beliefs about money, beliefs that have hindered our ability to accept a greater flow of financial wealth into our lives. Usually it happens while we’re still young. Our mind is like a sponge, sucking every bit of information it can to form what we call a “belief system”.
Our beliefs about money govern our attitudes and expectations towards wealth and subconsciously sabotage our attempts at attaining it.
But it won’t do us any good if we just blame everything on our parents. They did the best they can, after all, their beliefs about money were formed the same way as yours and mine were-through observing what happens around us and making conclusions as we go.
The important question to ask here is whether you have ever considered that you have negative beliefs about money and what have you done to change those beliefs?
To help you find your negative convictions about money, here’s a list of 5 most common misconceptions about wealth that might unconsciously prevent you from getting rich.
It’s a little known fact that
Bill Gates, Abraham Lincoln, Isaac Newton, Michael Jordan and dozens of other mega successful people around the globe can back me up on the fact that there’s no success without failure.
Being rich is good. Having millions of dollars is good. Living in a beach front mansion is good. Driving a Lamborghini is good.
It’s no secret that experts consider Christiano Ronaldo to be the best footballer on the planet. It’s also no secret that Christiano did not become a mega superstar over night.