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GET RICH
THE SIMPLE PROGRAM THAT PRIMES YOUR GRAY CELLS FOR
teresa aubele, phd, doug freeman, Jd, LLM, Lee hausner, phd, and susan reynolds
avon, Massachusetts
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The Simple Program that Primes Your Gray Cells for Wealth, Prosperity, and Financial Security Teresa Aubele, Doug Freeman, Lee Hausner, and Susan Reynolds Available now from: Adams Media Amazon Barnes and Noble
Contents
IntroduCtIon vii Chapter 1: What Is Wealth? 1 Chapter 2: how Your Brain Works 17 Chapter 3: Breakthroughs in neuroscience that Will support Your Quest for Wealth 35 Chapter 4: neural pathways to Wealth 49 Chapter 5: Believe You Can Get rich 61 Chapter 6: Create the Intention to Get rich 83 Chapter 7: Learn to Get rich 105 Chapter 8: Work hard to Get rich 135 Chapter 9: Meditate to Get rich 165 Chapter 10: play Your Way to Wealth 179 Chapter 11: exercise Your Way to Wealth 195 Chapter 12: sleep Your Way to Wealth 203 Chapter 13: eat Your Way to Wealth 221 appendIx a: specific things You Can do to train Your Brain to Get rich 247 Index: 253
IntroduCtIon
Think and grow rich. Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hill was righteveryone can think themselves rich, if they only had a rich-thinking brain. If youre someone who remembers struggling in math classes or who dismisses the notion of paying close attention to your finances because you dont have a head for numbers, Train Your Brain to Get Rich is just the book you need to give you the knowledge and confidence to develop a successful wealth creation program. Your brain is an extraordinary organ, but until recently its inner workings remained somewhat of a mystery. It was commonly believed that once the brain had developed, the only change occurring was the deterioration accompanying the aging process. However, today, the explosion in the field of brain research has unlocked the inner workings of this master organ and the results demonstrate exciting news about how the brain continually evolves and what role our thoughts can have in creating a rich-thinking brain. Train Your Brain to Get Rich integrates recent breakthroughs in neuroscience with wealth creation to help you learn how to: Understand the inner workings of your brainhow it works for you and against you in your quest for wealth. Make more money, by strengthening the thoughtful, analytic part of your brain in order to identify the best business and investment opportunities.
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Invest more wisely, by short-circuiting unproductive habits that facilitate faulty reasoning. Rebound from financial setbacks, without getting trapped by your brains fight-or-flight response. Budget to acquire investment capital, by maximizing your brain skills when setting goals. Achieve desired financial goals, by strengthening the brains ability to ignore distractions and remain purposeful and focused. All those tools and more will help you begin your training process and take control of your finances. If you want to use your brains rich resources to create wealth, dont waste another minute . . . your fortune awaits!
Chapter 1
What Is WeaLth?
Principle: We all want wealthwho wouldnt?but you cant know what form of wealth you want until you know what you value. Whether you are aware of it or not, much of what you know about money, your thoughts involving money, and the way you make financial decisions have already been ingrained in your brain. This knowledge resulted from what you saw your parents doing, or from listening to what they taught you, or from observing other people. Perhaps youve consciously taken a different route with earning, spending, and investing money, but that doesnt mean that your brain has entirely caught up with your plans. To train your brain to get rich, you first need to know whats stored in your memory and how the way your brain understands money could be affecting you more than you think. This chapter, in particular, will help you shine a light in the corners of your mind/brain to see how much it knows (or doesnt know!) about wealth creation. Here, well discuss the concept of moneyas your brain understands and relates to itand ideas you may have about money that you might not even know are affecting your wealth creation. But before we start to learn about your brain, and the way it thinks about money, lets take a few minutes to assess your need to train your brain to get rich.
