Train Your Brain To Make More Money - John Assaraf
So many people ask me, is it possible to train your brain to help you make more money?
And the answer is yes. So maybe I can share a story with you of how I started to train my own
brain to help me make more money. And it started with setting some goals for the kind of lifestyle
that I wanted to live. And my mentor, Walter Schneider, many years ago, was a very, very
successful businessman. And he said, in order to achieve your goals, he said, first, you have to
have the clarity of what they are. So let's say you have a financial goal of making, let's say,
$100,000 a year. That's about $8,500 a month, or about $2,150 every week that you want to earn.
And let's say you're not earning that right now. One of the things you can do to train your brain
to help you make that amount of money is, first and foremost, get clear on the exact amount you
want to earn, whether it's per week, per month, or per year. That's step number one. Step number two,
create a simple affirmation that goes like this. I am so happy and grateful for the fact that I am
now earning $10,000 a month. Simple affirmation. And what I want you to do is I want you to read
that affirmation every single morning, 5 to 10 times, and every single night before you go to
bed, 5 to 10 times. And as you read that affirmation, I want you to close your eyes,
and I want you to practice, mentally rehearse you receiving that money in the form of a check,
or cash, or in your bank account, and see the money going into your bank account. I want you
to feel what it feels like to consistently have $10,000 a month coming into your bank account.
And you can choose whatever amount you want, by the way. And as you close your eyes and you
visualize that money coming into your account, what I also want you to visualize is the impact
that that amount of money will have on your life, your family's life, your friend's life,
the community that you live in, and the charities that you want to support.
Get totally into a mental movie and the emotions as if you were a Hollywood actor or actress,
pretending that that was really happening. So you'd read your affirmation, I'm so happy and
grateful for the fact that I am now earning $10,000 a month. And as you do that, and you
repeat that, mentally rehearse, visualize what that looks like. And what that does is that primes
your brain to see and feel as if it is real right now. And that activates the different parts of
your brain, specifically the left prefrontal cortex, which is the genius CEO Einstein part
of your brain that can actually help you figure out how to achieve that goal and dream.
So if you do that in the morning and at night before bed, morning upon waking up,
nighttime before bed, you will start to prime your brain with an affirmation,
with a mental rehearsal, and you will cognitively prime your brain.
And if you want a bonus step, what I want you to do is take a vision board, either on your computer
or a physical board, and cut out some pictures of what lifestyle earning $10,000 a month will allow
you to live. What kind of car would you drive? What kind of places would you go on vacation in?
What kind of home would you live in? What kind of charities would you support? Get pictures
of the outcome of earning $10,000 a month is, or $100,000 a year, and start to see yourself
in that scenario and act as if it is real right now. And then every day, ask yourself a question,
what can I do today to make that amount of income a reality? And take one or two action steps
towards making that a reality. So the physical actions, in addition to the mental rehearsal
with affirmations and mental rehearsals visualizations, is one of the best ways
to start priming your brain to achieve the financial goals you have.