| Anthony Robbins'
12 Reasons Why People Don't Get Wealthy
According to Wallace Wattles, in his popular wealth treatise
called the Science of Getting Rich, said that, "There
is a science of getting rich, and it is an exact science,
like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain laws which govern
the process of acquiring riches, and once these laws are learned
and obeyed by anyone, that person will get rich with mathematical
certainty."
It is true. Those who make
wealth know that it comes about by application of simple rules
and principles. Those who don't make wealth don't know about
these simple things, and so they assume that wealth is a result
of luck or pure chance or something just as superstitious
or silly.
Anthony Robbins is one of
the top success coaches in the world, having coached star
sports players, heads of states and Fortune 500 executives.
In his Get The Edge program, he listed down 12 specific reasons
he has come to observe to be the leading causes for most people's
lack of wealth.
Here they are - Anthony Robbins'
12 Reasons Why People Don't Get Wealthy:
1. They never decide and really
define, very specifically, what wealth means for them. The
keyword here is specifically. Can you imagine how hard it
would be to build a car or a plane without making a blueprint
or sketch drawings of it first? You have to know what your
target is before you go chasing after it.
2. They make wealth a moving
target instead of a fixed one (this is related to point one
above). Once you have your target, fix it. Don't change it
until you reach it. You must accomplish each step, celebrate,
and then set course for a new step, a new target.
3. They define it in a way
that seems unreachable. You only achieve what you believe.
No more, no less. So you must make it believable for you.
Set goals that will make you move forward and stretch, but
not too high that even you yourself don't believe you can.
Take the biggest step you believe you can, achieve it, then
take the next biggest you believe you can. This will build
positive reinforcement in your self-confidence as well.
4. They never start. Ok, this
is obvious. If you keep thinking about it forever, it will
forever remain in the thought level. You have to act! Start
somewhere, anywhere! Only after you start do you begin to
get some feedback which will help you plot your course better.
The aircraft has to first take off before it starts to adjust
course for its destination. You must start, somewhere, anywhere,
doesn't matter, just start! Act!
5. They never make it a must.
Let me explain what it means to make it a must. It means marshalling
all your intent, your will, your direction, into one singular
flow that is directed towards your goal. All obstacles are
viewed as challenges to be overcome. You will meet obstacles,
and so expect it, but also expect to move forward anyways.
Use your obstacles to develop strength and skills, don't run
away. Find out how to go past them. Find out! There is always
a way, always. And if your emotions are acting against your
desire, embrace them, learn what they are, know yourself,
but keep moving forward. Make it a must, and it will happen.
Guaranteed. You don't know in how many steps it will take,
but you know it will happen.
6. They don't have a realistic
plan. If you want to do something, find out how it is done
from someone who has done it before. Make a realistic plan.
Copy from those who have succeeded before you. But don't throw
away your intuition. Your intuition is extremely powerful
once you learn how to listen to it with practice.
7. If they have a realistic
plan, they never follow through on the plan. Well, if you
don't follow the plan, who will?
8. They give responsibility
to others ("experts") instead of to themselves.
This way, they never really learn how to do it, and if there
are failures they never learn why the failures happened and
so they are bound to repeat them. It is a good idea to get
advice, but do it yourself. At least understand it yourself
even if you will delegate the actual doing.
9. They give up when they
face challenges. Going through the challenges is what has
made people rich, not giving up. Look, there are always challenges.
So get used to that. You will only get where you wish to get
to if you are willing to face the challenges along the path.
All challenges are opportunities dressed in work clothes,
remember that. After the challenge is over, you will discover
the amazing fruit it held for you.
10. They fail to conduct their
lives as a business; they never ensure that they make a profit
year by year. Get a personal finance package like Quicken
or Microsoft Money. you need to have budgets and cash flow
statements for your personal finances and your businesses.
It is easy with those software packages. If you don't keep
records and track, you wont know when you are making or losing
money until it is embarrassingly too late.
11. They allow other people's
ideas to affect their decisions unreasonably. There will always
be people who don't believe in your way, or who are pessimistic,
who try to pull you down, or whatever. And they will sometimes
be your closest friends and family. You cannot change that
- they have a right to be who they are. It is OK. Allow them
their thoughts, don't judge them for that, but don't feel
obligated to accept their thoughts of follow their way. Don't
allow other people, now or from the past, unreasonably affect
your decisions. Allow them their way, and you live your way.
12. They don't get quality
coaching. This is extremely important! Coaching is simply
getting mentored by someone who has succeeded wildly in the
area of your interest. Get coaching! Our education system
hardly equips us for real life, so don't assume that because
you went to college you are properly equipped. Hardly. You
need to keep learning. The most successful people attend seminars,
read books, join mastermind groups and clubs, find mentors,
network, and even hire expensive personal coaches to make
sure they succeed.
How many of these reasons
can you identify with? Well, now that you see the reasons,
you now can look at yourself and make sure that you don't
follow ways that are known to not lead to wealth. Follow what
works and it will work. And don't forget to enjoy yourself
along the way.
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