Do You Have a Wishy-Washy Rich Intention?
Whether you’re rich now, on your way to being rich, or just thinking about it, everyone has fantasized about what it would be like for money—or rather lack of it—not to be a problem.
Most people stay in the realm of fantasy, maybe dipping out occasionally to buy a lottery ticket. Another group, not satisfied with the 9 to 5 grind, takes a few more risks and pours their energy into business ideas, opportunities and companies. Most will fail within three to five years.
But there are those fewer people with the skill (which can be learned through modeling), willpower and creativity who are successful. There is another attribute, though, that separates them from the poor, and that is intention.
Most people say their financial goal is to make money. Yes or yes? That’s a good reason, but the issue is that’s not specific enough. If you have a wishy-washy intention, you’re going to get a wishy-washy result.
Rich Business People Have Three Financial Intentions:
- To have a very high working income
- To create passive income
- Dramatically enhance the value of their company
What’s the intention that poor people have? To earn a living. To earn a decent living. That’s what they’re in business for. They don’t even consider they’re in a business as a way to create passive income and even more importantly to create wealth.
A business is not a job. A business is too much work with too many challenges to just go out there to earn a decent living.
The business is designed to be a vehicle to set you free and create nothing short of wealth! Rich people understand that business is simply two components: either buy or create something and sell it for more than it costs you. That’s it!
Most broke people have struggles, put most of their energy and attention not on the buying, creating, and selling but on the administrative and operations arena—the organizing of those two things—and that is a mistake.
Operations are very important, but it’s not the essence of the business. Go back to the cave people: ‘Here’s a piece of meat. I want your stick.’ That’s it! There’s no customer service. There’s no tech support. There’s no finance department. There’s no reporting. There’s no furniture and there’s no computers. ‘Your stick, my meat! Let’s go!’ That’s business!
Buying and creating and selling. Everything else is just icing on the cake.
This knowledge helps focus the intention of why we’re talking millionaire success strategies. The basics help, but the intention has to come from the simplest truth. When we’re going into business, we’re not going halfway. You could, but would that be much better than working a typical job?
When we’re talking about our money blueprints, these basics of why we go into business have to be drawn up into the foundation. It’s so simple and powerful yet not very well understood. Knowing this helps put you back into focus when the inevitable challenges arise, or when you face disappointments and setbacks.
You are doing this because you are going to be rich! Whatever other intentions are attached to that—for family, to buy nice things, to travel, to be an artist, whatever—don’t have to conflict with this truth.
You are doing this to be rich and to be free!
Now it’s your turn! What are you financial intentions? Are they wishy-washy and you need to change them now? Are they solid and moving you forward? Share below—I want to hear from you!







What is Wishy Washy is supposed to mean? Does it mean that the idea you're trying to put into action is decorated with too many irrelevant things (other than buy/create and sell)?
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Having attended your MMI seminar, twice, I can clearly understand what you are saying. Your seminar has helped me to look at my money blueprint and I am pleased to say that I have implemented your teachings, like the jars and now that I am setting up my online business I can see how important is to be accountable and do whatever is necessary to become financially independent. Thank you Harv!
Struggling with clear goals.
Through your teachings I found out, that the main intention behind having more money would be security and freedom.Okay.
I'm aware, that my programmings about money through childhood,school,media etc. were very negative and that it takes constant action to reprogramm myself, which I did and do on a daily basis.Okay.
The clear picture where I want to head seemed to be the easiest part, but I become more and more aware, that it isn't.
I thought 100000 Euros a year net income would be what I'm looking for and so I took this figure as it would mean security using the jar system and there would be also enough to have the freedom to travel, go to more seminars, have fun. Okay,but….
Here starts the problem.The most I ever earned was about 35000 Euros net a year through hard work years ago.Meanwhile because of disease I'm living on a small part of that plus using up my savings (which makes me feel pretty unconfortable, is against my values behind money and besides simplifying my life). So 100000 Euro/years feels quite far away.I feel resistance against it on one side.On the other side there's still the ” If you aim for the stars, you at least will hit the moon”-thinking, which I also consider right. So I'm kind of bouncing a bit for and back which doesn't produce results at all.
I know, that my biggest asset at the moment are my idees and my creativity and working everyday on changing my old conditioning.My biggest hinderance is getting actually things started, as Network marketing, setting up a homepage to actually sell something etc. is so much against my rightbrainerlife,that just thinking about it starts to reprogramm me negative about money, learning about money.
