Raising Entrepreneurs

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Today’s post is a guest post from Amanda van der Gulik, from TeachingChildrenAboutMoney.com. Amanda emailed my daughter Rachael recently, asking if Rachael would do an interview for Amanda’s blog, and I liked Amanda’s site so much I asked her if she would share some of her material with my readers, too.

Stay tuned for news of when Rachael’s interview will appear on Amanda’s blog. In the meanwhile, enjoy Amanda’s great motivational tips for kids and adults alike.

Hello Fellow Parents of Kid Entrepreneurs,

I was honoured to be asked to write a post for Jenny.

I really like what she teaches. And her kids are amazing!

A little about me: who is Amanda van der Gulik?

I am a homeschooling mompreneur who is dedicated to helping parents raise their kids financial IQ’s.

Jenny and I seem to have a lot in common and plan to work together to help give our kids the best start to their financial lives that we can.

Did you know that the main reason young couples today divorce is because of financial stress?

Did you also know that the majority of bankruptcies today is with young adults under the age of 30!

We can give our kids a better chance in life with both their finances as well as their relationships with their future spouses by simply giving them a good financial foundation to grow from.

I will be writing a series of posts for Jenny and she will be doing the same for me on my own blog. Today I will begin by talking to you about the Law of Attraction. We achieve what we conceive and believe.

In other words you first need to dream, then you need to believe that you will achieve your dream from the depths of your soul and then you will achieve your dreams.

I highly recommend you get your child started on creating their own ‘vision board’. This is a board that they can hang on their wall in their bedroom somewhere where they will see it on a regular basis.

I suggest hanging it in front of their desk or even attach it to their ceiling above their beds. If they have their own bathrooms then I suggest hanging their vision board opposite their toilet so that while they visit this important room on a continuous basis they can digest their vision.

So what is a ‘vision board’?

Okay, a vision board is a board that you create a collage on with picutres drawings of the different goals that your child would like to achieve or have.

Here are some steps on how to help your child create his or her own vision board:

1. Plan a special time to sit down as a family.

2. Have each family member make a list of all the goals they would like to achieve or have or be. Here are some questions that may help your child to come up with some of his or her visions:

• What kind of house would you like to live in?
• What kind of car would you like to drive?
• What kind of clothes would you like to wear?
• What places would you like to visit?
• Would you like to have a private jet or space ship?
• What kind of boat would you like to have?
• Who would you like to meet?
• Who are the people you would like to hang out with?
• What about your body, how healthy would you like to be?
• Are there any sports you would like to be good at?
• Are you interested in the arts, is there anything that you
  would like to achieve there?
• What kind of person would you like to be? Would you like to
  be more confident?
• Would you like to be more kind?
• How much money would you like to be earning every month,
  automatically?
• Which charities would you like to make a huge impact on?
• How many children would you like to have?
• How many and what kind of pets would you like to own?
• What does your future spouse look like and what kind of
  character is he/she?

3. Now get some old magazines or look online for photos (just make sure to set the search engine to ‘safe search’ mode first before asking for any photos or else you may have your child seeing photos that you would otherwise not like them to see.) I recommend using www.Google.com photo search or www.flickr.com.

4. Let your child have some fun being creative and encourage them to dream BIG!

5. Now choose a spot to hang the board where your child is most likely to see it many, many times a day.

6. Every morning have a look at your child’s vision board and go over their goals by having them say out loud,

“I am so happy and grateful now that I have ….built my dream house….. and/or…..filled my
closet with the most beautiful clothes…..and/or…… I am the best player on
my school’s baseball team….helped 50 people on my favourite charity by giving them the opportunity to eat healthy food….etc.”

The key is to have them say it as if they have already accomplished their goals and dreams.

They need to make their subconscious minds believe that their goals have already been achieved to make it become a reality. No one is ever successful until they absolutely believe from the depths of their souls that they are a success already!

It’s amazing how this simple vision board can make your child’s dreams a reality.

It serves as a constant reminder of why they are doing what they are doing to achieve their dreams. It will help them keep their focus when the rough days approach.

I highly recommend that you also create your own vision board.

Being a role model really makes a huge impact on your child. They will take their vision boards much more seriously if you also have one. And it’s fun to see your dreams as if they have already happened!

I recently found a website www.ActLikeARichKid.com that havecreated a system for you to make your
vision boards turn into a movie that really makes your dreams come to life! I have used them to create my own mind movie which I watch every morning when I wake up and every evening before I go to bed. The movies use moving photos and emotional music that really bring your dreams to your heart centre.

Here, watch mine to get an idea:

As you can see in my mind movie above, I created that one for my whole family, my kids love seeing their new bedrooms and are constantly asking me to watch our mind movie. My 6 year old daughter has even come up with a business plan because she wants to have a water bed, so she’s decided to start up her own face painting business to pay for it!

The power of the law of attraction and the usage of vision boards and mind movies is absolutely incredible.

Have fun, and let Jenny and I know how successful your own vision board and mind movie become!

Cheers…..Amanda van der Gulik….Excited Life Enthusiast!

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