Monday, September 10, 2007

Wealth is The Law!

If you look at the letters in "WEALTH" and scramble them, you will get "THE LAW."

The secret here is that to get to WEALTH, you've got to seek, learn, know, master and practice THE LAW.

What law? The law of natural growth.

How does natural growth occur? Here's a simple formula for natural growth:

Growth = Potential - Interference

Everything in nature grows naturally: plants, flowers, animals, etc. There is no interference. Indeed, everything in nature grows to its full potential and then obediently retires into decline and death.

Everything works PERFECTLY as it is. This is possibly why people feel a sense of liberation and rebirth when they walk through the woods or climb a mountain or swim in a lake.

They feel liberated because there is no interference in nature. There is no judgment. No prejudice. No conflict. No good or evil. No nothing. Just beauty in the here and now.

What does this have to do with wealth? Well, if you structure your mind and your life so as to eliminate as much interference as possible, then you will grow and realize your full potential -- intellectually, emotionally, physically, spiritually, yes, yes, financially too!

You may think that the interference in your life is "your narrow-minded boss, your negative relatives, your unsupportive friends, your in-laws, the government, the news media, the greedy capitalists, etc."

The truth is, they are not the real interference. They are on your mind ONLY when you let them enter your mind. However, what is ALWAYS in your mind -- often at the subconscious level - is your own self-concept, which includes a precise idea of what you are worth.

When you have low self-worth, then you will SEE that low self-worth in the comments that other people make when they talk to you. When you have high self-worth, you will SEE that high self-worth in people's comments and interactions with you.

Indeed, other people's comments and behaviors are just a reflection of your own self-esteem and sense of self-worth.

Many wise people have expressed the same idea but using different words: "We don't see the world as it is, but as we are."

James Allen, in his book As a Man Thinketh, wrote succinctly: "As within, so without."

The world is nothing but an accurate reflection of your self-concept.

The practical implication is that no matter what you want to do in life, the only person who can stop you is you!

If you want to become wealthy, go ahead. Nobody is stopping you. If you want to become the best in your career, similarly go ahead. Nobody has the time to "interfere" with your plans.

I know that many subscribers to this blog think about becoming wealthy. Just realize that becoming wealthy is not impossible. Business is very simple, but practicing it is hard.

I just came back from teaching a group of students at Tyark College (www.tyark.com) about business and entrepreneurship. They know the essence of what I know about business. All they have to do is practice the business principles I gave them. I sure hope they won't interfere with their own plans to become rich.

So while becoming wealthy is not rocket science, it may be Rocky science, in that you've got to have the "eye of the tiger." You've got to be hungry for glory and lusting for battle. You've got to want it badly enough to train for it every single day. And you've got to identify all the weaknesses and negative parts of you, and extirpate them once and for all.

In a previous post, I wrote about the Invisible Stairway to Wealth. At each step, you've got to learn, train and master the knowledge and techniques.

You also have to identify the experts and masters who can help you. (I will write more on these experts and masters, but basically, in any field, there is a spectrum of people at different degrees of expertise and mastery: novice, initiate, apprentice, practitioner, expert and master. Only masters can teach well. An expert might not have the instructional framework to teach effectively.)

Experts and masters will help you to think and execute according to the law. Whatever your field, profession or industry, there IS a set of laws that guarantee success. Wealth comes from knowing those laws and practicing as well as performing in accordance with those laws.

This is why I say that WEALTH is THE LAW.