5 Steps To Developing An Abundance Mindset
We
live in a world where it can be difficult to manifest what we want. It is easy
to believe there aren’t enough resources for everyone to enjoy. Some will make
you believe that only with advance education or a college degree will you be
able to access a better quality of life but that is not the key to abundance.
What you need is to switch your mindset. Anyone has the opportunity to see the
abundance around them, and quickly realize that any goal is attainable. You
only have to change your way of thinking and be more open to receive. In this
guide, you will learn to change your mindset. Acquiring an abundance mindset
will allow you to see and access all the wealth that is available for you.
Abundance
can mean different things to different people. It is important that you have a
clear understanding of what abundance means to you. Let’s start by defining
abundance. When you think of living an abundant life, what does it look like
for you?
Types of Mindsets
There
are two types of mindset, a scarcity mindset and an abundance mindset. The
scarcity mindset is more about focusing on what we don’t have and our limits.
Meanwhile, an abundance mindset is about creating opportunities and believing
that there are enough resources for everyone to benefit.
A
person with a scarcity mindset will be absorbed with what is missing in one’s
life. In that situation, the mind becomes busy worrying and stops us from
accessing what we want from life. A scarcity mindset will focus on limitation
and manifest obstacles which can seriously limit our success. When you limit
yourself with your beliefs and actions, you are not open to receive or
recognize the abundance that surrounds you.
For
a scarcity mind, there is never enough. The person wakes up in the morning
thinking they didn’t have enough sleep or won’t have enough time to accomplish
all the things that can be accomplished that day. No matter what it is, the
scarcity mind is set on acknowledging what is not available.
The
other side of the medal is the abundance mindset. With that mindset, we realize
that there is enough in this world for everyone to receive. You let go of
negative feelings like jealousy, envy or pity for yourself and take matters in
your own hands. You move from being a victim in your life to a leader. In addition,
you don’t focus on the limitation but you recognize the good things that are
already present in your life and set your intention to manifest more of what
you want. With an abundance mindset, the person gets up thinking that they will
make time to rest in the afternoon and then make a list of what can be
accomplished in the day. It’s about what is possible or about what is available
in the present moment.
Step 1: Learn to Receive
The
biggest reason that blocks many of us from receiving the abundance that exist
in our world is a deep belief that we are not worthy of it. Ask yourself, how
do you behave when someone compliment you on your skills or how you look? Do
you have the tendency to find an excuse? Or maybe you simply change the
subject. People with an abundance mindset are not afraid to say thank you when
somebody gives them a compliment. If you want to start receiving the abundance,
start with a simple thank you.
Opposite Behaviour: You Don’t Ask for Help
In
order to bring more abundance in your life, you need to be open to receive. And
that includes receiving help from others. If it is difficult for you to say
“yes” to someone who offers you help, you are telling the universe that you are
not deserving of receiving from others. The same applies if you have a hard
time asking for help. That is often a surprise to many that showing
independence in our life can lead to blocking the flow of abundance.
Opposite Behaviour: You Are Uncomfortable With Compliments
Compliments
are a form of receiving similar to asking for help. If you are uncomfortable
with receiving compliments from others, you are demonstrating that receiving is
difficult for you. This can automatically lead you to more scarcity. Try to
reflect on how you behave when someone compliment you on your skills. Do you
try to find excuses for why you are not that great? If you want to be more open
to receive and attract more wealth, start by saying thank you when someone
recognizes your value.
Step 2: Find What You Love
In
order to have an abundant life, you need to figure out what it is that you love
doing. Many times, we try to do something that others do, simply because they
are successful. The more you will align with what you love doing, the more
abundance you will attract in your life. If you are trying to be someone else,
you will block the flow of abundance because you are not in the heart space,
but in the mind space. If someone succeeds at something, it isn’t because of
what they do, but because of who they are.
