Rich people believe “You can have your cake and eat it too.” Middle-class people believe “Cake is too rich, so I’ll only have a little piece.” Poor people don’t believe they deserve cake, so they order a doughnut, focus on the hole, and wonder why they have “nothing.”
T. HARV EKERHappy people build their inner world; unhappy people blame their outer world.
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Nobody ever died of discomfort, yet living in the name of comfort has killed more ideas, more opportunities, more actions, and more growth than everything else combined. Comfort kills!
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I think big! I choose to help thousands and thousands of people!
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The biggest obstacle to wealth is fear. People are afraid to think big, but if you think small, you’ll only achieve small things.
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Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people want to be rich.
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Money is a lubricant. It lets you “slide” through life instead of having to “scrape” by.
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You can be a victim or you can be rich, but you can’t be both. Listen up! Every time, and I mean every time, you blame, justify, or complain, you are slitting your financial throat.
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Focus on what you’re grateful for in your life. If you don’t appreciate what you have, you won’t get any more… because the universe thinks it’s not important to you, and therefore you don’t need any more.
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If we’re going to strive for spiritual growth, we have to be willing to put concepts into practice in our everyday lives, in all relationships with all people. You can’t separate your “spiritual life” from your “work life.” They’re both your life! In the same vein, you can’t separate money and happiness.
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Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.
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Focus on all four of your net worth factors: increasing your income, increasing your savings, increasing your investment returns, and decreasing your cost of living by simplifying your lifestyle.
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If a hundred-foot oak tree had the mind of a human, it would only grow to be ten feet tall!
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Therefore you must grow to be a big container so you cannot only hold more wealth but also attract more wealth. The universe abhors a vacuum and if you have a very large money container, it will rush in to fill the space.
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Rich people manage their money well. Poor people mismanage their money well.
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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.
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Rich people believe ‘I create my life.’ Poor people believe ‘Life happens to me.’
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