Rags to Riches Billionaires

Hello my dear friends,
Hope you've had some good days this week and taken the first step towards a rich and fulfilling life. What are all your dreams? Did you list them down, create a plan and start? Let's look at some rags to riches billionaires who started from scratch and made it bigger than their wildest dreams.

Steve Jobs entrepreneur, co- founder and CEO of Apple inc was an orphan and dropped out of college because his parents could not afford to pay the fees. He returned coke bottles for food money and dropped in on calligraphy classes which would later greatly influence his design and invention of the Macintosh computer. Forbes estimated his net worth at $8.3 billion in 2010 one year before he died.

Howard Schultz CEO of Starbucks coffee house is worth $1.5 billion and came from a very poor family. To escape the hardship of poverty  he threw himself into sports and he excelled in it. As a result  he was awarded a scholarship with which he went to university. He worked in Starbucks as director of marketing and later bought it up.

Li Ka -Shing of Hong Kong, born in China, lost his father at the age of 15 and had to leave school to shoulder the financial responsibility of his family at a tender age. He worked long hours at a plastic factory and borrowed money to manufacture plastic flowers. Today he has a conglomerate which deals in supermarkets, property and cell phones. He has a net worth of $23 billion.

All of the above billionaires started small but had big dreams. They came up the hard way. Despite their struggles they never gave up but continued to do their best. You can too! Don't let the small stuff get you down. You are far greater than all the petty problems that surround you. Good luck!

Wealthy Self Talk is what you need

Hello my dear friends,  
I hope you enjoyed reading my post about how your brain can determine your wealth and how rich you become. Did you have a go at  listing down your goals? Have you made a list of goals for this year, the next five years and ten years? Next did you make an action plan for the next 6 months. If you have congratulations! It's really a great start and you should be proud of yourself.

The next step is to start. If you have a goal regarding your health and your action plan is to go for walks then have you planned when to start? Start today if you can. Was one of your goals to spend more time with your family? Have you fixed a time and activity for today or this week? 

One of your goals must definitely be about financial freedom. How much money did you set down for yourself in ten years? When a part of your brain said five million-$5,000,000 did a part of you say "That's a ridiculously huge amount. It's impossible." Did you feel a fear when you thought about some new business idea or new job that could make that dream come true? When you thought of losing weight by starting a gym routine did you feel a lack of self confidence and say to your self, "I  am shy. I can't afford to pay. I don't have the time."   These comments that countered your new resolutions are your negative self talk and you need to dispel them. How? By positive self talk and a new determination.

"Disputing your self talk means challenging the negative or unhelpful aspects. Doing this enables you to feel better and to respond to situations in a more helpful way. Learning to dispute negative thoughts might take time and practice but is worth the effort. Once you start looking at it, you'll probably be surprised by how much of your thinking is inaccurate, exaggerated, or focused on the negatives of the situation." - 

Ben Martin at http://psychcentral.com/lib/2010/challenging-negative-self-talk/

Be positive, feel excited, most important of all TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIME and get the ball rolling. Before you know it you will be in the process of nearing your goal at a speed much faster than you expected. 

Go for it! All the best,

Wealthy Blue Print and the Reticular Activating System

Hello my dear friends,

Any good news today? I hope your day's been a happy one with good food, kind people and comfort of home. If you felt disappointed today then I hope you had someone to listen to your troubles and something good to console you. Most of all remember you are a magnificent beautiful being. You can achieve anything if you put your mind to it. Don't give up. Persist. Persevere. 

If you want to be wealthy you must write down your goals and design your own  blue print. In other words list down in detail what you want and create an action plan that will materialise your goals. By doing this you are reprogramming your brain to make your dreams come true. When you decide to buy a new car and you decide which model you want you will start to notice the exact same model on the road when you are driving. If your dream car is a  white BMW you will start seeing white BMWs everywhere!  

The Reticular formation is a complex network of nerve fibres in the brainstem and is responsible for arousal,  attention, regulates awareness and sleep among other functions. The Reticular Activating System or RAS acts as a filter and screens out disturbing stimuli that obscures your focus.

Writing down what you want is crucial because it helps your brain focus on the important things and filter out  the distractions. The next step is to consistently read your list of goals and action plan. Do it daily. You can rewrite or revise as you go along. Just by doing that you will take the first step and your subconscious mind will find a way to make your dreams come true. 

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Enjoy and wishing you lots of luck,

Wealth of each new day - Enrich every moment and day

Hello my dear friends,

How was your day today? I hope it was good. Did your plans work out? Did you have some good laughs, some loving moments with family and friends, a productive day? Did you say a few kind or encouraging words to someone? Were you able to share some food with another? Did you count your blessings and thank God for His protection and guidance?

Remember each day is brand new if we make it so. Each day we have the chance to correct the mistakes of yesterday, to strengthen and heal ourselves, to make new plans, to dream new dreams , to love more, forgive more, to take more action. Each day is a gift from God. Make each day your best and add it to your treasure chest of riches. Don't waste it.

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning. - J.B.Priestley 

It's never too late to do what you only dream of doing. You can be 20 or 50 or 80 but it's never too late to learn something new like playing the piano or learning to salsa and waltz. It's never too late to go on a holiday you have only been dreaming of, or buying a property or saving and investing, or starting a business. It's never too late to fall in love or make new friends. It's never too late to give yourself or someone else another chance. It's all in your mind. You can start right now. What are you waiting for?  

Wishing you a beautiful today and beautiful tomorrows,

       

Plan to Be Rich

Hello everyone how’s your day been so far? I hope it’s been a happy one. They say money is the root of all evil and they also say money makes the world go round. I feel money is a divine blessing and one should be thankful for all material comforts which come from the loving universe.

