How to make a Million Dollars - Step One

If you are like most of us, looking at wealthy people with some envy and wishing you had the same luck' in making money it is quite a thought to wonder whether you could actually make a million Dollars yourself. It seems so remote and unreal. Not something that you believe could happen to you. The good news is that it is most assuredly possible for you to make a million Dollars. The bad news is that you will not make a million Dollars by sitting on the beach imagining one million Dollars stacked up in your bank account and believing that no other effort is required.

You need to get your passion back. This is your first step that you should take into that new wealth state that you wish for yourself. This first step is to find that passion again that you had when you were a kid. That passion that got you to play a computer game until you got to the top level, the guitar cords you picked until you could play the latest hit song and your finger tips were raw, the butterflies you collected, the Barbie doll clothes and accessories that you were fanatical about and many many more. Think back to when you were so passionate that nothing could stop you, from whatever you were trying to do Those passionate moments were times when you thought nothing could stop you from achieving your goals.

As a kid myself, I used to read passionately. I could read fairly well before I started school, so school just added some extra skills. And then the quest for stories was all consuming. I would read under my blanket with a torch. In later years I used to think that it killed my eyesight as I had to get spectacles from an early age. On the other hand my father was short sighted, so I think it was something I inherited rather than did to myself. To this day, I read through the night if needs be, when I start on a good book.

The first step in your process is to find the thing that makes you passionate now. This can be something like talking to people or helping people. One person who has made a success of talking to people, is Oprah Winfrey and this against some heavy odds stacked against her, another example is Parkinson. Then there is Nelson Mandela who was determined to help his people towards equality and democracy. He spent 27 years in prison on an island, but still never gave up on his passion. There are many examples of successful people whose passions have allowed them to overcome obstacles and pursue their dreams and be successful in their chosen field.

You can do it too. But how to start is of course a huge question. We tend to be stuck in our every day lives, uninspired at work, so-so in our relationships, the dog the only close friend. Alright, maybe not that bad, but it is still difficult to get ourselves out of this mind set. And sometimes it doesn't seem to be even possible, the drudgery of every day life keeping us back and with no energy left to start something new. There are some good self help books available and excellent mentoring programs, that will assist you and get your started.

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