Money is the Root of All Evil is a common phrase most of us have heard throughout our lives and have been conditioned with since we were children. We’ve heard this saying countless times and to many of us the idea has become affixed in our subconscious mind and thus become a belief.
But is money the root of all evil? Where did this come from? Can money which has no feeling or emotion be evil? Can it be anything?
For many of us, maybe you, this idea has become a major hang up as we strive for success in network marketing. Not long ago one of our readers, Jonathan, out of the UK, sent me this message.
“Hi Ed, I have a hang up about money, is it really the route of all evil? I enjoy the things it buys but want to do more for charity.”
This hang up about money has held too many of us back. So, in attempt to shed some light on this idea I will share with you what I have learned from my studies in personal growth, wealth and success from my mentors on this subject.
First off the phrase actually comes from the Bible in the New Testament: 1 Timothy 6:10. Depending on which version you read it may vary a bit, however of the sixteen versions I researched, they all say:
“For the love of money is the root of all evil”
See, people seem to forget, or not know, that the phrase starts with “For the love of”. That changes our perception a bit doesn’t it. Now that we know that it’s not money that’s evil but, the love of money that is evil, we can release that belief and move forward, right?
Not so fast.
Many will still have hang-ups with money because this is a deeply ingrained belief. So what we need to do is really take a look at what money is and what it’s used for.
We need to look at money as a servant and us as its master. We should use money and love people, never the other way around. Money, if we really think about it, is meant for two things:
#1: To make us comfortable.
#2: To allow us to render service and value far beyond or own physical means.
Money has no emotion or feeling. It is not good or bad. It won’t change you as a person, however it will magnify the person you already are. Money has the amazing ability to reveal ones character. If you’re a rude, stingy, selfish person, money will expose those traits and magnify them.
On the other hand, if you are a kind, loving, and generous person, just think about what you’ll be able to do when you have money as your servant. If you want to give to charities and help the poor, it’s very hard to do when you’re one of them.
So, is “Money the Root of All Evil” I think not. Money is merely a reward for service and value rendered. If you want more money then simply look at ways you can provide more service and value to others and open the flood gates and let the money flow. To your massive success,
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Today you’re going to get irritated, however the question that needs to be asked is are you going react or respond to that irritation.
Are you going to focus your energy on the problem or are you going to focus on the possibilities? Here’s a story I found in some of my old papers the other day. I’m not sure where it’s from but, at any rate it will help you to focus correctly.
“A grain of sand finds it’s way inside the shell of an oyster. The intruder, though microscopic in size, is a source of irritation and pain to the soft body of the oyster. Unable to rid itself of the unwelcome pebble, the oyster seeks to reduce the irritation by coating it with layers of soft, iridescent Mother of Pearl material from it’s shell. Over time the oyster transforms a painful irritation into a beautiful pearl of great value.”
So, I my question to you is are you going to concentrate on the pain or possibilities? Are you going to focus on the pebble or the pearl? Transform potential breakdowns into breakthroughs and persist as the oyster does until you succeed.
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Going through some of my old sales material the other day I came across this in my papers and I thought I would share it. I’m not sure who it’s by but it’s good stuff.
Suppose there was a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening it deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day.
What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course! Each of us has such a bank.
Its name is TIME.
Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day’s deposits, the loss is yours. There is no going back. There is no drawing against the tomorrow.
You must live in the present on today’s deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and success! The clock is running. Make the most of today and every moment.
To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask the student who failed a grade.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who just missed the train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.
To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask a person who won an Olympic silver medal.
I remember Bob Proctor saying something that really made sense. He was speaking with Earl Nightingale, the Dean of Personal Development, at the time and he asked Earl how he was able to manage time? Earl laughed and said you can’t manage time, no one can. You can only manage your activities with in time.
So ask yourself, How am I spending my time? Am I focused on income producing activities or am I just fooling myself with busy work?
Here’s an idea for you…
Before you go to bed make a list of the top income producing activities that must be done the following day. Limit it to five things and then prioritize that list. The next day work on getting the number one thing done before you move on to the next and so on.
By doing this you will get far more done in a shorter period of time and thus be managing your activities to produce greater results.
Leave me a comment below and let me know what you think! And if you have any other tips or strategies to add, please put them below.
To your massive network marketing success,
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Goal Setting is something that we all know we should do but many of us get frustrated along the way and end up changing the goal. We move along plugging away with our new goal and before long we make another change…
Why?
We’re setting goals, we know we gotta have a goal, but nothings happening in terms of getting closer to our target.
Well in this video I’ll uncover the mistakes that are made by the masses when setting goals and what you’ll need to do to make it right.
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To your massive network marketing success,
Stop banging your head on the wall and struggling in your Network Marketing business. There’s an easier way. Make the Decision, Right Now, that you’re going to do what it takes to succeed. There’s a simple system that I and many top producers use to generate free leads every day for our business. Unless of course you already have too many leads. Then, in that case, good for you, Go get em. If Not – Click Here For Instant Access
We all strive for success, yet very few ever reach it, why?
