MONEY IS AN IDEA !

I agree. Money does not exist. What we know as money (paper and coins) is simply a representation of exchanging one thing for another.

People used to barter livestock and other items, but as times have changed it became inconvenient to travel with these items. Can you imagine how many cows you'd have to herd to the store these days?

Bob also teaches that people really don't want money, they want the things they can acquire and achieve with it. You should also focus on those things and not necessarily the money involved.

I'm missing the point here. What is the difference between trying to go after the physical representation of money and the "idea" that money represents? I'm lost apparently :confused:.

T. Harv Eker has an excercise at his Millionaire Mind event. First he talks about money and he certainly agrees that it's nothing more than an idea. Gold, silver, dollar bills are all just physical representations of the idea.

Then he talks about our attitudes about money and how people say they want it but fall short so often in their attitudes around money. Some people subconsciously fear success and money for various reasons. Others don't have trouble getting money but do have trouble holding on to it. This is often because they feel they aren't worthy of success, money, and other good things due to their internal programming. This might have come from parental attitudes and many other causes.

Anyway, back to Harv's exercise. First he talks about being open to accepting money and talks about picking up a coin on the sidewalk and how some people feel it's beneath them to do that. And here's the nugget.

People say they want money but when they don't bother to take it from the sidewalk they're telling the universe they don't really want it... they just say they do. And people will say stuff like, "but it's only a penny or nickle..." or whatever.

But the universe doesn't "think" in terms of the denominations of coins. That's because money is nothing more than an idea. And if someone says they want it but then refuses it when they have the chance to get some, regardless of how much it is, then they don't really want it at all. They just say they do.

So at the seminar Harv's staff throws pennies all over the place and people go around picking them up. It might sound silly but it's an interesting thing. The exercise serves to make us aware of our attitudes about the "idea" of money.

Most of the pennies get picked up right away. But some roll to hard-to-reach places. And it's a kick to watch people when they see one later on after the exercise. Some still refuse to make much of an effort for a penny. And I think that's very revealing as to their internal programming.

Wow. Look at this post. It's turned into a freakin' article. :rolleyes:

i agree with you stafford....thanks