Money Is an Effect and Not a Cause

By Dr. Leland Benton

How to Handle Money - Money Is an Effect and Not a Cause
is all about how to handle money, managing personal
finances, money management tips, wealth management,
and money management. It is not only understanding
what money is and does and why so many people fail
to achieve financial independence, but it is also
learning about finance. How to Handle Money - Money
Is an Effect and Not a Cause is a book on wealth
acquisition but more importantly what it takes to
not only acquire wealth but also how to keep it.
Written by one of the nation's leading behavioral
scientists, Dr. Leland Benton approaches wealth
acquisition from a standpoint of mindset and
psychological attraction. He demonstrates the
leading causes for failure in business and failure
to attain wealth using his own case studies gleamed
from his 31-year career as a mind researcher. His
principles are not only proven science but easy to
understand and implement. If you have a desire to
gain wealth and become financially independent, you
need to read this book. Money is an effect and not
a cause!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr. Leland Benton
• Release date: May 4, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310622588

Dr. Leland Benton

Dr. Leland Benton is Director of Applied Web Info, a holding company for ePubWealth.com, a leading ePublisher company based in Utah. With over 21,000 resellers in over 22-countries, ePubWealth.com is a leader in ePublishing, book promotion, and ebook marketing. As the creator and author of "The ePubWealth Program," Leland teaches up-and-coming authors the ins-and-outs of today's ePublishing world. He has assisted hundreds of authors make it big in the ePublishing world. Leland also created a series of external book promotion programs and teaches authors how to promote their books using external marketing sources. Leland is also the Managing Director of Applied Mind Sciences, the company's mind research unit and Chief Forensics Investigator for the company's ForensicsNation unit. He is active in privacy rights through the company's PrivacyNations unit and is an expert in survival planning and disaster relief through the company's SurvivalNations unit. Leland resides in Southern Utah.

Book preview

Introduction – In the Heat of the Night

In the heat of the night, our doubts and fears always seem to surface.  What we contemplate in the dark seems to be completely different when morning dawns.  I don’t know why this unusual phenomenon occurs but I have witnessed this in my own life and at the ripe ol’ age of 60, it still continues to amaze me.

Doubt and fear are conscious mind reaction to being out of control.  Fear doesn’t reside in our subconscious mind.  I mention this fact because due to the current economic downturn in our economy, there has been much fear…a fear that has permeated throughout our society.  And this fear more often than not centers on finances and money.

Advertisers take advantage of this fact and this is called scarcity thought in psychology.  Scarcity thought is thinking that you are entitled to something because you deserve it or that someone is getting your share and you aren’t getting yours.  It is not centered in rational thinking since affordability is not taken into consideration; hence, people saddle themselves with multiple debts while their quality of life evaporates.

Money or wealth is an effect and not a cause.  People have a tendency to invert this equation making money and wealth a cause.  Money and wealth are the effect of hard work and smart decisions; it is often labeled entrepreneurial spirit or the American Dream.

In this book I want to discuss all aspects of wealth attainment and wealth capture.  But with anything, making money can be made easy but keeping it turns out to be the real problem.

Chapter 1 – Attack or Attract Wealth

In this chapter, I want to discuss how we, as wealth seekers, always have a tendency to attack the quest for money rather than approach wealth building as an attraction of money.

In many of my previous books I used one of my famous adages, Hunting is for fools who have never heard about bait!  Some people hunt while others bait… this is something to think about and something we will discuss in detail.

I want to begin by telling you a story.  It goes to the heart of the matter of hunting versus baiting…

Iron Can Do What Gold Cannot

In a land unknown and long ago, lived a king with two sons. As heirs to his fortune, the king gave each son a key to the imperial treasury. To the oldest son, he gave a key made of pure gold. However, to the youngest son, he gave a key made of hardened iron.

The oldest son held his gift in his hand almost sneering at his younger brother, My gift is greater than yours so my inheritance will be greater, he bragged, as the younger son looked on. Someday I will be king! he finished, waiting for his younger brother’s protest.

The younger brother just smiled. You will be an interesting king, brother. the younger one replied. God willing he will see you for what you are and give you all that you deserve.

The older brother, now definitely sneering, answered, What does God have to do with it? I have the gold, and that is all I need to rule.

The younger brother queried, But what will you rule, brother? The people need the hope and promise of a good future. If you keep all the gold, how will they live?

The older brother stroked his beard, then pointing at his younger sibling, responded, They can have all of the iron, just like you, brother. The older brother laughed a bellicose laugh as he walked away.

The years passed, and one day the king died. The exchequer of the treasury summoned the brothers to the treasury chamber. When they had assembled, he said to both of them, "Your father gave you each a key. The key that unlocks the door to the imperial treasury will also mark the person who will be our new king. May I have