Wealth Building Steps
When my father was slowly progressing through the phases of aterminal illness, as a final legacy he revealed to me a sequenceof 9 extraordinary "wealth-building" steps he nicknamed, "The 9Insights of the Wealthy Soul."
On the surface, his lessons appeared to be about buildingmaterial wealth.
On a much deeper level, these Insights held the secret forovercoming our greatest challenges and achieving the highestwealth of the soul.
My father, himself, had used these same Insights as an armypilot-trainee to turn several near-crashes into soaring flights.Later, these Insights were the means through which he would raisehimself up from the devastating death of his beloved daughter -mysister.
Four years after my father's last great lesson to me, whileactually writing a book on the subject, I awakened one morningperceiving a profoundly deeper significance of his 9 Insights.
I suddenly understood that they are the actual stages of"TRANSFORMATION."
Whether you desire to transform a dream into reality, failureinto triumph, grief into grace, or a relationship breakdown intoa bridge of love and higher understanding, these universalprinciples are the means you can naturally accomplish your goals.
Here is a summary of my father's "9 Insights of the WealthySoul":
Insight 1: INSIGHT
Just as a tree begins with a seed, so too, is Insight the "seed"that begins your transformation. One of the greatest insights issimply the knowledge that "You Can." You CAN overcome yourgreatest challenges. You CAN transform your dreams into your ownliving, breathing reality. You CAN create a new life for yourselfand your loved ones.Insight 2: TIMING
The saying "Timing is everything" is not just a nice expression.Without developing excellent timing, you will always be fightingthe natural ebb and flow of the universe. Just as most seedssprout on a particular day in springtime, YOU can develop theability to recognize the precise day of spring for all you do.Whether asking for a raise, launching a business venture, orbringing up a difficult subject to a friend, loved one orbusiness partner, your ability to recognize the often briefmoments of maximum opportunity will determine how much successand balance you achieve.
Insight 3: PATIENCE
Only humans are impatient. Seeds do not attempt to turn intotrees in winter. Eagles don't try to soar during lighteningstorms. And Mayflowers do not blossom in August. Developingpatience - your ability to wait for the right moment in your lifecycle to accomplish a particular task or goal - is all importantto develop excellent timing and great success.Insight 4: SURRENDER
What must you do to let go of your need to controlthings? How can you let go of your past mistakes and history thatmay be preventing you from moving forward? How do you spirituallysurrender to "the process?"Without spiritual surrender, you will never be content, you willnever have patience and excellent timing. You will neverexperience the joy and "flow" of having the greatest business andlife partner you could ever possibly have: namely, "The Universe"and "God."
Insight 5: GROUNDING
With strong roots, a tree will survive any storm. When YOU createa strong foundation, your greatest efforts will withstand themany storms and challenges you inevitably face in achieving yourgoals.Grounding is what you use to nourish and nurture your goals.Grounding is the books, tapes, schooling, seminars, and peopleyou surround yourself with to support yourself in whatever youwant to achieve.
Want to have a great relationship? Learn from those who alreadyhave one. Want to earn a million dollars? Read books, listen totapes, and receive coaching by those who show you how. When youhave ample "grounding" to support your dreams, the challengesthat come along are merely temporary storms that ultimately makeyou stronger and more highly energized.
Insight 6: BALANCE
This is a tough one, especially for the most successful people.Even when a tree is well developed, without regular water,sunshine and nourishment, it will not be healthy. What must youdo to balance yourself?How much sunshine do you get? How much exercise do you regularlydo? How nourishing is your diet? How much quiet time do you takeon a daily basis with yourself and your loved ones?
Life is a balancing act. Isn't the minute, hour, day or month yousave by working through your natural point of balance justanother minute, hour, day or month you subtract from yourlifetime?
Take breaks to smell the roses along the way, and in fact, you'llnaturally discover the universe rises up to become your partnerrather than it being you against the world.
Insights 7, 8 & 9
GROWTH automatically occurs in direct proportion to your abilityto empower yourself with the first 6 Insights.EVOLUTION blossoms when your growth takes you to a new and higherstage of life, unfolding a powerful Vision of your life youprobably never foresaw.
TRANSFORMATION occurs when you become something very differentthan that which you started off as. Your initial seeds of Insightbecome a tree of knowledge and accomplishment. You are ready forsomething greater than achieving for your own personal gain.
You, the student, become the teacher, the mentor, the leader. Youare the vessel of seeds to birth a new generation. You enjoy theglow of knowing you have followed your highest path thatultimately leads you to helping others follow theirs.
All along, you have been transforming into a balanced, wealthyand fulfilled human being.
All along, you have been transforming yourself into a "WealthySoul."
Yours for the greatest wealth of all,
Copyright © Michael R. Norwood, D.C., C.C.N.
Dr. Michael Norwood is the best-selling author of The 9 Insightsof the Wealthy Soul" which has been featured in the Wall StreetJournal and The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. Interviews of himhave been broadcast on more than 300 radio and televisionstations worldwide.