Day 4
How Do You Feel About Money?
(Part 2)
Yesterday you gained a clearer idea of your true thoughts about money from the exercise we did. Today we’re going to build on that by exploring your beliefs on money further.
Let’s get started straight away with another exercise. It is crucial that you don’t cheat by including any preparation beforehand or by looking at the others’ answers that follow. Doing so would weaken the power of any insights gained. For the following exercise you will need a blank piece of paper that you can cut or tear into smaller strips of paper.
Exercise: Money Beliefs
Jot down quickly any thoughts that come to mind about money, ideally each one on a separate piece of paper. Use the questions below as a prompt.
Then divide the pieces of paper into two piles, one representing positive statements and the other representing negative statements.
If you have more negative than positive statements, it offers an explanation as to why you are attracting less money than you wish. You are literally vibrating at a frequency that will only attract a limited amount of money.
Please complete this exercise before reading further. (You can simply read the book, but you increase your chance of success by doing the exercises in it!)
If you have more positive statements than negative and you are still unhappy with the amount of money in your life, we simply need to raise the bar—we’ll look at how to do this later in the book.
Don’t beat yourself up if you’ve carried on reading without completing the exercise. Give yourself a break. Take some time out now to quickly jot down how you feel about money. Respond to the questions in the previous exercise. It will only take you a few minutes and it could pave the way to a more abundant life.
If you keep rushing through life, you risk missing the most important bits. You miss hearing your inner voice. You’ll mistake external circumstances and other people’s opinions for the truth. Many of our beliefs about money stem from our families, our national and religious heritages, our friends and our colleagues. Take some time to listen in to what beliefs you have taken on board. Isn’t it time to take a moment to listen to yourself?
Congratulations if you completed the exercise before reading on! Your commitment to becoming a Money Magnet will lead to faster results.
Below you will find some of the responses from people who’ve attended the “How to Become a Money Magnet!” workshop. It will be interesting to compare your responses and look out for any common themes. Very often our beliefs about money come from what we were told as children. Can you remember who educated you first about money? What did they say was the most important thing about money? Was it important to enjoy it or to save it? Were you expected to work hard for your money or were you taught that you’d always be looked after?
Negative Statements about Money
“Money doesn’t grow on trees.”
“It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.”
“Filthy rich.”
“It’s impolite to discuss money.”
“There’s never enough money.”
“We can’t afford it.”
“I never have enough.”
“Only the rich get rich and the poor get poorer.”
“Born with a silver spoon.”
“You don’t get something for nothing!”
“You have to work hard to be rich.”
“Money is the root of all evil.”
“I hate taxes.”
“True wealth has nothing to do with money.”
Positive Statements about Money
“I am a Money Magnet!”
“I’ve always been lucky.”
“I’m good at what I do.”
“I deserve to be rich.”
“Money buys you time.”
These beliefs are accepted at a young age as being the truth. Now is the time to flush out these learned beliefs. Then you can go on to decide for yourself whether these are empowering beliefs or not. You can then consciously select only the positive beliefs about money that will transform you into a Money Magnet.
Money for Money’s Sake
Listening to many of the negative statements about money over the years, I’ve found that the general consensus is that “money for money’s sake” is not a good thing.
The Bible’s proclamation about the rich man and the camel through the eye of a needle suggests that the pursuit of money for money’s sake can distract us from what is really important, and I agree. But you can still be a Money Magnet. It’s just all about the “vibe” that you’re giving out!
Have you ever noticed how some people just seem to behave in a confident way, whereas others have their heads bowed? Which type of behavior do you think is most likely to attract financial opportunities and lucky breaks?
If you feel you don’t deserve to be rich, you never will be, even if you win the lottery. Look at the many people who have won millions on the lottery, only to let it slip through their fingers in no time at all, often resulting in being worse off than previously.
Winning the Lottery
Winning the lottery is what most people think of when they think of attracting money. They are focused on the money, and often on the huge unlikelihood of actually winning! It’s not surprising then that they fall at the first hurdle. However, you can use the idea of winning the lottery as a way to discover what you really want from life. By imagining what it would be like to feel like a lottery winner, you have a way to discover why you want to be a Money Magnet and why you deserve to be a Money Magnet. Wanting money just to have money is not healthy and will rarely work.
Exercise: Make Your Own Lottery List
If you won $15 million on the lottery, what would you spend it on? Taking your pen and some paper, compile a list of all the things you would really like to do if you scooped that jackpot. Enjoy this exercise. It’s fun to play make-believe!
It might help you to ask yourself the following questions:
HINT: If you no longer needed to get out of bed in the morning, your life would be the poorer for it (life is about living, not sleeping!)
Holding a vision of what you would do with money is a far more efficient way of attracting money than focusing on the money itself.
The money is already there. The only thing preventing you from being rich is you.