1) The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason

This book you can read in as little as a week without ever taking it out of your bathroom. I know, because that’s how I just re-read it! But don’t let this book’s brevity fool you into thinking there is anything small about the powerful wealth-building messages it contains. This is timeless, priceless wisdom you’re going to read. Mostly written in an entertaining, storytelling style through the voice of the Richest Man in Babylon and those he teaches, this book will take you under the wing of an ultra-successful entrepreneur who will teach you in simple bite-size nuggets the fundamental secrets wealthy people have passed along in oral traditions for thousands upon thousands of years.

I never had a wealthy family growing up. In fact, we were downright poor. It is in part because I have been fortunate enough to find books like this (and driven enough to apply what I learn) that I feel confident my family will now be wealthy for many generations to come. If you too lack successful references in your family, do as I did and imagine you are part of the family of the Richest Man in Babylon— and take those references into your mind and make them your own. You can.

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2) Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

This book is one of the best if not THE best empowerment books to have ever been written, and probably the most recommended success book of recent history. If you haven’t read it, don’t take my word for it that you should, my friend,  go and get it and read it immediately. Do NOT get this book at the public library. More than almost any other book, you deserve to OWN this book for your own personal success books library. Go ask the five most successful people you know if they have read it…and I will eat a raw onion if at least 3 of them have not read it. And if you read this book long ago, I urge you to read it again immediately.

Read this book while holding in your mind each minute you’re reading it a specific problem, obstacle or challenge you are facing in your personal, financial, or business life and you have my solemn guarantee that by the time you finish the book you will have at least 3 concrete potential solutions you can apply right now to solve that problem. I have done so over a half dozen times already, and expect to read this book at least once a year every year I am still breathing. It’s THAT powerful.

I hope that after having read this article about how to develop the mind of a millionaire, you are inspired to add these books you YOUR success library, and if you don’t have a success library…get started starting one and get started reading for success as an entrepreneur.
It’s never too late to start reading for success, and it’s never too late to BE a success.

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Tired of how things keep turning out in your life? Have you ever thought that you might be sabotaging your own efforts to make things better? Then it is very important for you to develop a positive mindset. It is one of the most powerful life tactics. Using powerful positive thinking techniques, positive affirmations and visualizations it is possible to establish positive lasting change. Business professionals can use these techniques to build up personal power or gain a competitive edge. It will renovate your life, your health, and renew the joy and passion in your life.
Affirmations are statements of acceptance that one uses to permit the manifestation of your destiny. They are powerful statements to create positive thoughts which will in turn establish positive actions. To do positive affirmations, you have to eliminate the negativity around you. You must first believe that YOU CAN manifest your destiny. Every affirmation we think or say is a reflection of our inner truth or beliefs. It is a kind of “thought reprogramming” in which you have the power to choose the negative aspects in which you want to remove from your life.
Affirmations are used successfully in all areas of self growth and self improvement. Your affirmations can include how you would like to feel: I feel wonderful, I am energetic or I feel safe. Your affirmations can include how you would like your life to be: I attract positive people into my life, I am a prosperous person, I lose weight easily, I release my anger, I stop smoking now, I release my fear and anxiety, or I solve problems easily. There are little limitations to what you can achieve.
People use affirmations on a daily basis without even realizing it and without realizing the effect they have on our subconscious. Affirmations can be made in a number of different ways which help to boost your self-confidence or self growth, it only requires a little dedication and repetition. An affirmation is a statement that can change one’s pattern of thinking and belief from negative to positive and is best used as nightly affirmations rather than daily affirmations. Daily affirmations are subject to rejection by the built in rejection barriers of the conscious mind, nightly affirmations are directly accepted by the subconscious mind without rejection. This can be done using a specialized Awake2000 affirmation device.

How To Develop And Use Affirmations

By Denise Cavassa, CMA

What are Affirmations?

Affirmations are words and phrases stated in the present that allow you to condition and empower yourself for success in whatever your goals may be.  Most often, people think that affirmations are used to focus on positive thinking.  But affirmations can be used for a variety of benefits including enhancing relaxation, stimulating creativity, and strengthening self-control among numerous other values.

Your subconscious mind acts much like a computer – whatever you tell it to do, it does.  So, if you say you want to do something, your consciousness is filled with the desire to make it happen on a multitude of levels.  But if you say you are doing something, your consciousness begins doing it now.  The more you practice affirming, the more it becomes second-nature.

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By affirming daily, you allow yourself to be more comfortable, more beautiful, more joyous, and more in control of your life.

Basic Affirming – Guidelines

Remember, your words have power.  Choose them carefully to create what you truly want.

Step 1.  Achieve a Meditative State by taking deep breaths and allowing yourself to relax.

Step 2.  Make a list to identify what it is that you want to create or change.   Let’s use the example of “I don’t want to feel resentful”.

