Many wealth creation teachers discuss the importance of giving to others on your journey to wealth.  Giving always leads to something great coming back to you.  But, I do not want to talk about the giving aspect of wealth creation.

Instead I want to focus on the RECEIVING aspect of wealth.  If you want something. . . whether it be money, a certain possession or even to get a raise or promotion, acquire a skill or appreciation from someone, you must be willing to receive it.

Many of us (myself included) have this habit of feeling guilty when something comes our way that seems like a gift or a one way benefit.  For example, when someone pays you a compliment, do you just accept and acknowledge it, say thank you and allow yourself to . . . , or do you feel uncomfortable or make comments that downplay the compliment effectively- giving it back?

Or, if someone out of the blue (meaning not on your birthday or some occasion where gifts are expected) offers to give you something just for the sake of giving it to you, do you willingly take it and appreciate the gift given or do you feel negative feelings like you now owe that person something . . . or you try to give it back because you subconsciously think you do not deserve it?

If you do these things, even on small levels, first become away of them.  Second, you must change these reactions.  The next time you get something that is unexpected and seemingly un-earned, accept it wholeheartedly, feel good that the universe has given you something, and love yourself enough to know that this is being given because you deserve it.

When you start changing your attitude about receiving, you open yourself up to receiving more.  Try it out first on small things and then start thinking and saying to yourself, that you deserve and accept [whatever it is you desire].  You will see that good and desired things, will start coming your way.  Work your way up to bigger things!

My grandmother is 93 years old.  She has lived quite a normal life and even a bit of a frugal life. BUT, she has never had to rely on anyone to help her financially.  She owns her own small home, pays for her own food, doctor bills, and she travels when she can.

The interesting thing about my grandmother is that she has not worked in a job for the past 40 years and never made a lot of money before (she was a teacher in a different country) – always supporting herself.  Her own children are in awe and question how she does this.

One day about 10 years or so ago, while visiting her, I asked her how she does this?  She looked left and then right to make sure no one else was listening.  Then she leaned over and whispered to me her secret.
She said she always took a little bit of whatever money came her way and put it in a special account.  She said sometimes it would only be $2 or 3 dollars but she did this consistently.  Any money that came into her hands- whether it was money she made or gifts she received, she would pay herself first.

It did not matter that she owed a lot of debt or had to pay a lot of bills.  It did not matter that she was paying interest on loans.  By paying herself first, she was telling the universe that she deserved the first dollar of any money that came to her.

I have taken her advice on this and it has created many possibilities for me.  Just the account itself is now worth bragging about- but the act of doing this consistently has also created the right energy to bring other magical financial blessings in my life exactly when they were needed.

This concept may not make sense to Suzie Orman or your financial adviser who may advise you to put your money elsewhere.  It is not a sensible or logical suggestion but a spiritual one- by doing this you telling the world that you deserve this and the world responds by looking for more to give to you.

Try it- if it is too difficult for you to think about sparing any extra money because it needs to go to necessities or other obligations, just start with a dollar each week. .  then raise it to $3 a week. . . and keep going.  The key to this habit is to do it consistently and do it for a period of time until it becomes a habit.  Do not worry on the other obligations- the universe will provide you with the ways to handle those in an unexpected manner.

As far as my grandmother, she is not “rich” in that she has millions of dollars (but who knows how much she was able to stash away- it is still a secret) but she is wealth in many ways.  She has been healthy and independent and able to do things and spend time with her children, grandchildren and now great grandchildren.  She has many loyal friends. She has been active enough to travel and see many places.  And, most important to her, she  gets to spend time in her garden planting flowers and vegetables.