How would you like to become a millionaire? That should bring a smile to your face. If you are like most people, you’re secretly thinking, “Sure I would – that would be really nice. But I would have to win the lottery to do it.”

Well, winning the lottery is one way of becoming a millionaire, but the odds stacked against you are pretty ridiculous. You could cut those odds way down if you decided to earn a million.

In North America alone there are thousands of men and women who become millionaires every year. Every one of these new millionaires started out with the self-image of a millionaire before they became one. They actually saw themselves as millionaires.

You don’t have to take my word for this. Study the millionaires you know. If you don’t know any, and there is a large group of people who fall into that category, study the biographies and autobiographies of men and women who are millionaires. You will soon realize they never gained membership into this select club by accident. They consciously made a serious decision to become a millionaire.

Try this: Put a million in figures at the top of a sheet of paper, then break it up into smaller parts. The idea will start becoming more acceptable. Then get another sheet of paper and write down all of the ways you could make it happen.

I’ll bet you a million dollars you are a lot sharper than many people who have already earned a million. What’s the difference between you and them?

They decided to do it.

Start playing around with the idea and you are going to realize fairly quickly a million dollars is not that much money.

Bob Proctor