Your financial identity is made up of many elements including your thoughts, beliefs, and emotions regarding money and yourself. It also includes your financial behaviors, goals, and expectations.

Given this, the best way to approach building a new identity is to choose one item to focus on with intensity and observe the changes you go through. Altering one element of your identity will automatically alter others.

For example, if you tend to criticize yourself a lot and you alter that behavior, your self-image is going to improve and your relationships will also change. Because you feel better about yourself, you are bound to upgrade how you take care of yourself and your finances.

This can lead to improved health and vitality, which would alter what you attract. Better cash flow is bound to follow. And it all resulted from focusing on how you talk to yourself.

In the last Prosperity Tip, I suggested that you write down where you are now and where you would like to be in two years. Take one item on that list and work towards reaching your goal.

I realized a while back that I tend to make impulsive financial decisions. Because I’m a risk taker, my habit was to act first and worry about the consequences later. I realized that this behavior wasn’t serving me and wanted to change it.

I started being much more deliberate when making decisions about things like what to buy and who to engage to help me with projects. Instead of accepting what came along easily, I started taking the time to do research and ask many more questions. The results were rewarding on many levels, and in the long run, I definitely saved money and felt better about my decisions.

Which of your behaviors are not serving you well. Don’t criticize yourself for that behavior, just make a decision to change it. Try different approaches rather than settling on just one alternative. And keep in mind that you’ll have to repeat the new behavior over a period of time in order for it to take hold.

Yesteday, I saw a promo on TV for an upcoming program and the announcer said, "Find out how to make the Law of Attraction work for you!"

That statement doesn’t make sense because the Law of Attraction always works and is working for you at this very minute. Whatever you are experiencing in your life is what you are attracting. You are never in a position of non-attracting.

The promo really should have said, "Find out how you can use the Law of Attraction to draw in a more comfortable life." Or more money, a better relationship, a healthier body. When most people talk about the Law of Attraction, they are thinking about bringing in more money–as if money is going to solve their problems and make their life perfect.

For me, it’s not about focusing on money. It’s about drawing in love, acceptance, acknowledgement, and appreciation. I know if the world is mirroring those for me, I’ll get paid because the money in my life is a reflection of how I feel about myself.

So the key to attracting more of what you want starts with loving, accepting, acknowledging, and appreciating yourself. All the positive affirmations, treasure maps, and goal setting will be of fleeting value if deep inside you feel alone, ashamed, angry, and deprived and if you can’t honestly imagine yourself–fully and completely–experiencing a positive life.

In addition, attracting what you want requires totally accepting the idea that you are the creator of your reality. Whatever is going on in your life is congruent with your throughts, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors. Adjust those, and you will attract new energy into your life.

Where to start? There are step-by-step instructions in Build Your Money Muscles. There is also lots of helpful information in my podcast archives at www.TheProsperityShow.com.