In the book, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T Harv Eker reveals 17 specific ways that RICH people think and act differently from POOR and MIDDLE-CLASS people. The book is a brilliant yet quick read.
Harv will share with you how he can predict your financial future by identifying what he calls your "inner blueprint" for money and success. Right now you're probably trying to figure out whether your own blueprint is set for wealth, moderate success or poverty. The answer is simple! Look at your results in the real world: your income, assets and net worth. Your results reflect your inner blueprint.
You can't build a mansion from a bungalow blueprint. In fact, the only way to become the architect of your new financial destiny is by revising your own internal blueprint and setting it for automatic success.
I am lucky to be given the access to a recording of a Teleseminar he hosted where he describes his foolproof methods for financial success. I now finally have the tools to be successful in ALL aspects of my life, especially in the financial arena!
I'm sharing this information because the seminar really worked for me and I'd like to see you benefit too...
You can learn from Harv on how to master the "inner game" of wealth in order to create outward success.
Harv seems to have a personal mission to help people realize their full potential by applying the principles he struggled to learn the hard way. These principles got him from debt to millionaire in only 2.5 years, so I figure if he can do it, so can I. If you can grasp even a few of the principles of success he outlines, you, too, can achieve financial freedom.
One of the things I learned from the seminar was that the most powerful truths are simple and indestructible; you can use them to create a foundation upon which to build your own "rich life," no matter how much or how little success you have experienced up until now. And a "rich life" is about more than just money...
You can transform your life from the inside out...
Find out how to develop your Millionaire Mind now!
During the Millionaire Mind Teleseminar, Harv will:
• Reveal the root causes of your money problems
• Demystify the destinies of the rich and poor
• Explain how (and why!) some people are programmed to fail
• Show you how to generate amazing results
• Help you expose your unconscious conditioning
• Spell out how you can reach your full financial potential
As if that isn't enough, at the end of the call you will learn how you can receive a bonus worth US$2,590!
Access the streaming audio Now!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
"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
Posted by WL at 3:26 AM
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Who The Hell Is T Harv Eker?
During T. Harv Eker’s early adult years, he lived in five different cities, including Lake Tahoe and Ft. Lauderdale. He had a variety of jobs and started more than a dozen of different businesses, however, regardless of what he did, or how hard he worked, he just couldn't achieve success. He kept wondering when he was going to “make it”.
Was Eker destined to be a struggler?
He too had been a “disaster” until he learned a vital truth: Rich people think differently to the average people. Copy the way the rich think and you will be ready to become rich yourself.
So, when T Harv Eker opened one of the first retail fitness stores in North America with $2,000 borrowing on his credit card, he swore to himself that he would not quit until he left the business as a millionaire. He grew the business to ten stores in only two and a half years. He then sold part of the company to a Fortune 500 corporation.
It was at that point that Eker began developing his theories about people's mental and emotional relationship to money. He realized that his “inner-money thermostat” was set for a specific amount of financial success, and that everyone else had a financial set point too. His most profound discovery was that this money blueprint could be changed.
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T Harv Eker’s first published book, which went to #1 on the New York Times’, USA Today’s, and Wall Street Journal’s bestseller lists the first month of publication.
Posted by WL at 4:45 AM
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
How Does The Millionaire Mind Work?
Our minds work very similar to computer hardware. Before a computer is able to perform a series of arithmetic or logical operations, it must first be programmed and installed with software files. The ability and usefulness of the highly sophisticated hardware can be severely compromised by the quality of software.
Similarly, whether we have an average or millionaire minds are highly dependent on the files that are installed in our minds. Therefore, it is important for us to ensure that our minds are installed with the wealth files. Only then, we can differentiate whether we are thinking like the average and consciously reprogrammed our minds to think like the rich.
Remember, our minds are controlled by ourselves. We can choose to think in whatever ways we like as long as we are happy.
Are you ready to transform into millionaire mind now?
The guru in this area is T Harv Eker and you can find out more from his book and teleseminar on Secrets of the Millionaire Mind.
