I’m normally vigilant in not reading newspapers, or at least the ‘bad news’ in newspapers; I never read or listen to the news on the TV or radio. This doesn’t mean I don’t know what’s going on in the world, I do — it’s easy to pick it up from other people just in comments made here and there. I just don’t need to know the details.
Anyway, the other day I received an email from the RichDad, PoorDad people, with an article by Robert Kiyosaki on the current state of the financial market. I read it because I assumed that it would be a relatively positive take on the situation, and what the ordinary person can do about it. He has an educational company and focuses on helping people help themselves. But the effect that article had on me was awful.
I burst into tears, slid down the slippery slope of despair to the bottom. I’d been caught unawares; I’d carried on reading hoping there would be some uplifting comment at the end — but no. So I ended up in this awful place, that I know only too well. It is a place where I can see no hope, no love, no joy. In fact all I can see is pointlessness, fear and everything bad about people, and that makes me not want to be alive. It’s not pleasant.
And quite the opposite of RichThinking!
But I’m saying all this here because I want to demonstrate two things:
a) the power of the media and other people’s thoughts
b) the need for RichThinking and other focused actions on what I see as the truth of the matter
The moral of that story is ‘never read anything negative about what’s going on in the world right now!”
What is going on?
As I see it, there is massive fear everywhere. Banks, governmental institutions and other big businesses are only made up of individuals. There may be an entity called a ‘bank’, but it is directly affected by the actions that are taken by the people that work in it. If these people are operating from a position of fear, then that’s what is directed out through their actions.
Years ago, when apparently all was well in the financial markets, house prices were rising and many people were ‘feeling rich’, they were still operating from fear. And arrogance. There was apparently hardly anyone looking at the actions of what was being done — rather their actions were about making as much money as fast as possible. And if they didn’t do it, then they’d be missing out. If that’s not thinking and behaviour based on fear, show me what is.
But why? Why did these people do this, and why are they now still in the same position, just the circumstances are different?
I think the answer is simply that they were disconnected to the truly important things in life. Like love, trust, connection with others, honouring themselves, acting from a place of integrity. When I am connected with these aspects of life, I simply cannot take actions that go against these values.
Here’s another story. When we sold our health clinic, several years ago, it was done by the process of sealed bid. Bids to buy the land the clinic was on were sent to the estate agent by a certain time. No-one else knew what anyone else was bidding. we accepted the highest offer. Then the next day, one of the other people offering upped their offer by £25,000. That’s a lot of money. What to do?
We thought about it overnight, but it didn’t take that much thinking about really. We didn’t like the fact that this person hadn’t put in their best offer immediately, and clearly thought that more money would sway our decision. But we had already accepted the original highest offer. So we turned him down. We turned down that extra £25,000. Because we were operating from integrity and trust that all would work out perfectly.
If the banks and other institutions had operated like this in the past, I wonder if we would really be in this financial mess now? I don’t think so.
To me, this ‘crisis’ is a good thing. Who knows what’s going to happen, but I choose to believe that the ‘poor thinking’ that has gone into decisions made in the past has caused this eruption and collapse of these companies, and the structures that have held them together. I choose to believe that however it works out, it will work out in the long run in a better way for the whole world.
I really think we, as individuals, groups of people, companies and other organisations, have to come back to thinking richly in the true sense of the word. That means seeing that we have riches in every respect of our lives — our relationships, our families, our ‘stuff’ (no matter how much or little we have) and start to ACT richly in our behaviour.
That means choosing the option which is the most loving, towards ourselves and others. It means asking why we want to buy another ‘thing’ — is it that we have another need that wants satisfying? It means asking what your relationship with money is all about, and whether you want to be ruled by it, or have it be in your life as simply a means to an end. Then it means being willing to ask yourself about how you achieve that end, and what kind of means you will take to get there.
So apply the ideas behind Rich Thinking and find your own honourable way through this collapse of systems. Remember my by-line attached to RichThinkers — the source of true wealth.
I want to ask everyone to find their own source of true wealth and set their lives up to experience that on a daily basis. And it’s not about money, although it may include money. Rather it’s about knowing who you are; choosing to express that in the world in a way that nourishes you and everyone else; having a sense of your own worth; charging accordingly for your work; feeling good more often than not.
Doing all these things sends out a different kind of energy into the world — no longer fear based, which is about contraction, it’s love-based which is about expansion. Harness your fears, understand that they really are simply worrying about a future event which may or may not happen, and focus instead on what you want more of in your life, which often boils down to just love. Send out that kind of energy and the fear will melt away.
That’s what I did when I bust into tears — I found my husband, collapsed all over him, allowed myself to accept his loving, and began to get a more honest perspective on the whole situation. Love will always, always, always surpass. Keep focusing on that and that’s true Rich Thinking.
