This post is a series of posts that begins with an introduction titled “Develop a New Relationship with Money”.  This is step 5 of a 5 part process to stimulate wealth and eliminate financial stress:

Step 5:  Flip the switch: No matter what your current financial picture looks like, adopt the philosophy of a well known cliche - “Today is the first day of the rest of my life” and choose to make the rest of your life the way you want it.  If your well being has ever been threatened, whether physically or emotionally, you are probably familiar with the turning point - that is the moment where you decide to take a stand and take back your life! The fact is, life is meant to be fantastic and you are here to be happy, creative and prosperous.  I suggest you make a decision to flip the switch and take back your God-given right to be prosperous.

Flipping the switch is related to your mindset about money more than your course of action with money.  It is deciding to change the way you think about money, more than changing the way you make, save or spend money.  For example, instead of thinking up ways to get out of debt, I’m suggesting you simply stop focusing on debt. You ask “how is that possible when I owe so much money?” and I say, as long as you keep focusing on debt, debt will be your reality.  By focusing on debt, you put yourself in a negative mind-set that doesn’t see all the amazing miracles that can only align with a positive mind-set. The miracles that can change your financial picture in the blink of an eye…why would you risk missing out on these?

You ask “is it as easy as just changing my thinking?”  I say that, my friend, is where it all begins.  The rest will happen naturally.  You will know exactly how to take action once you believe.  My clients have heard me say the following line over and over:  “Don’t worry about HOW, just believe it NOW”.  As you begin to program your mind to believe that prosperity is your birhtright (the NOW), all the other answers are revealed to you (the HOW).  You will start to be guided to take action dowing what you love for a living.  You will begin to understand that it IS possible to turn a hobby or talent into a profitable living (I LOVE WRITING :).  Or if you love what you do right now, but struggle to make ends meet, by believing that you have a prosperity birthright, you will open up to prosperity from avenues you never thought possible.  Believing is the key to receiving.

Flipping the switch also means having an open mind.  Believe me; I know the philosophy I present in this article can be considered illogical or even crazy to the majority.  But it works and I’m living proof.  Changing my mind-set ended the chapter of my life that was spent watching my 6 year old son make paper action figures because I couldn’t afford toys.  When people are desperate they commit to doing whatever is necessary to change their current situation.  If the doctor tells you that you have some rare disease and your life expectancy just got cut in half, you may try things you never imagined doing before so you can beat the odds.  You may start exercising and give up beer (which was always your favorite “food group”).  You may meditate even though you use to think it was weird.  You may eat some strange herb that you have to travel to a rain forest to get your hands on.  Or you may run naked through the street singing a tune from Mary Poppins if you have an ounce of hope it will beat the disease.  The point is, when you have tried everything and nothing changes, try something else.  You may just be surprised!

Remember your birthright.  Just as oxygen is a birthright, so is prosperity.  Focusing on lack does to prosperity, what holding your breath does to oxygen. You are entitled, worthy and free to be prosperous.  It is there waiting for you.  Stop holding your nose and allow it to come in.