How much money is “too much” money?

Accept Your Abundance
Chapter One:
Putting Yourself in the Prosperity Picture.
By Randy Gage.

Twice a year, I go on a Mastermind Retreat with the top-level members of my coaching
program. At a Retreat in Costa Rica, I was working with an entrepreneur on growing his
business. I came up with an idea that could generate $15 or $20 million a year in
revenue, and had the potential for $30 million a year quite readily. At that time, he was
probably only doing less than $300,000 a year.

You might think he jumped at the chance. You might think you would have too. But he
didn’t. And you might not have either…
As I sketched out the concept, I could see both him and his wife tuning out. It became
obvious to the group and me that they simply were on overload. They had come
expecting to learn how to make an extra $50,000 or maybe $250,000, but when I
started talking millions, it just was simply too much for them to believe.

Now to be fair, they didn’t first perceive the situation that way…
They felt like they supported the idea. But they kept raising objections like the idea was
difficult, needed more research, would take years to develop, etc. It was only when the
entire group confronted them, that they accepted the possibility that they might be
running from the idea because it was too prosperous for them to accept.

They left with the agreement that they would listen to my “Prosperity” audio album and
work on their prosperity consciousness.
At the next Retreat, they both felt that they had worked through their prosperity issues
and were willing to accept this new, bold plan I had for their business. So I asked the
wife a very simple question…

I asked her how their lives would be different, if their business did $30 million in the next
year. Her answer was quite fascinating…
She insisted that it would pretty much stay the same. She made a great point to confirm
that her needs were basically met, and the only real difference was she wouldn’t have
stress so much about paying bills. I wanted more.

I pressed her for tangible changes
that would take place in her lifestyle. EVERYTHING she came up with had to do with
helping someone else.
She would sponsor a Boy Scout camp, help out her parents, sponsor a school, etc. She
didn’t name one thing she would do for herself. I threw the question to her husband…

He started where she left off, but he got more specific. He mentioned the exact Boy
Scout activities that they would sponsor, and suggested that he would hire a 24-hour
caregiver for his sick father. Like his wife, he only mentioned doing things for other
people. Absolutely nothing either of them suggested was for themselves. It was all
about giving things to others.

So still I kept pressing…
After much searching, he finally suggested that they could get a cabin on the lake. This
prompted his wife who finally acknowledged that she would like a 4-wheel drive vehicle.
I thought we were finally getting somewhere. Until she said the reason she wanted the
new vehicle was so she could drive even more boy scouts to the camp they would
sponsor!

It became quite obvious that neither of them had even the remotest idea of how their
lives would be different with an extra $30 million. And because they haven’t foreseen
this possibility, they can’t manifest it.
By Randy Gage.

May God bless you
and prosper you.
Marc