Are you where you want to be financially? The real question is are you attracting all the abundance you deserve? For most of us, whether we are business owners or have a career, there were times in life when we felt a lack of money. I know I’m not alone out there, am I!?!
Several questions I get from clients are; how do I attract more money when I feel poor? How can I shift from a scarcity mindset to an abundant one when my experience is the polar opposite?
Great questions! I’ve been there. I know what it’s like to skip meals so your family has enough to eat. I understand the sinking feeling when you have a stack of bills in one hand and $10 to your name. I know how it feels being a business owner and seemingly not have money to invest in yourself and tools you need to be successful.
Yet, here I am! Here are three proven ways to attract abundance when you feel poor. The key is shifting your mindset from ‘poor’ to ‘more than enough’ and the examples below will help you make the shift today. These strategies worked for me and they work for countless others.
Attitude of gratitude
You may have heard being grateful for what you already have is one of the best ways to bring more things to be grateful for. I certainly believe this is true. Instead of worrying where money will come from to pay bills, take your bills and write ‘thank you’ across the top. Giving thanks for your bills may seem counterintuitive; yet, think of it this way.
Giving thanks for the product or service that bill provided shifts the mind from one of lack to that of appreciation. When paying bills, give thanks for the exact amount of money you just paid to be replenished back to you for further good.
Here’s the key: FEEL what it feels like to have money flowing to you easily and effortlessly. I once played a lottery ticket and won $10. I cried with joy for this $10. I played another lottery ticket and won $500. I bawled my eyes out. You would have thought I won $100,000!
You are what you say you are.
The words “I AM” are two of the most powerful words in the English language. Be extremely careful what you say following these words. I am healthy. I am sick. I am a money magnet. I am broke. I am having a record year in business. I am having trouble finding paying clients. Can you see the difference when saying these words? If you catch yourself saying something that isn’t in alignment with who you really are, say, “cancel” and it helps trick your mind. If you have trouble taking the leap from lack to abundance, you can say things like, more and more, the right clients are coming to me now, or, everyday I make progress towards my goals. Restating things as if they are happening now while feeling it, believing it, and expecting it is paramount. Recite the same thing over and over as you go to sleep. Say it in the morning before your feet hit the ground. Put statements on your mirrors. Whatever it takes to make it a way of life.
Ask and you shall receive
When starting my business, I imagined all the right people and resources supporting me. I was bound and determined not to get another, dare I say it, J.O.B. I knew the time was now. I needed a website. I needed marketing and branding help. I needed a lot of things!
I asked for website help and got it. I suddenly got a free ticket to an event that was paramount for my growth. I discovered outsourced companies charging very, very little money to get key things done. Write a list of the people, places or things you need and start asking your networks for help. Need a larger network? Meet up groups are a great way to find niche specific experts. Ask for help and you’d be amazed at the support you receive.
Sometimes, I robbed Peter to pay Paul to invest in my business and myself. I did what I had to do. Where there is a will there is a way. When there isn’t a way, break it down and make a way! Give thanks for what you have today, remember you are what you give attention to and support is always near. 2014 is your best year yet!
Dedicated to YOUR success,
Tandy
Tandy Elisala, MA, CPSC, ACT, CHt, TFT-fAlg, is founder and CEO of Center for Inspiring Greatness.™ Tandy is a Care Giving Expert, Certified Professional Success Coach, Author and Consultant. She is certified in various alternative-healing modalities. Tandy has 25 years’ proven experience as a corporate executive, speaker and coach. Tandy was a full-time caregiver for both parents simultaneously while kicking cancer’s butt a third time and raising three children as a single parent. Tandy lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her three kids, two dogs, and three cats. Tandy’s book, Healing Through the Chaos: Practical Care-Giving is available at http://www.tandyelisala.com
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Delia, thanks so much for stopping by and commenting! “I am” statements are definitely the best ways ways to attract all that we deserve…and a little bit more:=)
Great advice Tandy! Something I need to work on. It sounds simple enough but I know it’s not. But I’m going to try. Asking for help us so hard for me!
Debbie, I appreciate you sharing the challenges associated with asking for help. I can certainly relate and I’m sure others are nodding their heads right now as they read this. Sometimes, we think we are strong enough to handle something or we are responsible for this or that and think we need to go it alone. Other times, we are proud and don’t want people to know we need help. Our relationships play a key role here. If we aren’t used to getting the support needed when we do ask, it’s easy to retreat. I recommend starting with small things until you feel supported… You are worth it and deserve all good things. Let the good come to you now:-)
Tandy: It’s true. We have to talk the talk, walk the walk & say it like we mean it! If we aren’t passionate about what we’re doing, who will be? Passion is contagious. If you’re not “feeling it,” no one else will either. Also, I completely understand about how difficult it can be to ask for help. Yet, it seems that when we do open ourselves up to the possibilities and just ask, people are more than happy to lend a helping hand. I firmly believe that people need to be needed & get great joy from helping others along the road to success! All we have to do is be grateful, be prepared & pay it forward! Thanks for sharing!
Christine, thanks for your great comments. Here here! I agree wholeheartedly on all counts. People need to be needed and respected. I love your comment: be grateful, be prepared and pay it forward!