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What a 9 Year-Old Knows About Prosperity
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By: Trevan And Leslie Householder Email Article
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Sometimes the Laws of Prosperity become crystal clear when seen through the eyes of a child. We’ve learned more about how the Law of Attraction really works through our experiences as parents than in probably any other way:

Last summer our family took a road trip and we conducted a few financial prosperity seminars along the way. When we arrived in one of the locations, our seven young children helped us set up the room. They had a ball doing it, too... running up and down the aisles, and there wasn't anything breakable in sight, so Mom was happy, too.

After setup, most of the kids wanted to go play, but 9 year-old Kayli wanted to stay. She had brought a stack of homemade bookmarks in hopes some of the participants would buy some before the evening was over. One older brother chided her, saying, "That's so dumb... it's just paper. Nobody's going to want them." But she wasn't dissuaded.

In fact, she sat quietly through two of our events that week, and by the time we came home, she had earned $150 selling "just paper."

Fast forward seven months. After paying 10% to charity, Kayli saved the remainder and intended to purchase supplies to create ten Valentine's Day gift bags to sell.

Her brother again made a cutting remark, which hurt her feelings, but didn't stop her from following her dream. Admittedly, her mother had a ton of other things to be doing, but Kayli had been so persistent that Mom couldn't refuse her any longer.

Her mother, Leslie, dropped everything to take her to the craft store for the rocks, iron-ons, candy, and miniatures. She helped her figure out a good way to assemble them. She created a newsletter announcing them to our subscribers, and we took pictures to include in the announcement.

Kayli sold out within a day or two. Leslie initially thought that she'd better get onto our website and post "Sold Out." After all, Kayli had accomplished her goal, and was excited that it had all happened so fast. But then her mother had that second (less convenient) thought that said, "Why not keep going?"

So she dropped everything again and they ran all over town looking for all the components to make more so they could fill the orders that continued to show up. They cleaned out three different craft stores of heart iron-ons and miniature stuffed puppies. Kayli was on Cloud Nine. When it was all over, she had recouped her entire investment and, in fact generated an additional $80 in profit.

Her brother didn't have much to say except, "Mom, I want to make something..."

So maybe you're thinking, "Yeah, well any kid could do that if they had parents with a website like yours." But before you go there, let us make a point:

We have seven children. We have a website and a newsletter. The opportunity for prosperity is there for every one of our children... but only ONE of them has ever done something about it.

Life is like that. We're children of God, who has the most expansive distribution network in the Universe, and unlimited opportunities for prosperity. When we have something to offer the world and bring it with the right mindset (one of expectancy, persistence and determination), then in the right time, we can envision God smiling, putting down His work, and taking us under His arm to help us accomplish the thing on which our heart is set.

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Trevan and Leslie Householder are the founders of http://www.PrinciplesofProsperity.com, a site dedicated to helping individuals and families achieve financial freedom through the often misunderstood laws of success. Together, Trevan and Leslie Householder are SelfGrowth.com’s Official Guides to Prosperity, and are the proud parents of seven children.

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