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Learn Millionaire Habits

I emphasize “happy and healthy” for a reason. I wouldn’t dream of
teaching you how to make money without helping you to establish the proper
foundation that allows you to enjoy your wealth. Learn and master these
millionaire habits, and you’ll be able to capitalize on the wealth-building
vehicles described throughout this book. If you don’t—you’ll have regrets
later, and wish you had.
Let’s look at the first successful habit, and the true foundation of all

wealth.

Spiritual Health

If you think being poor is tough, try being rich without being spiritually cen-
tered. Spiritual health is understanding that, ultimately, all of the money in
the world isn’t going to make you happy. If you don’t like yourself when
you’re poor, you sure won’t like yourself when you’re rich; in fact, money
makes the struggle harder.

That’s why it’s important to find a spiritual path that works for you. Find-

ing wealth without finding peace is setting yourself up for disaster. Money
can create paranoia, distance you from the people you love, and stimulate and
create addictions. Wealth gives you enough money to indulge yourself with
harmful things like drugs, alcohol, greed, and worse. Instead, armed with a
spiritual discipline, you’ll be able to do the effective thing, and do it daily so
you can learn to truly love yourself and be freed up to do good work. There
really is no right or wrong, just consequences.
Spiritual health starts with the knowledge that the size of your bank
account doesn’t dictate your self-worth. By truly liking who you are—with or
without money—you’ll make much better judgments and not get bogged
down in emotional quicksand. In the course of building a successful business,
it’s normal to have setbacks. There will be bumps in the road—that is guaran-
teed. By being spiritually healthy, you’ll be secure in your own identity and
more willing to take calculated risks that are the foundation of creating wealth.
Spiritual health keeps you clear minded and joyful and free of worry
about the future. It also gives a strong moral foundation to enjoy your wealth.
Ever wonder why the rich get richer? Because they have a spirit of gratitude.
They’re grateful for what they have. And this spirit of gratitude allows them

to look for what is working every day. We always find what we are looking
for. What we focus on expands. This mindset allows you to constantly deal

with what emerges and to find it not only useful, but actually perfect.

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