Mindset plays a pivotal role in shaping your financial outcomes. From the goals you set, your beliefs about money, your attitudes toward wealth-building strategies, to how you present yourself to the world, your mindset significantly influences your ability to create and sustain wealth.
At its core, your mindset refers to the collection of beliefs, attitudes, and perspectives that you hold about yourself and the world around you. When it comes to wealth creation, mindset can either serve as a powerful catalyst or a significant barrier. Everyone creates their own edited version of how they perceive the world by what they pay attention to, their values and the way they sort and filter information.
It is now accepted that your behaviour is influenced by the way you think, so the very first thing to consider is how precisely you are setting your goals for the lifestyle you aspire to. If I say to you “don’t think of blue rabbits” because the words ‘blue rabbits’ are in the sentence then you brain will think about ‘blue rabbits.” In the same way, if you say to yourself “I don’t what to struggle financially” you brain will focus on struggling financially! The key is telling yourself what you want to happen, rather than what you don’t want to happen. Telling yourself “I have a career that provides me with a wealthy and abundant lifestyle” is much more likely to help you sustain a wealth creation mindset.
Your brain is compelled to respond to anything you ask or tell yourself. Your dialogue, your thoughts and even the way you hold your body all influence your approach to creating wealth. The more you focus on something, the more it tends to show up in your life. For example, if you think that you are not worthy of a wealthy and abundant lifestyle, the decisions and life choices you make often result in a life of financial struggle.
On the other hand, if you think that you are worthy of success and abundance, this influences your outlook, decisions and you are more likely to make decisions and choices that move you towards improving your financial worth.
It’s also important to note that the people you socialise and mix with have a huge impact on your lifestyle. They can provide opportunities and introductions for job openings, investment prospects, and business ventures, plus broaden your knowledge base. Learning from their insights can help you make informed decisions regarding your finances and investments.
Surrounding yourself with ambitious and driven individuals can inspire you to set higher financial goals and strive for success. Additionally, your social circle can provide a support system that encourages you to stay focused and accountable for your financial decisions and actions.
I believe that wealth is much more than just about money and finance. It is an attitude of success and abundance that shows up in your body posture and voice tone sending an unconscious message out to others that you are worth investing in or doing business with.
However, the impact of your social circle on your ability to create wealth depends on the quality of relationships you develop, and the values shared within the group. Surrounding yourself with individuals who support your goals, share similar values, and encourage growth can significantly contribute to your financial success. Additionally, being open-minded, proactive, and willing to contribute positively to your social circle can further enhance its impact on your wealth creation journey.
However, just because someone is wealthy does not mean they have a wealth creation mindset. I know financially wealthy people who have a scarcity mindset. They are so busy worrying about losing their wealth. Being wealthy brings no happiness for them and they are unable to enjoy life and the wonderful pleasures their wealth could bring them. When someone has a scarcity mindset, they focus on fear, lack and the belief that their resources are limited.
I also know people, that no matter what their financial status is, they have a mindset of abundance and wealth. When you have an abundance mindset, you believe there is a never-ending supply of opportunities and more than enough to go round everyone.
Carol Dweck, the author of “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success,” is well-known for her research on the concept of mindset, particularly the distinction between fixed mindset and growth mindset. In her book, Dweck explains that individuals with a growth mindset believe that their abilities and intelligence can be developed through dedication and hard work. They see challenges as opportunities for growth, embrace learning, and are resilient in the face of setbacks.
One way that you can develop a mindset of abundance, growth and wealth is by learning to use NLP (neurolinguistic programming). NLP techniques offer a set of powerful tools to help you to reshape your mindset, creating a more conducive environment for wealth creation.
We know that all behaviour is learned, and one of the fundamental principles of NLP is that our thoughts, language, and behaviours are interconnected, and by changing one aspect, we can influence the others.
Reframing how you think is a useful tool for developing a growth mindset. One way to do this is changing the way you perceive challenges and setbacks by viewing them as opportunities for growth. Instead of seeing failure as a roadblock, reframe this as a valuable learning experience that brings you one step closer to your financial goals.
Successful entrepreneurs tend to have far more failures that successes. It is often their vision of success that keep them going. Because your brain does not know the difference between imagination and reality, when you imagine achieving something in great sensory detail, seeing what it looks like, hearing how it sounds and feeling how it feels, your brain believes this is happening. Because your brain believes this is happening, it becomes a much more realistic goal to achieve rather than just dreaming about it.
While working with wealthy entrepreneurs, I discovered that many had started out by vividly imagining themselves achieving their financial success long before they achieved it. Because your brain focuses on what you are thinking about, by visualising yourself living a wealthy abundant life, you are more likely to see opportunities and make the choices towards creating that life. Combining a clear goal with an action plan, plus regular visualisation exercises, can reinforce your positive beliefs about your ability to create wealth and overcome obstacles along the way.
How you talk to and encourage yourself also plays a crucial role in shaping your mindset around wealth. By using positive self-talk, that is telling yourself what you want to happen rather that what you don’t want to happen, you can reprogram your subconscious minds to align with your financial aspirations.
Positive thinking is not merely a cliché, but a powerful force in wealth creation. Research shows that optimistic individuals are more resilient in the face of setbacks, better equipped to navigate challenges, and tend to attract opportunities.
By consistently affirming beliefs such as “I am capable of achieving financial abundance” or “I attract wealth and prosperity into my life,” you can instill confidence and optimism in your ability to create wealth.
Furthermore, NLP techniques can help you overcome limiting beliefs surrounding money that may have been ingrained since childhood. By identifying the source of these beliefs and changing what you say to yourself, you can break free from self-imposed limitations and embrace a more abundant mindset.
Another way you can help develop a wealth and abundance mindset is modelling successful individuals. As children, we learn by copying what people do and say, it’s our natural way to learn. By taking time get to know financially successfully people, studying their mindset, strategies, behaviours, the way they move, the language they use, you can learn to adopt similar patterns to enhance your own abundant lifestyle.
To summarise, in the pursuit of wealth, mindset emerges as a critical determinant of success. Cultivating a wealth mindset involves reshaping your beliefs, adopting positive thinking, and embracing opportunities. NLP offers a set of powerful techniques that complement this journey, providing you with tools to reprogramme your thoughts and behaviours for financial success. By integrating NLP into your approach, you can unlock your full potential, paving the way for a prosperous and fulfilling financial future.
