It's not just bank account balances
that separate the rich from the middle class. The wealthiest, most
successful people tend to think differently.
"Getting rich
begins with the way you think and what you believe about making money
Here are six mental tricks that people
use to get ahead.
They tell themselves
there's no shortage of money, even when they don't have enough.
Rich people aren't afraid to fund
their future from other people's pockets.
If they come up with a great idea they're unable to finance, they "proceed
to use other people's money to make it happen," Siebold writes.
"Rich people know not being solvent enough to personally
afford something is not relevant. The real
question is, 'Is this worth buying, investing in, or pursuing?' If so, the
wealthy know money is always available because rich people are always looking
for great investments and superior performers to make those investments
profitable.
They set their
expectations unreasonably high.
While the middle class sets their
financial expectations low so they're never disappointed, the rich set their
expectations exceptionally high — they're up for any challenge,
Siebold says.
"No one would ever strike it rich and live their dreams
without huge expectations," he writes. "Ancient wisdom says you get
what you expect, yet many people decide to limit their lives to middle-class
mediocrity in an effort to protect themselves from failure."
Once they set
ambitious goals, they immediately start looking for ways to tackle them:
"Champions don't wait for things to happen, they make things happen."
They think of making money
as a game.
Rich people think of business, life, and earning as a game — and
"it's a game they love to win," writes Siebold.
"This is the reason
millionaires still go to work every day chasing their next success. Money to
these people is no more than a gauge that tells them when they have achieved
their latest target."
Plus, the excitement of
"playing the game" pushes them to continually raise their level of
expectation, Siebold explains. "The more excited they get,
the harder they work and the more they succeed."
They personify money and
see it as a friend.
Rich people consider money "one of their greatest allies
and friends," writes Siebold.
"It
is a friend that has the power to end sleepless nights of worry, physical pain,
and can even save their life."
While wealthy people believe money can solve problems and purchase
peace of mind, the middle class "sees money as a never-ending necessary evil
that must be endured as part of life," he says.
They block out fear.
"The great ones are operating at
a level of consciousness where fear doesn't exist," Siebold explains.
"At this level of thought, anything seems possible. Every dream that seems
crazy to the masses looks surprisingly doable."
To operate at this level,
you have to be willing to leave your comfort zone, which is exactly what the
richest people do, Siebold says. "World class thinkers learn early on that
becoming a millionaire isn't easy and the need for comfort can be devastating.
They learn to be comfortable while operating in a state of ongoing uncertainty."
They tell themselves that
getting rich is natural.
The rich believe that "success, fulfillment and happiness
are the natural order of existence," Siebold writes. "This single
belief drives the great ones to behave in ways that virtually guarantee their
success."
On the
flip side, the middle class struggles because they expect to,
the self-made millionaire explains. "The masses think they aren't worthy
of great wealth. Who am I, they ask themselves, to become a millionaire?"
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