Personally, after viewing T. Harv Eker's video seminar, I am pleasantly surprised to discover how my mind used to be installed with the very old outdated traditional file taught by our teachers that we have to work hard to be rich. I used to think that, base on individual’s capacity, there is always a limited amount of money we can earn. The more money that we are after, the more time we need to trade off with money. The more time we are trading off with money, the lesser time we will have for ourselves. The lesser time left for ourselves, the lesser time we can spend with our love one which will lead to unhappiness either with ourselves or the love one. So, to stay happy, I am not willing to trade most of my time with a lot of money.
I was very wrong in the past! Extremely wrong!
This book is very helpful to recondition my thinking tremendously. It has changed the ways I see things very differently in life especially removing all the excuses that I used to create for myself. It helps me to refocus on executing my plan to achieve my financial freedom goal.
I sincerely hope that the highlights from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind below are useful to change yours too…
Rich people think big.
Average people think small.
Rich people think “both”.
Average people think “either/or”.
Rich people associate with positive and successful people.
Average people associate with negative and unsuccessful people.
Rich people admire other rich and successful people.
Average people resent rich and successful people.
Rich people constantly learn and grow.
Average people think they already know.
Rich people are committed to being rich.
Average people want to be rich.
Rich people act in spite of fear.
Average people let fear stop them.
Rich people focus on opportunities.
Average people focus on obstacles.
Rich people focus on their net worth.
Average people focus on their working income.
Rich people are bigger than their problems.
Average people are smaller than their problems.
Rich people believe “I create my life”.
Average people believe “Life happens to me”.
Rich people play the money game to win.
Average people play the money game to not lose.
Rich people manage their money well.
Average people mismanage their money well.
Rich people have their money work for them.
Average people work hard for their money.
Rich people choose to get paid based on results.
Average people choose to get paid based on time.
Rich people are excellent receivers.
Average people are poor receivers.
Rich people are willing to promote themselves and their value.
Average people think negatively about selling and promotion.
Posted by WL at 8:20 AM
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Millionaire Mindset to Achieve Financial Freedom
The most common view is that the millionaires are the luckiest people on planet earth. They are just fortunate to born in rich families and inherit millions or billions of dollars. They are lucky enough to have met the right people at the right time and be given the opportunities, networks and secrets to achieve financial freedom. Some say that most of the rich are very smart, highly educated, born with talents or master certain unique skills.
These opinions by the average people misled and confused us. Consequently, we believe that we are not as lucky or as smart as the rich and therefore, we are the average. We got to work hard for paycheck.
“Too many people are satisfied with being Average.
Too many people think like everybody else.” ~ Dr Denis Waitley
We accept to be the average and believe that we are not as lucky and will never know or given the opportunities to know the secrets of millionaire mind.
In addition, most of the schools or even the best business schools are teaching us to study hard and get a high pay job in order to enjoy a better life. There is no lesson on developing millionaire mind or achieving financial freedom. The schools focus mostly on theories and working harder for money instead of having money working harder for us by being successful entrepreneurs or investors.
However, we can not blame our teachers because they were taught the same things by their teachers or lecturers. That’s why they are stuck in the same rat race and working as hard as everyone else.
Due to our teachers hardly know how to earn a lot of money, we have never expose to how to be rich at school. We shy away from finding ways to be millionaires or attain financial freedom but working harder and longer hour to get paychecks. That’s all what we were taught at schools.
Have you ever thought that anybody can be a millionaire. Many millionaires from poor family background or with no inheritance have proven that anyone can be rich. So, what are the secrets of millionaire mind then?
The first secret of millionaire mind is that the rich have positive self-esteem and confidence. Don’t underestimate the thought power. Positive self-image is critical to make us positive people. We become what we think. So, we have to think rich to be rich.
The rich don’t allow or accept any negative thoughts like:
“I can never be rich to achieve financial freedom unless I win a lottery”
“I never had a chance to study at the best business school. If I had, I would be millionaire now”
“I don’t have enough capital to invest and earn big bucks like the rich”
“If I were to be born in a rich family, I will be financially very successful now”
“I’m happy with what I have and I don’t need a million dollars now”
Sound familiar?
These are the examples of negative thoughts or excuses which will prevent us from making changes.
The root of success is determined by the way we think and believe. It is critical to have positive thinking and millionaire mind to attain financial freedom. Why?
Just imagine that our mind is like a garden.
If we plant good seeds in the gardens, we produce wonderful gardens. Conversely, if we don't plant good seeds, something else like weeds will grow automatically and wildly turning the gardens into bushes.
When we don’t have the right and positive thinking, our minds will be influenced by negativity easily and automatically especially by newspapers which report mostly negative news everyday like accidents, murders, disasters, etc. Hence, it is either we have the positive or negative thinking. There is no neutral or in between.
The second secret is that all millionaires take charge and responsible for their life no matter what happens. The rich set their goal with achievable action plan to make it happens. They act like NIKE: Just Do It! Couple with positive self-image which plays an important role will keep them focusing on solution and action by applying new strategies that they learn.
The third secret of the millionaire mind is the famous “I Can Do It” behavior. Having an “I Can Do It” attitude means that we stay positive to attain our goals no matter what happens. We don’t allow any excuses to stop us from pursuing our dreams. If we think we can, we can!
The average will always have a little “I Can’t” behind their mind. If the average truly believes that they are not as intelligent or as capable as the rich and therefore, they don’t deserve to be rich, they will never attain financial freedom. The “I Can’t” attitude will produce tons of excuses not to go after their dreams.
The forth secret is focusing on the ultimate destiny than problems. The main difference between the positive and negative person is that the positive person is a go-getter and doesn’t take challenges as the stoppers. This is possible when positive thought rules. Positive person will focus on how to move forward or ways to arrive at the destination. Whenever there is a road block, positive person will constantly looking for solutions and action plan to clear it. Persistence and perseverance go hand in hand to create the desire success and destiny.
In short, the way we think, whether positively or negatively, consciously or subconsciously, will determine our result because:
Thought leads to action.
Action leads to habit.
Habit leads to character.
Character leads to destiny.
Having the right thought process will produce strong feeling to succeed which will lead to action. Repeated action leads to good habit. Good habits lead to positive character. Positive character and attitude lead to phenomenal result and destiny.
Begin to take action and make our dreams become real.
Posted by WL at 4:15 PM
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
Financial Freedom? What is that?
In accordance to Wikipedia, financial freedom is defined as a well-planned lifestyle where one no longer is required to work for income to cover their expenses. Contrary to popular belief, it does not require being free of debt, as a debt payment is just another expense.
Typically, "Financial Freedom" can be attained in one of two ways (or a combination of the two):
1. Enough passive investment income to cover one's expenses.
2. A large enough "nest egg" that can be liquidated over time to cover one's expenses.
Simply said, financial freedom is one point in life when you do not work for money anymore.
A passive income stream is one where money is received usually on a regular basis, without continuing effort. This does not mean no effort at all; most passive income streams require great effort to start with. For example, rental income from property, royalty income from patent rights or writing a book, bonus income from network marketing or set up internet businesses by selling digital products like ebooks, softwares, etc whereby you can still generate income while you are sleeping.
I personally believe that financial freedom is having adequate money to survive without working while still maintaining my preferred life style. It eliminates all the unnecessary stress from work and enables us to stay healthier. It provides a comfortable life at present and in future whereby we can have worry-free early retirement. Financial freedom practically enables us to do absolutely anything we want and we have total control of what, where, when and how with minimal restriction.
Only the rich deserve to have financial freedom?
Of course, Not!
Everybody deserves financial freedom. Yes, everybody includes you, your family, relatives, friends, neighbors, etc.
If we have the mindset that “achieving financial freedom is something very hard and impossible for us”, “financial freedom is just a beautiful dream”, “money is the root of evils”, “I don’t have capital to start off like the rich”…etc, these are all excuses that we have created for ourselves.
“Achieving financial success is something very hard and impossible?”
Nothing is harder than when we realize that we don’t have enough money to retire by 65 years old.
“Financial freedom is a just beautiful dream?”
If we are going to dream any way, why not dream big since dreaming is free whether big or small.
“Money is the root of evils?”
Think about it again… Lack of or no money is the root of all evils.
“I don’t have capital to start off like the rich?”
We have to take immediate action to start small and make a difference. If not, we will be stuck with no capital forever.
The list of excuses that prevent us from financial freedom can go on and on…These are mind block that stopping us from making any move to improve our life.
To be rich or millionaires, the first thing that we need to do is not learning the best strategies on how to make or invest money but having the right mindset. Acquiring knowledge and skills about running business, marketing, investment, etc are great “tools” to be rich. We will eventually lose the tools if we do not have the right mindset which is acting like a “toolbox” to keep the tools.
If we want to get rich, we must think like the rich.
If we want to be millionaires, we must develop the millionaire mindsets.
What is the different between the average and millionaire mind then?
Stay tune for more on this...
Posted by WL at 10:52 AM
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
6 Critical Factors To Financial Freedom And Wealth Building
There are keys to wealth and financial freedom that those who have attained them understand. If you wish to build wealth and achieve financial freedom, then it’s crucial to learn these 6 key factors. Here are 6 things that the successful understand but not the poor or average...
1. They believe in themselves!
Successful people believe nothing can stop them from reaching their goals – financial and otherwise. They do what is necessary to reach those goals. That means they even do things they dislike or take on tasks that seem impossible.
You can sense their self-belief and can almost see it when they enter a room. Successful people exhibit a high level of self-confidence that is contagious. Most are optimistic and maintain a positive outlook even when life is tough. Their confidence is not easily shaken by external factors. They see opportunities in problems!
2. They learn from people who have achieved more than they have!
Successful people know that in order to grow they need to learn from those who have already realized greater success. They know that when you stop growing you are dying!
They ask questions, study and learn from others. One man that I interviewed said to me, “No one has asked me questions like this before!” I wasn’t surprised to hear that as I have heard it before.
3. They recognize the tremendous value of time!
Successful people understand time is their most important asset. They know it is a very scarce resource. They don’t spend much time watching television soap operas. They spend most of their time to find ways to best leverage on their valuable time.
Wealthy people know the power of the use of leverage to achieve maximum gains with minimum efforts. When you can leverage time, you can achieve tremendous results!
4. They understand the importance of investing in themselves!
Successful people understand that many expenses are investments. They know that by spending money to acquire an asset or skill (learning) they will realize a future return. In many cases that return will be a large multiple of their original expenditure. (A good accountant will help them to see this, too!)
Many successful people spend good amounts of money on educational and motivational resources – CD’s, seminars, books, membership websites and more. They know that it is an investment that can never diminish in value because it is an investment in themselves.
5. They implement strategic monetary decisions!
Wealthy people place a significant portion of their wealth in some type of investment that gives them a better return than a savings account. These investments might be real estate, gas and oil, stocks, bonds, or their business.
Successful people also know that not putting all your eggs in one basket is critical. There are far too many stories of people losing everything because
everything was riding on one horse that couldn’t make it to the finish line.
6. They understand the power of being generous givers!
Many wealthy people are also great givers. They have come to see the importance of giving to something beyond themselves. They know that as they give to their community, college, church and other organizations they are helping others and that, too, is a great investment!
To be sure there are tax benefits involved, in some cases tremendous tax benefits (i.e., charitable remainder unit trusts), but for most successful people it is a benefit of giving and not the primary motivating factor.
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Friday, June 13, 2008
Special Offer: Guerrilla Business Intensive at RM3,995 (No gimmick)
I am trying to help a friend and those who attended Millionaire Mind Intensive and for some reason, missed out to register for the coming Guerrilla Business Intensive.
My friend would like to sell her Guerrilla Business Intensive ticket at RM3,995 (Selling Price at RM4,995 during the event).
If you are interested to find out more from my friend, you can drop by my website and leave a message at “Contact Me”:
Details of the event: Guerrilla Business Intensive
Date: June 25th - 29th, 2008
Venue: Singapore Expo
Special Price: RM3,995 (RM1,000 discount)
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Never Complain...
Today, I read a blog posting by a friend about law of attraction. This mind me of T Harv Eker's golden rules for wealth and life is "never complain" in his book, Secret Of The Millionaire Mind. What we focus on always expands, therefore if we complain about problems, they will only grow. This is applicable to negativity especially when all the media like newspapers are full of negative news everyday for instances earthquake, accidents, robberies....etc.
Complaint is just like a giant "crap magnet". The more we complain, the more crap will be attracted to our life.
What has this got to do with wealth then?
Well, Poor and average people have a habit of blame, complaint and justification. For example, the Malaysian government just announced an increase of petrol price from RM1.92 to RM2.70 per litre effective today. I am sure this sudden increase of petrol price has added more burden to the poor and average and resulting a lot of complaints on the streets. The poor and average people's financial or life situation is always the fault of the economy, their upbringing, their parents, their spouse, their teachers, their bosses...etc.
Personally, instead of complaining about the overnight increase of petrol by 41%, I would rather gather and focus my energy on how to attract more money to counter the increase of oil price. Like attract like. The more we complain, the poorer we will be.
On the other hand, the rich always believe that their life is to be shaped according to their will. They never consider themselves victims (of course, this increase in price does not even bother or affect them). If something needs to change, they take it upon themselves to act.
We can keep a set of behaviours that keep us in mediocrity e.g. complain. However, just remember that "every time we blame, justify or complain, we are slitting our financial throat".
Adopt the rich way of experiencing the world, which is a joyful focus on opportunities and action...Not Complaints.
Posted by WL at 2:46 PM
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
How to Become Wealthy
9 Truths That Can Set You on the Path to Financial Freedom
By Joshua Kennon
#1: Change the Way You Think About Money
The general population has a love / hate relationship with wealth. They resent those who have it, but spend their entire lives attempting to get it for themselves. The reason a vast majority of people never accumulate a substantial nest egg is because they don't understand the nature of money or how it works.
Cash, like a person, is a living thing. When you wake up in the morning and go to work, you are selling a product - yourself (or more specifically, your labor). When you realize that every morning your assets wake up and have the same potential to work as you do, you unlock a powerful key in your life. Each dollar you save is like an employee. Over the course of time, the goal is to make your employees work hard, and eventually, they will make enough money to hire more workers (cash).
When you have become truly successful, you no longer have to sell your own labor, but can live off of the labor of your assets.
#2: Develop an Understanding of the Power of Small Amounts
The biggest mistake most people make is that they think they have to start with an entire Napoleon-like army. They suffer from the "not enough" mentality; namely that if they aren't making $1,000 or $5,000 investments at a time, they will never become rich. What these people don't realize is that entire armies are built one soldier at a time; so too is their financial arsenal.
A friend of mine once knew a woman who worked as a dishwasher and made her purses out of used liquid detergent bottles. This woman invested and saved everything she had despite it never being more than a few dollars at a time. Now, her portfolio is worth millions upon millions of dollars, all of which was built upon small investments. I am not suggesting you become this frugal, but the lesson is still a valuable one. Do not despise the day of small beginnings!
#3: With Each Dollar You Save, You Are Buying Yourself Freedom
When you put it in these terms, you see how spending $20 here and $40 there can make a huge difference in the long run. Since money has the ability to work in your place, the more of it you employ, the faster and larger it will grow. Along with more money comes more freedom - the freedom to stay home with your kids, the freedom to retire and travel around the world, or the freedom to quit your job. If you have any source of income, it is possible for you to start building wealth today. It may only be $5 or $10 at a time, but each of those investments is a stone in the foundation of your financial freedom.
#4: You Are Responsible for Where You Are in Your Life
Years ago, a friend told me she didn't want to invest in stocks because she "didn't want to wait ten years to be rich..." she would rather enjoy her money now. The folly with this school of thinking is that the odds are, you are going to be alive in ten years. The question is whether or not you will be better off when you arrive there. Where you are right now is the sum total of the decisions you have made in the past. Why not set the stage for your life in the future right now?
#5: Instead of Buying the Product... Buy the Stock!
Someone once asked me why they weren't wealthy. They always felt like they were putting money aside, yet never seemed to get any further ahead. The answer is simple. I told them to stop buying the products companies sell and start buying the company itself! A survey of America's affluent (those who make over $225,000 a year or own $3,000,000 in assets) revealed that 27-30% of all the income the wealthy earned went into investments and savings. That isn't a result of being rich, that is why they are rich. When the pain of getting out of the bondage of financial slavery is greater than the pain of changing your spending habits, you will become rich. Either change, or be content to live as you are.
#6: Study and Admire Success and Those Who Have Achieved It... Then Emulate It
A very wise investor once said to pick the traits you admire and dislike the most about your heroes, then do everything in your power to develop the traits you like and reject the ones you don't. Mold yourself into who you want to become. You'll find that by investing in yourself first, money will begin to flow into your life. Success and wealth beget success and wealth. You have to purchase your way into that cycle, and you do so by building your army one soldier at a time and putting your money to work for you.
#7: Realize that More Money is Not the Answer
More money is not going to solve your problem. Money is a magnifying glass; it will accelerate and bring to light your true habits.
If you are not capable of handling a job paying $18,000 a year, the worst possible thing that could happen to you is for you to earn six figures. It would destroy you. I have met too many people earning $100,000 a year who are living from paycheck to paycheck and don't understand why it is happening. The problem isn't the size of their checkbook, it is the way in which they were taught to use money.
#8: Unless Your Parents Were Wealthy, Don't Do What They Did
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. If your parents were not living the life you want to live then don't do what they did! You must break away from the mentality of past generations if you want to have a different lifestyle than they had.
To achieve the financial freedom and success that your family may or may not have had, you have to do two things. First, make a firm commitment to get out of debt. To find out which debts should be paid off before you invest and those that are acceptable, read Pay Off Your Debt or Invest?. Second, make saving and investing the highest financial priority in your life; one technique is to pay yourself first.
Purchasing equity is vital to your financial success as an individual whether you are in need of cash income or desire long-term appreciation in stock value. Nowhere else can your money do as much for you as when you use it to invest in a business that has wonderful long-term prospects.
#9: Don't Worry
The miracle of life is that it doesn't matter so much where you are, it matters where you are going. Once you have made the choice to take control back of your life by building up your net worth, don't give a second thought to the "what ifs". Every moment that goes by, you are growing closer and closer to your ultimate goal - control and freedom.
Every dollar that passes through your hands is a seed to your financial future. Rest assured, if you are diligent and responsible, financial prosperity is an inevitability. The day will come when you make your last payment on your car, your house, or whatever else it is you owe. Until then, enjoy the process.
Posted by WL at 7:19 PM
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Millionaire Mind
A message by Dr Clemen Chiang that I believe it is meaningful to share with my friends here:
TAKE POSSESSION OF YOUR OWN MILLIONAIRE MIND AND YOU MAY SOON MAKE LIFE PAY OFF ON YOUR TERMS.
Your mind is unquestionably your most valuable possession.
You may lose every material thing you own, but knowledge can never be taken from you. With it, you can earn a new fortune, build a new home, and buy anything you truly desire.
No one else can control your thoughts; even the cruelest tyrant cannot force you to think about something you refuse to accept.
When you make a deliberate decision to take control of your mind and feed it positive, constructive thoughts, you are on your way to taking control of your life. The thoughts you allow to dominate your mind will determine what you will get from life.
Posted by WL at 5:00 PM
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
If you are not learning and growing everyday, you are dying!
If you are not learning and growing everyday, you are dying!
What have you been learning lately?
When was the last time you read a book?
Are you a wide reader?
In a gathering, you can tell who the wide readers are. Wide readers think and speak well. They win the admiration, respect, and good opinion of others.
Reading expands the mind. In fact, many people consider it as one of the satisfying pleasures of humans, for it involves physical as well as mental activities.
Reading is primarily a mental activity. After all, you read with your mind and use your imagination to paint the setting of the detective thriller you are reading. You use you mind to imagine the pain that the main character experiences as the story unfolds. You bring into play the different arguments and ideas brought up by the author in that self-help book you are holding.
To read effectively, reading helps you develop a wide vocabulary through extensive reading. A skillful reader has a wide recognition vocabulary. He may not know exactly what every word means, but he will have a good general idea of the meaning of the sentence.
Reading makes you alert and curious about new words. Other readers develop the dictionary habit. Every time they come across a strange word, they try to figure out what it can possibly mean by the context. If they cannot do this, they refer to the dictionary.
Likewise, reading develops intellectual curiosity by exposing you to a variety of materials. You learn to read by reading books of increasing difficulty and variety. As in other forms of activity, you learn by actually doing.
Reading trains you to have an active and open mind. Merely grasping the writer’s idea is not enough. You must make a positive response to what you read. Be an active, not a passive, reader. Develop the habit of drawing your own conclusions, the habit of active thinking, of agreeing or disagreeing with the author. Keep your mind open; understand and weigh the ideas that you read. A practical part of active reading is the drawing of conclusions.
Allow me to share four basic rules for effective reading::
1. Try to read more and more. Remember the saying that practice makes perfect. Practicing in the correct way makes perfect.
2. Develop the habit of reading for main ideas. Look for the subject and predicate. Do not waste time on details or little words.
3. Learn to read with focus and concentration. Think of what you are reading. Do not let your attention wander somewhere else. Good readers read with understanding.
4. Learn to budget your time. Experiment with your reading time. Try purposely to read faster. Give yourself a time limit on specific material that you read.
However, what if you are a slower reader like me? The progress of reading is just seem slow no matter how hard you try. Disappointed at the slow progress at time and thinking of giving up?
What if there is a tool for you to learn through visual and audio media? It allows you to grab the gist and learn the most in the shortest period by watching video seminars of the experts at the comfort of your house, or when you are having coffee at Starbucks as long as there is an internet access.
That is just perfect, isn't it?
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- Jay Abraham - the world's #1 marketing guru
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Posted by WL at 12:23 AM
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
What do you know about financial freedom?
After attended the 3 days Millionaire Mind Intensive by T Harv Eker, the biggest seminar with 5,000++ audience that I have ever been, I realize that more and more people are beginning to uncover the world is wealthy.
The power of today’s system especially with internet allows people to find ways to achieve financial freedom without the critical essence of hard work. With smart work, there is a different sense and approach to life.
However, sad to say that the current education system is still left behind with the classical teaching. Most of the things that we learn in schools, colleges or universities are refining us to work hard and harder for money. With the number of new degrees and graduates coming out, most of them still have the 20th century mindset that resulting them stuck in the typical rat race treadmill. Typically, their objective is to study hard, get a good and hottest degree in order to get a well pay job. Work hard to climb the corporate ladders in order to earn more money!
We are not learning what could have been general information for financial success. The traditional view forces most people to follow a structure and system where the rich control the world and the poor pay the bills. Being financially literate means knowing the different pitfalls and mistakes of the traditional mindset.
Personally, the 3 days millionaire mind intensive seminar is a paradigm shift. It changes the way people think. We have to have the right inner thinking in order ot be rich or financially free. For instances, think and model the rich will empower us with the value and the right attitude towards money. With that, we can find reasons why the average or poor are not successful and find ways to avoid these reasons.
As a philosophy, we can approach different aspects of our lives and see things differently. The change in perspective will allow us to be more effective and influential individuals because of our personal success.
Financial success is not governed by our talents, skills or luck. A positive mindset is the mind of people willing to change and act. Having the right mindset will allow us to find opportunities in risks and courage in hesitations.
Posted by WL at 2:21 PM
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
3 Days Millionaire Mind Intensive by T Harv Eker
I am back from the 3 days Millionaire Intensive in Singapore by T Harv Eker.
Personally, I feel that it was a great 3 days seminar to find out my money blueprint and why I react in certain ways when come to money. There is a rootcause behind this and it is something to do with our past experience especially from our childhood experience. Other than finding out how our blueprint is formed, the seminar also share some ways to change your blueprint in order to be rich and happy or rich and healthy....etc.
I found my blueprint and am committed to act and change it.
