My inspiration for this post comes from dealing with many new students’ fears (which is also why I wrote the first positive attitude article). Here’s an example of what I hear regularly: “All the lists have already been requested. Everyone’s already worked these claims. There’s nothing left for me. This found money business thing is a hack.”
That’s a great example of a negative attitude. Again and again, people are finding and collecting claims. One student (who is pretty new to the business) has gotten something like 7 claims – from one county! I’ve emailed personally with this student, both before and after his success. I can tell you this: I have never detected one hint of negativity when corresponding with him. If you know who I’m talking about, I’m sure you’ll agree.
The same is true for other successful people here. They are not positive because they are successful. They are successful because they are positive. Another example? Rick himself. Obviously, I’ve known him for 30+ years. While he was an evil tormenter when we were kids, I can honestly say that Rick has never had a negative attitude about almost anything.
If you are one of those “this doesn’t work, nothing works, I just end up failing at everything I do” types, man, you’ve got to get over that as soon as possible, or that will end up your reality. Make that priority #1.
By the way… no judgment here. “Hello, my name is Maggie, and I’m a recovering negative thinker.” I have been the worst of the worst in this respect, so I speak from experience here. It wasn’t until I made a conscious effort to stop viewing everything in negative terms, and expecting the worst, that my finances (and everything else) started to really change for the better.
Not only that, but when you change that attitude, it seems like you suddenly start running into successful situations that didn’t appear before. Why? Who knows. The scientific types hate this, but anecdotally, evidence of this is everywhere.
Here’s the bottom line. If you stop expecting the worst, if you stop finding all the possible pitfalls, if you stop complaining, and you put in a diligent effort, you will become a successful money finder.