Opposite Behaviour: Blame Others
Do
you feel like life isn’t fair? Maybe you feel that a lot of the unfortunate
situations you have experienced are not your fault but someone else. If so, it
might be time for you to take matters into your own hands. It is basically
giving up on your power and leaving all control of your life to external
factors like another person. When you give up on your power, it leads you with
hopelessness and inability to change your situation. One of the most common
behaviors in people with an abundance mindset is their ability to take
responsibility and do something to change their situation. If you don’t
acknowledge your responsibility in your life, you are unable to feel empowered
to do something about improving your life.
Step 3: Feel What You Want
It
is not only important to identify what you want but it is more important to
feel what you want. The more you will align with the feeling that what you want
brings you, the more you will attract it in your life.
Opposite Behaviour: You Envy Others
When
we live with a scarcity mindset, we tend to experience feelings of jealousy and
envy. We will often catch ourselves looking at others and wondering why we
can’t have what they have. One of the thoughts you could often have is
wondering why is it that everyone else has what want and not you. Envy is a
feeling that attracts scarcity because we focus on what we don’t have. It can
also lead to resentment toward some people and ruin relationships with friends
and families.
Step 4: Appreciate What You Have
A
simple step to abundance is to start recognizing how rich your life already is.
Take the time to appreciate what you have in your life. Maybe it is health,
people you love, your colleagues, skills, or the simple beauty of nature that
surround you every day. The more you bring your mind in a space of appreciation
and recognition, the more you are allowing yourself to attract positive things
in your life. You will find yourself realizing how abundant your life is and
that what you need is right there in front of you.
Opposite Behaviour: Focusing on the Gaps
A
common mistake that we tend to do in a scarcity mindset is to place all our
attention and energy on what is missing in our life. On the other hand, people
that live an abundant life are natural at putting their energy on what they
want to manifest. By switching your thoughts to be more oriented to what you
want, you are painting a clear picture of what it is that you desire. By doing
so, it is easier to find what you seek when you know what you want, as opposed
to what you know you don’t want. Do you find yourself listing things that you
are missing in your life? Do you sometimes wonder why you don’t have what you
want? Are you the type of person that is always focused on getting more?
Opposite Behaviour: You Dwell on the Past
To
dwell on the past means that you spend a lot of your precious energy thinking
about things that are no longer relevant. That behaviour leaves you with little
energy to manifest what you want in life. If you want to change or accept your
past, you have to make a choice now and bring your focus back to what you can
do, now, to feel happier. If you want to have a more fulfilling life, ask
yourself, what choice you can do right now to help you access more abundance.
What good do you have going on in your life now? People with an abundance
mindset don’t delay living a happy life based on something they will get later.
They find the joy in the present.
Step 5: Accomplish Small Actions
Abundance
doesn’t happen overnight. Most people who live an abundant life will tell you
that they work at it every day. On a daily basis, they are accomplishing small
actions that aligns them with what they want in life. For example, if what you
want is more money, each day, you can make small deposits in a saving account.
Fifty rupees a day will become ₹1,500 at the end of the month and ₹18,000 at
the end of the year. If, on the other hand, you want more love in your life,
start with self-love. Every day, make a point of bringing to recognizing one
thing you love about yourself.
Opposite
Behaviour: You Often Use the Words Don’t or Can’t
Our
vocabulary says a lot about our mindset. A person with a scarcity mindset will
use many limiting words such as “can’t,” “won’t,” or “don’t.” These words have
the tendency to nourish a deep belief that we don’t have enough and will never
be able to access what we want in life. To shift to a more abundant life, pay
attention to the words you use. Catch yourself using words that set a limiting
belief and reframe them into words that empower you to do something about the
situation.
Living
an abundant life is available to all individuals on this Earth and it all
depends on the mindset. By applying the tips provided above, you will increase
your ability to access the abundance that surrounds you and also allow you to
manifest what you desire in your life.
You
will find an abundant, happy and fulfilling life once you are fully aware of
your thoughts and your ability to change your thinking process of limiting
beliefs and scarcity-based thinking to abundance. Know that anyone can
successfully access an abundance mindset and achieve whatever they deeply want
and believe they deserve.
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