Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

WEALTH PRINCIPLE:
The number one reason most people
don’t get what they want is that they
don’t know what they want.
 
Poor people have plenty of good reasons as to why getting 
and actually being rich might be a problem. Consequently, they 
are not 100 percent certain they really want to be rich. Their 
message to the universe is confusing. Their message to others 
is confusing. And why does all of this confusion happen? 
Because their message to themselves is confusing.
Earlier we talked about the power of intention. I know it 
might be hard to believe, but you always get what you want—
what you subconsciously want, not what you say you want. You 
might emphatically deny this and respond, “That’s crazy! Why 
would I want to struggle?” And my question for you is exactly 
the same: “I don’t know. Why would you want to struggle?”
If you want to discover the reason, I invite you to attend the 
Millionaire Mind Intensive Seminar, where you will identify 
your money blueprint. The answer will be staring you in the 
face. Put bluntly, if you are not achieving the wealth you say 
you desire, there’s a good chance it’s because,

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first, you subconsciously don’t really want wealth, or second, 
you’re not willing to do what it takes to create it.
Let’s explore this further. There are actually three levels of 
so-called wanting. The first level is “I want to be rich.” That’s 
another way of saying, “I’ll take it if it falls in my lap.” Wanting 
alone is useless. Have you noticed that wanting doesn’t 
necessarily lead to “having”? Notice also that wanting without 
having leads to more wanting. Wanting becomes habitual and 
leads only to itself, creating a perfect circle that goes exactly 
nowhere. Wealth does not come from merely wanting it. How 
do you know this is true? With a simple reality check: billions 
of people want to be rich, relatively few are.
The second level of wanting is “I choose to be rich.” This 
entails deciding to become rich. Choosing is a much stronger 
energy and goes hand in hand with being responsible for 
creating your reality. The word decision comes from the Latin 
word decidere, which means “to kill off any other alternatives.” 
Choosing is better but not best.
The third level of wanting is “I commit to being rich.” The 
definition of the word commit is “to devote oneself unre-
servedly.” This means holding absolutely nothing back; giving 
100 percent of everything you’ve got to achieving wealth. It 
means being willing to do whatever it takes for as long as it 
takes. This is the warrior’s way. No excuses, no ifs, no buts, no 
maybes—and failure is not an option. The warrior’s way is 
simple: “I will be rich or I will die trying.”
“I commit to being rich.” Try saying that to yourself.... 
What comes up for you? For some, it feels empowering. For 
others, it feels daunting.
Most people would never truly commit to being rich. If you 
asked them, “Would you bet your life that in the next 

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ten years you will be wealthy?” most would say, “No way!” 
That’s the difference between rich people and poor people. It’s 
precisely because people won’t truly commit to being rich that 
they are not rich and most likely never will be.
Some might say, “Harv, what are you talking about? I work 
my butt off, I’m trying real hard. Of course I’m committed to 
being rich.” And I would reply, “That you’re trying means 
little. The definition of commitment is to devote oneself 
unreservedly.” The key word is unreservedly. Which means 
you’re putting everything, and I mean everything, you’ve got 
into it. Most people I know who are not financially successful 
have limits on how much they are willing to do, how much 
they are willing to risk, and how much they are willing to 
sacrifice. Although they think they’re willing to do whatever it 
takes, upon deeper questioning I always find they have plenty 
of conditions around what they are willing to do and not do to 
succeed!
I hate to have to be the one to tell you this, but getting rich 
is not a stroll in the park, and anyone who tells you it is either 
knows a heck of a lot more than me or is a little out of in-
tegrity. In my experience, getting rich takes focus, courage, 
knowledge, expertise, 100 percent of your effort, a never-give-
up attitude, and of course a rich mind-set. You also have to 
believe in your heart of hearts that you can create wealth and 
that you absolutely deserve it. Again, what this means is that, if 
you are not fully, totally, and truly committed to creating 
wealth, chances are you won’t.