So downgrade to an amount I feel more confortable with ( which feels a bit like giving up) or staying with the original goal despite resistance and just go on with reprogramming ?
What do you suggest to those of us who recognize that we are wishy-washy? How do we zero in on that which will fill our buckets with so much passion that we become unstoppable?
Awesome post! I really like
“A business is not a job. A business is too much work with too many challenges to just go out there to earn a decent living.
The business is designed to be a vehicle to set you free and create nothing short of wealth! Rich people understand that business is simply two components: either buy or create something and sell it for more than it costs you. That’s it!”
When I shift my perspective to align with the above, and help my clients do this as well, we see our businesses in a completely different light. This shift generates more passion and excitement and this in turns increases our capacity for peak performance.
Thanks for the shift!
My intentions are to have an income that will help me create passive income, which will set my family free to do things we most love doing. I want to create a company that can later be sold for a great profit; creating more passive income and to have enough to invest back into the community.
Love it! Those are great Intentions.
Be Well,
T Harv
To teach financial freedom to others while being financially free!
Hi, James. “Wishy-Washy” means that your intention is not specific and grounded–it leaves too much room for interpretation. A “Wishy-Washy” intention is one without clear specifics, goals and a plan to execute.
I hope that helps!
-T. Harv
Fantastic question. First, I congratulate you for recognizing the fact that you have a “rich intention” that lacks the structure needed to move it forward. The way you move a “wishy-washy” intention to a bullet-proof plan is to get really clear about how you are going to get there.
In my post I mentioned the three financial intentions of rich people — take those three intentions and put some specifics behind them. For example, quantify your “high working income” with an actual dollar amount. Also, outline your plan to create passive income. Write out how you are going to do it. And then start working that plan step by step. And lastly, list the specific ways you will dramatically enhance the value in your company. If you do not have a business yet, list the ways you will add value to the job you are doing now. BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE and then take action, one step at a time. The key to eliminating a “wishy-washy” intention is to get clear and get moving. -T. Harv
Hi Franz,
I can relate to what you are saying. Sometimes setting a goal that takes you too far out of your comfort zone is counterproductive. It triggers too much resistance and makes you feel burdened instead of motivated. I learned a technique called progressive goal setting where you break down your goal into smaller parts that feel more realistic for you. If your goal doesn’t seem achievable it’s unlikely that you will be able to sustain the motivation, passion, commitment and perseverance needed to attain it.
For example, instead of having a goal of 100,000 net Euros a year that feels way out of reach, it’s ok to set a smaller goal that feels more realistic for you. How about increasing your income next month by, say, 10% or whatever amount feels comfortably doable for you? And each month as you meet your goal set the next month’s income goal higher. This way you do not have to abandon the “aim for the stars” goal, you’re just putting it into a more realistic context.
I’ve been doing this for the past few years and now I’ve finally worked my way up to this year having a yearly income goal of 100,000. Three years ago 100,000 felt scary and out of reach. Now it is definitely within my realm of certainty. And I know without a doubt that once I reach my 100, 000 goal I will incrementally increase that to multiple 6 figures and beyond.
It’s taken me a few years to get to this point, and it’s been a steady personal and professional growth process. Repatterning my beliefs and money blueprint was essential, so keep doing that. To paraphrase Harv: If you want to expand your income, you have to expand yourself. I can attest that reprogramming works, in fact I’m a Certified Resonance Repatterning Practitioner, so reprogramming is my business.
One last thought, see if you can reframe your perception that creating a business goes against your right brain nature. I'm a healer, musician and songwriter, and now a successful business owner. I have found that building a business has been a wonderful creative outlet for me. In fact, I believe that the best entrepreneurs are like artists.
All the best,
Elizabeth
Well, I have a house that is tax assessed for 80 K and I bought it for $42,5 so there is some instant equity recognized. I have a catering biz and sell seafoods on a part time basis. I am also working in a resturant which is really a hinderence to me. I know I need to be more assertive inorder to be more financially independent.
I do want to be rich but I understand that it comes as a byproduct of providing a great service to others. I know if I chase money I will not get it but if I chase extreme service to others I will be on a better path to wealth. I also understand there is more to becoming wealthy then pure service but the service component is required to reach wealth.
Josh Bulloc
Kansas City, MO
My financial intentions include freedom, mobility, and independence.
“I know if I chase money I will not get it ….”
How so?
“It ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us into trouble. It’s the things we know that just ain’t so.”
