Here is the key to the law of accumulation. Everything counts! Everything that you do or fail to do counts in some way. Once you have set a goal for yourself, everything you do helps or hurts. Nothing is neutral. The biggest mistake that people make is they think that something only counts if they decide that it counts, or that they are going to count it. But the rule is that, if it doesnât help, it hurts. If it is not adding up, it is probably taking away.
When you set a goal to become wealthy, you place yourself under a new set of rules, and everything from that day forward counts in some way. When you read a book, listen to an audio program, take an additional seminar or course to upgrade your money-making abilities, go to bed early and get up early, it all counts. When you plan each day in advance, and work on your most important tasks before you do anything else, it all counts. Every positive, helpful action is going on the plus side of your ledger.
But if you spend your evenings watching television, socializing with your friends, killing time on low-value, no-value activities, it all counts as well, and it is going on the negative side of the ledger. Just as a successful company has a positive balance sheet, you have a balance sheet as well. You create a great life for yourself when you accumulate far more points on the credit side than debits on the debit side. And just as in financial accounting, everything counts.
Here is an important point. If what you are doing is not moving you toward your goals, then it is probably moving you away from your goals. Nothing is neutral. Almost everything you do is either moving you toward the things that you want to accomplish in life, the person you want to be, the wealth you want to accumulate, or it is moving you away. Everything counts. This is one of the most important applications of the law of accumulation in your life.
