How Do You Become Rich: The Psychology Of Making Money

It seems like everyone is very eager to learn how to get rich. In fact, there are thousands of books written specifically about how to get rich. There are also hundreds of classes and seminars about how to get rich that are conducted regularly in different parts of the world. Yet, despite the abundance of resources available, it seems there are only a handful of success stories.

So how do you become rich if there are millions before you that were unsuccessful? You must start with the right psychology of making money.

So what is the psychology of making money all about? The psychology of making money involves our behavior and mental processes involved when we make money. It is very important that we understand how our thoughts & feelings affect our behavior.

There are numerous ways of making money, such as putting up your own business, writing books, making a website, etc. However, if you don't have the right psychology of making money, you'll wipe out your savings and lose more money than what you would actually be making.

One of the major common mistake that people make is that they think of wealth as a gratification that comes in an instant. If you want to become rich, you must act like the rich. I don't mean to go spend on fancy cars, latest gadgets or designer clothes, instead emulate how the rich people build their wealth slowly but surely with taking calculated risk, making strategic investments and saving money for the future.

We are all capable of making money, every single one of us is. However, making it grow can be very difficult for most people. So how do you become rich without robbing your bank? You need to be cautious of how you spend your money. Whenever you are extremely happy, angry, sad or any other emotion, you might want to have a policy to delay making a decision. Our actions are most vulnerable when we are in an unstable state of extreme emotion.

There are numerous of studies about how people tend to unconsciously spend more money when they feel down. This depression usually leads people to spend money for a few drinks or for an expensive vacation to some how escape. This only goes to show the effect of our emotions to how we treat money. So how do you become rich if you work long hours but burn your cash in a blink of an eye when you feel down? Let's not forget that the absence of money can also lead to depression which helps create vicious cycles of spending money, based on emotion.

Prepare yourself and have the right psychology of making money in place. Don't let opportunities slip your hands and always be ready for challenges. If you want to learn how to get rich, there are a thousand ways to do it. Don't believe anyone who tells you there's one secret way to do it because if you trace back how rich people become rich, they all have different stories to tell. As much as how to get rich is important, what is more important is for you to realize what to do with what you already have, rather than count on the money you are yet to make. It is also important that you take calculated risks and make strategic investments to become rich and always save for the future to stay rich.

Hyrum Estrada

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3 Reasons Why Making Money Is Difficult For Most People

Are you frustrated at why you are not making money the way you would like to?

It appears as if things just don't seem to work out right? Yes you work hard, but it seems as if for every 2 steps forward that you take, 3 steps backwards follows. Making money just seems impossible and it's certainly not from a lack of effort. Why?

Chances are, that there are internal blocks more powerful than you realize that are sabotaging your efforts of making money.

The mind is composed of two parts, the conscience and subconscious parts. The part of the mind that wants to make money, achieve success and all that good stuff is the conscious mind. The part that may be stopping you form achieving your desires is the subconscious mind.

As renowned American developmental biologist and author of "The Biology of Belief" Dr. Bruce Lipton explains, our lives are run by habits, not desires. Your habits are simply your programmed responses to stimuli. The responses are in the form of thought and eventually action. All this is run by your subconscious mind. Your desires, on the other hand, are things that you strongly aspire to have. You control the conscious mind so you will take action to attain these desires.

The thing is, the subconscious mind controls 95% of what you do but you are unlikely to even notice. If what you desire (Making Money) differs from what your subconscious programming wants (status quo), then its like swimming against a really, really, really strong current. You efforts will be futile.

So what are these three major blocks to making money?

1. FEAR OF MAKING MONEY

This is the big one. You might be shocked at how fearful you are of success and a lot of money, even if you want it badly! Introspect for a second. What comes with making money and achieving success? Responsibility? Attention? A shift from what you know and are used to? Being treated differently? What else? As you slowly and deliberately think about the things that money bring, how do you feel about them? Is there a touch of discomfort perhaps with one or more of these things?

