Using Reverse Psychology on Money to be Wealthy

There is a psychology of money that most wealthy people understand.  The only times that they are unaware of it or unconcerned about it seem to involve incredible luck or incredible talent, but these instances are very rare.

Mr. T. was working as a bouncer when he was famously discovered by Sylvester Stallone who offered him the role of Clubber Lang in Rocky III.  Harrison Ford had been doing bit parts as an actor and gave up, returning to his carpentry job.  However, he did a job for George Lucas and the rest is history.

For the vast majority of people, the psychology of money must be followed, or true wealth will elude them.  What is this psychology?  It is simply one of two mental states to adopt.  Either you decide you care more about your passion and the money will come, or you have already decided that you will be wealthy and will put yourself in a state to receive it.

The first state is the more difficult of the two because it is not always possible to become wealthy or even make a living from your passion.  You may love basketball, but if you are short, uncoordinated and nonathletic, making a living as a player is unlikely.  However, all is not lost.  Many sports fans work in the sport in other areas, like a team front office, a trainer, sports agent, etc.  In that respect, if you expand the vision of your passion and what you are willing to do, you could make a living a possibly become wealthy.

Sports, Entertainment and Art.

The most common areas for this approach are sports, entertainment and art.  All three of these areas pay the top members of their fields exceptionally well but getting to that level is extremely difficult.  It is not impossible, however, if you work hard at your passion and give a huge amount of value to others from what you are doing.  If you push too hard, people will know that you want money more than you value them and your art and you will have a much harder time.  Money cannot be forced; it must be coaxed with hard work and intelligence. 

You also still need to be smart about money.  Even in the case of Mr. T. or Harrison Ford, they used that lucky break to create a career for themselves that led to more income and wealth.

The second psychological state is the easier of the two because it fine tunes your money consciousness.  While the first one relies more heavily on loving your passion first and making money second, this state is the reverse.  Once you decide you are going to be wealthy, if you truly believe it and live it, money and wealth will be attracted to you.

Now, this is not some spiritual trick whereby you decide you are going to be wealthy and the money falls in your lap.  There is still a huge amount of hard work involved, but, once you really decide you are going to be wealthy and maintain that attitude daily, it will increase the likelihood that you achieve it exponentially.

Warren Buffett notably decided when he was a child that he was going to be wealthy.  He was not sure how he was going to do it, but he single-mindedly pursued his goal, never pushing for money from people, but always providing exceptional value through his investment advice.  Ironically, he is a very mediocre spender and has little interest in the trappings of wealth.  This includes driving regular vehicles and living in the same home he bought in the 1950s.  The point was to become wealthy by creating value for others not for himself.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has stated that in the 1970s, after having won the top bodybuilding contests, he decided that he would be an actor.  Not just an actor, however, he decided that he would be the top actor in the world.  He decided to model Clint Eastwood, John Wayne and Charles Bronson who were the top box office draws at the time.  He says that when he truly decided this, could clearly visualize it and committed to it 100%, he felt a sense of calm.  The decision was so clear that he knew he, like Warren Buffet would be successful and that wealth would come as a result.

Like Buffet, Arnold worked incredibly hard at making himself the best actor in the world, and he too was intelligent with his money.  He has a more lavish life than Buffet, but he also owns vast investments that increase his wealth constantly.  This is in addition to all of the work he does to act in, produce and promote his movies so that they are the best product he can create.

In both cases, being smart about your money and following the 3 rules of making it, saving it and growing it, are vital to having success, but it can be done if you follow the psychology.