By Christopher Howard
Before you ever earned a dime you were handed a blueprint for wealth. Almost everything you believe about money, and your ability, or inability, to have what you want, was formed within your environment as you grew up — parents, teachers, media, economic climate and such.
Myth-conceptions shaped the parameters of your mindset that now determines the game you play. Einstein called them "boundary conditions of thinking". I call them myth-conceptions about money because myths are stories we tell ourselves that aren´t necessarily true, but they become the model of the world that determines what you get in life.
Does that mean if your parents didn´t have billionaire strategies, you´re stuck with the belief system you ended up with? Not at all. Oprah Winfrey said of her childhood: "When I was a young girl growing up in Mississippi, I would have never known there was anything that existed other than the poverty that I grew up in if it weren´t for the books that I read."
Oprah exposed herself to far greater possibilities than she was given, and it totally transformed her future. Think about it: Billionaires are just entrepreneurs playing in a bigger sand box. They´ve developed a kind of mental agility to thinkbig and play big. You can get rid of the beliefs that are holding you back, and take on new assumptions about wealth that support your success.
Look for patterns in your experience. Does your business seem to hit a wall or plateau cyclically? Are you frustrated your bank account never seems to rise beyond a certain number? Are you not completing income-producing projects? Misconceptions about money can create these unconscious responses, negative emotions and self-sabotaging behaviours around wealth building.
Ask yourself: "What do I believe about money?" Write down everything. What messages did you receive growing up? How did your family act around money? Something inside you already knows what´s been holding you back. Get it out on the page. Here are a few common ones: "It´s selfish and greedy to make too much money"; "You have to sell your soul to make a lot of money" and "You can´t be rich and spiritual at the same time."
The fact is, plenty of billionaires are out there proving the exact opposite true. Bill Gates is out there using money for good to tackle some major social and health issues in Africa, and now Warren Buffett is backing his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the tune of several billion dollars. Oprah has a profound sense of spirituality in the work she does. Her whole impetus for her business is to uplift humanity and wake people up to their own power and responsibility.
The mind is unlimited. And the universe is a vast playing field where everything is possible. That means you are the only thing standing between you and your ultimate success. And that´s the good news because self-made glass-ceilings can be broken through in an instant.
Next, choose a new set of beliefs that motivates you toward massive action. Somebody asked me once: "What was the most important belief you have that made your success?" Hands down, it was my unwavering conviction that I am destined to be huge in my industry.
I assumed I was going to be helping people all over the world change their lives, which was my biggest dream. Can you wrap your head around the possibility that you could really live the life you´ve always wanted?
What would you do differently if you assumed, I am destined for success? I like using the word "destined" because it´s like fulfillment is inevitable. Try this: walk around for even one day with this new assumption, and see how your world expands. See what opportunities come along that you didn´t see before. Create whatever outrageous beliefs that make you feel like a billion bucks. This is your new Blueprint for Wealth.
