Developing The Mindset Of Prosperity
What you think predominantly is what you will eventually become. I have come to understand that prosperity and financial freedom does not start with money, rather it actually starts with a mindset. Before the wealth can appear in your bank account, and before the prosperity will be in your hands, it must first shape your thoughts, your attitudes, your character, and even your belief. The way you think about wealth and prosperity will determine how you act, and will also determine how far you will go in life. Just to let you know; the people who have achieved prosperity are not because they earned differently, but because they thought differently.
I once listened to a friend of mine who is a life coach and a financial advisor. He once made a witty statement, he said "you should see money as a tool, not as a master, so as to make the most of it." This is why you see wealthy people investing, building, and creating value, instead of just allowing money to control their choices. A man with a prosperity mindset will not say "I cannot afford this," rather he will say "how can I afford this?" This statement has already shifted his mindset from a limitation mentality to a possibility mentality. In order to move from financial struggles into financial freedom, you have to first realign your mindset to see problems as opportunities, not as walls.
A friend once told me about his experience when he went to serve for his compulsory NYSC programme after his University. While he was going to his Place of Primary Assignment, he took along his small electric generator. When he got there, he discovered that for a few months, the village had problem with electricity. The transformer and some feeders suppling electricity to parts of the village got vandalised. So the only transformer left was being load-shedded. As such, some parts of the village will have light will others will not have, and it will be rotated. Which means that a part will only have light twice a week. A lot of people saw this as a problem, and had made several pleas to the government to look into it.
When my friend arrived, he saw the situation at hand and then decided to provide solution. He built a mini charging station in front of his house using his small generator. Each day he came back from work, he would set the generator and people would come to charge their phones and other devices for a little token. It looked small, but multiplied by the number of people coming to charge, he was making really good money. He did it like that for about 5 months until the issues were rectified. What others saw as problem was what he used as opportunity for prosperity. This shows that prosperity starts from the mindset.
A mindset of prosperity will always value growth even over comfort. You will be surprised to know that one of the major reasons why some people are stuck financially is simply because they fear change. They hold on to a particular thing because of the supposed security it offers. Like you will see someone holding on so much to their 9-5 job even when the pay is not that great, because they fear they may not do well if they start their own business. Each time you fear change, you will be stuck at a point. But when understand that growth requires risks, you will step out of your comfort zone. You cannot make a reasonable motion while seated on a spot. If you want growth, then you have to act towards it.
Another very important mindset of prosperity is to think long-term. People with a mindset of prosperity are patient. That is, they understand the concept of time. They know that you cannot plant a tree crop and harvest the fruit immediately from it. So while others are chasing after instant and immediate gratification, they will focus more on investment, growth, and development. These will eventually become their major assets to wealth tomorrow. Always know that true prosperity and true wealth are not built overnight, but they actually take time, and they are built steadily and quietly.
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