– Artemus Ward
I actually agree with you, Josh, in essence, that it is your ability to create wealth, which is to say, what people want, in other words, perceived value … satisfying people's desires … is what you can then sell for financial reward.
However, I wouldn't want to embed the thought, “I know if I chase money I will not get it,” too deeply in my mind.
If you catch my drift.
Why can't you both seek and find?
The whole classic Think and Grow Rich, which a great many successful entrepreneurs living and dead credit as being the starting point for the attitude which lead to their wealth, was about cultivating a money consciousness first and foremost … while ALSO paying attention to such aspects as rendering efficient quality service in light of truth, justice, and helping the other person.
I'm simply saying the two intentions, the two thoughts, are in no way mutually exclusive.
Whereas it is entirely possible to deliver massive service to another person up to and including at the cost of one's own life — and while this is a noble thing, it by no means guarantees monetary reward.
Food for thought.
And of course, T. Harv's work is credited by a great many people living as being instrumental to their success, both financial solvency, and outright riches.
I wanted to reference something outside of his work, however, for back-up. And because while I think T. Harv has put the ideas in more easily digestible form, and including ideas not found in the same form in Napoleon Hill's work — and is ALSO available to provide training now, which the great Hill is for obvious reasons no longer able to do …
… both Eker, and Hill, advocate pursuing or at least being very open to receiving wealth (including money).
I am SURE if you will examine it there are at least SOME successful businesspeople who were motivated, first and foremost, by their desire for money and personal wealth. I'm not saying such desire is sufficient to create wealth, as obviously one must have service one can offer to another person (as in performing a paid work for them or selling a product or service).
But it doesn't seem to get in the way of creating wealth either.
Even sales. I wouldn't obsess over your commissions, but at the same token, I've known a salespeople who earned a very good living. Few if any of them were unconcerned with their compensation!
Obsessed with serving their clients?
Perhaps. I think that's a good quality.
Desirous of getting paid an above average income? Oh yeah.
That's weird. Disqus put my second comment first. Never seen that before. Strange programming!
thanhks!!!!
I am thinking in the line of using my writing skill to really earn a big amount of money. Perhaps, write a great novel. And each day, I see to it I write even if I do not want to. Then, I can develop a property I own to profit from it through leasing. I also plan to invest in stocks or mutual funds. Then, I can be free to do whatever I want…maybe write more.
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences along the way.I found out that it helps me a lot when people who are still “connected ” to problems at the beginning of their way, share how to overcome obstacles. What I especially like was your mentioning of being a healer, musician, songwriter And business owner.A positive example ,that
“both” is what to look for ,that having to decide between something is “non-supportive”.
Still, giving up the original goal, that I carry already around with me for quite while,feels a bit like falling back, like not really believing in it anymore, especially as I finally cleared up that “unworthy” pattern at the “Millionaire mind intensive”. On the other side a small success on the way would be very encouraging, too.Hmmm.Probably “both” is also the right way here , too.
Thank you and all the best on your way.
Franz
I have been in my job for over 20years! As a trade its all I know. 8 months ago I started my own business in the same trade. Part time at this stage with my intention to leave my full time employment in the New Year and concentrate on my own business. I beleive I can make a living out of it ,but it will mean I am the only employee. I don't see it as a business that will dramatically increase in value to the extent that I will be able to sell it for a huge profit! Should I continue down this track or look elsewhere for other options to acheive my goal of Financial freedom?
My intention is to create wealth not only for me and my family today but to create wealth for generations to come. To create a mindset that views mediocrity as unconventional not only for my family but tons of families everywhere.
This may sound a bit silly, but there's a 7-11 near my office that I frequent. I always see change on the floor and sidewalk. I pocket the pennies and dimes and chant “I am a money magnet attracting wealth and abundance.” The other day the young lady behind the counter looked at me with disgust when I asked for the $0.01 change due me. She had already closed the cash drawer. So, she grabbed a handful of pennies from the “leave one” tray, threw them on the counter and walked off. I took my penny and thanked her.
I thought, in 5 years she'll likely still be working at 7-11 and perhaps I'll buy a 7-11.
Thanks Harv
Franz,
Stay the course. Don’t give up on your 100k goal. Have you taken the Millionaire Mind Intensive yet?
Lucia,
You are most welcome! Thank you for sharing.
