Comments on: Wealth is a Mindset

By: Joseph Jones

Joseph Jones — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:09:19 +0000

I love this article, it reaffirms what I have found to be true. I have always had a way about myself, and all of my uncles and aunts are rich, but my mother is not, and because of religous difference my mom has little contact with her family, at the age of 18 i toyed with the idea of being rich, though I was in college (and still am) my expectations were not really high. Something happened to me at my Dorm I had a disagreement with another student, he dismissed me as some rich kid who couldn’t possibly understand. How that impacted me, I started to realize something, I was not rich but even so, the influences that I had been raised in, did frame my actions and outlook more then I had even thought possible, I have friends and relatives who are rich , Some of them I grew up with I had never thought about it before, Why was my mom poor after the divorce, she had nothing with all these examples in her life, come to find out my mom was raise by relatives and separated from her siblings, I then was determined to be rich, I am still in college I changed my major I am currently studying to be a Nurse Practitioner, I now though have money comming in all the time I save I have amazing credit nice clothes I make more money than my mom, with thousands of dollars of disposable income a year, between my two jobs, now learning to invest with help from one of my uncles, and all this just by realizing that this is something i want and will simply have I am entitled to this and will achieve millions just like the rest of my family

By: Anton

Anton — Mon, 14 May 2007 01:55:07 +0000

I accept Pavlina’s strategy only to the extent of
how intense the desire to achieve wealth is for an
individual.
And with a greater intensity for that desire an
attraction can be manifested through the repetition of any perceived desire.

By: cash

cash — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:18:35 +0000

I know. It was too long and from the Rocky Mountain News Here, hopefully this one will work: Powerball Problemos

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:31:55 +0000

your link isn’t valid

By: cash

cash — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:19:47 +0000

Here’s a scary example of what can go wrong when you win the lottery. Jeeze.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:19:20 +0000

It’s possible there is validity to it.

What I would like to see is a survey of millionaires (millionare next door style) with tests to judge their comfort with money, not just their spending habits. The statistics presented in that book all pointed toward behavioral actions, not towards mental beliefs.

By: cash

cash — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:48:12 +0000

I’ll say this; when we’ve been in Las Vegas and I’ve held our team blackjack bankroll.. it’s a great feeling, and I wasn’t the least bit uncomfortable

By: Glenn

Glenn — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:07:50 +0000

I do buy Pavlina’s strategy, as long as you understand what it’s doing. I read the same tactic from a completely different source a week or two ago — and both Steve and this woman are on the road to wealth. I’ll qualify that by saying they both make over $100k/year.

In this other woman’s method, you simply hold a $100 bill in your hands and see how it makes you feel. Do you feel uncomfortable? Then tap it out.

Once you feel comfortable with $100, increase it until you feel uneasiness. Then tap out the uncomfortable feeling. When you’re at the limits of holding real cash in your hand, write a check to yourself for say $5,000 or $10,000. How does a $10,000 check feel in your hand, pretending it’s real? To a wealthy person, $10,000 is a drop in the bucket.

Sure, maybe it’s all bogus, and maybe it’s not. Can’t hurt to try

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:51:12 +0000

There is a lot of good information in this article!

The Pavlina bit is interesting, but I don’t buy it. If you want to have more money, I don’t think it’s going to help by carrying around more money than you can afford to have.

The richest in America got there by using much less than what they have. I doubt carrying around MORE than you have will prepare you for this money.

Now take the inverse, if you earn 35k a year, but you only spend 28k because you invest your savings. If you are comfortable using less than what you have, if you got that 20 million windfall, it wouldn’t be overwhelming.

Most people who buy lottery tickets probably aren’t the ones investing their pennies though…