If you want to have a rich and comfortable life you must be clear about what you want. If you have a hazy view about your life goals then your action plan is also going to be a blurred one.

You desire to see a blockbuster movie with your children or girlfriend but you are very busy and keep putting it off. It’s there somewhere in the back of your mind. A week or two go by and you have missed the movie. Then you decide to watch it on DVD but again you are too busy and the movie is forgotten. 

Many of us have nice, wonderful ideas in the back of our minds but something keeps us from putting it into action. Sometimes it’s the fear of success, fear of not having enough money, fear no one’s going to like your idea, fear of increased responsibility. So the want or desire is not as strong as the fear. The fear is stronger than the desire and we keep feeding the fear. A ship that is anchored in the harbour is safe, but it is not going anywhere. We like being in our comfort zone. Something new or even the idea of it makes us uncomfortable.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour.

Get out of your comfort zone. Make your desire for a rich life stronger than your fears. Think clearly about your plans and goals. What do you really want for yourself, your family, friends and community? List them out. Have an action plan. BE PROACTIVE AND EXECUTE IT. Good luck and hope you have many wonderful ideas and an effective action plan.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me....going to bed at night saying we'v done something wonderful....that's what matters to me.

                                                                                                                                         -Steve Jobs

Much Love,  

    

Time is Money

Hello my dear friends,

Hope you are feeling optimistic about your finances and having a fantastic week. Today I want to talk about a very important treasure we have and that is time. You’ve probably heard many productive people say that Time is Money and I definitely agree. What do you think?

From the day we arrive on earth until we leave we have the golden opportunity to love, laugh, enjoy, experience, create, console, inspire, achieve and if you ask me I would say that time is the most valuable resource of all. Time is a very precious commodity because it cannot be manufactured, created or replaced. Time lost is life lost. Time wasted is life wasted. So it is really important to make each day count.

  Don't count every hour in the day, make every hour in the day count.

Do you realise that each day that God gives you is a brand new gift?  Leave behind yesterday’s tears, frustrations, anger, disappointments, heartache and sorrow. Begin today with a fresh start, a new resolve, a great determination that you can achieve anything you want. Use your time fruitfully and wisely. Fill each moment with goodness and create wealth – wealth of happiness, new plans, hard work and renewed energy. Three things are important for success – hard work, time management and planning. There’s a saying which goes “If you fail to plan you plan to fail.”  Here’s what you can do:

 Time Management:

1.  Make the most of your active and best hours.
2.  Watch less TV.
3.  Talk less over the phone. Don’t chat for hours with friends or colleagues and waste  your time during your productive hours.
4. Spend less time online unless it’s part of your job and it’s making money for you. 
5. Get enough sleep so that your productive hours are power packed.
6. Use the time you are driving or queuing up productively by listening to motivational CDs, repeat affirmations of wealth/peace/courage mantras.
7. Read instead of playing computer games, chatting excessively or idling.
8. Exercise instead of watching television. Spend at least 30 minutes of your TV time strengthening your body. Do some weights, yoga, pilates, cycling or take a walk outside!
9. Use some time to relax in between your busy day by listening to soothing music or    take a short nap.  Relax by watching a funny, creative or inspiring programme but for just 20 – 30 minutes. Don’t watch something violent and depressing because you will end up feeling dissatisfied, wanting more and wasting more time.
10. Make time for your family and friends each day because that will make you happy and more productive.

Planning

1. Plan your day. Make a To Do list and tick off each item as you complete it. Keep a note book with you at all times especially for your planning.
2. Plan your week.
3. Have priorities and attend to the important things you have been putting off for too long such as your good health, your finances, your family and your inner strength.
4. Plan to build a strong body and mind. You need both to create money and happiness.
5. Plan your finances both short term and long term,  a one year plan and a five to ten year plan.

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Women of Character

Dear Friends,

I do hope you enjoyed reading my last post about the wealth of character and one person who has a lot of character is J.K.Rowling. Don’t you think so? I truly admire her for her incredible imagination, writing skills, knowledge of Latin and rags to riches journey to incredible wealth and fame. She has inspired the world to believe in the triumph of good over evil, and the hidden greatness within all of us. She wrote her first book while a single mother on welfare with a manual typewriter. She creatively used her own sorrow and struggles in life to make money, gladden the hearts of children and adults alike taking them on a fantastic journey lasting decades. Her books have been an unbelievable money spinner through movies, magazines and merchandise. According to the UK Rich list she is the world's richest author and her net worth is $1 billion. She is the only career author to have been on the Forbes Billionaire list. But as Michael d'Estries put it "Author of the Harry Potter series is no longer in the billionaire club - thanks to being an incredible person." She has donated around $160 million to those in poverty, children welfare, multiple sclerosis and illiteracy. 

"You have a moral responsibility when you have been given far more than you need to do wise things with it and to give intelligently."

Another lady to inspire you is Louann Lofton the author of the investment guide ‘Warren Buffet invests like a girl and why you should too’. Having lost her father at the tender age of 14 she was forced to manage her own finances intelligently. She has followed the Buffet style of investing by being “greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy”. Her greatest opportunity came during the 2008 crash in the market. She says “I had to keep reminding myself that awful times in the market are, seen correctly, great opportunities to pick up shares of excellent companies at ridiculously discounted prices…I bought more shares of Apple Computer at US$139.88, and it’s trading around US$520 today, giving me  a 270% gain. I also bought more shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill at US$57.18, which is now trading at around US$296 a share giving me a return of about 395%,”.  

So what are you waiting for?
1. Write that book you'v had in your mind for so long 
2. Start saving for a long deserved holiday
3. Read about how to invest wisely 
4. Invest in some good stocks  

and last but not least build up your character to be someone of integrity.

 "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve" - Napoleon Hill in Think and Grow Rich

With much love,