If you shudder and play
ostrich every time you look at your financial
situation, it's time to yank your head out of the sand. OK,
so maybe you haven't been a saint
when it comes to your
finances, but so what? Do you want to
stay stuck in that
place forever, or do you want
to get started on your way to wealth?
No matter where you are today, you are still
qualified to become a wealthy person. The first
requirement is that you take a good strong look at
your financial past so you'll know what to avoid,
and then let it go. The past is definitely water
under the bridge. No matter what you think you
should have or could have done in the past to
change your financial situation, it no longer
matters. If you have made some mistakes, then you
have joined the club of the truly wealthy. Almost
every wealthy person has made many, many financial
mistakes - it's the only way to learn.
Only when you can look at your current
financial situation with both eyes open and no
shame can you take your first steps toward wealth.
For instance, if you're saddled with too much
credit card debt, you can only decide how to
handle that debt when you are free from heavy
emotions like guilt, shame and blame. You need a
clear head so you decide whether to sell off
assets, pay the debt off in a planned way, file
for bankruptcy or go for credit counseling.
So if you're tired of looking at the same old
checkbook and bills, take the first step to
financial freedom. Let the past stay in the past,
and zoom forward to the future. There is no shame
in learning the hard way, only in living in hard
times and not learning from them! Get this lesson
down and you've just installed another top wealth
building habit into your
life.