C. invested in a house, but have no other investments. D. dont have enough money to invest in anything. 5. When I have to make a big financial decision, I: A. research and carefully weigh all my options before making decisions. B. hire an investment counselor and do whatever he recommends. C. put it off for months until Im forced to deal with it. D. no money = no financial decisions. 6. I would describe my financial savvy as: A. substantial, but theres a lot I could learn. B. fairly solid for everyday decisions, but lacking overall. C. very unsophisticated, about where I was in high school. D. Zero. Zilch. Nada. 7. My savings account is: A. one of my top priorities. B. building slowly, but not nearly as fast as Id like it to grow. C. way below what it should be. D. nonexistent. 8. When it comes to an emergency plan, I: A. have set aside three months living expenses in an untouchable savings account. B. have about $1,000 in my savings that I dont tapunless I have to. C. dont have one because theres never enough money for savings. D. my whole life is an emergency.
9. To stay current about financial matters and markets, I: A. read financial magazines, talk with my broker, and review financial reports. B. watch the financial shows on television, read the Wall Street Journal occasionally. C. dont pay much attention, unless it directly affects me. D. have no reason to pay attention because I dont have any extra money to invest.
Answer Key
If you chose mostly As, you have a solid financial base to build on, but could use a booster shot to take you to the next level. Your brain is ripe for training and will respond positively to the suggestions offered throughout this book. In no time, youll be creating greater wealthand happiness. If you chose mostly Bs, your financial base is somewhat lacking, but salvageable. With a little work, you can bolster your financial knowledge, learn ways to make your brain work harder for you, and increase your wealth substantially. This book is chock full of ideas for youand you dont have be a math whiz to benefit greatly. If you chose mostly Cs, theres a lot of work to be done. Still, you are eager to feel more confident and to discover ways that you can move up the ladder, both career-wise and money-wise. With a little focused tweaking, your brain will soon be lighting the way to wealth. If you chose mostly Ds, your brain has a lot of catch-up work to be done. You simply werent given the knowledge you needed to create wealth, but its not too late. Changing your approach to wealth creation wont be nearly as hard, or discouraging, as you might fear. You can get your brain up and running in no time.
behind on other tasks: recognizing and evaluating long-term financial or business trends, recognizing when patterns are truly random, or focusing on many things at one time. Your brain is also trained to respond to fear, and will assume some situations are dangerous even when they arent. All of these abilities and instincts are challenged (and challenging to overcome!) when making financial decisions. Luckily, we are at the forefront of new brain exploration, which is offering amazing insights into how the human brain works and how you can maximize your brains capabilities. Thanks to breakthroughs in neuroscience, we all have the capability to understand a lot more about how this magnificently complex structure we call our brain operates and what we can do to enhance its development in all areas of our lives, including personal and financial well-being. Weve got a wealth of ideas and knowledge to speed you along your quest to get rich . . . but first you have to determine what wealth means to you!
As we operate in a world where both material values and spiritual values are important, the goal to ultimate satisfaction is to find balance between these forces. Acknowledging that being rich encompasses many aspects of development broadens your perspective on the entire subject. As you work your way through this book, you will be able to understand how you can more effectively utilize the power of your brain to enhance all these capital accounts, thereby achieving richness in all aspects of your life.
Consider the kinds of messages you may have received. Did your father tell you that wealthy people were rude and arrogant and didnt understand or value the important things in life? Did your mother express the idea that women are helpless when it comes to making and managing money? Did your family always live close to the financial edge, or was there always enough for your needsand some of your wants? You can examine these messages and their effects on you and challenge them so that you can make different decisions about wealth than you have in the past. For example, if your mother thought that
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women shouldnt be involved in financial decision-making and left it up to your father, that doesnt have to be your approach, even if it worked for your mother. If your family always lived close to the edge, then you may also feel comfortable living close to the edge. But consider that moving away from the edge could be fulfilling in its own way.
The Simple Program that Primes Your Gray Cells for Wealth, Prosperity, and Financial Security Teresa Aubele, Doug Freeman, Lee Hausner, and Susan Reynolds Available now from: Adams Media Amazon Barnes and Noble