Step 3.  Empower.  Take each statement on your List and empower it by making it a statement of positive action now.  So, “I don’t want to feel resentful” becomes “I am free of resentment.”

Step 4.  Repeat your affirmations regularly.

a)            Songs.  You can sing your affirmations by putting them to music.  You can make up your own tunes or use the melodies of popular songs.

b)            Post-it Notes.  Write your affirmations on post-it notes and place them on mirrors, the refrigerator, in your date book, in strategic places where you will see them often.

c)            Use specific daily activities as opportunities to repeat affirmations, e.g., bathroom breaks, meal preparation, time you spend in the mirror (very powerful), while exercising, bathing, etc.

i)              I find that affirming during mundane activities is particularly powerful, e.g., turning the key in the lock on your door.  You can also attach specific affirmations to specific activities.  This practice soon becomes second-nature.

d)            Whenever you feel that you are in the process of doubting yourself, be sure to affirm and get back on track.

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In order to get yourself out of struggling with money and into living with the comfort of financial freedom,  you have to get your mind there first.  You cannot expect to manifest money into your life if you are constantly feeling the struggles and your mind is consumed with debts and what you lack.  Instead,  your mind has to be trained to think differently.

HOW CAN YOU CHANGE YOUR FRAME OF MIND?

Allowing yourself to feel what it would feel like if you were in the financial situation that you would like to be in is the first step.  You have to already at least have some idea of what it would be like having the amount of money that you would like to have if you are going to re-train your mind so that it begins to think as a millionaire’s mind would.

Allow yourself to experience the feelings and the emotions that would come along with having the financial freedom of having a million dollars or more.  Let yourself believe that it is possible for you to achieve this feat in your life and to change your mind frame so that it does happen.

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It is difficult for people to strengthen faith if they are lacking it. However, it is achievable and is done by a process which involves encouraging positive thoughts and emotions in the subconscious mind rather than negative ones. This can be more clearly understood if you take a moment to think about how people fall into negative habits such as alcoholism. When a drinker remembers their first ever drink they will more than likely say they did not enjoy it. After becoming accustomed to drinking regularly and enduring the bad side effects they eventually start to embrace alcohol and eventually begin to rely on it. This example suggests that if thought impulses of any kind are repeated and encouraged then that person will seek to express those thoughts through their actions. If the thoughts are positive and result in constructive actions then faith may be strengthened.

If thoughts are backed by strong emotions such as faith and love then they have more chance of being expressed through actions. Therefore your actions can be affected by any strong emotion whether it is positive and productive or negative and destructive. If you are to become successful in whatever goals you have set yourself in life then you need to avoid negative emotions and encourage positive ones. As a consequence you will acquire a subconscious mind that will start to act upon all the positive emotions including faith.

One of the most common causes of a lack of faith is low self confidence. This can be over come through a similar process to the one just mentioned. If you take the time to write down all your positive experiences and attributes and then read these to yourself daily, you will find that the repeated positive affirmations will reassure you of your accomplishments subconsciously and restore faith. The following few principles outline methods to help with faith and self confidence.

Firstly you need to realise that you have the ability to meet your main objectives in life. This means you need to be persistent at all times in chasing your aims even when there are signs of initial failure.

Secondly you must spend some time in the day just thinking positively about yourself and where you want to go in life. A mind dominated by positive thoughts will eventually express desirable physical actions.

Thirdly you should have your ultimate dream goal written down and you must promise yourself that you will never give up trying to achieve that goal even if you are not, at that time, confident enough, you will be eventually.

Fourthly you should take advantage of others to achieve your goals. You will be able to succeed by putting the hard work in yourself which will make the rewards all the more sweeter. A negative attitude to people will not bring success. However, by making others believe in your ability you will reaffirm your self belief.

Repeat these principles and you will find that you are able to increasingly influence your subconscious mind. This process of positive thinking has been called auto-suggestion and is a key to the success of many. In short if you think that you will fail then it is likely that you will, but if you convince yourself that you will succeed then you have more chance of doing so. The people that win in today’s world are the ones that know they can.

Persistence is a skill which all must learn if success is to be built upon. Your persistence will be tested when you first come across failure in life, whether it is in personal life or professional life. When you face life’s various obstacles it is always beneficial to have a definite plan and a definite goal for you to aim for in your mind. Persistence to carry your actions through and achieve goals will depend on how intense your desire is to do so. Having a burning desire, a dream to chase in life, is the starting point of all achievement.

There is no substitute for persistence. People who fall into the habit of being persistent to the point of stubbornness may encounter failure but the difference between them and others is that they are able to learn something new with every defeat and go back and try again.

Persistence is a state of mind and therefore it can be developed in you. Persistence is based on having desire and purpose. Once you have these you need to learn to become more independent in all matters. You need to learn to be co-operative with people you work with and encourage the will power to succeed in both yourself and your co-workers. Essentially though, persistence is about falling into positive habits and avoiding negative habits and influences.

