So without further ado, here are the top 15 easiest ways to develop an abundance mentality:

So stop thinking about what you don’t want or what you’re afraid of, or that’s what you will be bringing more of into your life. Focus instead on the wealth and beauty in your life. I explained how this works in more detail in this video. When you choose to see fortune and opportunity everywhere, no misstep is ever a problem, because even if things don’t go as you expected, you can still choose to see how that can benefit you in some way. Try to look for win-win situations, because when you see that there’s always a way for everyone to benefit, you’ll realize that scarcity is a lie you don’t have to buy into.

Your life circumstances only depreciate when you don’t show gratitude for what you already have. I’ve already made a video on gratitude, so if you want to learn more about the science behind it and how feeling it more often can help you cultivate a life of abundance, click here. So look for the positives in every loss. I know it’s isn’t always easy, but if you take the time to reflect on and acknowledge what’s going right for you, you’ll rarely see anything as being negative or “bad”. You’ll soon realize that even those situations where you thought you had missed out on something ultimately lead to you getting something even better.

Simply put, surround yourself with positive people and positive material. This doesn’t only mean spending more time with optimistic friends, but also reading, listening to and watching personal development material that’s based on the abundance mentality. Even the time you spend alone can expose you to messages other people put out there, so make sure you’re aware of that. Of course, you may also have to limit the time you spend with negative Nancys – whether they’re real people in your life, TV personalities or writers.

Basically, I’m asking you to think about it really really carefully before you continue indulging in the scarcity mindset. When someone makes more money than you, does that limit the overall amount you could potentially earn? Nope. When someone else buys themselves a boat, does that mean you will never be allowed to get one? Of course not! There’s not a set amount of any of these things in the world. We can always build new boats, create new jobs and print more money. Do you ever worry that if someone breathes in too much oxygen, there won’t be enough for you? No, coz air is abundant. But if air was a commodity you had to purchase to consume and there were only a few tanks of it left in the world, then you’d be right to worry, coz we need it to survive. But a lot of the time, the things that really are truly scarce aren’t necessary for our survival or happiness and those that are necessary are only artificially made to look or feel scarce. The trick is to learn how to control your emotions, so you can think more logically when someone’s using scare-mongering against you. Click here to learn how.

If you want more love in your life, be more loving towards others. If you want more money, give money away. If you want more time, spend it helping those in need. When you treat your resources as though they can never run out, you will eventually believe it – not to mention prove it to yourself when you see you don’t have any less after giving to others. Every time you give something away freely, your mind thinks: “I wouldn’t be giving this away, if I didn’t already have more than enough of it”, so it believes there is abundance. This will eventually reinforce this mentality in your mind to the point where believing it is second nature to you. Think of money, love and time as water. When any of it flows through your life like a river, it will come back to you in a beautiful, healthy way and you will never be without it. When you hoard it like a reservoir, it will grow stale, stagnant and gross, so even the amount of it you have will be useless to you.

Organize and make better use of your current resources. When everything has a place and a function, you will see just how little you actually need to be healthy and happy. Minimalism can help you figure out what serves you best, and thus allow you to see just how much time and space you already have in your life. You then realize there’s more than enough to go around, because you have more than you need already and didn’t even realize it. Click here to learn how to leverage minimalism to your advantage without getting rid of everything or becoming a monk.

Comparing yourself to others often generates an unhealthy amount of jealousy and envy. If you’d like tips on how to overcome either of those emotions, click here. An abundance mentality keeps things in perspective. Most of the time, we don’t know what we don’t have until we see what others have. Before you heard about the new jet pack your neighbour bought, you probably thought your life was fine without one. Social media and advertisements make this so much harder, which is why I suggest you stay away from them as much as possible. For more tips and tricks to stop comparing yourself to others, click here. 

Like I said in this video, the words you use change your vibrations, your thoughts, your emotions and your physical reactions. Stop using phrases like “It’s impossible,” “I can’t do it”, “I can’t afford to”, “There just isn’t enough…”, “I’m not good enough” or “I’ll never be happy”. Tell yourself you can and you will. Self-limiting beliefs can really get you stuck in a scarcity loop, because they stop you from trying to get out of it. Recruit your friends and family to help you notice when you use negative vocabulary that keeps you in a scarcity mindset and try to consciously replace them with more positive, abundant words and phrases, like “Anything is possible, when you try hard enough”, “I can do anything I set my mind to”, “I can afford anything, as long as it’s important to me”, “There is always more than enough to go around”, “I’m worthy of love” and “I’m grateful and happy with what I’ve got”.

Recognize that you can never know it all. We all need to constantly and continually grow and learn throughout your entire life. This video can help you get used to learning on a regular basis. Don’t feel like you are useless because you don’t know something. You can always study it and develop new skills, no matter what they are. That’s a very healthy way to think and act – as long as you’re doing it for the right reasons. 

In this video, I explained differences between a response and a reaction. It’s important not to just let things happen to you. Plan, look ahead, take calculated risks and be courageous. But courageous people aren’t always born. Sometimes you have to develop courage within yourself. Check out this video, if you need help getting over your fears. 

Being here now helps you focus enough to do things properly, so you always have enough time, energy and clarity. When you live in the now, you really feel the abundance around you. When you’re constantly living in the past or the future, time feels scarce and scary, limited and limiting, so check out this video, I made to teach you how to develop a mindful attitude, coz I know it’s not easy.

As just like any other tool, it should be used to reach your goals. It should help and support you in your journey to health and happiness, not be the sole reason you’re living your life. It shouldn’t scare you or stress you out either. It shouldn’t be the one thing you care about above all else and it shouldn’t be the end-all-be-all that determines your worth, happiness or success.

When we’re children, we have a mind full of wonder and curiosity. By default, we come without judgement, fear, limiting beliefs or harmful assumptions. You have so much to gain by going back to this frame of mind. When you don’t think about what is right, best or ideal, things change substantially for you. There’s no anxiousness that the past will repeat itself or that something is too hard for you. You don’t feel like a fraud or unworthy of what you’re attempting. A beginner’s mind allows you to approach any subject with the freedom of not knowing if it’s supposed to be difficult or painful to pursue. The amazing thing is that, if you don’t expect these things to happen, they usually don’t.

When you share what you have with others, they will often share with you as well. You will quickly become convinced that there is more than enough to go around when you see how willing people are to share and give openly from what they’ve got. If we get into a tough spot, there’s always someone who can help us – especially if we’ve racked up the right amount of karmic points, so to speak. Not to mention, when you spend time with people who have less of something than you and you see that they are still willing to give, it will show you just how abundant life really is. So show others compassion and if you find it a little difficult to do, here are my top tips to make it easier.

Most of the time, we’re the only thing standing in our own way. Abundance might be everywhere around us, but we can’t see it because we don’t allow ourselves to enjoy any of it. There can be many reasons why people refuse to show themselves love, but once you give in and accept it, your eyes open to a whole new world of abundance and opportunity. If you’re one of the many people in the world who have a hard time showing themselves compassion and affection, click here to make it easier on yourself.

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