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Jake Birkett · 08-11-2008, 11:45 PM

Great post thanks. All makes sense. T Harv Eker has a great book about the Millionaire Mind which helped me a lot with this sort of thinking.

I like the point that has cropped up in the forum of feeling gratitude for everything and ALSO thinking that having big money is normal at the same time.

When I think back to what I thought was lots of money as a 20 year old it's amusing. I wonder if I'll feel amused about now in another 10 years? :-D

I read a post of Steve's a while back about carrying round more money in my wallet. Started carrying around £100 ($200) + a million dollar note (even though my account was in overdraft), and that felt good. Then my finances changed to positive and I started carrying even round more. It's nice to always have enough money to buy whatever (within reason) with cash. I've even bought a Victorian gold coin that I had a photo of on my dream board (got the same date too!) and I keep it near my financial filing system along with photocopies of big cheques and wire transfers etc. This really helps me to focus on my value to society and how to provide more value because I get remunerated for my value.

A while back I was changing my mindset to think that receiving 5 figure sums would be good (instead of 4 figures or less), but now it feels normal, so I'm moving onto 6 figures. One zero at a time! ;-) I've just signed a deal with another company that will generate $1000+ per month of passive income, which is great, but at the same time it's not massive either. Like Steve says, I'm not trying to be elitist or whatever, it's just that sums like that (and I'm sure much higher) can eventually feel normal or small.

Hope my story helps others to get the vibe.

08-11-2008, 11:45 PM	#34 (permalink)
Jake Birkett Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 104	Great post thanks. All makes sense. T Harv Eker has a great book about the Millionaire Mind which helped me a lot with this sort of thinking. I like the point that has cropped up in the forum of feeling gratitude for everything and ALSO thinking that having big money is normal at the same time. When I think back to what I thought was lots of money as a 20 year old it's amusing. I wonder if I'll feel amused about now in another 10 years? :-D I read a post of Steve's a while back about carrying round more money in my wallet. Started carrying around £100 ($200) + a million dollar note (even though my account was in overdraft), and that felt good. Then my finances changed to positive and I started carrying even round more. It's nice to always have enough money to buy whatever (within reason) with cash. I've even bought a Victorian gold coin that I had a photo of on my dream board (got the same date too!) and I keep it near my financial filing system along with photocopies of big cheques and wire transfers etc. This really helps me to focus on my value to society and how to provide more value because I get remunerated for my value. A while back I was changing my mindset to think that receiving 5 figure sums would be good (instead of 4 figures or less), but now it feels normal, so I'm moving onto 6 figures. One zero at a time! ;-) I've just signed a deal with another company that will generate $1000+ per month of passive income, which is great, but at the same time it's not massive either. Like Steve says, I'm not trying to be elitist or whatever, it's just that sums like that (and I'm sure much higher) can eventually feel normal or small. Hope my story helps others to get the vibe. Last edited by Jake Birkett; 08-11-2008 at 11:48 PM.