The most common weakness found in people that prevents them from fulfilling their potential in life is a fear of criticism. We are all influenced by the opinions of friends and family to some degree, but the important thing to remember is to not analyse what people say too much. Fearing criticism means you will not be as ambitious and confident in your ability and your level of success in life will be affected.

The fear of failing affects people in business as well as in areas of personal growth. A fear of failure or rejection means that many do not climb the career ladder in their profession and remain stuck at the bottom. When new opportunities arise they may be daunting at first but success will not come if you continue to think of the negatives in going for bigger goals. You must develop an “I can do it” approach to wipe all self doubt from the mind. You might have an opportunity or an idea that seems unlikely to bring success at first but then all ideas need to be nurtured through early stages until they take shape. The more time you put in to it and the more confidence you gain the greater the chance of it working will be.

Many people believe life is full of lucky breaks for some whilst others are doomed to failure. In this world you make your own luck. There may well be exceptions that cannot seem to do any wrong but for the rest of us luck comes and goes. The one thing that may allow you to encounter more lucky breaks is persistence.

The most important thing you need to establish, if developing persistence is to happen, is your inner desire. Rather than deciding what you wish for life to give you, you need to work out what you want to achieve in life and then what sort of reward you want for your time and persistent effort.

Most people do not have the millionaire mind set. We gain a lot of our mental habits from our surroundings throughout our lives, and unless you were raised by wealthy and successful individuals, you may not have had the positive influence that is required. But you can develop it at any time to begin to earn a huge income now. Here are some of the key components to the mindset that delivers wealth and success…

Clearly Defined Goals-People who get what they want are those who know what they want. Goal setting is something that we all know about, but the majority of people are not goal oriented. Goals are not just wishes and fantasies, but clearly defined intentions that you plan to strive for and achieve success. Unless you know exactly where you want to go, you will most likely end up going nowhere that you really want.

Positive Self Talk-We all have an internal dialogue that talks to us almost endlessly. What kind of things does your little voice say to you? Does it encourage you, give you motivation, and give you the confidence you need to succeed? If not, if your little voice is discouraging and pessimistic, you need to watch your thoughts and practice thinking (and talking to yourself) in a way that supports you and makes you feel great about achieving your goals.

See Abundance Everywhere-Do you hold the belief that money is limited? Are you afraid that getting rich will make someone have less? True wealth consciousness is knowing that there is unlimited abundance in the universe, and we can all get rich without depriving someone else of their own riches. Lack and limitation are simply not a part of the mindset of individuals who achieve financial success and prosperity. If you want to earn a huge income now, start realizing that their is more than enough to fulfill your needs and wants.

Be Thankful-Gratitude is a powerful force that can bring more good stuff, including money, into your life. What do you have to be appreciative for now? Putting attention on the positive aspects of your life will enable you to bring more positive things in. Want more money? Be grateful for the money that you have now. This is a surefire technique to help you achieve wealth and prosperity.

Four Personality Types

There are different types of people, based on their personalities, which are:

1. Analytical- This type of person thinks everything through, even the tiniest details. They want information and they want facts; they need quantitative data every time a situation occurs. This type of people is less likely to have people skills than other types because they like to work alone. But when they realize the value of people skills and determine how they can best develop it, they could turn themselves into more of a people person.

2. Driver- This type of person is someone who wants to get things done, and wants it done his way. An outgoing person who likes dealing with people, a driver is bent towards seeing results, and if none is given, they require solid explanations. Because drivers are confident individuals, they may likely possess people skills as long as they do not become aggressive.

3. Amiable- This type of person is someone who is likeable. He avoids confrontations and disagreements, and often likes to please. An amiable person can be insecure so he needs constant affirmation and assurance from people that matter. Amiable people may possess people skills to some degree however their insecurities could limit their abilities.

4. Expressive- This type of person is someone who can easily show emotion either in words and expressions. They willingly help others in times of need but they despise rejection and are often afraid of it. These people can develop people skills as long as they are given proper guidance and are able to control their emotions.

Traits of a “People Person”

A person who has people skills is:

1. Self-Confident

When you lack confidence in yourself, it is very difficult for you to go out of your way to talk to other people, especially those you are not close to.

2. Expressive in terms of being able to convey thoughts and ideas

A person with people skills is at ease talking to people. They are not afraid to speak their mind as long as they do not offend others.

3. Good at resolving conflicts

When conflicts arise, it can really test how well you can manage the situation. A person with people skills can diffuse the conflict, and find the appropriate solution. They do not panic but instead, they calmly handle the situation by seeking to get other people’s views and coming up with solutions that are fair to all.

