All of the millionaires out there, they have one set of habit that makes them rich, makes them a millionaire. And in this book, Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires, Adam Khoo, my favorite wealth teacher, explain the millionaire habit that you need to adopt in order to be a millionaire.

I strongly recommend you to grab this book, for me, it is the best wealth book that I have ever read. Before this I have also posted about millionaire habit #1, always exceed expectations. Now, as for the second millionaire habit that you need, is this…

Be Proactive

Yes, if you want to be rich, if you want to be a millionaire, you have to be proactive. People who are proactive are those that make things happen. While those who adopt the reactive mindset, they wait for things to happen. When the economy is down, proactive people will not sit still, they will go and look for opportunity, instead of waiting for opportunity to come to them.

You have to be proactive if you want to be a millionaire. Have you ever attended any seminars, and they want you to break the ice by introduce yourself to others? Are you the one that just going to stand there and wait for people to come to you? Or you are the one that goes to people and introduce yourself to them?

If you have been in this kind of situation before, you will know. Here, people can be classified into 2 groups. The first group are those that who adopt the reactive mindset. They wait for people to approach them, and they react toward other people’s action. These people won’t have much control in their life.

Because for them, when there is no opportunity for them, they will just wait for opportunity to come, just like waiting for money to fall from the sky. They are characteristic of people who complain about everything that is happening around them and hope that something will change. When reactive people face problems, they will just wait for others to come and solve their problem.

While the other group of people is those who adopt the proactive mindset. They are the ones that make things happen. They will go and introduce themselves to others. When there are no opportunities around, they won’t sit still, they will go out there and look for opportunity. If needed, they will even create the opportunity for themselves. These are the people that adopt the millionaire habit, proactive.

Let me give you a real-life example of how, by adopting the millionaire habit of proactive, can make a person rich. This guy is called Richard Branson, you probably have heard of him. He is the chairman and founder of the Virgin Group.

The One That Make Things Happen

Well, just imagine that if you had to take an important early morning flight to New York but due to unforeseen circumstances, the flight got canceled and you are stranded at the airport with a hundred other passengers. There is no other flight out that day. What do you think you will do and how would you feel? Are you going to…

1. Just wait for news of the next flight out
2. Lodge a complaint with the authorities
3. Hang around with other stranded passengers and complain together

Most people will think of this kind of situation as ‘problem’, and they can’t do much about it. You see, if you think of it as a problem, you will out of the power to control the situation. This is the same exact situation that happened to Richard Branson in 1980. He and his wife were stranded when the local Puerto Rican flight got canceled. There were no other flights out that day. (Remember, you always have a choice in your life.)

Instead of seeing it as a ‘problem’, Branson’s millionaire mindset got him to see it as opportunity. As a result, he took a very different set of actions. What he did is this. He got on the phone to a few aircraft charter companies and managed to charter a private plane for $2,000. Knowing that there were many stranded passengers who needed to catch a flight out badly, he borrowed a blackboard and wrote ‘Virgin Airways $39 Single Flight to Puerto Rico‘.

Within hour of walking through the airport terminal, he had sold every single seat! After successfully flying everyone back and making a cool profit, he mulled over what one happy passenger had casually said, “Virgin Airways isn’t too bad, smarten up the service a little and you will be in business”.

And the rest is history. The amazing thing about Branson was that he did not use any of his money to solve his ‘problem’. He used his millionaire mindset, think and turn a problem into opportunity. I believe that this is a very clear example of what exactly being proactive is all about. Yes, Everything Starts From Your Mind.

By having the proactive mindset, you will somehow put yourself in the position of power and choice. You are in control and you are in command of your life. You will eventually take actions that lead to your wealth and success. However, if you act in a reactive mindset, you will never find your way to riches, because you are not in controlling of your wealth, your finances will never be within your control.

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Posted on May 11th, 2008 by Shawn
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