How's your attitude?

Feeling poor or having a poor attitude can make achieving wealth difficult, if not impossible. Your job, spiritual belief, career, the people you associate with, or even a calamity can be main contributors to poverty. However, there are some forms of poverty that we create ourselves. Taking an assessment of your current state of wealth or poverty in these areas is a fundamental step to success. People who have not achieved success are usually people poor, time poor, or money poor. Here is a brief look at each of these forms of self-poverty.

Relationship poor

Friends and family are supposed to take precedence, sad to say for some people this is just not so. The pursuit of making a buck is the foremost thought or priority, while personal relationships suffer. It’s okay to strive for more income to provide the things that you and your family desires. That may require long hours and hard work in the traditional work place, but it's important to maintain a balance. Are the relationships in your life in need some improving? Or, are things going outstanding? I have a few thoughts on improving a people or relationship poor situation. Schedule time to spend in your most important relationships, take the vacation with the family, spend 1 night a week and make it “family night” and enjoy it. Your children rather have you than the “stuff”. Make time for those who deserve it not want it. That sounds harsh, but how many people do you know who are always needing you for something? How much of your time do they waste? Meanwhile the people who you would like to spend more time with suffer, and in the long run so will you.

Time poor

We are all given the same amount of time every day. The only difference is what we do in that time. Those who are time poor often feel there is not enough time to get anything done. Where many people go wrong in this area is in over-estimating how much time is left to complete something, and under-estimating how long it will take. Try these simple tips: stop procrastinating! Get your list of priorities in proper order; don’t do the lowest priority tasks first. Make an activity log or journal of your time and what you do with it and analyze it. Set goals of getting those items done, put them in writing and stick to it. Schedule your day; make a habit of always being on time or ahead of schedule. Being early can mean waiting longer for someone else. You can combat this down-time by having something to work on; catching up on reading, writing down ideas, or making a few phone calls.
More on time management here

Financially Poor

Been there done that. Many people go into debt because the credit card companies make it very easy to do so. Advertising targeted to our pride or “keep up with the neighbors” We can feel poor when we don't get the things we think we deserve. It can be a vicious cycle. Taking an honest look at your situation is the only way to know where you are. If you’re broke; ok so you’re broke at least that is a starting point and you know where you stand. People who are money poor are often quick to dislike those who are wealthy. Thoughts like “Only the rich get richer”, or “You have to be lucky to be rich”. Never mind that most people who are wealthy have earned and paid the price. This poor attitude contributes greatly to money poorness. Changing attitudes about money can be hard, even if you are a normal person, with a regular job, and somewhat of a paycheck. However, to help change your attitude try this out: What is your attitude towards wealth and prosperity? Do you believe that it has never been in easy reach? Write down your beliefs, doing this will show you what thoughts are holding you back from achieving success. Make a commitment to change your beliefs; it's all up to you. If you want to be wealthy, you need to leave behind your old attitude and develop a new way of thinking.