Lets take responsibility for instance. You get a lot of money; you have to worry about managing it, taking care of those close to you who would not have otherwise looked to you for support (not that you don't want to help but just the thought of the added responsibility). Remember, with all this money, people are looking at you!

You will also meet new people, people out of your usual circle. You get out of your 'comfort zone'. For those looking for true love, do you fear "gold diggers" may come looking for a bounty? Do you feel like a target? Does all of this make you feel uncomfortable on the inside at some level?

The stimuli are money and success and the programmed response is fear. This is programmed from what you have seen and heard. All this is run by your subconscious mind, which has your experiences stored in its infinitely large database. After fear, the secondary response may be procrastination from taking action to generate this money, or listing of excuse after excuse as to why 'it won't work'. You may also be prone to seeing 'difficulty instead of opportunities'. The list is endless. Fear may also come in the form of fear of failure, which results in anger, frustration and desperation. Think about this. Would you buy from a relaxed confident sales man or a desperate salesman? We all know how annoying, desperate salesmen could be.

The self-saboteur in you will operate under the radar without you noticing a lot of times. With 95% of the vote, your subconscious mind runs the show.

2. FEELINGS OF LACK AND UNWORTHINESS

Feelings of inadequacy hold back too many people from too many accomplishments. When you sit around people with money and success, how do you feel? Do you feel... unworthy? Do you start thinking about what you don't have? What you haven't accomplished? Do you feel like a lesser being, a failure? Do you feel poor? Other people pick these 'vibes' and respond to them. How many times have you seen or heard of people getting promoted simply because they 'acted the part'? This is where the phrase 'Fake it till you make it' comes from. When you feel wealthy and successful, you will act wealthy and successful. Eventually, you will be wealthy successful. It is not the other way round. This is called the 'Be-Do-Have Principle'. You have to be wealthy (feel), do the things that make you wealthy (action) and eventually have wealth.

So again the stimuli are making money and achieving success, the programmed response is 'I'm not worthy'; 'I'm a failure'. The secondary response is lack of confidence, lack of enthusiasm and lack of creativity. Your actions will be a result of these self-defeating assertions and of course the eventuality is failure, no matter how much you want success.

3. ASSOCIATING 'MAKING MONEY' WITH NEGATIVITY

Here is a good test that I have also done. Look for a picture of stacks of cash. What thoughts come to mind? Bank robbery? Drug dealers? Criminal dealings? Greed? Do you have some feelings of repulsion perhaps? What do you think of rich people? Do you think they have bad attitudes? Are they snobs?

When I first did this test, I thought of a bank robbers and drug dealers in movies. This is what I have been exposed to growing up. This is what my mind has been fed. Such a lot of money was always associated with something negative. Things that come to mind may include stories you have heard about lives ruined and families torn apart after making a lot of money. What all this is saying to you is 'MONEY IS BAD!" All this is stored in your subconscious mind. Again, the stimulus is making lots of money, and the programmed response is, ruined lives, torn families, changed person etc. If its something you find undesirable, your subconscious mind will go to work to 'protect you' from it.

LET GO OF THE BLOCKS AND START MAKING MONEY

If the subconscious mind was programmed to block money, you need to reprogram it to allow you to make money.

This is how you can do that...

Affirmations - Repetitive input of negativity led to it being perceived as reality by your subconscious mind. To reverse this, you need to repeat positive affirmations to yourself about yourself and your environment until the programming changes. You can also get recorded affirmations that you can listen to daily. Even if you don't concentrate on them, they still slowly shift the subconscious programming.

Gratitude - Gratitude creates a paradigm shift. By being grateful for what you have, you take away the feeling of lack. You can't feel successful and feel lack at the same time

Surround yourself with positive people - This is self-explanatory. Negative people feed you negativity and positive people give you the right 'programming'.

Emotional Freedom Technique - I strongly recommend this. It is often called 'awake hypnosis'. It is an acupressure technique that combines affirmations and tapping of bio-energy meridians of the body to reset bioenergy and reprogram your subconscious. It's very simple. I would recommend reading on this first so you are fully aware of what it is.

Take charge of your subconscious programming, your life and start making money!!!

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