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Billionaire Bill Bartmann continues to share his two secrets to all success. The second secret after having a high self esteem is the 9 steps to achieving any goals.

You must have both high self esteem and a system to achieving goals in order to be successful. Most people focus on having goals and start planning to achieve them, but without the self esteem, they will not follow their plans. They will have doubts along the way, and the slightest obstacle is enough to stop them. That is why Bill Bartmann said he can’t stress enough the importance of a high self esteem.

Assuming you did the previous exercise and start building your self esteem, the next thing you need is a system to achieve your goals. These are the 9 steps to achieving any goals that you have.

The first step is to make sure that the goals are yours. Too many people spent their life going after goals which are not theirs. For example, they are going after their parents’ goals. Or if they are rebellious, they are going the opposite of what their parents want them to be. Either way, they are not going after what they really wanted for themselves. So whatever goals that you have, make sure your goals are what you really want. Make sure they resonate with your heart. Make sure that when you achieve them, it will strengthen who you are as a person and achieving the goals make you grow.

The second step is NOT to call it a ‘Goal’. Call it a ‘Promise’. Words carry with them meanings and associations. Different choice of words produces different emotions and different understanding. People usually miss their ‘goals’ but they don’t break a promise. So instead of calling them goals, treat them as promises to yourself. The promises you give to yourself will give you more motivation you need to achieve them.

Step three is to clearly identify your promise. Your goals have to be precise and clear. If you want more money, specify how much money you want and by when. If you want to be healthier, specify your ideal weight, how many times you want to exercise, how far can you run, or how heavy you can lift. If your want to be more successful, specify what success mean. It is far easier to hit a target if you know precisely where they are.

The first secret to success is to raise your self esteem. What if you think that you are capable of doing anything? What if you have a state of mind that you believe that you can do anything if you put your mind to? What will you do? What will your try? Who will you connect to? What opportunities will you take?

The way to build your self esteem is to put successful events in the front of your mind.

If I ask you this question: what is the most significant event you had in your childhood? In a split second, you will think of something. Whether it is a happy memory or not, the first thing that comes to your mind is what is in front of your mind.

There are so many events that happened in your childhood, but there are only a handful of events that comes first when you think about it. The human brain can only focus on a few things at the same time.

Is it possible that you had so many successes in your life, but you keep on recalling the few failures that you had? Is it possible that your confidence level and your self esteem got lower because these few failures kept on playing in your mind like a broken record?

We are going to change that!

You are going to replace what is consistently in front of your mind with successes instead if failures. You can only build on successes, you can’t build on failures. By consistently reminding yourselves of our past successes, you will value yourselves more. You will feel that you deserve the successes. You will feel that you deserve to have a better life and begin expecting it. You will feel better, more confident and believe that you can accomplish anything that you want to.

The easiest way to do that is to write down all your notable accomplishments in a sheet of paper. This doesn’t have to be big accomplishment. You don’t have to be a Nobel Prize winner or find cures for cancer. It can be when you made someone’s life better. It can be that you helped your friends or family when they are in need. It can be giving to charities or religious organizations. It can be making someone smiles. All this are your accomplishments.

Your first task is to write at least 5 notable accomplishments that you had in your life so far. Then add more when you remember them. Your second task is to carry this sheet of paper everywhere you go. Then review this sheet of notable accomplishments at least twice a day. Review once when you wake up and once before you sleep. This is guaranteed to boost your self esteem!

If you have a bad day, which all of us have, just review your list of notable accomplishment. Doing this alone will turns our day around.

This simple exercise is not to be taken lightly. It is done by billionaire Bill Bartmann. And he still does it till today.

The 2 secrets to all successes are shared by Bill Bartmann. He is one of the richest Americans and he built his wealth from scratch. He was only a high school drop but he created novel financial instruments that are still being used on Wall Street. Harvard Business School uses him as a case study. He has been included in the Forbes Magazine list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, named as “One of the Top 100 Entrepreneurs of the Last 100 Years” by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Allbusiness.com and Apple Computer. Bill has transformed his life from a failure to a success story, and has done so for countless other people. Now he spends a lot of his time traveling and speaking to share what he learnt about life and success.

He talked about the secret to success. Like most secrets in life, there is no secret or the secret is so simple and obvious that many chose not to believe them. To be successful, you need to take risks. There is no success that doesn’t require taking risk. You need to take risks in business, investment, or even in relationship. Most people are afraid to take risk because they are afraid of failure. They are afraid to fail because they are afraid of what others will think of them. They are afraid of what others will think of them because they have low self esteem.