4. Not afraid to speak up

When someone has crossed the line, a person with people skills will not hesitate to speak up but are careful to do so in a professional and polite way.

5. Believes in teamwork

He values teamwork and knows how significant it is to his business. While others love to work solo, this person collaborates with others because he knows that when the strengths of several key people are utilized for the good of the business, success will become more realistic.

6. Empathizes with others

This person shows he truly cares for other people’s concerns. He does not merely pretend to listen to their stories to make a positive impression but rather, he does it because he wants to understand. He is sincere in his efforts and he goes the extra mile, not only for his customers but also for everyone else who contributes to the overall success of his business.

Leadership roles are vital to the success of any organization, and it goes without saying that companies are always on the lookout for people who have good leadership skills to help them achieve their overall objectives. Unfortunately, many individuals are not very confident with the skills that they have and as a result, career growth opportunities continue to evade them. The solution to this is simply to learn and develop certain leadership qualities. It is not rocket-science and in fact, the concepts are very simple. The challenge mainly is to be able to apply these every day until such time they become a part of you.

Below are the top three qualities that every effective leader possesses:

Quality #1: Action-Orientation

A leader must have a strong desire to make things happens. Being able to plan, implement, and execute is very important because in the corporate world, many factors could trigger people to be ineffective, especially when they procrastinate all the time. Leaders are reliable and take accountability for everything that involves the responsibilities given to them by their superiors. They are always “on the go,” full of energy and enthusiasm to get things moving.

While many others are busy doing non-work related activities, leaders get the job done. They work hard and they work smart because they feel fully responsible for the outcome.

To become action-oriented, use the following suggestions:

1.Be quick in making decisions, instead of wasting time mulling over trivial matters.

2.Always see the positive side of things.

3.Be cheerful in performing your tasks.

4.Make use of your time wisely to get more out of it.

5.Act, act, and act.

Quality #2: Influence

Leaders are people who can convince others to believe in their ideas and opinions. They can create change with a goal of improving the current situation. To learn how to influence others is not easy, but Dale Carnegie has outlined some great tips on how you can do this.

1.Respect other people’s thoughts and opinions.

2.Listen with your eyes, heart, and ears.

3.Steer clear of arguments, and never try to win them.

4.See it from their point of view.

5.Encourage and give sincere compliments.

6.Make others feel valued.

7.Do not boss around.

Quality #3: Commitment

One of the qualities that can truly set leaders apart from the rest is their commitment. When effective leaders make a commitment, they stand by it no matter what. While some of us will easily give up when faced with hardships and challenges, a leader will face these head on with no signs of backing down. They know that they are perceived as role models of their team and they always do their best to set a good example by staying committed to their objectives and goals.

To show commitment, you should:

1.Adhere to company policies and standards

2.Complete tasks on or before the deadline

3.Help your team members in performing their tasks and improving their performance

4.Continue to hone your skills and capabilities

But just as relationships can bring joy and fulfillment to your life, it can also be one the primary causes of stress. Since we all have different personalities, there are instances when disagreements arise, when opinions clash, and when you just cannot get along with the other person, be it your spouse, child, sibling, colleague, boss, clients, and customers. When this happens, stress would eventually develop and this could blow out of proportions if not managed properly. Keep in mind that relationship-related stress is inevitable and there is absolutely no way to get rid of it, but you can reduce stress by effectively managing it.

How can stress be managed? Let us begin by understanding that there are many factors that cause relationship-related stress. One of the keys to manage stress is to take control of these factors and not be controlled by it. Below are the most common of all:

1.Taking advantage of the other person’s weaknesses

2.Using abusive words

3.Shouting at the other person

4.Giving offensive remarks

5.Being rude

6.Lying and cheating

7.Causing bodily harm

8.Refusing to speak to the other person

9.Spreading rumors about the other person

10.Intentionally avoiding the other person

Secondly, it is also essential for you to have a mindset that looks to adapt to the person and the situation, whenever necessary. Many people have difficulty dealing with others because they refuse to change themselves for them and instead, they wait for the other person to change or simply wish for the situation to go away. Husbands and wives complain about their spouse’s annoying habits but tend to overlook their own shortcomings; employees criticize their co-workers and superiors for the way they perform their tasks and responsibilities and yet they fail to check their own abilities to see if there are areas they need to improve on. A person needs to accept that in order to have better relationships, he has to be the first one to change and adapt, and never the other way around. Hoping and wishing that things will turn out for the best without you exerting efforts to actually make it happen is only going to cause undue stress.

Lastly, engage yourself in fun and worthwhile activities that will ease tensions from work and personal life. Hitting the gym can be a good stress buster. If the people around you are causing you too much stress, it is best that you take some time out away from them. A short vacation is ideal however if the circumstances will not allow this, you can always spend an afternoon someplace quiet all by yourself to give you time to gather strength and rethink about how you can deal with the troubling situation.