It’s All You

You are in complete control of the life you create.
You create your destiny, your success, your failure, and your level of wealth.

If you disagree, you are in the habit of giving power to your circumstances or to other people and, therefore, you play the role of a victim. To play that role, a person would:

Blame another person.
Justify what happened. (Blame the circumstances)
Experience shame. (Blame themself, but not learn from their mistake)
Complain.

In all four cases, the person does not grow. If we all “get something” from the behavior we choose, what on earth would a person get out of blaming, justifying, feeling ashamed, or complaining?

The answer is, attention.

Attention may feel good in the moment, but it is an insidious trap – one which will cause you to never attain the riches you deserve. Why? Because you must rely on other people to get attention and that means you give up your power. So you can be a victim or you can be wealthy but you can’t be both.

Growth, which comes from your ability to learn from everything that happens to you, is pivotal to your ability to attain wealth. In every circumstance you must recognize how you “got here” and take personal responsibility for your role in every, single thing that happens to you. Everything.

This is a tough mental shift if you have formed the habit of giving your power away. But let’s face it, victim thinking will only keep you where you are now. Once you embrace the fact that you are completely autonomous, you will move toward millions.

Absorbing the idea that only you have the power to create your own wealth goes far beyond positive affirmations and bolstering yourself up with motivational talks and music. It is a fundamental way of thinking. It literally strips away the blanket of excuses that keep you comfortably average. It means you step into a place that declares,

I am it. It’s all me. The cavalry isn’t coming over the mountain. Prince Charming isn’t coming to kiss me and wake me up out of a coma. My financial future, rich or poor, depends entirely on me. Only I can generate my own money.

Oh, and if you insist on relying on your spouse for your family’s income, you may do just fine, but you forfeit your right to generate millions. Which you can do. And you should do. Because you can do far more good in the world as a millionaire than you ever could “just getting by.”

Think of it like this. Someone else can’t workout for you.
Someone else can’t eat or not eat for you.
Someone else can’t sleep for you.
Someone else can’t blame, justify, feel shame, or complain for you.
And someone else can’t take personal responsibility for your level of wealth. It’s all you.

So today, right now, declare that you are in control and you generate your level of wealth. Then ask yourself the following questions to everything that happens: