Aligning Your Life with Wealth

• Author: admin
• Filed under: Goal Setting, Mindset
• Date: Nov 16,2008

The following is a quick practical exercise shared by the great personal development writer Napolean Hill. It simple clears your thoughts, defines your goals and helps you take daily action towards achieving results.

Why Bother?

Napolean Hill states there are two ways to live your life. One is out of sync with your inner desires resulting in a life of penalties. The other way to live life is in sync with your desires - a life of riches.

Now I know I want what is in the riches column. Napolean Hill states that all you have to do to achieve riches is to consistently apply the following three steps:

1. Write down a clear description of your major desire in life. The one circumstance or position or thing that you will willing to accept as your idea of success. And, remember before you begin writing that your only limitations are those that you set up in your own mind or permit others to set up for you.

2. Write down a clear statement of precisely what you intend to give in return for that which you desire from life and then start in right where you stand now to begin giving.

3. Memorise both of your statements. What you desire and what you intend to give in return for it. And repeat them at least a dozen times daily. And always end your statements with this expression of gratitude for the blessings of what with which you were gifted at birth:
   

"Oh divine providence, I ask not for more riches but more wisdom with which to make wiser use of the riches you gave me at birth consisting of the power to control and direct my own mind to whatever ends I desire." -Napolean Hill

By completing the above steps in a spirit of humble sincerity a better world will present itself to you. A world in which you will see reflected the circumstances and the things which you yourself have created.

How Have I Been Going With It?

Goal setting is an activity I, and I am sure, you have been doing for quite some time. Progress is not made by wandering around in life, directionless and confused at what to do next. Clear objectives must be set and followed through with focused and direct action. The third step is commitment. Maintaining motivation to complete actions over an extended time frame. Take up a hobby half-heartedly and in six months it is unlikely you will still be continuing the hobby. Results will be below par with your expectations and when enthusiasm is depleted the hobby is set aside with the thought of "I'll get back to that later."

When I was 24 I set out to buy my first investment property. I searched through multiple listings, called real estate agents for further info, inspected properties, learnt property jargon, dealt with lawyers, established finance and bought my property. I had limited help and certainly no financial aide from family. Whilst living in this property I would come home from work each day, get changed into old clothing and rendered, painted, skirted every wall in this two-storey townhouse.

I had a clear set goal and it took six months to have the property good to go for a tenant to move in. This property still sits there bringing in an income stream. Many times I would have liked to just forget about renovating, have a beer and watch the television but in order to meet my goal and lease out the property by a certain time I had to work. Day in day out I worked towards my goal - to have an investment property, to fulfil my life desire - to retire through passive income, and now something to show for my work. Consistent action over time.

How Are You Going?

Please, let us know an instance where you had a desire and achieved it through consistent action over time in the forum below. Thank you.