Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

Summary Written by Chris Taylor

The Big Idea

The Mental Blueprint

"I’ve had thousands of problems in my life, most of which never actually happened."- Mark Twain, as quoted in Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, page 174

Eker suggests that all of our thoughts and beliefs about money come from three sources: Verbal Programming, Modeling and Specific Incidents. (I’m certainly not a psychiatrist, but it seems these could apply to virtually any aspect of life… but I digress.) Eker believes that these three sources create, at a very young age, our attitudes and beliefs when it comes to money. What he stresses is that our “understanding” is simply a story; programming that we let ourselves believe to be fact. Secrets of the Millionaire Mind is a book about re-writing that story; creating productive mental “files” that can be used to replace our current beliefs.

Insight #1

Take Control

"There is no such thing as a really rich victim!"- Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, page 60

In the above quote, “rich” could really be referring to anything – rich in love, rich in peace of mind, rich in philanthropic spirit, etc. In this case we’re talking about money, but the fact is universally applicable – you will never attain greatness if you insist on being a victim. A victim, for clarification, is someone who deflects responsibility. Anything bad that happens to them was beyond their control, and anything positive… well, victims rarely have a ton of good luck now, do they? To determine how much you fall into the victim category, monitor yourself for a day and see how often you use one of these victimization tactics: Blame, Justification or Complaining.

The good news is that if you (or someone you know) is playing the victim, it’s never too late to change. Eker offers a great starting point: “Here’s some homework that I promise will change your life. For the next seven days, I challenge you to not complain at all. Not just out loud, but in your head as well.”

I’d do it for a week regardless, even if you’re not a victim. Good things happen when you shift from complaining to solving problems.

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Insight #2

Leaving Port, Anyway

"'Ready, fire, aim!' … Get ready the best you can in as short a time as possible, take action; then correct along the way."- Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, page 81

Did you know that for most of the time spent in any given voyage, a sailing vessel is off course? Same with airplanes. They’re hardly ever flying directly towards their destination. The fact is that the elements make it impossible to always be going in the ideal direction. So should the captain wait until there is no wind, or the ocean is as smooth as glass? Of course not. The captains of these vessels understand that the majority of their job is course correction. If they waited until conditions were perfect, they’d never go anywhere.

Get started. Action gives you energy and energy gives you confidence. Confidence is crucial to success. Take chances, and stretch your comfort zone; especially in regards to money. One of the best ways to reprogram your mental blueprint is to create new, real world experience that you can then draw from in the future – experience that supports the new attitude you’d like to have towards money. Get out there and do something – anything – that challenges you to grow.

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind is a brash, in your face, grossly over simplified comparison of “rich people” mindsets to “poor people” mindsets. Eker is over the top and relentless… and it just might work. The fact of the matter is these lessons have been taught before and, so long as the majority of North Americans are effectively living the exact opposite principles, they’ll be taught some more.

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T. Harv Eker

Using the principles he teaches, T. Harv Eker went from zero to millionaire in only 2 1/2 years! He combines a unique brand of ’street-smarts with heart’. T. Harv Eker is the founder and president of Peak Potentials Training, the fastest growing personal development company in North America.

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