June 4, 2010 Think Like a Millionaire By: Brian Tracy Attitude is Everything The most important attitude for financial success is long-term thinking. Successful people think a long way into the future and they adjust their daily behaviors to assure they achieve their long-term goals. In a longitudinal study done at Harvard University in the 50s and 60s, they studied the reasons for upward socio-economic mobility. They were looking for factors that would predict whether or not an individual or family was going to move upward and be wealthier in the future than in the present. They studied factors like education, intelligence, being born into the right family, or having the right connections. In every case, they found individuals who had been born with every blessing in life who did poorly. They also found individuals who had been born or come to this country with no advantages at all who had been extremely successful. What was the distinguishing factor? They finally determined that there was only one key attitude that mattered. They called it "Time Perspective." Time perspective refers to the amount of time that you take into consideration when planning your day to day activities and when making important decisions in your life. "The best way to change your life and achieve success...in minutes" Become a no-limit person! YOU can change your life by changing the way you think about yourself and your potential. YOU will open new doors to unlimited possibilities and put yourself on the road to a better, more fulfilling professional and personal life. Click for more >> Time Perspective People with long-time perspective invariably move up economically in the course of their lifetimes. When you spend weeks, months and years developing your skills and ability and expanding your experience in order to be successful, you have long-time perspective. The average professional person has a time perspective of 10, 15 and 20 years. Begin to see that everything that you are doing today is part of a long-time continuum, at the end of which you are going to be financially independent or financially unfortunate. People with short-time perspective think only about fun and pleasure in the short term. They have what economists call "The inability to delay gratification." They have an irresistible tendency to spend every single penny they earn and everything that they can borrow. When you develop long-time perspective, you develop the discipline to delay gratification and to save your money rather than spending it. The combination of long-time perspective and delayed gratification puts you onto the high road to financial independence. Action Exercises Now, here are two things you can do to develop the attitudes of financially successful people: First, think long-term about your financial life. Decide exactly how much you want to be worth five years, ten years and twenty years from today. Write it down. Make a plan. Take action on your plan every single day. Second, develop the ability to delay gratification. Instead of buying something on impulse, put off buying decisions for a day, a week or even a month. Decide in advance to "think it over" before you buy anything. This can change the way you spend money almost immediately. "Your Blueprint for Success and Achievement" If you want to set goals for yourself, but don't know where to start—this workbook is for you! This 31-day process will get you excited and motivated to define your goals and turn them into reality. Create your blueprint for a lifetime of success, prosperity and achievement! Click for more >>	Share With A Friend Know someone who might be interested in receiving this email? Why not share it with them! Get Involved! Follow me on Twitter. Become a fan on Facebook. Connect with me on LinkedIn. Change Your Email Update your email address. Contact Brian Tracy International 462 Stevens Ave Suite 305 Solana Beach, CA 92075 To order by phone or for customer support, call 1-858-436-7300 or email us at: support@briantracy.com. Customer Support Hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM PST Monday through Friday
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