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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Freedom or Security?

Most of us are indoctrinated with the idea to go for security. To go to school and get a save and secure job. This however is not freedom, neither a lot of security. Most security is offered by a prison where most of your days will be exactly the same for possible a long time. Freedom does not come by winning the lottery and having millions on your bank account. Freedom comes by knowing how to generate income in such a way that you do not have to work for it, in combination with a millionair mind. Freedom is to work for yourself on creating these streams of income, enjoying the path towards your own goals, constantly learning and having a great feeling of achievement. The most interesting part is where you work on the powers of your mind. How big are the goals your set for yourself? How seriously do you deal with them? Do you write them down? Do you create a plan towards achieving them? Do you monitor your progress? Do you prioritize them and other things?

Goalsetting is key at the beginning of your journey towards financial independence...!

(Financial)Security does not comes with the millions (remember the carbage guy?) it comes with knowledge how to realize them, and applied action!

Saturday, June 19, 2010

A little note

G'day,

I forgot to mention something. If you would like to comment on one of my blogs.. please press on the title of the blog you want to comment on. Next, you are able to post a comment at the bottom the blog.

Ps. Earlier I mentioned the option of building a business with your money. However, it should not be neccesary to own a lot of money before you can start building... your mind has to be ready, and you have to take action!

Pps. It is also great to have, besides your "imagination and goals powerpoint" an inspirational background. Just google for something that inspires you, a nice photo with a quote for instance.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Imagination & Goals PowerPoint

hi,

One day I was watching the programme "Sectret Millionaire"... ever heard of it?

It gives me new insights and ideas...

One of them was: create a powerful powerpoint presentation for yourself,.. in which you place pictures of the things you want to accomplish... pictures of how you would like to see yourself.. inspirational quote's whatever works for you...

I immediately started to create one... in total it now entails about 16 slides and has a logical structure.. I really like it and have a look at it weekly.. at first daily..

How does it work? By putting your mind on it, visualizing and imagining yourself differently,.. you and the universe start to act upon realizing it. Things will become reality.

Use this simple method to help yourself.. and tell your friends and family about it by sharing this blog with them!

Check out one of the episodes and learn about a millionair...

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Your first investment

If the world of investing is new to you,.. dont'worry. One of the most simple examples to make you see how money can work for you, instead of a situation in which you work for money is your savings account.

If you receive 3% interest rate on your savings, the ROI, the Return ON Investment, the return on the money you put into your savings account is simply 3% a year. Be aware that money makes money. The next year the money on your account has increased and increases faster than the year before, which is great!

A savings account is perceived as a safe investment. You know the ROI, you have access to your money and the risk is very low. Another form is saving is possible by a desposito. In this case, the interest rate is higher, but you do not have access to your money for a certain amount of time.

Other types of investments with higher ROI's are of course possible too, and very interesting. They will be discussed on this blog among other topics. Interesting investments are:

* Stocks / Shares

* Real Estate

* Building a business with your money

* Internet, for example by online companies and Internet Marketing

If you create your own product, for example a book, you receive income based on the sale rates, especially internetmarking could help you sell your product.

Eventually, you earn money based on you ROTI, the Return On Time Invested. A good book will be sold more,.. and more research will help you with stockpicking.

You could perceive your savings account as your first investment, now it is time to move on. Maybe it is possible to put your money into something better, with a higher ROI. However, first learn at the YouniverCity of Investing.

To be continued...

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Donate

Robert Kiyosaki likes to stress the importance to share your wealth and to donate to charity. At the current 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, I came across a lovely example online. Check out this article:

Dutch team donates Cruyff Court to township

In sum, the Dutch soccer team donate 100.000 euro to create a soccer pitch. Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Wayne Rooney for example may be the stars, things like this are however as great as they are. I think every team should do something like this, and stay in Africa till the end of the tournament!

Photo of the players and happy kids

Saturday, June 12, 2010

A university on wheels?

HI!

As you probably have noticed, I already mentioned a few books. I like to stress the importance of books, and I have a recommendation for you...

Turn your car into a university on wheels! Yes, that's right! How? If you follow me on this blog, I will share the best books I have read on creating a millionair mind, investing, and making loads of money with you.

Turning your car into a university on wheels means that you order these books as audio books, just as you listened to the alchemist, you are able to listen to great books on the topics I just mentioned in your car. This is way better than listening to the same songs over and over again, and hearing irritating advertisements and the same news every hour. Do you now realise how much better you are able to use all of the time you spend in your car?!? Most people spent a few hours a week in their car... what about you?

Besides this, reading is good too. If you walk into the house of a poor person, you see a big television and a small collection of books. If you walk into the house of a rich person, what do you see? A big collection of books, and a big TV. However, what do you think came first regarding the rich person? What other things would the rich/family person now own in comparison with the poor?

