When you drive down the street and see a home that is a great deal nicer than yours, what is your reaction? Do you feel jealous, envious, or resentful?   Do you think the people in the house are “lucky” or “rich a—holes?”

Does this sound familiar?  Are you spewing anger and resentment towards people who are better off than you?

I have a friend who has displayed this type of bitterness in the past.  Oh, she has proclaimed more than once to me that she desperately wants to change her financial situation.  But how on earth can she improve her circumstances and create wealth when she clearly despises the very people she is attempting to become?

Many years ago I started a cleaning business.  My company cleaned some of the biggest homes in the area.  I am talking multi million dollar homes in some of THE best neighborhoods.  When I would pull up to these homes I was always excited to see what the house would look like inside.  I enjoyed walking through those homes and complimenting the owners.

I understood that most, if not all of these owners worked very hard for what they had.  Nobody handed them this terrific home in the most upscale of communities.  In fact, most of them where business owners who worked round the clock for many, many years before enjoying the success they had today.

They were my hero’s.  If they could achieve this success, I knew I could too.  I never did and still don’t feel one iota of jealousy, hatred, envy or resentment towards them.

But this doesn’t mean those feeling don’t creep up in other situations from time to time.  Sometimes I find myself making disparaging remarks to people who drive nicer cars than me.  I’m pretty sure it has more to do with their driving abilities (or lack thereof) than the car they are driving.  I realize my human tendency and stop the negativity immediately.

You see, you don’t have to be perfect in your thinking or behavior to achieve greater financial success, but you do need to be able to recognize it and change directions when it surfaces.

Here’s my request to you: If you are committed to achieving financial freedom, then the next time you hear yourself saying disparaging remarks to those with bigger bank accounts immediately stop yourself and release the negative energy.  Now think of more supportive thoughts and behaviors that will spur on your financial growth and increased awareness.

Remember, your thoughts are neither good nor bad.  But they can make or break your efforts in achieving financial independence.  Replace the negative dis-empowering thoughts with positive empowering ones that support your desire to achieve greater wealth and you will be making the strides necessary to turn your financial destiny around.

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