I have used the principles I write about here in RichThinkers to bring about all kinds of things in my life, including running a successful counselling practice and health clinic business. Coming from a place of inspiration has enabled me to bring meaning and magic into all that I do, and my background in psychotherapy and counselling, combined with practical business skills, means I am uniquely positioned to help you in both the inner and the outer levels of success. (more…)
Credit Crunch and RichThinking
I’m normally vigilant in not reading newspapers, or at least the ‘bad news’ in newspapers; I never read or listen to the news on the TV or radio. This doesn’t mean I don’t know what’s going on in the world, I do — it’s easy to pick it up from other people just in comments made here and there. I just don’t need to know the details.
Anyway, the other day I received an email from the RichDad, PoorDad people, with an article by Robert Kiyosaki on the current state of the financial market. I read it because I assumed that it would be a relatively positive take on the situation, and what the ordinary person can do about it. He has an educational company and focuses on helping people help themselves. But the effect that article had on me was awful.
I burst into tears, slid down the slippery slope of despair to the bottom. I’d been caught unawares; I’d carried on reading hoping there would be some uplifting comment at the end — but no. So I ended up in this awful place, that I know only too well. It is a place where I can see no hope, no love, no joy. In fact all I can see is pointlessness, fear and everything bad about people, and that makes me not want to be alive. It’s not pleasant.
And quite the opposite of RichThinking!
But I’m saying all this here because I want to demonstrate two things:
a) the power of the media and other people’s thoughts
b) the need for RichThinking and other focused actions on what I see as the truth of the matter
The moral of that story is ‘never read anything negative about what’s going on in the world right now!”
What is going on?
As I see it, there is massive fear everywhere. Banks, governmental institutions and other big businesses are only made up of individuals. There may be an entity called a ‘bank’, but it is directly affected by the actions that are taken by the people that work in it. If these people are operating from a position of fear, then that’s what is directed out through their actions.
Years ago, when apparently all was well in the financial markets, house prices were rising and many people were ‘feeling rich’, they were still operating from fear. And arrogance. There was apparently hardly anyone looking at the actions of what was being done — rather their actions were about making as much money as fast as possible. And if they didn’t do it, then they’d be missing out. If that’s not thinking and behaviour based on fear, show me what is.
But why? Why did these people do this, and why are they now still in the same position, just the circumstances are different?
I think the answer is simply that they were disconnected to the truly important things in life. Like love, trust, connection with others, honouring themselves, acting from a place of integrity. When I am connected with these aspects of life, I simply cannot take actions that go against these values.
Here’s another story. When we sold our health clinic, several years ago, it was done by the process of sealed bid. Bids to buy the land the clinic was on were sent to the estate agent by a certain time. No-one else knew what anyone else was bidding. we accepted the highest offer. Then the next day, one of the other people offering upped their offer by £25,000. That’s a lot of money. What to do?
We thought about it overnight, but it didn’t take that much thinking about really. We didn’t like the fact that this person hadn’t put in their best offer immediately, and clearly thought that more money would sway our decision. But we had already accepted the original highest offer. So we turned him down. We turned down that extra £25,000. Because we were operating from integrity and trust that all would work out perfectly.
If the banks and other institutions had operated like this in the past, I wonder if we would really be in this financial mess now? I don’t think so.
To me, this ‘crisis’ is a good thing. Who knows what’s going to happen, but I choose to believe that the ‘poor thinking’ that has gone into decisions made in the past has caused this eruption and collapse of these companies, and the structures that have held them together. I choose to believe that however it works out, it will work out in the long run in a better way for the whole world.
I really think we, as individuals, groups of people, companies and other organisations, have to come back to thinking richly in the true sense of the word. That means seeing that we have riches in every respect of our lives — our relationships, our families, our ‘stuff’ (no matter how much or little we have) and start to ACT richly in our behaviour.
That means choosing the option which is the most loving, towards ourselves and others. It means asking why we want to buy another ‘thing’ — is it that we have another need that wants satisfying? It means asking what your relationship with money is all about, and whether you want to be ruled by it, or have it be in your life as simply a means to an end. Then it means being willing to ask yourself about how you achieve that end, and what kind of means you will take to get there.
So apply the ideas behind Rich Thinking and find your own honourable way through this collapse of systems. Remember my by-line attached to RichThinkers — the source of true wealth.
I want to ask everyone to find their own source of true wealth and set their lives up to experience that on a daily basis. And it’s not about money, although it may include money. Rather it’s about knowing who you are; choosing to express that in the world in a way that nourishes you and everyone else; having a sense of your own worth; charging accordingly for your work; feeling good more often than not.
Doing all these things sends out a different kind of energy into the world — no longer fear based, which is about contraction, it’s love-based which is about expansion. Harness your fears, understand that they really are simply worrying about a future event which may or may not happen, and focus instead on what you want more of in your life, which often boils down to just love. Send out that kind of energy and the fear will melt away.
That’s what I did when I bust into tears — I found my husband, collapsed all over him, allowed myself to accept his loving, and began to get a more honest perspective on the whole situation. Love will always, always, always surpass. Keep focusing on that and that’s true Rich Thinking.