To be a millionaire think like a millionaire

Why growing up, there was this popular TV show we love watching every week, the show was called "Mr. B". The leading actor of this show always has this to say "To be a millionaire think like a millionaire" I didn't understand what this statement means then until now. There is only one way we can become financially successful in life, and that one way is the old way. What I mean by the old way is that the way which others who are successful today have followed is still the way we can follow to achieve what they achieved. We can not think in our way and achieve financial success. If our thinking could get us where we want to be we would have been there by now. We must look at the old way to learn what they did to achieve what they achieved.

There is a book I have come across, the book is called 'Think and Grow Rich'. A motivational book that challenges readers' minds to think positively and make the right decision. Though this book got its desire recommendation, I must say growing rich can not be all about our thinking. If it was most people would have been rich today. We all think of the best way we can do something and make decisions based on our reasoning which we found good enough for us. But in all these, scantily have we succeeded in terms of finance. Our thinking cannot get us far, we just can't think and grow rich on our own. We need to learn what those who are financially successful did and do the same to achieve what they achieved.

"To be a millionaire think like a millionaire" now makes sense to me. It simply means you should stop making decisions based on your thinking if you want to be a millionaire. We should think exactly like someone who has achieved the result we want and make decisions based on the thinking of that person. If we can achieve what we want with our current mindset, we should've already achieved them by now. And it is certain that if we continue to make financial decisions based on our own thinking our results simply remain the same as usual. That's right, same as before with no headway year in and year out.

Here is the switch. At the time we started to imagine ourselves being another person and try to think like that person, our decision will be different and we will more likely to achieve different results as against the former. We will start to learn what the other person did to be successful and start doing the same. Taking the same route they took and learning from their story.

So instead of relying on your thinking and asking yourself..

"What should I do"

Ask yourself... "What will ___ do?"

The ___ is someone you would like to copy as a role model and follow after or someone who has the success that you desire.

If you want to become a successful investor like Mr. B, any time you are faced with making an investment decision, ask yourself, will Mr. B invest in it? Or how will Mr. B do it? And you know the only way to be able to do that is to know much about Mr. B by studying his biography. It is good to study or read the biography of successful people so that we can be able to put on a different thinking hat for different decisions.

So to be a millionaire think like a millionaire. Stop making decisions using your thinking.
Imagine yourself being that person who has the success you want, and ask yourself what he will do if he is in your shoe.