In recent months I have had a lot of people asking questions relating to money issues, managing finance and also handing money in relationships. So I wanted to talk to you about Money Mastery – an extract from Chapter 12 of Turning Point. Money Master is not something that is reserved for the wealthy, it is something that anyone from any background of financial environment can develop. That is why I wanted to give you an extract from Chapter 12 of Turning Point.

My hope that reading this will give you an insight into the theme and tone of my message in this Chapter. All of us can create Turning Points in our financial world. The most important starting point is to do a complete review of your beliefs about money and then to adopt a specific money management system – my goal is to provide you with exactly that.

The subject of money, security and wealth is simply something that I could not leave out of this book. From all my experiences and observations, most people encounter challenges in this area at some point in their lives. In fact, it is broadly quoted that money is the biggest cause of relationship and marital break-ups. I have been privileged to have helped thousands of people on the path to financial freedom and would like to share some of the insights I have learnt during this journey.

In this chapter I will take you very quickly into the mind of the wealthiest people in the world. Why? Because no matter what your current circumstances are, the greatest change in your situation will come from studying and copying the strategies and beliefs that they have. Higher earnings, abundance, getting out of debt and financial security will ONLY come when you grow from the inside – not the other way around.

I was asked recently why I wrote the TURNING POINT and the same question arose in my discussion with Sue Marchant during the discussion for my recent BBC Radio interview about the book (the recording will be made available soon). So I would like to briefly discuss why I wrote the turning point with you.

I think virtually everyone I have ever met has described some event that happened in their life that resulted in a major TURNING POINT – we all have a reference to an emotional or challenging or uplifiting expereince that changed the way we thought, acted, lived or did things. Actually – if you have any that come to mind it would be great if you could add a comment in this BLOG to share one of your turning points.

For most people though, and I include myself in this category in the past – the TURNING POINT nearly always happens as a result of a series of events that happen TO US. I have met and spoken with thousands of people over the years as a speaker, coach and mentor and the stories range from personal tragedy, loss of a loved one, or economic challenges like bankruptcy or the loss of a job or a business failure or it may be a relationship breakdown like a divorce or finding that your partner has cheated on you. When these things happen to us they turn our lives upside down, or around or simply leave us asking deeper questions – these events cause us to change directions, in other words, they create TURNING POINTS for us whether we like it or not.

Here is the fascinating thing I observed, virtually everyone I spoke with said “That turning point was the things that changed my life for ever and for the better”. They say  I would never have been able to do X, or I would never have met my current wife, or would never have started my business that I have today or I would never have taken a career change and been so successful or I would never have been so healthy had that not happened to me. The REALITY is that these TURNING POINTS are profound and they change the way we see the world, the way we interpret what we see and how we act. We become DIFFERENT people as a result.

I also realised as a result of a series of personal turning points that I describe in the book – that WE don’t have to wait for things to happen to us, you and I can create the turning points we want, whenever we want and we can re-design how we show up in the world, what we choose to believe about the world, at ANY TIME. We can CHOOSE – and that is why I wrote the TURNING POINT. To show people, step by step how to literally turn any area of their life around – to re-direct it in such a way that they have control, rather than someone or something having control.

Whether it is your business that need turning around, your health is not where you want it to be, your finances are OK or crap and need improving dramatically, or your relationship is flat, or needs an injection of new life – maybe you are single and don’t want to be anymore! Or it could be that you are fed up with you current job and are ready for a change – all these situations and many more require concious effort to create TURNING POINTs. So my message is this – don’t wait for things to happen to you.

Act now – choose to create your own TURNING POINT – choose to take back control in the area that you feel you have lost it and re-design your LIFE – that is why I wrote the book. That is the Bald Truth – no bullshit – black and white – taking control, living with passion and purpose and enjoying the moment…

I would love to hear about your Turning Points – please click on the comments below and add your experience…