Building Your Financial to Do List

- John Lennon

This is not a to do list in the traditional sense. You are not trying to think of all the things that you have to do, but rather create a list of things that you wanted to do, but never had the money or time.

When you achieve true financial independence you will have both the time and the money to accomplish anything that you want. So what we are going to do in this exercise is "act as if." You are going to act as if money or time was no object and that you can and will do anything that you desire.

Dare to dream.

Assuming that you actually took the time to do this part of the exercise, and by reading this far I will assume that you have, you have a list of dreams - the things that you have always wanted to do.

Now pick three of these items that you want to accomplish this year. Only chose three.

Three is a good number because chosing just three things to accomplish in a year does not seem overwhelming to the avarage person. Commit to the achievement of these three things. There is no possibility for failure. It is not an option.

Write these three things that you are commited to do down on paper. There is a purpose for this which I will go over later.

What you are to do now is determine what you need to do to achieve these three things. How much money will it take? Where can you get these funds? What will you set in motion?

Remember, you have made a commitment to yourself and failure is not an option.

Write this all down on paper.

Now, in what period of time will you achieve these goals. A week? A month? 6 months? Put a time frame on each of your three things and, you guessed it, write it down.

Look at what you have written down. Don't worry if it seems like gibberish, no one will see it, only you. Now it's time for you to make sense of it for yourself. To give you an idea of what I'm referring to, use the following as a guide:

This year I will accomplish

A, B, C

And I will accomplish them in

A - 1 month

B - 6 months

C - 9 months

I commit myself to the achievement of these goals and I will do.....

Complete that last sentence for yourself.

Post this written commitment in a place that you will be able to see it. Make copies even and post them everywhere to keep your mind focused on your commitment. Read your written commitment aloud twice per day. Once when you wake up and when you go to sleep at night. Be sure to read it aloud. There is a psychological reason for this. The more your brain hears this commitment statement and see's this commitment statement, the more powerful your focus will become.

Commit to this process everyday, without fail. You will certainly achieve the success you desire because people gravitate toward what they think about the most. Do this like your life depends on it.

It really just may.