I was on the phone yesterday with a gentleman who’s going through a challenging and exciting time in his life – a career transition. He’s not completely sure what he would like to do and he’s clear that he doesn’t want to be doing what he feels he’s consistently done in the past; settle for whatever comes along.
During our conversation and his inquiry, he said, “I need to earn $30,000 per year”. I thought this was an interesting statement. I asked him, “Is that what you need to earn or is that what you want to earn”? He replied, “That’s what I need to earn”. “Okay”, I said. Then I asked him, “Have you ever just declared what you want to earn”? The phone went silent.
It’s an interesting thing…we travel through career transitions, business, clients, relationships and life focusing so much on what we feel we need. As with anything we do, when we focus on something, someone or some situation we take action that’s aligned with that focus. So in the case of my career transition friend, because he’s telling me, friends, family and potential employers that he needs to earn $30,000, he’s taking action that will deliver on that amount of money AT BEST. In other words, his belief and his speaking is limiting his ability to earn more.
Fortunately he hadn’t hung up on me and we began talking again. He asked, “So Preston, if I actually just begin speaking or sharing that I want to earn $65,000, I’ll begin taking the action that aligns itself with that amount of money”? “Yep. It’s really that simple”, I replied.
I asked him to consider that whatever we request from the world, Universe, or our community is exactly what we will get back. This specifically includes us taking the action that aligns itself with producing what we want. A millionaire doesn’t say she needs a part time job because she feels she needs a bit more money. She declares she wants another million and then takes the appropriate action. After another moment of silence he replied, “I want to earn $120,000 per year.”
So here’s the question for you…how come only a few people in this world earn the majority of the money that flows? What is it that has them have so much when others have so little? Could it really be as simple as focusing on what you want rather than what you need?
Please post your thoughts,
-Preston
