Are We All Programmed? How To Unlock Your Truth And Pursuit Your Dreams

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When I was a teenager, I always used to wonder why my parents were so adamant about their children seeking higher education so that they would get a secure, high-paying job. My parents themselves have spent their adult lives as employees going through the ups and downs of the employee life. They were at times put out of their jobs and then forced to work for less paying and less rewarding jobs. They worked very hard for money to provide the best they can for their family. When they retired, they woke up to the realization that neither their previous employer nor the government will look after them. My parent retired broke, and luckily enough I had the means to take care of their needs when they were out of money after their legal retirement age.

Back then during my childhood, I observed that the parents of my wealthy classmates did things quite differently from the route my parents selected for themselves. When I used to visit their houses for play days, even as a young child, it was obvious to me that my wealthy classmates’ lifestyle was quite far from the lifestyle our family was enjoying … or not enjoying!

When I grew a bit more mature, I automatically fell into the same “life-programming”, and as soon as I graduated, I started my career in the corporate world. I found myself trapped in the rat race, running from one paycheck to the next. My corporate life allowed me great exposure to working with my colleagues from the different corners of the world. I also have worked as an expatriate in different countries for almost 20 years. I realized that almost all my work colleagues, irrespective of where they fall on the corporate ladder, irrespective of which country they live and work in, all had accepted their fate and were trying to make the most out of the life program that their parents handed over to them.

Unlocking The Truth

When I started my wealth-building journey, my starting point was taking a proper inventory of my financial situation. When I had a look at my first ever personal financial statement, dozens of questions and ideas came to my mind. In some instances, I comforted myself with some irrational justifications about my financial ruin. It was like covering a bad story with another bad story. Finally, I had to face reality and objectively analyze what brought me to this situation. During this same time, I looked at Forbes’s list of billionaires and started to ask myself questions about how those billionaires and other wealthy people attract money like a magnet, whereas people like me and my colleagues, employees in general, seem to repel it.

Being determined to discover the answers, I talked to dozens of people, including ones who were poor, middle class, well off, and wealthy. As I met people who were low-, medium-, and high-paid employees, self-employed, investors, and business owners, I began to notice that people who depend on earned income, irrespective of their income level, have much in common. On the other hand, people who have acquired multiple streams of income from their income-producing assets also share a lot in common. The difference between those classes was astonishing.

Rewriting Your Script

People who have accumulated wealth have let go of an incredible number of misconceptions and limiting beliefs. In fact, the wealthy have managed to subscribe to a new set of empowering beliefs that contradict what the majority of the population still hangs onto.

It appears as if we are all programmed to believe in a set of false assumptions that become limiting beliefs. Too often the poor and the middle class hold tightly to a set of limiting beliefs about money and investing. Meanwhile, those same beliefs hold them captive and prevent them from achieving financial freedom.

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When I first looked at my personal financial statement, I had the same set of limiting beliefs. It was only when I understood how those beliefs were enslaving me to a state of financial ruin that I managed to let go of them. I had to understand the personal truth about my negative thoughts to overcome them and replace them with empowering beliefs.

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The poor and the middle class have adopted limiting personal beliefs, whereas the wealthy have adopted empowering personal beliefs. You’ll never embark on the road to wealth if you let such negative thoughts constrain you.

The poor and the middle class will most probably remain in the same financial situation if they conjure up any number of excuses for not choosing wealth—excuses that say more about their inner thoughts than about the difficulty of achieving wealth.

If you’re embracing negative thoughts, you need to understand what they really mean. It’s time to dig deep and unearth your personal truths. Jot down negative statements you whisper to yourself, and, after some honest soul searching, record the personal truth that lies beneath each. Once you become honest with yourself and accept that those beliefs are limited only to the extent you allow them to be, you will experience a transformation of those beliefs into empowering ones. Self-awareness is critical in this transformation.

Before you change your life, you need to change your mind. Your thoughts and beliefs are deeply entrenched, so deeply rooted that you may not even be aware of how much they’ve impacted your financial situation.

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