I got asked again today.

"Tony, how did you become wealthy?"

There's probably a lot of answers to that question but the
answer I gave (and nearly always do) is simply this:

To become wealthy, you have to think like a wealthy
person.

Every week, I talk to dozens of people who dream of
becoming wealthy. They're tired of working more hours for
less money. They're tired of never seeing their family.
They're tired of taking their vacation days and using it to
only go visit their relatives and letting their kids play
with their cousins.

And so they've called me to talk about becoming wealthy.
And it's very easy for me to see which ones are going to
actually succeed and which ones will continue to struggle.

I simply watch how they think.

For example, if someone is struggling to pay their bills
and that is their REASON for why they're starting a
business, that person will find a way to be successful.
They're motivated. They're focused on a solution. They
realize that -- if things are going to change -- it has to
start with them. And they're committed to be successful.

On the other hand, if a person says "Oh, I can't get
started in business, I'm too broke".....that person is
already defeated. Because they are choosing to let their
circumstances dictate what they can do. They will continue
to use that situation as an excuse for why they can't be
more successful. Which means that they are creating their
own self-fulfilling prophecy.

I can usually call these people back in 6 months and
they're no better off than they were when they first
contacted me.

What's the difference?

It's how people THINK. This is what Napoleon Hill meant
when he titled his book, "Think and Grow Rich".

Wealthy people think differently than broke people. They
don't ask "can I?" They ask "how can I?"

One of my favorite authors, Ayn Rand, once said, "What do
you mean who's going to let me? You mean, who's going to
stop me!"

Back when Jessica and I chose to start our business, we
were broke. We were living in a very small cinder-block
house. We had no heat. I was earning less than $1,000 a
month. We were two months late on our rent. Our car broke
down frequently.

But we believed things could be better. We believed there
was a way we could become wealthy and start living the life
we deserved.

When it came to finding the money to start our business, we
could have easily said, "I don't have the money." But,
what would have changed? It's not like either of us had a
rich uncle who was suddenly going to remember us on his
deathbed. Or that our fairy godmother was going to show up
and hand us lots of money just because we wished for it.

No, we did what a lot of people do: we scraped and
borrowed and did whatever we had to do. We sold things we
owned. Jessica took a part-time job on a short-term basis.
I did odd-jobs for a friend of mine.

And when we made the decision that we were not going to let
fear or other obstacles stand in our way, things started
coming together in a way that we could have never planned
or predicted.

So, if the question is, "How do you become wealthy?" the
answer is simply, "Start thinking like a wealthy person".

Would a billionaire every say, "No, I can't do that."? No.
They say, "I'm going to do that" and they find a way.

There are two kinds of people in the world: stoppable and
unstoppable.

Which are you?

About the Author:

Tony Rush is one of the real characters of personal
development and is the co-author of the book, "It's
Time....". He spends part of his free time showing others
how to follow the same system he used to create wealth in
less than 20 hours a week. He lives in Alabama with his
wife Jessica, three sons and a dachsund named Bentley who
doesn't know he's a dog. For more information on Tony Rush
visit http://www.tonyrush.com