Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

Wealth File #16
Rich people act in spite of fear.
Poor people let fear stop them.
Earlier in this book we discussed the Process of Manifestation. 
Let’s review the formula: thoughts lead to feelings, feelings 
lead to actions, actions lead to results.
Millions of people “think” about getting rich, and thou-
sands and thousands of people do affirmations, visualizations, 
and meditations for getting rich. I meditate almost every day. 
Yet I’ve never sat there meditating or visualizing and had a bag 
of money drop on my head. I guess I’m just one of those 
unfortunate ones who actually has to do something to be a 
success.
Affirmations, meditations, and visualizations are all won-
derful tools, but as far as I can tell, none of them on its own is 
going to bring you real money in the real world. In the real 
world, you have to take real “action” to succeed. Why is action 
so critical?
Let’s go back to our Process of Manifestation. Look at 

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thoughts and feelings. Are they part of the inner world or 
outer world? Inner world. Now look at results. Are they 
part of the inner or outer world? Outer world. That means 
action is the “bridge” between the inner world and the outer 
world.
WEALTH PRINCIPLE:
Action is the “bridge” between the inner world
and the outer world.
So if action is so important, what prevents us from taking 
the actions we know we need to take?
Fear!
Fear, doubt, and worry are among the greatest obstacles, 
not only to success, but to happiness as well. Therefore, one of 
the biggest differences between rich people and poor people is 
that rich people are willing to act in spite of fear. Poor people 
let fear stop them.
Susan Jeffers even wrote a fantastic book about this, enti-
tled Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway. The biggest mistake most 
people make is waiting for the feeling of fear to subside or 
disappear before they are willing to act. These people usually 
wait forever.
One of our most popular programs is the Enlightened 
Warrior Training Camp. In that training, we teach that a true 
warrior can “tame the cobra of fear.” It doesn’t say kill the 
cobra. It doesn’t say get rid of the cobra, and it certainly 
doesn’t say run away from the cobra. It says “tame” the cobra.