Also, Harv shares his money management system to the audience on how to manage your financial in order to attain financial freedom. It is very logical and make lots a sense to me. I am going to start practising it...
Hence, I would highly recommend this seminar to those who missed it or never heard about this seminar before. I would say this is a great starting point to find out what is happening in your life and how could you change and make it better. If you are not sure whether you are doing well, so-so or badly. Just look at your result, your achievement, your current networth or even your bank account. That is the undefeatable fact or outcome of your financial result.
Also, I bought Harv's best selling book, Secret of the Millionaire Mind, during the seminar. The book come with 2 complimentary tickets to the same 3 days Millionaire Mind Intensive seminar at Malaysia or Singapore in year 2008.
For those who missed it, you can use this link (http://www.srpl.net/mmi08) to register and obtain the complimentary ticket but you need to pay for the course materials of S$79.
Just in case you are wondering whether you need the course materials...The course materials include 2 workbooks (1 to complete during the 3 days seminar and another one is a 90 days program to exercise and practise what you have learned after the 3 days seminar. This is helpful to reinforce what you have learned and ensure we make it a habit to practise and change our blueprint completely) and a box of CDs & DvDs that I have yet to listen or view them.
I benefit from this seminar and just want to share and hope this seminar benefits you too...
p/s: just in case you are wondering whether I am selling a product via the provided link. The provided link is NOT an affiliate link and thus, I don't make any money out of it. I sincerely wish that the seminar will benefit and change your life.
Posted by WL at 1:06 PM
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Thursday, November 22, 2007
Millionaire Mind Intensive Seminar by T Harv Eker at Singapore this weekend
T Harv Eker will be in Singapore this week. I will be away and attending his famous Millionaire Mind Intensive seminar at Expo, Singapore from Nov 23-25, 2007.
Who is T Harv Eker? T Harv Eker is the bestselling author of Secret of The Millionaire Mind. You can find out more about him through his book or teleseminar on Secrets of the Millionaire Mind. 
In the book, Harv reveals 17 specific ways that RICH people think and act differently from POOR and MIDDLE-CLASS people. The book is a brilliant yet quick read.
Harv will share with you how he can predict your financial future by identifying what he calls your "inner blueprint" for money and success. Right now you're probably trying to figure out whether your own blueprint is set for wealth, moderate success or poverty. The answer is simple! Look at your results in the real world: your income, assets and net worth. Your results reflect your inner blueprint.
You can't build a mansion from a bungalow blueprint. In fact, the only way to become the architect of your new financial destiny is by revising your own internal blueprint and setting it for automatic success.
Our minds work very similar to computer hardware. Before a computer is able to perform a series of arithmetic or logical operations, it must first be programmed and installed with software files. The ability and usefulness of the highly sophisticated hardware can be severely compromised by the quality of software.
Similarly, whether we have an average or millionaire minds are highly dependent on the files that are installed in our minds. Therefore, it is important for us to ensure that our minds are installed with the wealth files. Only then, we can differentiate whether we are thinking like the average and consciously reprogrammed our minds to think like the rich.
Remember, our minds are controlled by ourselves. We can choose to think in whatever ways we like as long as we are happy.
Personally, after reading Harv's book and viewing the video seminar, I am pleasantly surprised to discover how my mind used to be installed with the very old outdated traditional file taught by our teachers that we have to work hard to be rich. I used to think that, base on individual’s capacity, there is always a limited amount of money we can earn. The more money that we are after, the more time we need to trade off with money. The more time we are trading off with money, the lesser time we will have for ourselves. The lesser time left for ourselves, the lesser time we can spend with our love one which will lead to unhappiness either with ourselves or the love one. So, to stay happy, I am not willing to trade most of my time with a lot of money
I was very wrong in the past! I have an extremely wrong blueprint!
This book is very helpful to recondition my thinking tremendously. It has changed the ways I see things very differently in life especially removing all the excuses that I used to create for myself. It helps me to refocus on executing my plan to achieve my financial freedom goal.
I'm sharing this information because the seminar really worked for me and I'd like to see you benefit. Hope it helps you too...
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Posted by WL at 12:51 AM
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