Be Well,
T Harv
I am taking control of my wealth by being completely intentional! It's a great feeling to have a plan and to put that plan into action. It feels wonderful to be able to help people, empower entrepreneurs, and generate additional income. Thank you Mr. Eker for reminding us that wishy-washy wealth is like hope with no action. 😉
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Dear Harv
I'm lost & i need your advice. I'm desperately trying to change my job which i dislike and get into something i like to do; which will eventually teach me things to start my own business. However,i have no negative thought about money, i love it and the reasons behind it are good, human causes.Those reasons are pushing me to get wealthy to the extent where i'm getting physically & emotionally exosted of trying but nothing happens,I've abandoned everyone non supportive around me..What am i doing wrong? please help me.
“My meat, your stick, let's go!” – I love it! 🙂
My wealth intentions are to be free to do what I want, when I want, with who I want, specifically…
1. To travel to – and live in- beautiful places all round the world, including with my daughter.
2. To meet and connect with great people and share wonderful experiences.
2. To bring clean water and sanitation to millions of children in Africa.
It's very inspiring and telling the truth of the business. I like it, will apply it into my daily life. thank you, Harv!
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Love this blog! I keep coming back to reread and see what other “tidbits” in the replies are here
“Buying and creating and selling. Everything else is just icing on the cake.” ~ I disagree with this…
So many companies have NO backend…thus no customer support AFTER the sale. Future sales to the same client requires good support or a functioning back end. I can't think of an easier way to LOOSE a customer than to NOT have good operations and administrative services.
You want to work harder…having to continually find NEW customers OR do you want to resell your current customers NEW products & services.
I'll take the path of least resistance thanks. The icing on the cake IS the repeat sales that don't require being resold because of good operations and administrative client support.
Living Life By Design
http://www.joegriffith.me
Hi Franz,
You are most welcome!
Here's a saying that I've heard along the way, “It's not an either/or Universe.” This means that “both” is definitely possible.
Re: your goal. Remember that you're not giving up on it, you're just breaking it down into achievable components. Achieving your goal is going to be a process and you are going to have successes along the way that you will celebrate. Each time you celebrate a success you set the stage for your next success.
Think of the process of achieving your goals as a car accelerating. You're stopped at a red light and want to get up to highway speed of 60 kilometers per hour. As soon as you step on the gas are you going to immediately be at highway speed? No. You first have to get up to 5, 10, 20, 35, 50, etc. kilometers per hour, until you reach your goal of 60 kph. The key is to keep your foot on the gas pedal and don't stop until you reach your goal speed of 60 kph. Then once you've reached 60 you might decide you want to go 70!
All the best,
Elizabeth
Hi Brigitte,
It sounds like you have some unconscious conditioning that is getting in the way of your manifesting your new job. While on the conscious level you may believe that you have no negative thoughts about money, the conscious level is just the tip of the iceberg.
I've learned that programming and conditioning come not only from your immediate family, but it gets passed down through your family generations as well as through the culture and society that you live in. So it's likely that you are not consciously aware of all of the patterns that make up your money blueprint.
As Harv says, “We take this conditioning and run on it for the rest of our lives, even though we may not be aware of it.” Speaking from my own experience, I've been amazed at the junk I was holding in my “money baggage compartment” — stuff I never in a million years thought was true on the conscious level, and yet it was part of my money blueprint. As a Certified Resonance Repatterning Practitioner who helps people identify and transform hidden patterns, I can tell you that some of these patterns are deeply hidden from the conscious mind.
You wrote about good human causes that are pushing you to get wealthy to the extent where you’re getting physically & emotionally exhausted. It sounds like you have some unconscious conditioning around work that needs to change. For example you might have a program running that says you have to work hard to survive. Or there might be some martyr programming that says you have to sacrifice yourself for others. Or perhaps some money monk programming that says you can’t have wealth for yourself, money is only to help others.
It's OK to want to be rich for yourself, to make your life easier and more enjoyable. Take care of your own needs first because you can't give to others what you yourself don't have. Once you have taken care of your own needs then you can use your wealth to take on the good human causes.
All the best,
Elizabeth
That's awesome that you are writing everyday — even when you don't feel like it. I salute you!
Hi Adam,
If you really LOVE what you are doing I would say keep at it and explore other ways for you to add value to your business. For example, you can position yourself as an expert and write articles for the consumer. You can turn these into information products and sell them on-line. For example, “Don't Get Ripped Off: The Top 10 Things You Need to Know Before You Hire a [Your Trade].
If you don't love what you're doing, I would suggest that you look at other options for financial freedom.
All the best,
Elizabeth