So the first secret to success is to raise your self esteem. Think about it. If you have a high self esteem, you are not afraid of what others think of you, failure doesn’t bother you, you take more calculated risks and eventually you will be successful.

Can you think of any successful people who don’t have a high self esteem? Most people think that they will have high self esteem when they are successful. The truth is exactly the opposite. You will be successful if you have a high self esteem.

Your brain has survival instincts. It is there to protect you. Naturally, you won’t do anything that will hurt yourself. Your brain simply won’t let you do that. It is not going to do anything that is harmful to you. What if your brain tells you that failure is harmful? You will not take the risk or finish the tasks or project you started. Your brain tells you that if you don’t take risk or doesn’t finish a task or project, you are not failing. Not doing or not finishing is different from failing.

To counter that you need to build your self esteem. High self esteem is when you think you are capable of doing anything. I repeat - high self esteem is when you think you are capable of doing anything. It is a state of mind that you believe that you can do anything if you put your mind to.

Tomorrow we will talk about how to raise your self esteem.

In my last post I mentioned T Harv Eker’s “groundbreaking book “Secret of The Millionaire Mind.” Harv stands by a few Wealth principles that he follows. I have listed down some of them below for you to emulate:-

• Your income can grow only to the extent you do!
• If you want to change the fruits, you will first have to change the roots. If you want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible!
• Money is a result, wealth is a result, health is a result, illness is a result, your weight is a result. We live in a world of cause an effect.
• When the subconscious mind must choose between deeply rooted emotions and logic. Emotions will almost always win.
• If your motivation for acquiring money or success comes froma nonsupportive root such as fear, anger, or the need to “prove” yourself, your money will never bring you happiness.
• Consciousness is observing your thoughts and actions so that you can live from true choice in the present moment rather than being run by programming from the past.
• You can choose to think in ways that will support you in your happiness and success instead of ways that don’t.
• When you are complaining, you become a living, breathing “crap magnet”.

Think like rich people think, do what rich people do and you are more likely to get rich.

There is so much wisdom in what Harv says. His seminars such as the “Millionaire Mind Intensive”, “Life Directions Intensive”, Guerilla Business School, Enlightened Warrior Training Camp and his “Secret of the Millionaire Mind” book are highly recommended for everyone who has a desire to increase their financial and emotional wealth.

To your abundance,

Zainah

As I had mentioned in my earlier posts I was fortunate to be a participant at T Harv Eker’s “Milionaire Minds Intensive” seminar a few week sago. For those of you who are not familiar with Harv, he wrote the groundbreaking book Secret of The Millionaire Mind.

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get rich easily, while others seem destined for a life of financial struggle? Harv believes that each and every one of us has ingrained in his or her subconscious mind, our own personal “money and success blueprint” that will determine our financial lives. Our financial blueprint consists primarily of the conditioning or “programming” we received in the past, and especially as a young child. Parents, other members of family, friends, teachers, religious leaders, media, culture, etc.

If your money blueprint is geared for success, you will go through life attracting money and opportunities where ever you go. Even if you lose money, you will gain it back quickly like Donald Trump. If your money blueprint is ‘flawed’ due to your past conditioning, you will go through life with a lot of financial challenges. Even when you make a lot of money, somehow you will lose the money that you have one way or another and will be back to financial struggles.

“You can have all the knowledge and skills in the world, but if your
“blueprint” isn’t set for success, you’re financially doomed.”
–T. Harv Eker

At the “Millionaire Mind Intensive” Seminar you will get to the root of what determines your financial success, mediocrity or failure. Not only will you identify your money blueprint but throughout the seminar you will get a chance to reset it for natural and automatic success. These new ways of thinking and being will not only enhance your financial life, but every other area of your life as well. At this not to be missed seminar you get to learn, have fun and go to a brand new level in your life! Do not miss the golden opportunity to learn from T Harv Eker and to change your life.

Do you have a Millionaire Mind?

To your abundance,

Zainah

One reason most people never reach their financial potential is that they are poor receivers. Most people feel unworthy or undeserving. Most people have been conditioned to believe that it is better to give than receive. They have been taught from young that it is better to be in a position to give than to receive. If both have to be there for the other to exist, how could one be better that the other?

T Har Eker Harv at the Milionaire Mindset Intensive seminar taught a few wealth declarations to become a better receiver. Say these declarations out loud everyday:-

• “Universe, if anyone has something great coming to them, and they’re not willing to take it, send it to me. I am open and willing to receive all of your blessing. Thank you.”

• “I am a generous giver and an excellent receiver!”

It does not matter whether you feel worthy or not, you can still get rich either way. Whether you are worthy or not is all a made-up story. If I say I’m worthy I am. If I say I am unworthy, I’m not.

