T. Harv Eker's Blog, page 10

When you’re not doing as well as you want to be doing financially, it’s not the lack of money that’s the problem. A lack of money is merely a symptom of what’s going on underneath. Being broke is just the result. What’s the root cause? It’s not the universe’s cruelty. It’s not the economy. It’s... Read more »

Success is not easy, but it’s not complicated either. Success is actually very simple. What people do is they bring complication to a simple structure. Take those who are working hard to improve their financial and overall life circumstances, which happens to be many of the people I have the pleasure of teaching. I often... Read more »

There’s a part of us that keeps control over us. Have you ever noticed this about the mind? You say things to yourself like, “I know I shouldn’t beat myself up about making a mistake,” but then you do it anyway and it makes you feel worse. Does anybody see a problem with this? It... Read more »

How do you manage a relationship when your partner is not looking for financial freedom and you are, and they are considered the spender in the relationship? First of all, understand that you don’t have an issue with your partner. You have an issue with your partner’s money blueprint not matching your blueprint. I had... Read more »

Let’s say you’ve got a personal service business in some way, shape or form, and you basically have to be there in order for the service to be provided. If you’re not there, your service isn’t provided and you don’t get paid. What do you do when you want to move away from making a... Read more »

Let’s consider motivation. Imagine you’re in a hole that you can barely see out of. Somebody comes along and instead of pulling you out, they wave a $100 bill at you (They’re not being mean; they’re trying to teach you something). It’s a little hard to get out, but out of determination, or whatever it... Read more »

I think more than a few of us have experienced bits of Murphy’s Law…that as things start to improve in your life, chaos and craziness starts to occur, yes? Most people will have that go through. Why is that? What’s happening? Well, it comes down to everything being energy. As you’re changing and improving your... Read more »

I get asked a lot about passion. Lots of people simply don’t know what their passions are; what it is that they’re most passionate about. Just keep this in mind: Opportunity lies where your pleasure, passion or skill intersects with other people’s pain or problem. “Great, Harv, thanks, but what the heck does that mean?”... Read more »

I’ve spent the better portion of my life, over 40 years, in high-achievement mode. I’ve definitely been trained to prepare, think, be logical, fight, be the warrior and do whatever it takes. Yet, the more I learn about the Wizard in me, the more I learn about being in the present moment, the better I... Read more »

At my Millionaire Mind Intensive course, and in part of my book Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, I teach a very effective money management method called the JARS system. Basically, using this system, you split your money up into six different accounts, and you have percentages of your money to put into each account. You... Read more »