Jan
My friend Edel was made redundant by our company last December 2008. He was in all ways luckier than us who were left behind in the company because:
- he has started his own technical writing enterprise before he lost his day job
- he got the highest redundancy payment in the history of our project
- he got his wish and more; he has been wanting to resign months before. Surely, the redundancy pay that he got was much much more than the amount he could get if he resigned.
Here is his email to me, which is useful to others also:
Nora,
As I have said, I am striving to learn constantly and I would like to share with you what I have learned recently. As you can see, it appears that I was lucky to be the one chosen for the redundancy slot. According to my other mentors that include George Clason, Joe Vitale and Mike Dooley, there is no such thing as luck. I would now like to believe that it is one of the fruits of my declarations and my plan.
I have made daily declarations after getting up in the morning and before retiring in the evening as part of my daily routine. This is one of the key lessons given by Napoleon Hill in “Think and Grow Rich,” and it is also asserted by T. Harv Eker. By the way, Eker is that person who became famous for stating that by just talking to a person for five minutes, he could predict that person’s financial future. He is also a person who actually practiced what he preaches in the same manner as Robert Kiyosaki. Eker has also become well-known for making a million dollars in less than three years as a result of his studies of the psychology of the rich and a business that he built from scratch.
You see, it was Eker who revealed in his book, “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind,” that our subconscious mind is preventing most people from getting rich. The money principles and ideas we learned beginning in our childhood continue to influence our life. Also, our previous experiences with money continue to affect our financial success today if we do not do anything to remedy these faults in our “money blueprint.” I strongly recommend that you read this book.
Now… regarding the plan. You see, many people as they grow older throw away their dreams because they finally realize that the path they are on makes it impossible for them to reach their dreams. They realize that they are trapped in the Rat Race that keeps going around in circles. So what does the average person do? He or she declares that dreams are just that. Dreams. They have no substance. They are not real. And therefore, they point out with the “wisdom” of their age that to dream is foolish.
Now, what about those people who had realized their dreams? The average person would say, that these people were just lucky. Remember what Eker stated about poor people? They complain, blame and justify. A person with a rich mindset will never do that. Eker warns us from complaining, blaming and justifying because this would doom us to financial failure.
Rich people realize their dreams because they have a plan. This is a key ingredient in the path towards success. According to Kiyosaki, the plan is the bridge to our dreams because we are separated from our dreams by a roaring river and the plan creates the bridge that allows us to cross to the other side. The plan permits us to get out of the Rat Race trap.
Of course, realizing our dreams takes more than just a plan. I’ll delve into the other ingredients later because this letter is already quite long. Why am I sharing this to you? You see, one of the ways to learn is to share. As I am writing this letter to you, I am learning.
May the Lord God bless us in our endeavors.
Edel
Tags: dream, harv eker, learning, luck, mindset, money, plan, redundant, rich, Robert Kiyosaki