However, soon I will tell you what's important to do besides reading. It is common sense, but most people don't do it. Do you have a clue what I am talking about? Let me know by a reaction.. I will appreciate it :)

Ciao for now,

Thursday, June 10, 2010

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (GREAT BOOK!!!)

Dear readers,

If you're still having hard times understanding what the spirit concerning law of attraction entails and you think the involved concepts are vague... this book, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, will help you.

It is a must read and a worldwide bestseller!!!


The book is called The Alchemist and is written by Paulo Coelho. It is about a shepherd from Andalusia, a youngster who is looking for a treasure,.. on his way he learns all kind of things and gains great insights on life... give it a try! (by listening at least to the first 30 minutes, and continue later on.. at your own convenience) This book truly is a magical tale about following your dreams. Listen to this book for free on youtube!!! I'm a big fan of this book, it helps me in a number of ways. It is very likely that this books changes your outlook on several things...

Again, enjoy!


Sunday, June 6, 2010

The Secret to Riches

These two videos are made by the guys from the movie and book “The Secret”. They are nice to watch, and contain very positive and powerful affirmation.

I am convinced watching them works out beneficial, whether you notice or not. Enjoy watching,.. again and again. Every day if you can…

The Secret to Riches



The Secret to you

No millionaire mind

Check out this article about a 26 year old carbage man that won millions in a lottery, but lost it all and… became a carbage man again! This the title and link to the article: How to Lose a $15.2 Million Dollars Lottery Jackpot in 8 Years and 5 Easy Lessons

T. Harv Eker - Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

Hey!

Earlier I discussed the power of the mind, and how to change yours. These video’s will help you get what I am talking about, they are very important. Watching them will take about an hour. Definitely worth it. T. Harv Eker discusses the financial blueprint, and the millionaire mind.

Enjoy!

1/6*:



* Video's 2/6 and so on can be watched when the previous vid finishes. Thus when 1/6 finishes you are able to watch vid 2/6.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

What is Investing?

Most people think investing has to do solely with money and making money. We speak of a successful investment when the money you have spent on something actually returns to you in a bigger amount. You make more money on the money you spend, and as such, the money you spend can be qualified as an investment. As you understand, not every effort to spend money in order to make more money, to establish a successful investment, is successful. This, since investing involves many other aspects besides money.

You not only invest money, investing time and energy are far more important. By investing your time and energy, you are able to learn, to do research, to network and so on. You are investing your time right now by reading this blog. Good on you! Do you sometimes realize how much valuable time gets wasted by watching television? Money can be made everywhere at every time, but you only got a certain lifespan, a certain time to spend. Be aware of how you spend your time, and what the results of it are.

One of the most important things on your path to financial success is to invest in your mind. This takes a lot of effort. We are all conditioned in a certain way; however, you have to learn in unconditional way. You have to realize that everything is possible and you must repeat this to yourself over and over again.
I have been in this state of mind for already a long time; however, I never realized it upon a few years ago. I was very bad at school, yet I now have a Master degree. Not that I am in particular proud of this, but it shows, at least to me, what is possible when you believe in something, and when you put your effort in, and refuse to give up. I started to become more aware of things when I bought the famous book “The Secret”. This book explains the law of attraction. Its most important message to me was, in my own words, the following one:

“By putting your unconscious mind to work on what you want, through the conscious mind, the universe will make it so”

What this, basically, means is that those things you work on in your conscious mind, the mind we daily use, the one we are aware of, are the ones your unconscious mind picks up. This mind knows no other conditions than those it receives from the conscious mind. In this order, you can influence what your unconscious mind works on, by deliberately influencing your conscious mind. How? For example by focusing on what you want and by refusing negative thoughts. The unconscious mind collaborates with the universe to make things happen in reality!!! As such, you are using the law of attraction in your own benefit. You for example meet by coincidence a person that gives you that one piece of information you needed, or someone who inspires you or maybe someone who wants to help you. Step by step you get forward on the path towards your goals.

I hope this explanation is clear. Those who are already familiar with this law, and how to put it in practice, will understand me better than those for whom this is new information will.

The next week, I will post a number of very very important video’s that explain more. In the meantime, I suggest you read the book I earlier mentioned. I must note however that this book is somewhat materialistic orientated and it oversimplifies the theory a bit. There is much more to it. If you will follow this blog, you are going to learn a lot about how to change your mind to a very powerful mind, a millionaire mind if you want!

J

Investing is thus much more than putting your money into something to create more. It is also about investing your time and energy. One of the first and most important steps before you start to invest big amounts of money is to realise this and to work on your mindpower!