The common trait shared by prosperity and poverty is the six inches between your ears… your thoughts. How you process information.
Prosperity and Poverty is not completely about financial. Body, mind and soul are components of prosperity and poverty.
There are two characteristics that can determine if you have a prosperous life or if you seem to be stuck in poverty.
Decision Making
Prosperous people are comfortable making decisions quickly. Those who seem to have trouble in life and practice are the ones who commonly need to “think” about their decisions. They have to do research, due diligence, talk to others, explore options, gather information and on and on. Usually, avoiding making any decision.
I have watched Chiropreneurs make a decision regarding growing their business in minutes, while others are still doing their due diligence for the past six months. Which one would you guess has a prosperous business and lifestyle?
Here’s something interesting: if you make a decision quickly, “yes or no,” it will be the right decision fifty percent of the time. On the other hand, if you think about a decision, you will be wrong eighty percent of the time.
In other words, you have a thirty percent edge when you make quick and fast decisions.
Warren Buffett once invested millions to acquire a company…without looking at the financials. He just liked the company.
Successful leaders of Fortune 500 companies often make multi-million dollar decisions in minutes but most Chiropreneurs have difficulty purchasing new technology, hiring talent, investing in marketing or hiring a coach without going through agony to make up their minds..
Hoarding
The next characteristic may shock some of you. Are you a hoarder? If you answered, “Yes,” then you most likely are having trouble with prosperity or you are not maximizing your potential.
Hoarding is a poverty thought. It’s about letting go and opening up your practice and life to something new and better. Hoarders never toss stuff. They hold on out of fear of loss.
Prosperous thoughts is about acknowledging an unlimited source of stuff. Clearing the decks, as it where, is done regularly and frequently. Tossing out the old to make room for the new.
Do an audit of your closet. What did you find? If you are a hoarder, you will find out of style suits, shirts, ties and shoes. On the other hand, if you have a prosperous mindset, your closet is organized and filled with the latest in fashion, colors and styles.
Open your desk drawers. Look at your office… on the floor. What did you find? Stacks of old magazines, catalogs, paperwork, “gifts” that you haven’t noticed for years?
Walk around your office. Look at the walls. Look at the carpeting. Look at your equipment. What did you find? Clutter. Outdated posters and patient brochures. Adjusting tables that have been “duct” taped repaired. Equipment that doesn’t work any longer. A storage room filled to the ceiling with stuff you haven’t looked at in years.
You can change your poverty mentality to a prosperous mentality. You can even go from prosperity to poverty…. it’s all about your mindset and action.
Here’s how to move from poverty to prosperity and to maintain prosperity in your life and in your business:
Get comfortable making fast, quick decisions. The majority of your decisions can be made in 5 minutes or less, certainly under 60 minutes. Take baby steps in the beginning: if a decision is under $1,000, then force yourself to make the decision in under five minutes, for example. If no money is involved, then you should be able to make the decision in one minute!
Ask yourself the following four questions:
- What’s the worst that could happen with this decision?
- What’s the best that could happen with this decision?
- What’s the worst that could happen without this decision?
- What’s the best that could happen without this decision?
Get in the habit of asking these questions before making any decision will improve your ability to make faster and quicker decisions.
Don’t hoard. Get in the habit of eliminating clutter at home and at the office. Toss outdated material. Donate old clothes and equipment to charity.
Hoarding stuff creates a mentality of lack. When you focus on “lack,” you attract more lack into your life. Prosperous practitioners focus on abundance, never lack. Prosperous practitioners understand there is unlimited abundance in the universe including financial, new patients, wonderful relationships and optimum health, so there’s not any reason to keep clutter or ignored stuff in your life or at the office.
I once visited an office and there was a photocopier sitting in the corner of the x-ray room. I asked what was wrong with the copier and the Chiropreneur reported that it was replaced with a new model a couple of years ago. But there it sat, dusty and taking up space. Worst, what do you think the patients thought when they were in the room?
It is interesting that Hoarders actually have more health problems than non-hoarders. Clutter and thoughts of poverty creates unnecessary stress and that leads to health issues.
The wonderful thing about life, you get to pick the twin that you desire. It’s your choice. Which twin do you want? Prosperity or Poverty?