I used to ask myself that and it wasn’t until I really started studying human development and potential that I discovered that science and psychology have isolated the one prime cause for success or failure in life. It is the hidden self-image that you have of yourself. It controls your mind, just as surely as your mind controls your heartbeat. To remake your hidden self-image for your success and fulfillment is to remake your entire life.
If your wondering what kind of self-image you have, it is not difficult to figure out. All that’s required is that you take a look at the various aspects of your life, take a look at the Results your getting in your life.
All these results are the outer expression of the inner image.
Now as we alter this inner image everything outside begins to change. The biggest error that almost everyone makes is they attempt to change their income, they attempt to change their business, they’re attempting to change outside of themselves with out changing what’s going on inside.
I believe Emerson put it best when he said, “Of what use to make heroic vows of amendment if the same old lawbreaker (the self-image) is to keep them?”
For you to try and change the results in your life, in other words, what’s going on outside of you with out changing what’s going on inside would be just as foolish for you to look at your reflection in a mirror and try to change the reflection with out trying to change your physical appearance. Guess what, it’s not going to happen.
That is what people are trying to do. They try to change something outside without changing what is going on inside.
In 1902 James Allen wrote an amazing little book and in it he said something that is rich with truth. He said:
“ Mind is the Master power that molds makes,
And man is Mind, and evermore he takes
The tool of Thought, and shaping what he wills,
Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills;
He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass;
Environment is but his looking glass.”
Maxwell Matlz said in his phenomenal book, Psycho-Cybernetics, that the self-image becomes a golden key to bring a better life because of two important discoveries;
All your actions, feeling, behavior, even your abilities, are always consistent with your self-image.
The self-image can be changed.
He went on to say that the self-image is a “premise” a base or a foundation upon which your entire personality, your behavior and your ear your circumstances are built.
Now to change your self-image we need to use our mental faculty of Imagination. It is with your imagination that you are going to build your new self-image, a winner’s image. This is something that sounds easy however, it is something that most people need help with and to go into great detail on this in one article is just not possible, what I will do is give you four basic steps to start this process.
#1 – Decide what you want.
Make the decision as to what you really want, not just what you think you can get, make a decision and get a clear picture.
#2 – Decide what you are prepared to give up to get it.
Let go of your old image, the past is gone. This is where the law of sacrifice comes into play. This is where you give up something of a lesser nature to make room for something of a higher nature.
#3 – Set your mind on it.
See your new image and become emotionally involved with it, feel it. Have faith and understand it will manifest.
#4 – Get on with the work.
Take action to move yourself in that direction. Take the fist step and have an expectant attitude. I heard quote one time when I was at a training with Bob Proctor in Florida, he said that the Quakers have a great saying:
“Pray and move your feet.”
Nothing will change in your results unless you take action. You must act as if you were the new image now.
Right now within you is the power to do the things you never thought possible. This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs. That’s what your self-image is, it’s a collection of beliefs. It’s things that you believe to be true about yourself. Change your image, your beliefs will change and your life.
To your massive success,
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Unless you are brand new to the area of personal development and personal growth, you’ve not doubt heard of or read James Allen’s classic “As a Man Thinketh”.
This book was given to me several years ago when I first started to be coached and mentored by Bob Proctor, he was exposed to this book back in the early sixties when he got Earl Nightingale’s recorded narration of the book which is available at the Nightingale-Conant website.
I remember being on a call with Bob years ago and he was talking about a time in his early life when things were going really good and then all of the sudden everything went wrong. He had said that he locked himself in his house for a couple of weeks; it was a dark time as he put it. Then something moved him to start listen to the recording of As a Man Thinketh and it literally changed his life.
James Allen was born in Leicester, Central England, on November 28, 1864. Not much is know of Allen, he is sort of a literary mystery man. He was a Victorian author who wrote 18 books and resided in Ilfracombe, England with his wife Lily. As a Man Thinketh was not Allen’s favorite but by far was his most popular. Allen died in 1912 at 48 years old.
Thought and Charter
Allen begins the book with Thought and Charter, he says:
“As a man thinketh in his heart so is he,” not only embraces the whole of a person’s being, but is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life. A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.”
Many people have a hard time linking thought and circumstance and when we study this book, we begin to understand that we may not be able to change our circumstance but we can control our perception of our circumstance and our perception is controlled by our thinking and we choose our thoughts.
As a Man Thinketh creates an awareness of how important thought is. It is the preamble of everything. Everything begins with thought and when you study this book, you start to monitor your thinking.
This book is one of my favorites and I love the poetic style Allen has. Everything flows so beautifully that you can easily read it about an hour.
I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to improve themselves. I study this book often. It is one that kicked started my journey towards personal growth into high gear.
If you have had any experience with this classic, please share with a comment below.
To your success,
P.S.- If you’ve never read this classic before than I want to suggest you do right away and I’ll give you a copy as my gift to you. All I ask is that you subscribe to my newsletter and invite your friends to this blog.
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Money is the Root of All Evil is a common phrase most of us have heard throughout our lives and have been conditioned with since we were children. We’ve heard this saying countless times and to many of us the idea has become affixed in our subconscious mind and thus become a belief.
