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It is interesting to hear people say, money changes people.

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I disagree.

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Money only accentuates who you already are and simply takes on the characteristics and

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the energies of the person holding it.

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Here are some thoughts.

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A careful person will be careful with their money.

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A gambler will gamble it.

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A reckless person will be reckless.

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A lazy person will be lazy with their money.

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I'm sure you get the idea.

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Money is not this evil entity, which engulfs people and changes personalities and behaviors

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making them into a different person as many people would have you believe.

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Thinking that is bordering on madness.

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Money is simply an idea, and only has value to the extent to which we empower it with.

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The truth of the matter is that money is an amazing vehicle, which gives us options and

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opportunities that we wouldn't have without it.

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It is you as a person, who dictates whether this vehicle will be destructive or empowering.

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So if you are one of those people who are hung about this thing called money and wealth,

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get over it, you are just stopping yourself from having more options and choices in your

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life.

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Two of the most common perspectives or sayings that you might have heard time and time again

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about relationships with money are.

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Is money your servant or is money your master?

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Let's think about these for a moment.

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What does this relationship you are giving to your money actually say and what is the

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energy behind it?

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Money is my servant.

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Think about it, when you think about a servant and often how they're treated.

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They tend to be disrespected and potentially abused.

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Are they passionate about working for you?

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Are they loyal?

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Is it a partnership working towards a mutual outcome?

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On the other hand what if?

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Money was your master?

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If money was your master, what would that mean?

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You are controlled and not in control.

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At the whim of your master.

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You have no power.

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This is where most people sit, on one side or the other.

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Now let's shift the thinking a bit and ask.

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What if money was your partner?

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Think about if you treated your money as a partner what?

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Would that feel like?

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What is the energy behind that?

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Working together towards a mutual outcome.

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A team.

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The sum is greater than the parts.

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The truth is most of us have been taught through family and school and society how to feel

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about money and how we should treat it, and most tends to be negative or ineffective to

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creating wealth in your life.

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75% plus of the people I meet through my seminars or coach personally have a poor relationship

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with money and are holding many underlying negative beliefs about money which more often

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than not they are unaware of and are oblivious to how they are affecting them right now on

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their journey towards wealth and financial freedom.

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Now some of you might say, what are you talking about?

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Money is just money.

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And if you are saying that, then you probably don't have a good relationship with your own

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money and more than likely don't have the wealth you want in your life right now.

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A wealthy person is well aware of their own relationship with money, they respect money

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and the power of creation it can have for them and everyone else around them.

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The significance of all of this is, in order for your financial situation to change, you

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have to eliminate your own negative traits, which affect the way you handle money and

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then introduce or strengthen the traits and habits you need as a wealthy person.

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Think about the energy and emotions you have about money, about receiving it, spending

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it, saving it, giving it.

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Then look at the wealth you have in your life.

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I imagine you may find some distinctions to think about.

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So here are five traits or empowering beliefs to adopt as your own, on your way to creating

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the mind of a wealthy person.

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Money as my partner of creation.

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Think like an investor in every part of your life and investor in your education, an investor

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with your money, an investor in yourself as a person.

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Knowledge and learning.

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Take responsibility.

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This is one of the master keys to success.

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Take responsibility for where you are in life and more importantly where you are going in

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your life.

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Realize you are 100% responsible and refuse to blame anyone of anything else.

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Be humble and curious, be humble enough to ask for help and admit to yourself you don't

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know it all.

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Be curious to ask the questions you have floating about in your mind.

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Find mentors and coaches in your life to guide you on your way to wealth and success.

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Be intensely action-oriented.

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Take action with your money, get it working for you every single day, stop procrastinating

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and saying one day.

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Get out there and do it.

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So think now about who you are as a person and how that flows onto your finances.

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What are the commonalities?

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What is your relationship with money?

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What does money mean to you?

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If they aren't serving you, go to work on yourself and your thoughts, feelings and actions.

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The truth behind creating success and wealth is not the resources that you have, it is

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how you think, talk and act.

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Todd provides coaching, practical workshops, and keynote talks to help professionals of

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all ages achieve their own versions of a wealthy lifestyle.

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By drawing on his vault of knowledge in business, personal growth, wealth psychology and investment

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strategy, Todd is helping people just like you.

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Need more wealth to support your highest values in life.