Train Your Brain To Make More Money - John Assaraf

[Music] So many people ask me, "Is it possible to train your brain to help you make more money? " and the answer is yes. So maybe I can share a story with you of how I started to train my own brain to help me make more money.

It started with setting some goals for the kind of lifestyle that I wanted to live. My mentor, Walter Schneider, many years ago—he was a very, very successful businessman—said, "In order to achieve your goals, first you have to have the clarity of what they are. " So let's say you have a financial goal of making, let's say, a hundred thousand dollars a year.

Okay, that's about eighty-five hundred dollars a month or about, you know, twenty-one hundred fifty dollars every week that you want to earn. And let's say you're not earning that right now. One of the things you can do to train your brain to help you make that amount of money is, first and foremost, get clear on the exact amount you want to earn, whether it's per week, per month, or per year.

That's step number one. Step number two: Create a simple affirmation that goes like this: "I am so happy and grateful for the fact that I am now earning ten thousand dollars a month. " It's a simple affirmation.

What I want you to do is read that affirmation every single morning five to ten times, and every single night before you go to bed, five to ten times. As you read that affirmation, I want you to close your eyes, and I want you to practice mentally rehearse receiving that money in the form of a check, cash, or in your bank account. See the money going into your bank account, and feel what it feels like to consistently have ten thousand dollars a month coming into your account.

You can choose whatever amount you want, by the way. As you close your eyes and visualize that money coming into your account, what I also want you to visualize is the impact that that amount of money will have on your life, your family's life, your friend's life, the community that you live in, and the charities that you want to support. Get totally into a mental movie and the emotions, as if you were a Hollywood actor or actress pretending that what you envision is really happening.

So you'd read your affirmation: "I'm so happy and grateful for the fact that I am now earning ten thousand dollars a month. " As you do that, and you repeat it, mentally rehearse and visualize what that looks like. What that does is prime your brain to see and feel as if it is real right now.

That activates different parts of your brain, specifically the left prefrontal cortex, which is the genius CEO, Einstein part of your brain that can actually help you figure out how to achieve that goal and dream. If you do that in the morning and at night before bed—morning upon waking up, nighttime before bed—you will start to prime your brain with an affirmation and a mental rehearsal. You will cognitively prime your brain.

If you want a bonus step, what I want you to do is take a vision board—either on your computer or a physical board—and cut out some pictures of what lifestyle earning ten thousand dollars a month will allow you to live. What kind of car would you drive? What kind of places would you go vacation?

What kind of home would you live in? What kind of charities would you support? Get pictures of the outcome of earning ten thousand dollars a month or a hundred thousand dollars a year, and start to see yourself in that scenario.

Act as if it is real right now. Then, every day, ask yourself the question: "What can I do today to make that amount of income a reality? " Take one or two action steps towards making that a reality.

The physical actions, in addition to the mental rehearsal with affirmations and visualizations, are one of the best ways to start priming your brain to achieve the financial goals you have. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] You.