Money makes the world go ’round, and it also is on most people’s mind for one reason or another for the better part of the day. I would be willing to bet that most thoughts we have with regard to money are in a negative context. We worry that we don’t or won’t have enough of it to be happy or simply to pay our bills and have a little left over at the end of the month.

Do all of us feel that way, or is there a person that doesn’t have those worries? If there is, they surely must be ‘filthy’ rich and that is why they can afford not to worry about it. Or maybe they were given a lot of money by their parents and thus if they should run out, they can simply go back to them and get more.

I am writing this post today to dispell that thinking and show you the most important difference between those worried about money and those that re not. You will be surprised to find out that it has nothing to do with how much you already have or who is supplying you with it.

If I look at my own experience of interacting with rich people and poor ones, there is a consistent pattern that both groups have. I have never met a rich person that is truly worried about money, but almost all poor people are. You may think this is an obvious statement, but hear me out first.

So does this mean that those worried about money are poor because of it, or are starting to worry about it precisely because they are poor in the first place? And , likewise, are those comfortabble with money rich because of it, or are they somehow rich first and simply have grown so used to it that it makes sense to stop the worry?

I am here to argue that the state of mind preceedes the appearence of the reality we live in and that is particularly true about money. If you are comfortable around money and are open to making more of it - guess what, that is what will happen to you. On the other hand, if you are constantly worried about the lack of money, you are programming your mental computer (your subconscious) to keep you in that lack of things.

Thus you will not find the same opportunities for making money as an abundant thinker. Should such a person happen to come across a large amount of money, chances are they would manage to loose that amount which puts them right back to square one. After all, isn’t this were they are comfortable ?

Now what would you say, if I told you there is an easy way to accustom your subconscious mind to think in the way the rich do? What if I further told you that you can actually get yourself into the state of ‘being welathy’ without having to make any changes to your current income level or even spending a dime? Would you be interested in following this plan? I bet you would.

So here is what I need you to do:

1) Take a piece of paper and a pen and write your current income from your paycheck per month (after taxes) on the top of the page. (Don’t worry about writing down the cents for now! )

2) Next I want you to add one (1) additional zero after the last digit you have written down. So if you are currently bringing home $ 1,800 per paycheck the that becomes $ 18,000 for you.

3) Now I want you to go and spend that money in your mind by writing out exactly what you would buy and how much that costs you. Be creative and use realistic prices that you may see in a store.

At the end of that little exercise you should be looking at a sheet of paper that has a starting amount at the top and close to zero left at the end of the month near the bottom. You subtract each purchase from the total and you cannot spend more than you have. You can save some or invest some but as a rule of thumb, at least 80% should be spent on your sheet.

Now I can hear you asking: What is this gonna do to make me rich? The short answer - this is one of you most important lessons that build a foundation of wealth. Rich people are not afraid to spend their money, not all of it but certainly a lot. The more your mind gets used to this ‘imaginary’ spending, the more it will ease up on the lack mentality and shift over to wealth thinking. Wealthy people know that spending money creates more money flowing to them in turn.

The other aspect of this ‘money game’ is to trick you subconscious into operating a budget with larger numbers than you are currently used to. The mind cannot distinguish between actually spending that money or simply pretending to do so. Over the course of a few weeks and months that you play with this game, you will be surprised at the changes your mind makes towards money.

Try it out for yourself and let me know what happened for you.

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