To Practice Receiving:
1. Practice nurturing yourself with your Play Account. ( Refer to our blog titled “I am a Money Magnet” posted on 3rd December 2007)
2. Practice fully receiving all the money that comes your way.

Whenever you find money, scream…
“I’m a money magnet. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”

The subconscious mind remembers best with rhythm and rhyme.
Create and write a short song or jingle that supports your financial success and happiness.

I have used the Jingle Bells tune to my song and it goes something like this:
Laughing all the way
to the bank and back I say
Money comes easily to me
and continuously
Life is such a joy
with all the wealth I have
What fun it is to laugh and sing
when you are finally free

Oh, money magnet, money magnet
I’m a money magnet
Oh, what fun it is to attract
money easily heh
Money magnet, money magnet
I’m a money magnet
Oh, what fun it is to share
my riches with everyone heh!

It is really fun! So be creative and come up with your own success jingle and have a ball with it. Sing it out loud at least 5 times a day throughout the day. With the positiveenergy you are vibrating you are will start to attract abundance in your life.

To your abundance,

Zainah

I am a huge believer in continuous learning and growing. Last weekend I attended T. Harv Eker Millionaire Mindset Intensive Seminar in Singapore. It was pretty amazing. I learned a lot about money management and my relationship with money. It was a real eye opener.

T. Harv Eker emphasized that wealthy people aren’t any smarter, they just have better money management habits. The most important part of money managing is separating your income into different accounts for specific purposes. Harv recommended that you have 6 separate accounts. He calls it the 6 money jars.
1. Financial Freedom Account (FFA)
2. Long Term Savings For Spending (LTSS)
3. Education Account (EDUC)
4. Necessities Account (NEC)
5. Play Account
6. Give Account

Once your paycheck is cleared, immediately transfer your money to the different accounts. Harv calls it the World’s Easiest & Most Effective Money Management System. The percentage of money to be distributed are as follows:

10% FFA
10% LTSS
10% EDUC
55% NEC
10% PLAY
5% GIVE
FFA
You should never, ever, ever spend your FFA capital. The idea is to create a golden goose or passive income with your FFA. Only when you stop working you get to spend the egg (but never the goose).

LTSS Account
The LTSS account is used for savings for down payment for a house, a car, education for kids, major vacation.

EDUCATION Account
The Education account is used for your own education and not for your children. It is important to continuously learning and growing. Your money can only grow as much as you grow.

“If you are not growing, you are dying”.

NECESSITY Account
Obviously the necessity account is to pay for your daily expenses including bils, mortgage or rent, car payment, food, necessary clothing etc. If you can’t live on 55% of your income, simplify your life. Everything is a choice. You don’t have to drive a new car every 3 years. You don’t have to live in a huge house and you don’t have to have the latest new gadget to hit town. Make wise choices when it comes to your money. Wealthy people think long term and poor people think short term. Practice delayed gratification instead of instant gratification. It will be well worth it when you achieve financial freedom.

PLAY Account
The objective of the Play Account is to nurture your inner child by having fun and being outrageous. It can be used for entertainment, getaways, toys. Even if you do not have much to begin with you can still have fun with a little money. For instance you can buy a bubble gum and be a kid again or you can get one of those soap bubble fun and have a blast blowing bubbles. The only rule with your Play Account is that you must spend your Play Account monthly or at least quarterly.

GIVE Account
Money from the Give account is to be given away to anyone or any organization that would benefit from your help. If you choose to give more than 5% take the extra from your NEC Account. For example if you would like to give 10%, take the extra 5% from the NEC Account and change NEC to 50%.

Your money can be kept in separate jars or separate bank and investment accounts. As soon as I came back from the seminar I got my 6 money jars and have started putting money daily in my FFA. It feels great!

Take note that “It’s not when I have plenty of money. I’ll begin to manage it.”It’s when I begin to manage it, I’ll have plenty of money.”The Universal Principle of Management says “Until you show you can handle what you’ve got, you won’t get any more.” The habit is more important than the amount. It does not matter if you start out with only a dollar.

It is important that you always pay yourself first.

Wealth Rule # 1:Pay yourself first (your FFA).

Broke people use the leftover strategy; they pay everyone first, then save or invest what’s leftover. If you follow this route it will be almost impossible to achieve financial freedom.
The law of attraction states that Like attracts like; money attracts money.
The FFA acts like a money magnet. Where attention goes, energy flows and result goes.

To accelerate the process affirm to yourself out loud daily:
“I am a money magnet. Money comes to me easily and continuously!”

You are on the way to financial freedom if you follow this easy money management system!

To your abundance,

Zainah