As the Rich Brain Installation program comes to an end, I concluded 3 key observations and conclusions on poverty thinking that troubles 90% of the population and hinders our path to wealth.
In this article, I would like to share the closing conclusion of the program with you.
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The dominate reactive thought of people who remain poor in life is self-denying, negative
When there is a high mountain in front of you, if your first thought is denial or rejection, such as “I cannot climb this mountain”, “this is too high”, “this is too difficult” — this is poverty thinking.
When there is a problem ahead, if your immediate thought is “I can’t solve this” or “I don’t know how to solve this” — this is poverty thinking.
When there is a group of successful people ahead, and your reaction is “I don’t know how to communicate with them, they will look down on me” or “I’m afraid I won’t blend in with them” or “I don’t belong there” — these are poverty thinking.
Poverty thinking is negative thinking in face of a scenario.
The scenario itself is neutral but your negative thinking creates the negative perspective and lens through which you see the scenario, making it negative and that perspective would lower your self-trust and confidence in handling the scenario.
When negative thinking becomes your immediate reactive dominate thinking, then one would enter into what I call “poor status” — no matter how much one has materially. Usually people with this kind of thinking would not have much materially because the thought world and the reality world is inter-connected.
People with poverty thinking does not necessarily mean that they have no money or they cannot earn money, but they essentially dent their ability to make much more money and the possibility of success.
In other words, they just cast a very powerful spell on themselves to limit their ability and remain poor.
Versus when people with wealth thinking face any problem, their immediate dominate thought would be “let me figure it out”, “I can figure it out”, “I must be able to do this”, “I may not have any idea now but I am confident to learn and solve this”.
They see problem as opportunity to growth, change to turn risk to opportunity, and a means to expand their capability. They mobilise and act upon problem rather than freeze or run away. Therefore, there is a major and obvious difference between people who remain poor and those who grow to abundance.
In fact, anyone can choose abundance and anyone is entitled to abundance, only if we change our immediate dominate reactive thinking pattern from self-denying to self-enabling. That was one of the purposes why I created the Rich Brain Installation program at the first place.
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People who remain poor is content with the status quo and not dare to take risks
People who remain poor hold onto the illusion of stability, such as a job which they think is stable.
You would hear them say “the salary is not much, but it’s enough”. They will hardly think about other opportunities because they are afraid of the risks outside of their stability zone.
To visualise the situation, imagine that there is a river on the way forward, people with poverty thinking would not take risks and would either (i) stay where they are and set up camps to live the rest of life there (ii) wait for others to build the boats and bridges and work hard for years to accumulate enough money or food in exchange for a ride in that boat to cross the river (i.e. consumer mindset rather than creator mindset).
Again, you can see that people who remain poor has a natural avoidance to problem (the river is a problem to them). Rather than thinking about solution, they would deny themselves “I am not smart enough”, “I am too old or too young”, “I don’t have the necessary knowledge”, “ I don’t have time”, “I haven’t seen this before, this is new to me”, “I can’t”… in face of the problem. From this immediate dominate negative thought pattern, they would persuade themselves that what they have now is good enough, that they are content with their current situation to justify their non actions for solving the problem ahead.
The contentment in status quo is made up to base their decision of not taking risks to solve the problem.
In fact, their decision is one made out of fear of the uncertainty and insecurity. They are insecure and unconfident about their ability, hence they are fearful and keep themselves within a cage where they feel familiar. The familiar status quo comforts them but it also stops them from heading to the promised land of abundance and wealth.
It is not the society or the riches stopping us from being more and having more, it is us. And when we take full responsibility in creating our wealth, we regain the power and control.
Versus people with wealth thinking whose dominate reactive thinking pattern is positive — when encountering the river, they will find ways to solve them. If the boat doesn’t work, they will actively find other ways that work. They have an experiment attitude towards life — they know that so called “failure” is just a way that doesn’t work in this scenario (and nothing about them). All they need to do is to try another way until it works. And there are hundreds, if not thousands, of ways they can try (i.e. abundant thinking). They know that if they keep on improving on the mistakes, and keep learning, growing and developing themselves, they will become more and more powerful in solving problems. Their continuous quest for growth is where their confidence comes from.
And successful people or aggressive people, they always think in a healthy and positive direction. When encountering difficulties, they will find ways to solve them; when meeting people, they will actively communicate and communicate; when encountering opportunities, they will be willing to give up their existing comfort and seize Chance. In a sense, the thinking of successful people is the thinking of going forward bravely and daring to break through their own limitations.
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People who remain poor do not trust the world, society and people around them
They think the world is unfriendly and even acting against them. Everyone around them have selfish motives and are looking for opportunities to scam or take advantage of them. Therefore, they could come to the conclusion that the best way to protect themselves is to have less contact with the society and its people. That could reduce mobility. In the long run harm their network and resources and limit their exposure to opportunities and valuable information.
Successful people always want to go out and meet more people and see where the next deal or opportunity is. The world is their playground not because they are successful, but their attitude towards the world that made them successful. They are eager to learn more about the world and its people. They understand human nature and instead of being fearful and trying to avoid it, they make use of it. They know that human nature is lazy so they created convenient stores, they created online shops so that human needs can be satisfied while being lazy. There is a price tagged to fear, and most fear is imaginary (i.e. it exists only in our head). Successful people make friends but they also categorise their friends and relationship to see which one is worth their investment. It does not hurt them that the people they are dealing with have selfish motives, they only care about whether there is a win-win in the cooperation. They believe in exchanging value — in fact, if everyone does not have selfish motive, it would be hard to facilitate exchange of value in the society. Exchange of value is how one can get rich without losing integrity.
That’s the end of my sharing this time, hope you benefit from it. See you in the next article!
Connie is an Active Reader, Creator to 1 framework “Sustainable Simplified Soulful”, 3 programs “Rich Brain Installation, Knowledge to Cash, Easy Passive Investing”, Author to 1 book “Design your Day: How to Achieve More in a Day than Most Do in a Year”, Host at “Simplified Business Show” podcast. She shares about book recommendations, new learnings, and principles that she learned and practised in business and life.
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