Millionaire Mind book summary

If your subconscious “financial blueprint” is not “set” for success, nothing you learn, nothing you know, and nothing you do will make much of a difference.

Your money blueprint is like your internal thermostat or the default financial setting that you tend to fall back to. Your thermostat may be set such that you earn/possess only hundreds of dollars, or thousands, millions and billions. That’s why poor people who win a lottery often don’t keep the money for long, and millionaires who go broke tend to build up their empire again quickly.

The only way to permanently change your level of financial success is to reset your financial thermostat, i.e. change your money blueprint.

The lesson is simple: If you want to move to a higher level of life, you have to be willing to let go of some of your old ways of thinking and adopt new ones.

The secret sauce is unlearning. We are where we are because of the things we do day in, day out. Our old ways of thinking brought us exactly to where we are. If we want something to be different in our lives, we need to do something different.

Basically, who you are (your inner world) determines what you get (your outer world). So whatever results in you get in any area of life, it is a mere result of you — your character, your thinking, your habits. Whether it is how much money you have in your bank account or how healthy you feel or how you look like — it is always a result, a reflection of who you are.

A lack of money is never, ever, ever a problem. A lack of money is merely a symptom of what is going on underneath.

You have to break free of the habits from our parents we first have to become conscious of them, and then deliberately changing and replacing them with new patterns.

The fact is that your character, your thinking, and your beliefs are a critical part of what determines the level of your success.

Whatever results you’re getting, be they rich or poor, good or bad, positive or negative, always remember that your outer world is simply a reflection of your inner world.

“All the statements you heard about money when you were young remain in your subconscious mind as part of the blueprint that is running your financial life”.

• “There are three key elements of change, each of which is essential in reprogramming your financial blueprint. They are simple but profoundly powerful”.
• “The first element of change is awareness. You can’t change something unless you know it exists”.
• “The second element of change is understanding. By understanding where your ‘way of thinking’ originates, you can recognize that it has to come from outside you”.
• “The third element of change is disassociation. Once you realize this way of thinking isn’t you, you can separate yourself from it and choose in the present whether to keep it or let it go — based on who you are today, and where you want to be tomorrow. You can observe this way of thinking and see it for what it is, a ‘file’ of information that was stored in your mind a long, long time ago and may not hold any truth or value for you anymore”.

Process of Manifestation: T -> F -> A = R

Thoughts lead to Feelings. Feelings lead to Actions. Actions lead to Results.

In short, our life is a reflection of our thoughts, which again come as a result of how we have been programmed.
By achieving consciousness, we can live from who we are today rather than who we were yesterday.
“When the subconscious mind must choose between deeply rooted emotions and logic, emotions will almost always win.”

You have to believe that you are the one who creates your success, that you are the one who creates your mediocrity, and that you are the one creating your struggle around money and success. Consciously or unconsciously, it’s still you.

Rich people focus on opportunities.

Poor people focus on obstacles.

Poor people’s primary mind-set is “What if it doesn’t work?” or, more often, “It won’t work.”

Rich people take responsibility for the results in their lives and act upon the mind-set “It will work because I’ll make it work.”

Rich people expect to succeed.

Get ready the best you can in as short a time as possible; take action; then correct along the way.

The idea is to get in the game with whatever you’ve got, from wherever you are. I call this entering the corridor.

The point is that no luck — or anything else worthwhile — will come your way unless you take some form of action.

Action always beats inaction. And don’t be the poor person who is still preparing, planning, analyzing, and waiting… If you’re always “preparing” and “getting ready”, it’s like you’re waiting for someone else to take the chance. Don’t wait and see but act and see. You can still correct along the way, it doesn’t need to be perfect from day one.

If you’re a guy, you’ve probably been in a situation like this: You’re out with your lads and there’s a girl you like in the same bar. You wait and wonder what you’re going to say to her — you’re preparing (but you’re also stalling because you’re afraid of rejection or whatever). Suddenly, BANG, there’s another guy with her. You’ve just missed the damn chance! That guy is not better than you, he just took action. That’s the difference! You’ve outwaited the opportunity.

Rich people are willing to promote themselves and their value.

Poor people think negatively about selling and promotion.
If you believe in your value, how could it be appropriate to hide it from people who need it?

Rich people act in spite of fear.

Poor people let fear stop them.

Action is the bridge between the inner world and the outer world.

Because we are creatures of habit, we need to practice acting in spite of fear, in spite of doubt, in spite of worry, in spite of uncertainty, in spite of inconvenience, in spite of discomfort, and even to practice acting when we’re not in the mood to act.

If you are willing to do only what’s easy, life will be hard. But if you are willing to do what’s hard, life will be easy.

Training and managing your own mind is the most important skill you could ever own, in terms of both happiness and success.

Becoming rich isn’t as much about getting rich financially as about whom you have to become, in character and mind, to get rich.

The goal of creating wealth is to help you grow yourself into the best person you can possibly be.

An adage says: “You take yourself with wherever you go.” If you grow yourself to become a successful person, in the strength of character and mind, you will naturally be successful in anything and everything you do. You will gain the power of absolute choice. You will gain the inner power and ability to choose any job, business, or investment arena and know you’ll be a success. This is the essence of this book.

Using declarations

One of the key elements of Eker’s technique involves declarations. A declaration is a positive statement of intention that something will happen. It is different from an affirmation which is stated as if the goal is already happening. Declarations are powerful because they carry their own vibrational frequencies. Stating them aloud creates energy vibrations throughout the cells in your body, sending powerful messages to the universe and your subconscious mind.