Prescription #1 - The Blame Others Prescription

Poor people believe that somehow life just happens to them and there's nothing they can do about it. But rich people believe that they have the ability, and the right, to create their own lives and change their circumstances. Poor people usually blame other people for their failures. They will blame the bad economy; they will blame the government and the president; they will blame their investments or their broker; they will blame their employer, or other employees, or their business; they will blame customer service and shipping departments; they will blame email, their spouse, God and their parents and siblings. They will blame anyone and anything for their predicament. It will always, always be someone else's fault, never theirs.

Prescription #2 - The Justification Prescription

Sometimes the problem isn't one of playing the "blame card". Rather it's the tendency to rationalize or justify the problem. Often these types of people make statements like, "Money isn't important." That's because they're broke. To justify their situation, they try to make the pursuit of money or income out to be a bad motive. Or they make up excuses like, "Well, I'm having a few financial challenges right now . . .". But truth be known, they are always broke and always making excuses for their situation. Anyone who thinks that money is not important will never have any. Truth be known, money is EXTREMELY important in the areas in which money works. Conversely, money isn't important at all in areas where money plays no part. When it comes to paying your bills, having money is extremely important. Love will not pay the bills.

Prescription #3 - The Complaint Prescription

Did you know that complaining about your circumstance is the worst thing you can do? What you focus on, or what you dwell upon in your mind, is what will expand in your life. This is a proven fact of life. It's the Law of Attraction at work. Look around you. Do you see that the people you know who complain all the time are the very ones that never have anything? They are so busy telling everyone why they can't, and why it's hard, and what's stopping them, and what they're afraid of, that life gives them back exactly what they talk about: failure, hardship, road blocks, fear. Because they are full of complaints, they are attracting the very thing they wish they could get beyond.

Wealth Prescription #1 -
Play to Win

You can't enter into any new venture, whether it's a job, a career or a business, if you're playing "not to lose". Rich people always play to win. They never enter anything focused on whether it will work or not. That's because they've done their research. But it's also because they have a stanch belief in their own abilities.

Have you ever watched a basketball game (or other athletic event) and seen one team completely dominate the other team throughout the game? Have you watched the last few minutes, when the losing team starts to press, and even though the winning team had a substantial lead, the losing team was able to come back, tie the game and go on to win it?

How can that be? How can a team dominate for 30+ minutes and wind up losing in the end? It's because fear set in and they started playing to "not" lose. They became focused on losing - and they creatively set about to bring that focus into reality.

Wealth Prescription #2 -
Being Committed

Rich people live in a constant state of commitment to the goal of being rich. However, poor people just dream about becoming rich one day. I doubt if anyone would ever say they don't want to be rich. When your goal is to become rich, you will never be satisfied with "just being comfortable". You'll wind up comfortable as a by-product, but being comfortable is not the goal. Being rich is the goal.

Most people fail to get rich because their goals are weak, understated, vague - pipe dreams only. If you don't know where you're headed, if you don't have a clear picture of what you want, you'll never get what you want. And even if you did, how would you even know unless your dream was very specific in your mind? The key is to want what you want on a sub-conscious level - not merely something you vocalize with little to no emotion. So it bears repeating: If you're not totally committed to what you want, you're not likely to get it, no matter what you say or what you claim.

Wealth Prescription #3 -
Thinking Big, Not Small

Poor people concentrate on taking the smallest steps they can take - IF they take any steps at all. Poor people will not usually seek training. Poor people will not try to learn anything new. Poor people will accept the status quo on everything. Poor people will not read books, attend seminars, test strategies, investigate anything. They will drift from one day to the next, rarely lifting a finger to improve their mind, change their habits or much of anything else that rich people consider worthy of time, talent, energy and investment.

Rich people, on the other hand, look at the bigger picture. They look far into the future and see themselves mastering what is new to them today. They don't focus on any obstacles. They focus on the future, knowing that they will learn what they don't presently know, and over time they will get good at whatever they choose to do - yes, even becoming an expert at it. They believe in their ability to learn, adapt, conceive and achieve.

Rich people thrive on the idea that they can earn money in direct proportion to the value that they will create in the marketplace. They don't like the idea of accepting a ceiling on the amount of money they can earn.

To give you an example, rich people will see the "hidden opportunities" in the home staging and interior redesign market that poor people will never recognize. Just like the wealthy know how to maximize the money they already own when the stock market is volatile, they know how to maximize business opportunities. By knowing how to do this, they are able to get into a business at the absolute best time and take advantage of their timing. Poor people never think appropriately when it comes to timing. They let the economic times, whatever they may be, blow them this way and that way - giving them a double mind - and double mindedness will fail every time.

I've seen thousands and thousands of students come through my training programs. I can tell you, without exception, that the ones that go on to achieve the absolute highest monetary rewards, are the ones that jumped in with full force, purchased a course, and demonstrated instantly that their commitment and dream was deep and specific and "set in stone".

Just look at the typical college or university. The full time students are far more likely to graduate than part time students who don't have as much committed to the goal. Diamond trainees are far more likely to complete certification and go on to achieve huge success than those that started "a la carte".

When you realize that if you just did 3 home staging projects a month (each totaling $3000) and 1 interior redesign project a month (totaling $500), you'd be earning $114,000 per year. Do you think you could get 4 home owners to let you help them each month? Doesn't that sound manageable and do-able?

Wealth Prescription #4 -
Overcoming Obstacles

Poor people concentrate on the cost. They tire easily of the effort. They tell themselves that they must learn more, that they don't know enough yet. But this is just an excuse. It's called "stalling". They let their fears stop them dead in their tracks.

Rich people know they don't have all the answers yet, but they move forward anyway, knowing that the answers will come. They don't wait until they think they know enough because they know that's a death trap to success. They jump in. They get wet. They immerse themselves in the venture and the tasks at hand.

As I said before, they are committed. It never dawns on them that they don't know how to swim yet. Because they wear a life jacket at first (provided by their mentor) until they know they can swim effortlessly and tirelessly.

Rich people don't let the economics stop them. Good, bad or neutral - they believe in their dream, their ability to learn whatever is needed, and their ability to be persistent and consistent. For them, failure is not an option.

Wealth Prescription #5 -
Emulating What You See Other Rich People Doing

Lastly, poor people surround themselves with other poor people - people who can't lead themselves in a successful direction, much less someone else.

Rich people don't associate with poor people. Not because they are judgmental of them, and not because they don't like them. But they don't associate with them because poor people are usually negative and negativity is contagious.

Rich people operate on a totally different wave length. They recognize how important it is to their future to surround themselves with other successful people - mentors, if you will - people who have been proven to excel in all sorts of business ventures.

By emulating what they see other wealthy people doing, they learn how to think and act in the same manner. If you want to become wealthy, you need to find other successful people and watch them closely. Try to associate with them on a regular basis. Before you know it, you'll become one of them.