Let’s review the law of manifestation before we actually look at wealth file one. Remember that all habits are the result of how we were programmed from early childhood on how to think, followed by our feelings which lead to our actions. Many of these actions (or inactions) actually become our habits, and in the financial arena, lead to how well successful we are in building wealth.

Wealth file number one states that rich people believe they create every aspect of their life, while poor people believe they are victims in life. Rich people take conscious responsibility for their life and poor people take on unconscious roles of "poor me." There are three clues that will identify the victim mentality. All of us may do this from time to time, but the professional victim excels at these clues. They include blaming, justifying and complaining. Each of these will tend to create more of the same, since the law of attraction states that what you focus on expands.

Most victims are constantly looking to blame anyone and any other circumstance except themselves for the plight they are in. They rarely look to themselves as the culprits for the situation they are experiencing. The next time you catch yourself blaming someone else, try to observe if you are shirking your self-responsibility. If you want to grow as a person and start to improve your wealth, stop blaming everyone except yourself. Be honest with yourself and look to see if you can improve your own ways first.

Another clue you’ll hear that describes the victim is when you hear them justifying some situation in their financial life, like "Money is not that important." If they state that money in not that important, do you think they will attract money into their lives? Of course not. Rich people understand that money is important and is "spirit in action." It’s not that money is bad or good, but rather what you do with the money. It is relinquishing your responsibility to not strive to do well financially so you can help others who do not have the wherewithal to get rich. Once you have some wealth, you will then be in a position to help many more people and worthy causes.

The final clue is complaining. Does anyone enjoy being around someone who is complaining. No! It will drag you down and influence your attitude just being around a negative complaining person. What that person is doing is focusing on what is wrong or miserable in their lives, and so they will attract the events, people and circumstances that reinforce that way of thinking. They will be like a huge magnet attracting more of the same. You can either be rich, successful and happy or you can think of yourself as a victim. But you cannot be both rich and a victim at the same time.

So why do people continue to play the victim role? What do they get out of the deal? The answer is attention, even though they are attracting the wrong kind of attention. They are mistaking attention for love. The kind of attention that comes from your blaming, justifying and complaining will not lead to true love of yourself or others. The attention seeker is stuck in their ego, instead of being outwardly-focused and of service to others. By taking back control of your life, you will begin to create the wealth you deserve. You will create the exact level of financial success you feel worthy of.