How Financially Successful People Make Money Decisions

As I think back on all the various ways in which I have used money, I realize that there is a very definite trend. It will not come as a surprise to you that this trend is perfectly supported – indeed, explained – by the Law of Attraction.

To recap, the Law of Attraction states that like attracts like; that we attract to ourselves people, events, information and circumstances that are in harmony with our dominant thought. Every thought has its own level of vibration, and through our thinking and how we feel as a result of how we are thinking, we attract results that are in vibrational harmony with us.

Simply put, what we experience in our lives is a vibrational match to how we are thinking and feeling.

So, when you go to use your money – whether it’s spending, saving or investing it - how are you thinking and feeling about it? Are you feelings 100% aligned to feeling good?

For example, I have absolute congruence around investing in property. I feel good about it – no elements of doubt, just a certainty which has me feeling relaxed. My investments here have always made good. On the other hand, with stocks and shares, I have mixed feelings. I feel quite excited but also anxious, sometimes almost fearful, at the same time – and my results have been mixed. In business, my best decisions have been those which I’ve felt good about with a certain knowing that the results will follow.

It’s been the same with saving and spending. When I spend money feeling guilty, or lackful, or just not great, I often come to regret those purchase...while my best shopping has been when I’ve felt wealthy - actually, more to the point, I haven't really thought about it at all, neither feeling poor or wealthy, it's a feeling of just is and it feels fine - before I even made the purchase.

Financially successful people may certainly take risks, but for them, this feels good, because it is exciting to them. One of my oldest clients who is a self-made multi-millionaire, for example, says that he always knew that he would achieve his financial goals, but that the real thrill for him is "in the chase", the making of the deal.

For you, your attitude to risk may be different. It ultimately comes down to how detached you are to the outcome. That’s the difference between band-aiding your fear and overcoming it. When you overcome your fear, you retain the desire for the outcome, but you are detached from it.

The irony is that most highly successful people get that way because they are not focused on the money as their primary goal; they have a greater vision and purpose, other than the money itself. Their vibration stays high for staying focused on their vision and purpose.

So what is the right way for you to use your money? And when is the right time? Only you can tell, by how you are thinking and feeling.

Think about a time when you just knew that something would work out just as you expect – aren’t you like the gardener who plants his/her seeds, then just leaves it to grow in its own time?

When you’re 100% congruent about it, then you know you’re on the right path.