Courtesy of the Get Rich Slowly blog and the book, “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind”…

1. Rich people believe: “I create my life.” Poor people believe: “Life happens to me.”
2. Rich people play the money game to win. Poor people play the money game to not lose.
3. Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people want to be rich.
4. Rich people think big. Poor people think small.
5. Rich people focus on opportunities. Poor people focus on obstacles.
6. Rich people admire other rich and successful people. Poor people resent rich and successful people.
7. Rich people associate with positive, successful people. Poor people associate with negative or unsuccessful people.
8. Rich people are willing to promote themselves and their value. Poor people think negatively about selling and promotion.
9. Rich people are bigger than their problems. Poor people are smaller than their problems.
10. Rich people are excellent receivers. Poor people are poor receivers.
11. Rich people choose to get paid based on results. Poor people choose to get paid based on time.
12. Rich people think “both”. Poor people think “either/or”.
13. Rich people focus on their net worth. Poor people focus on their working income.
14. Rich people manage their money well. Poor people mismanage their money well.
15. Rich people have their money work hard for them. Poor people work hard for their money.
16. Rich people act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear stop them.
17. Rich people constantly learn and grow. Poor people think they already know.

Next lesson to learn: being wealthy isn’t a dirty thing, being wealthy isn’t a dirty thing…

So, what have you cooked up lately? I’ve been pretty damned productive (hee!) and driven, and I owe a lot of it to my patented Super Intention-Manifestation Master List.

You scoff! I’m telling you, though, as someone who is about as focused as a dried-out contact lense after a night of hard clubbing, that this technique put some real gas behind my requests.

So, what I did was this:

1. Started a word processing document. I titled it “What I’m Doing Now”.
2. At the top, type, “What I’m doing right now, with Spirit’s help and blessing:”
3. Follow that with a bulleted list of ALL of you intentions. Well, actually, try to keep it to one page. Mine is about 25 things.
4. The most important thing: write it in the present, because it’s already happening. Put that first and foremost. Make it a language all your own- call it, “Presentish” or something. Give me credit for it. For example: “Isiskali.com gets 2000 hits a day.” That was my one from three days ago. Well, between this and the other blog, that’s happened. It was in the making then, mostly because I did the work, wrote the words, and things fell together. That’s synchronicity, and that’s truly awesome.
5. At the very end, write in big, BIG letters: “I’m valuable, working for the benefit of all, and am happy and grateful. It’s already done.” Make it red, or some other catchy color. Remember, you still want everything on one page.
6. Print out two copies. Place one where you spend most of your day, and one near your bed.
7. First thing in the morning, at some point, read it out loud. I don’t care if you have to do it when you’re taking your AM whizz. Just do it, sell it to the universe, and sell it to yourself.
8. Read over it during the day as you go.
9. Check off things as they happen, and change them up. Try to keep your new intention in line with your old one. For instance, the number of hits I now want is 5000, not 2000.
10. Focus yourself, put action out there, and wait for things to fall into place.

It really is very simple. It pulls things into focus, reminds you of what you’re working towards, and gives you a nicely ordered list of goals. I love it. It makes me happy, and I’m seeing so much positive change! When you’re repeatedly drilling possibility into your head and reminding yourself that yes, this is what you’re living and breathing for, then you can’t help but act and do in a way that will make those things happen.

This, too, will make you see that what you have going for you is worth living for. See, you wouldn’t be able to write those things if you didn’t believe, on some level, that it’s possible. So, yeah, things can feel good if you’re down.

Let me know what you’re doing with this, and get back to me, y’all.

In the course of my personal development journey on the Net, I’ve read many blogs and websites by other PD writers. They kinda, well, piss me off sometimes. A lot. With great force. Don’t get me wrong- I respect people’s viewpoints, and many times their advice is excellent. However, what they end up missing is the human factor. Many times, these gurus lack simple compassion and empathy.

On the Steve Pavlina boards, there are many PD writers, life coaches, and other professionals that post. It’s excellent; I highly recommend that you take a look at what’s going on over there. Many times, their thoughts and advice are on-point, thought-provoking, and honest.

A recent incident, however, made me stop and wonder where things went wrong.

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