Abundance Mindset

While in my journey through the Winning the Game of Money program, I realized that I don't always have an abundance mindset.  I noticed a post in the facebook group where another member discussed not quite having an abundance mindset just yet.  I realized that mindset, just like skills and habits can take time to cultivate.

So, how does one gain an abundance mindset?!  There are activities that you can do to help cultivate an attitude of abundance.  Yesterday, I watched a Tony Robbins clip on how he was completely broke and he gave away his last $17 to a child who was going out to lunch with his mother so the kid could pay for his mother's meal.  At that time in his life, he made the mental shift from scarcity and lack to abundance.

We listen in the Winning the Game of Money program to affirmations that help us to cultivate an abundance mindset.  The repetition helps them to sink into our habits and daily lives.  Something that Mark Waldman teaches us to do is mindfulness.  Be mindful of your thoughts.  When thoughts of scarcity and lack creep in, simply change them.  Whip out an index card with thoughts of gratitude and abundance and review it.

A big thing is actually recognizing the thoughts that are associated with scarcity and lack.  Below is a comparison between scarcity thinking and abundance thinking.

A great exercise to help you get into the abundance state of mind is writing three things down each day that you are grateful for in your life.  As you do this, you become more focused on the positive and good things that are happening in your life and you invite more of the same.  I close this blog each day with three things I am grateful for in my own life.  Today's three things include:

1. Having dinner last night with my brother and my mother
2. My blog where I can share what I learn with other people
3. My treadmill desk which helps me squeeze in more physical activity while I work