How big a problem is body image? Just check all these email offers to regrow my head fur, lose surplus luggage and enlarge various body mechanisms.

I knew body image industry was getting out of control when my wife called to me. "Honey, I got another of those emails."

"Which emails?" I asked.

"It asks how I compare to other men in locker room."

"Uh-huh..." I wondered where this was going.

"Well, I'm worried."

Uh-oh. Suddenly I was worried.

"I've never been there."

"Where?" I asked.

"In locker room."

"That's great news," I said with relief.

"But how will I know," she complained, "how I compare to other men in locker room."

"How do I compare?" That is question some evil sorcerer has planted in far too many hearts. My little brother was a body-building enthusiast in his youth. Now in his flabby years, he is too shy to wear a swimming suit in public ... except under his parka.

Why do so many people limit themselves by asking, "How do I compare?" Why do we allow other people to set our standards? Why don't we paint our own portraits? I wrote a short fairy tale on this in my book, Climb Your Stairway to Heaven. The fairytale is reprinted here: http://www.thehappyguy.com/Self-Esteem-Three-Pigs.html

So who sets these standards? TV, advertising, catalogs. Skimming through Sears catalogue, I discovered that women are supposed to be anorexic and men are not allowed to leave gym. Thin hair is a no-no, and gray hair is out of question. And nobody in Catalogue Land ever ages. What an education! I guess I'm just not normal.

But I don't have time to worry about being normal. I have to keep my eyes open for police officers. After shedding it's fur coat, my face is once again flouting those public decency ordinances.

One of millionaires I interviewed said it simply. He said, "if you're not making money while you sleep, you'll never be rich."

Linear income is what you get from a job. You work for an hour and get paid only one time for that one hour's work, and that's it.

Passive income is when you work once but continue to get paid over and over again from work you're no longer doing. Investing in or creating true assets that provide passive income for you is your ticket to wealth.

=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Reason #4 - Don't understand or use systems to make money: =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~

A system for making money is anything that allows you to make money without your own effort. In other words, it's an automated way to make money.

All true assets are simply "systems" of one sort or another.

Once you create or invest in a proven system for making money, there is no limit to money you can make. Becoming a master of money systems can bring you riches beyond your dreams.

=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Reason #5 - Not being persistent or patient enough: =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=

To finish any race you have to leave starting line and follow through to finish line. Most people create their own failure by either not getting started or not following through, or both. To get rich, successful, and happy you must have patience and persistence to cross finish line.

You must not only get started, but also follow through.

This may sound obvious, but it's still cause of most failure.

Only by joining small percentage of people who are willing to do 5 things mentioned above will you have greatest chances for wealth and success.

It's really quite simple...Decide to do these things and you can get rich too. If you don't do them, then like most people you may never get rich.

Decide now to master ideas mentioned above and begin your road to success now. Then follow through and watch difference it makes.