Rich People Believe “I Create My Life.” Poor People Believe “Life Happens To Me”

65. Rich people believe “I create my life.” Poor people believe “Life Happens to me.”

Let me first give credit to Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker. Also, let’s clarify that when we are talking about rich, we are not only talking about money. Rich is covering all the aspects of life, money, health, family, spirituality, etc. This is a Tool that has the potential to hurt some people if not properly understood. To understand what I mean, let’s listen to some other statements made in this book. “Rich people admire rich and successful people. Poor people resent rich and successful people.” “Rich people associate with positive, successful people. Poor people associate with negative or unsuccessful people.”

Now this is a well respected book that has sold millions of copies. Where I believe you can become injured from it is by letting these statements get you angry. Remember very early on in this book we identified that successful people do one thing and unsuccessful people do another. This is another example illustrating that people who act like hammers build their life and those who think as nails believe life happens to them.

Over and over we see examples from different authors suggesting that we ourselves hold the key for what we consider success. This Tool provides us with added insight on how to accomplish the areas that are important to us and it can be applied in multiple areas. If you believe you create your life, then you will take the necessary steps to build it. If you think life happens to you, then you will wait around to see what happens next. If you think rich people are bad people, chances are you will never be rich. If you find yourself frowning upon people in love, chances are you will struggle in your own relationships.

Your system of beliefs has been developed over time. It is this belief system that determines how your brain chooses to perceive certain situations. It is also how your brain will approach certain situations, thus leading to certain outcomes. If your outcomes are continually the same and you want to change them, then change how the brain does its outputs. That starts with changing how the computer works. And that changes by believing that you are in control of your life. Finally, affirm this new belief system by associating with positive successful people and admire that success.