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Yesterday I asked if you are letting emotions keep you broke. The reason why of course is that for many people, money and material possessions carry a powerful emotional energy.

I think I really pissed the guy off.  But I was quite frustrated myself, and let it show.  I had just finished conducting a fund raising seminar for the speakers association.  I had given a day of my time, to show aspiring speakers how to be successful in the business.  The guy was talking to me afterward, arguing about everything I had said.  

In Friday’s post I promised we would revisit the issue of Mother Theresa, Gandhi and other people who didn’t possess a lot of material things.  And who’s going to save the rainforest of course.  So let’s look at that.

So I’m writing this as the Jim Rohn memorial is taking place in California.  I’m sure there is a lot of preening and peacocking, with all the professional speakers there talking about the books they co-authored with Jim, the platforms they shared, etc.   I didn’t go.  I chose to remember Jim in another way… 

Last post we began the issue of where prosperity stops, and ruining the planet begins.  I told you about the CEO of a company who chastised me after I spoke about prosperity at a convention.  He told me, “Randy the world can’t afford for everyone to drive four or five cars. The rainforests are disappearing and over consumption is destroying the planet.  You’ve got to stop preaching this prosperity stuff.”  

We’ve been discussing if money is necessary for prosperity. It’s been a fascinating dialogue.  This all reminds me of a discussion I had with a CEO of a company after I spoke at his convention about developing prosperity consciousness.  I showed some slides of my sports cars and explained how important it is that your car matches your shoes every day.  He wasn’t amused.  

Last post we discussed the common belief that prosperity comes from reducing your desires to be happy with what you have.   I told you I thought that was craziness.  Here’s why…

We’ve been discussing the question of whether you can be prosperous without having a lot of money.  Now the knee-jerk reaction of the herd is almost always yes.  They would say something like, “Money isn’t everything.  Many people are poor and they’re happy.   Look at all the unhappy rich people.  Look at all the movie stars getting divorces, Tiger Woods, rich people in rehab, etc”

So we’ve been discussing whether you can be prosperous if you’re not wealthy.  And what a spirited and insightful discussion it’s been!  Kudos to you guys for participating fully.  Last post we talked about the situation in Haiti after the earthquake and I threw out the sacrilegious idea that I wanted spiritual leaders and charity directors who were rich.

Let’s get back to the question I raised on the last post. I ask it BTW, because I have some mixed feelings on it myself…