How Big is the Size of You?

I once heard a saying, "Every living thing in this world has problems. The only ones without problems are the ones living six feet under."

Looking back at the days when you were a little child, were the problems you faced back then still bothering you today? Most likely not. Because you have grown up. Because you have grown bigger than the problems that you faced back then.

If you still find there are some problems you faced back then that still bother you today, that means you haven't grown enough in that particular aspect of life.

The same thing actually applies to the financial aspect of our life. Here are some important points which T. Harv Eker has shared in his book:

Rich people are bigger than their problems. Poor people are smaller than their problems.

Poor people will do almost anything to avoid problems. They see a challenge and they run. The irony is that in their quest to make sure they don't have problems, they have the biggest problem of all...they're broke and miserable.

The secret of success is not to try to avoid or get rid of or shrink from your problems; the secret is to grow yourself so that you are bigger than any problem.

If you have a big problem in your life, all that means is that you are being a small person! Don't be fooled by appearances. Your outer world is merely a reflection of your inner world. If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!

The bigger the problems you can handle, the bigger the business you can handle; the bigger the responsibility you can handle, the more employees you can handle; the more customers you can handle, the more money you can handle, and ultimately, the more wealth you can handle.

Think of yourself as your container for wealth. If your container is small and your money is big, what's going to happen? You will lose it. Your container will overflow and the excess money will spill out all over the place. You simply cannot have more money than the container. Therefore you must grow to be a big container so you cannot only hold more wealth but also attract more wealth. The universe abhors a vacuum and if you have a very large money container, it will rush in to fill the space.

Rich and successful people are solution-oriented; they spend their time and energy strategizing and planning the answers to challenges that come up, and creating systems to make certain that problem doesn't occur again.

Poor and unsuccessful people are problem-oriented. They spend their time and energy bitching and complaining and seldom come up with anything creative to alleviate the problem, let alone make sure it doesn't happen again.

If you're complaining about not being financially wealthy, ask yourself first, how big is the size of you? Are you big enough to handle the money that is entrusted to you?