What Mindset?! . . .

Beth Stormont
Jul 20, 2017 · 3 min read

Really? . . . I have to have that kind of mindset?

I don’t know if you’ve ever tried becoming an online entrepreneur, but I have. After all, that’s where the money and success is! … (at least that’s what they tell you.)

The real “biggies” who have made it in ‘six and seven figures’ will tell you — in their expensive courses, of course—that you have to have the proper mindset if you want to succeed. Read the books, attend the seminars (which cost only a few thousand dollars), and surround yourself with the rich and famous. And by all means, don’t associate with the ‘little’ guy; he’ll bring you down.

Well, I don’t know about you, but — although I would like (and honestly need) more money for really comfortable living like I knew in my younger days — I don’t really want to be a millionaire or billionaire!

And I definitely don’t want to change my mindset! In other words, I don’t want to get my brain rewired so that I can think and act like they do. I like the way my brain was wired at the creation of my being by the most abundant Creator of them all. How can man possibly improve on that?!

After all, my brain was wired to have just the right mindset for what was needed for me to carry out my plan and purpose in this life. If I changed that mindset, then my plan and purpose would go awry and success would ‘go down the tubes’, as they say … (what does that mean, anyway?)

Actually, I like my simple little mindset just the way it is. For example: Yesterday on my way home from a museum group tour, I stopped at a casino I have enjoyed visiting in the past. However, it had got to where it quit paying me anything in return for my efforts … or even encouraging any enjoyment, for that matter; (of course I only play the nickel slots, because they at least require some brain work or strategies, and are affordable.)

I debated about stopping, but it was lunch time and I was hungry … and I remembered that those Native Americans serve a lot of great food for an extremely small price. And so I stopped. After having my hunger completely satiated, I again debated … this time, about playing the slots. The slots won out.

I went ahead and invested one whole dollar. After a most enjoyable and financially encouraging 15–20 minutes of playing my favorite poker slot, it finally gave me the big win … five whole dollars!

In cashing the ticket in for money, I told the cashier that the casino had welcomed me back beautifully with this win! And I continued home ‘a happy camper’.

Now please tell me: Do you think the mindset of one of those successfully wealthy ‘gurus’ would have allowed the enjoyment of a simple little pleasure and success like this?

I think not!

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Beth Stormont

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Philosophic observer and poet of life experiences; mystic; college professor and professional Classical musician; lover of deep simplicity.

100 Naked Words

Est. May 2016. 100 vulnerable words, one day at a time. Every day.

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