One Million and Beyond

Commitment to Financial Success

By Matt - Monday, December 11th, 2006

I started reading a new personal finance book, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker (Amazon Link), and I have to say that I’m liking some of the ideas in this book. The first section that I’ve read through contained the idea of a financial blueprint which essentially explains that your financial behavior in the here and now was based on the past. This blueprint also dictates how your financial situation will be going forward unless you alter it. Good idea, totally common sense if you think about it.

As I continued to read through the book one of the items that really hit home for me was the fact that according to Eker, one of the reasons rich people are rich is their commitment to succeed. Not just the desire but the unwavering commitment to do whatever it takes to become financially independent. As I was reading this I was thinking to myself and I haven’t been doing this, not even in the slightest. I have the desire and want to be rich but in all honest I haven’t been committed to getting there (hence my debt load is so great).

There is a very serious amount of effort that goes into achieving wealth, especially large amounts of it. This effort is fundamental in my opinion to achieving your goals. Am I ready for this level of commitment? I’m not sure but I’m getting there, I’m reading more learning more and I’m starting to realize the amount of work that will be involved to get to where I want to be financially. I’m sure some people would argue that it’s like flipping a switch, you’ve either got the desire and commitment or you’ve just got an idle wish. But habits need to be fixed and replaced with good habits as well as increasing the level of commitment until it’s commensurate with my desire to get out of debt and accumulate wealth.

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