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As promised I have read the book “Secrets of the millionaire mind” by T Harv Eker. What do I think about it? Actually, besides the ongoing advertising of his courses I quite liked it.

Secrets of the millionaire mind – what is the book about?

In case you are looking for the secrets to making a million cash in a very short time, then this is not for you. “Secrets of the millionaire mind” focuses on the mind, on your mindset and the differences between the mindset/thinking of rich people versus poor people.

And as in my post “what is wealth” T. Harv Eker also doesn’t limit wealth to financial wealth. The “rules” he points out are valid for any kind of wealth and not just limited to our financial situation.

Though Eker’s book is written about wealth, it’s actually about happiness and success.

The main content of “Secrets of the millionaire mind”

The book has two main chapters. “Your Money Blueprint” and “The Wealth Files”.

The first part concentrates on your mindset around money/wealth and how you got there (your “Money Blueprint”). He talks about the process of manifestation and how your thoughts lead to feelings, feelings lead to actions, and actions lead to results. He also introduces “declarations” which he uses as a tool to change your programming around money matters.

T. Harv Eker defines a declaration as “to state an official intention to undertake a particular course of action or adopt a particular status.” If you want to change your money blueprint he gives you a number of declarations to help you in doing so.

In the second part of “Secrets of the Millionaire mind” T. Harv Eker talks about “seventeen ways Rich people think and act differently from Poor and Middle-class people” – the wealth files.

He explains that you can imagine your brain a bit like a filing cabinet and that your w blueprint is stored in your “money” files. Whenever you come across any money issues you go to your filing cabinet and check under “money”. Whatever is stored there will determine your feelings and therefore your results around money.

So in order to achieve different results you need to change what is stored in your wealth files.

The nuts and bolts of “Secrets of the millionaire mind” –  The Wealth files

To give you some food for thought I will list the seventeen ways T. Harv Eker describes in “Secrets of the millionaire mind” as being different between rich and poor/ middle-class people – his wealth files.

For me they contain the core message of the book that will help you to self improve your happiness, success and financial wealth over time.

1. Rich people believe: “I create my life.”
   Poor people believe: “Life happens to me
2. Rich people play the money game to win.
   Poor people play the money game to not lose.
3. Rich people are committed to being rich.
   Poor people want to be rich.
4. Rich people think big.
   Poor people think small.
5. Rich people focus on opportunities.
   Poor people focus on obstacles.
6. Rich people admire other rich and successful people.
   Poor people resent rich and successful people.
7. Rich people associate with positive, successful people.
   Poor people associate with negative or unsuccessful people.
8. Rich people are willing to promote themselves and their value.
   Poor people think negatively about selling and promotion.
9. Rich people are bigger than their problems.
   Poor people are smaller than their problems.
10. Rich people are excellent receivers.
    Poor people are poor receivers.
11. Rich people choose to get paid based on results.
    Poor people choose to get paid based on time.
12. Rich people think “both”.
    Poor people think “either/or”.
13. Rich people focus on their net worth.
    Poor people focus on their working income.
14. Rich people manage their money well.
    Poor people mismanage their money well.
15. Rich people have their money work hard for them.
    Poor people work hard for their money.
16. Rich people act in spite of fear.
    Poor people let fear stop them.
17. Rich people constantly learn and grow.
    Poor people think they already know.

After reading these statements, which one’s are true for you? What do your wealth files look like?

What I like about the book “Secrets of the Millionaire mind”

• Explanation about your mindset directing you quiet a lot without you realizing
• The difference between “poor” and “rich” mindsets. They are great food for thought
• The call to action for each of the mindsets with some homework to really get going
• The wealth principles–quotes highlighted throughout (like “The number one reason most people don’t get what they want is that they don’t know what they want”)

What I dislike about the book “Secrets of the Millionaire mind”

• The ongoing reminders throughout the text to take his courses – too much advertising
• The boxes with success stories of people that have taken his courses – again feels like pure sales pitch

Conclusion

All in all I think “Secrets of the Millionaire mind” is a good book about mindset and what to focus on to enrich your life. If you want to improve yourself (and we are talking about self improvement on this blog) then I suggest you read the book “Secrets of the millionaire mind” yourself and take from it what you can to enrich your life.

So, have you read the book? Even if not, what do you think about the wealth files described in the “Secrets of the millionaire mind”? Do they make sense to you? Leave your comment below.

Renee
Self Improvement Explorer
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