There is a long line at a store at the end of the street
. It is long but you still fell in line unmindful of the hot weather and the fumes coming from passing vehicles. When you reached the front, you gave your well thought of set of numbers to the clerk and paid her with some loose change. You have just placed a bet in the lottery hoping that tomorrow you will become one of those self made millionaires who you saw earlier pass by in limousines. If you are going to put your hopes in lottery you are going to have a difficult time. Your chance of winning is inversely proportional to the amount of money you are desperately hoping to win.
If you want to be a self made millionaire you are going to need to do more than just play the lottery. You have to start by having a mindset of a millionaire.
Start by thinking that money is good. Forget about what you learned in values school that money is evil. You should even forget the nicer version of it which says that money is the root of all evil. If you have these negative thoughts about money in mind, you will not really be able to attract money into your life.
Educate yourself. Millionaires try to learn anything and everything about the trade they are in. An Ivy League education does not necessarily guarantee that you will become a millionaire but you still need to do your best to learn. You can hire private tutors or at the very least read.
Earn money for yourself. Do not wait for your yearly increase in salary as it will take you all your life before you can be the millionaire that you want. Besides, you want to be a self-made rich man so it is but logical to make money yourself than wait for it to come to you.
Take risks. If you are afraid to lose something, chances are you will also not gain anything. If you think that you will be losing a lot if you go into something, imagine the other end of the extreme. Your gains are also going to big. They are in fact more often than not bigger than the risks involved.
If you want to become a self made millionaire, start thinking like one.