I have a secret. Nobody knows what it is. I’ve had this secret for a long time, and if I told anyone, they wouldn’t believe me. This secret plagues my thoughts everyday, interfering with my life constantly, consuming my actions everyday. It is a hard secret to keep, for I am wealthy, financially independent, and I cannot tell anyone.
Not even my wife and kids know, although I think they suspect it. My home is littered with books describing wealth accumulation and being successful. Now, my family doesn’t actually read the books, or even acknowledge they are there. It is because they ignore the books that makes me believe they are suspicious.
I can’t prove my secret to you. My investment portfolios and bank accounts do not reflect the reality that is in my mind, yet. This is why most people would not believe me. They want proof. My neighbors would ask me why I lived in their neighborhood if I was so wealthy. The people I work with would ask me why I still worked with them if I was financially independent.
These people do not understand. Just because I can’t show you…yet…doesn’t mean I am not wealthy. Visualizing my goal of financial independence in my mind and working toward that accomplishment everyday requires that I live there now, that I see myself as that wealthy individual today. One day, if you still really need to know, I will have my proof.
It was once said by the philosopher Neville, “Don’t think of your goals, think from your goals.” This is an idea that I learned from the book The One Minute Millionaire, by Marc Hansen and Robert Allen. In this book, they describe the relevance of thinking from your goals. If it is a big house you want, you will be more successful achieving that house by visualizing already having it, living in it. Close your eyes and sit in the house, smell the smells, feel it. Visualizing this way is more productive than simply writing down the goal, “I want a big house.”
