Why is it important to have a mindset of abundance? Why must we think abundance in order to have abundance? Why would we not want abundance? We as human beings are hard wired because of our reptilian brain to react to fear. Because of our amygdala in our brains, we react to negative way faster and more often than we react to positive or abundance. We are bombarded with negative news every minute of every day. Because of technology with smart phones, the news is now at our finger tips. The news is sold to us by being negative a “if it bleeds it leads” mentality. Why? Because our brains or amygdala is conditioned to pay attention to negative news for our own survival and they know it.

To have an abundance of success, money, love, free time or whatever our hearts desire we must resist the negative and focus on the positive or in this case abundance. We must develop a mindset of abundance in our own lives. Having a mindset of abundance may sound easy, but it is probably one of the more difficult things to train our brains to think about because of our abundance of negativity.

If you believe the news media, you would think we are in the worst of times. But consider this about poverty. According to a video by visionary Peter Diamondis on TED Talks, today 99% of the world has electricity, 95% have TV, 88% have a mobile phone and 70% have air conditioning. Just 100 years ago the richest people in the world had none of these modern luxuries. Even our poverty is better than ever and yet we complain about how bad things are. We are being conditioned to believe things that just are not true.

To have a mindset of abundance takes practice just like having daily reflection. We must start with quieting the mind with focused thinking, prayer or meditation, which ever you prefer. Being grateful with what you have and your status in life is the beginning to abundance. See if you are grateful for the abundance you have you will attract more abundance. If you think about the lack of things you don’t have which is scarcity, you will never achieve abundance, but more scarcity. Earl Nightingale states “You are now, and you do become, what you think about.” Therefore, if you want a life of abundance you must think abundance. If you lack abundance, it is because you think of only things you do not have, but only desire. You must train your mind as if everything you want is already yours, not that it is coming, for then you are facing the wrong way.

Begin today by changing your mindset to one of abundance and gratitude not one of lack, scarcity and want. You will see your life change for the better. Here’s to your abundance!

“The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts”.—-Marianne Williamson

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Tim Wilhoit is owner/principal of Your Friend 4 Life Insurance Agency in Nashville, TN. He is a family man, father of 3, grandfather of 1, entrepreneur, insurance agent, life insurance broker, employee benefit specialist, salesman, sales trainer, recruiter, public speaker, blogger, author and team leader with over 29 years of experience in sales and marketing in the insurance and beverage industries.