ANOTHER CHANCE TO BEGIN TO "THINK AND GROW RICH" IN 2010: INDISCRIMINATE SPENDING

Greetings,

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. (2 Tim 1:7)

Welcome to Let's Talk where we are taking a look at the thirty-one major reasons for failure. Our text of study is "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. Today we will discuss our spending habits. As with anything, if we are extreme in our doing, the end result is not good.

Before we consider how we handle our finances, we must examine our mindset when it comes to finances. Remember, we cannot attract that which we repel. If we have a problem with people who have lots of money, we will never acquire true financial independence because subconsciously we are saying we would have a problem with having lots of money. The job of our subconscious mind is to keep us comfortable. It would never allow us to acquire lots of money because we would not be comfortable with it. So, we must check our mindset and make sure we are not repelling the very thing we say we want.

Now that we have our mindset checked, we must consider how we handle the finances we have currently. According to "Think and Grow Rich", "The spend thrift cannot succeed, mainly because he stands eternally in fear of poverty." Remember what we said about extremes? Fear will paralyze us and we will not take the steps to position ourselves to be prosperous. Those of us who operate in fear when dealing with financial affairs will not take any risk in investing. We just want to hold on to our money. If we don't invest our funds, our money will not grow.

The other end of spectrum is this. A lot of us take no thought of tomorrow and spend every dime we get our hands on. This is not a good habit. We should learn to save a predetermined percentage of our income every month. It is a good idea to invest the saving to help grow our initial contribution. Napoleon Hill says, "Without money, one must take what one is offered, and be glad to get it."

As with any thing in life, we must find balance in our endeavors. It is not healthy to live at either end of an extreme. Right in the middle will give us a healthy perspective of any issue. As we said before, we must keep an open mind so we can make an intelligent decision. Remember, we cannot attract that which we repel. So, lets examine ourselves and make sure we take advantage of another chance to begin in 2010 and have the best chance at success.

That's all for this issue of Let's Talk. Join me again tomorrow. Lack of enthusiasm will be our topic of discussion. I welcome your feedback. Please leave me any comments and/or questions and let me know what’s on your mind. If you know anyone who would benefit from this information, please share this site with them.

Until next time,

God Bless

T.J. Robinson

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