The Prosperity Prescription

Last post we discussed how two contradicting mind viruses both miss the mark about how you create a prosperous life for yourself. To recap, the two memes that are based upon bad premises are:

• Money isn’t required for prosperity.
• If you amass enough money, you can buy your way to happiness

I believe that allowing yourself to be influenced by either of these bad premises is destructive to your health, happiness, and prosperity.  I presented two valid premises that will get you to a prosperous life.  They are:

• True prosperity is holistic, an intoxicating mélange of four major quadrants of living.
• Money and material things are an integral part of that mélange.

Let’s break the quadrants down, beginning with the first: wellness.

Prosperity doesn’t mean you never face adversity; it means you are better able to navigate challenges successfully when they occur. To do this, you need robust physical and mental wellness.

Everything in the universe, including you, at its ultimate level is energy vibrations. To be prosperous, you need positive energy to pull you through each day.  Even if you’re getting chemo or lost a loved one, you can approach your circumstances with a positive mindset.  This is a lot easier to do if you practice healthy daily habits – so you create better outcomes, no matter what challenges you face.  Let’s discuss a 5-part Action Plan for doing this…

1) Get adequate sleep.

There’s too much bad advice about grinder culture of cutting your sleep to four hours a night so you can hustle harder. The less you sleep, the less productive you are in the time you have for building.  My philosophy for rest is that alarm clocks are unhealthy, and you want to wake up each morning when you finish sleeping.

If you aren’t waking up early enough to get to your obligations on time it means you’re not going to bed early enough.  It might take a few weeks to adjust to a healthy routine, but it will pay dividends in all areas of your life.

2) Do cardio on every day that ends in ‘y.’

Seriously.  If you live the normal sedentary lifestyle, you’ll eventually devolve into a shapeless blob incapable of going up three steps.  You need some cardiovascular exercise every day to oxygenate your blood and keep your lungs and heartbeat strong.  Even if it’s just a brisk walk.

3) Perform resistance training at least two or three times a week.

You need a good muscle-to-fat ratio to burn off excess fat that makes you unhealthy.  And muscles that aren’t used atrophy. If you can get a personal trainer to set up a regular series of routines for you, great.  If not, an easy search on YouTube will get you the info you need.

4) Eat and drink clean.  

Here’s something you can count on: You are going to be assaulted with literally hundreds of daily mind viruses attempting to brainwash you into consuming food and drink that ranges from little or no nutritional value to stuff that is dangerous. Create a proactive clean eating plan around shopping, preparation, and dining out.

5) Reduce or end toxic and dysfunctional relationships.

Now we get to perhaps the most important part of wellness.  The people who you allow to speak into your life. If you are on a path of growth and enlightenment – you will probably have to change and upgrade the people in your inner circle a few times in your life.

This isn’t about being arrogant, mean-spirited, or thinking you’re better than others.  It’s recognizing that everyone is on different stages of their journey and wanting the highest good for all involved.  People grow and reach awareness at different speeds and different levels.

Moving from poverty consciousness to prosperity consciousness requires a larger window through which you see the world.  As your prosperity consciousness develops, the window expands, allowing you to accept more prosperity.  Unfortunately, some of the people surrounding you may not keep up.

Your best bud, who was the drummer of your rock band in high school, may not be going in the same direction as you, when you’re both 30.  People who are your drinking buddies when you’re 20, may not be the best influence on you when you’re in your 40s.

• You want to watch something on NatGeo and they want to watch The Bachelor.
• You want to play chess and they want to find a happy hour.
• You desire to live in harmony and they feed off unnecessary drama.
• You want to set aside money for investments and they want to bet it on the Lotto.
• You like to exercise and eat clean, and they like to binge watch Storage Locker Wars and booze.

The fastest route to wellness is surrounding yourself with people who challenge you to become a higher version of yourself.  Jim Rohn famously said that your income will be the average income of the five people you spend the most time with. I’ll take it further and suggest this applies to your health, relationships, and mental harmony as well.

Recognizing this, you realize that that are some people you need to start lowering your exposure to.  Maybe instead of meeting for dinner once a week, you go to every other week, or once a month.  There may be groups, or social events, or specific environments that you decide to reduce your participation with. And it must be said that there are some people – who could be your spouse or a family member – who are so toxic that they are a threat to your health and safety, and you must eliminate them from your life completely.  (See the MOSAIC threat assessment system here.)

Mindfully work to find and attract people who are operating at a higher consciousness and spend more time with them.  Invite them into your life and think about how you can add value to theirs. Find resources like this blog or my Prosperity TV channel that pull you upward.

I did a video on this subject more than 13 years ago and it’s still totally relevant today:

Wellness is quadrant one.  Next post we’ll double click on quadrant two: resources.  In the meantime, please check in the comments section below with your thoughts.

Peace,

- RG