#ThursdayThoughts

When you don't have money, you think money is going to solve your problems —and to some extent it does. 

But at a certain point it brings its own problems with it. 

Having money is like a having a child. 

You have to care for it, you have to tend to it, and you have to watch it every minute! 

You do this not only to make sure it grows, but to make sure it doesn’t shrink. 

Money is alive and volatile! 

That means I am constantly thinking about my money. 

If you’ve never experienced it, it might be hard for you to understand. 

Amazing feeling! But that’s what’s crazy. I mean, I enjoy all this stuff well enough. 

But as far as my possessions go, honestly — and I’ve really thought about this — I get more pleasure from my FAMILY than anything else. 

That’s the truth, the absolute fucking truth. 

Materially, I don’t need much to be happy. 

I already have everything I want. 

What I am working for, if I am entirely honest, is just the thrill of making more money. 

It’s like playing a game, a game in which the prize is power, the power that is represented by that money. 

Power for what? It doesn't matter! 

The prize is the power itself. It is the feeling of power. 

There is a sensation I get when I make money… If you haven’t experienced it, I can only compare it to sex, or gambling, or a drug. 

It’s exactly like that — maybe even better. 

So my investments and my business ventures are like various casino games, except in my games the odds usually favor me…. And what I live for on a daily basis — this is the darned truth — is just the thrill of playing those games. 

I first started to realize how fucked I was when I found myself thinking about other people’s professions in terms of the bottom line. 

I mean, I have a pal from childhood who is a doctor, and I found myself thinking what an irrational job choice this was for him. He cares about money too, and I just thought, what a waste, how inefficient a use of his time and talent… there are so many better ways to make money. 

Crazy, huh? 

I don’t know what the hell it’s like to be a doctor, but I would guess there’s a whole level of meaning there that people get off on. 

I am not sure I like who I am. 

But I have no choice, no more than a lifelong drug or sex addict does. 

I see businessmen bullshit themselves about why they are really doing it — you know, that they are trying to improve society, or it’s all for their family, or whatever other bull crap. 

That could just be PR, but it also can be self-deception. 

Don’t fool yourself, I think! 

I know you! 

You’re just feeding the monkey! … So, that’s my story. 

I am not entirely proud of my life, but I accept it. 

I try to be as comfortable as I can, to have as much fun as I can, but I’m not in denial about anything. 

I know I’m basically just a junkie living for the next hit of MONEY.

3 levels of prosperity

I am looking forward to 16th May 2017.

"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."
-- Woody Allen

To become more prosperous, we need to change on at least two levels. 

First, we must ensure our financial affairs are in order. 

We need an income that at least covers our expenses. 

And we need a foundation of habits, tools and skills so we achieve some financial stability in our day-to-day experience.

Second, we must become aware of the beliefs we hold around money and prosperity. 

If we unconsciously believe we are lacking in some way, then no matter what we do, we will unconsciously sabotage our own efforts to improve our finances.

And third, it's helpful to understand the spiritual principles that govern our level of abundance. 

Once we know those principles, we can work effectively within them to attract abundance to us.

"If you're prosperous in soul, you'll be prosperous in whole."
-- Mark Victor Hansen

Focus is creation process

Your real work is to decide what you want and then to focus on it. 

For it is through focusing on what you want that you will attract it. 

That is the process of creating

Immensity

An eager young man solicited the advice of an old millionaire at the turn of the century.  

The millionaire, although a young man himself, had already become a financial tycoon.

"Tell me, is there any sure and certain way to make a million dollars?" asked the youth. 

"Yes, one," replied the old millionaire,  "All you need to do is buy a million bags of flour at a dollar a bag and then sell them for two dollars each."

The strategy of making a million dollars may be simple, but the work of making a million sales is immense!

Have a prosperous 2015!

"It ain't so much trouble to get rich as it is to tell when we have got rich."
-- Josh Billings

How do you define ‘rich’?

If you want greater wealth, what does that mean for you? 

A large annual income? If so, how large? 

A beautiful home? 

Health? 

Happiness? 

To be in service?

Get really specific about what would bring you a rich life. 

There are no right and wrong answers here. 

Don’t judge your desires. 

Just dig deep to discover what it is that you really want. 

If you want things, explore what qualities of life those things represent to you.\

Then go GET EM in 2015!

"No one can tell whether they are richer or poor by turning to their ledger. It is the heart that makes a person rich. One is rich according to what one is, not according to what one has."
-- Henry Ward Beecher

"If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed."
-- Edmund Burke