Develop a Prosperity Consciousness
by Brian Tracy

The starting point of all riches is the development of a prosperity consciousness.
You must become a financial success in your thinking long before you achieve it in
your reality. Both poverty and riches are the result of a state of mind, and the
most important single step you ever take on the road to wealth and financial
independence is the decision to change your thinking, to impress into your mind
an unshakable belief that you can and will achieve your financial goals. This must
happen before anything else happens.
When I was growing up, I was fascinated by stories of successful men and women and how they made
and lost their fortunes, and then made them over again. I read about the importance of a prosperity
consciousness in the book, Think And Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill, several times. But I never fully
understood what it meant until about five years ago. Then it hit me and I've never been quite the
same since. Every aspect of my life has improved dramatically, especially in the area of accumulating
wealth, since I finally understood what it meant by a prosperity consciousness.

Here are two of the most exciting principles ever discovered in the long search by mankind for the
secrets of health, happiness and great personal wealth.

The first principle is this. All causation is mental. All causation is mental. That means that everything
that you are or ever will be will be as a result of how you use your mind. You are merely a mind with a
body to carry it around with. The entire man made world that you see is simply an expression of
thought. Your entire life is an expression of your own thinking. And since the quality of your thinking
determines the quality of your life, if you improve the quality of your thinking, you must, you will,
inevitably improve the quality of your life.

The second principle is what we call the law of expectations. This law says that whatever you expect
with confidence, positive or negative, becomes your reality. If you confidently expect to succeed, if you
confidently expect to learn something from every experience, if you confidently expect to become
wealthy as a result of applying your talents and abilities to your opportunities and you maintain that
attitude of confident expectations long enough, it will become your reality. It will give you a positive
optimistic cheerful attitude that will cause people to want to help you, and will cause things to happen
the way you want them to happen.

Here are two things you can do immediately to practice these principles in your day to day life:

First, start thinking today in a positive, optimistic, confident way about personal and financial success.
Continually imagine what differences it would make in your life if you were financially independent. This
is the starting point of developing a prosperity consciousness.

Second, develop your own attitude of positive expectations. Look for the good in every situation. Look
for the valuable lesson in every setback or difficulty. Be positive and cheerful about everything that
happens and you will be amazed at the difference it makes in your life.


Brian Tracy is a leading authority on personal and business success. As Chairman and CEO of Brian
Tracy International, he is the best-selling author of 17 books and over 300 audio and video learning
programs.  Copyright © 2001 Brian Tracy International.   
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