It was at the Millionaire Mind Intensive seminar I attended in 2010 when I discovered I was lousy at receiving.

Perhaps it’s not a surprise given my “I don’t need you” identity. After all why would someone who doesn’t need anything from anyone need to receive anything from anyone?

There’s a game I play to practice becoming better at receiving. On my drive to work, I spend five to ten minutes generating, non-stop, a list of all the good stuff I would like to receive in my life.

Some of the things I came up with surprised myself. It did not fit my view of myself. And that’s a good thing. What I found useful was to give up judging what I came up with. If I got stuck, I just kept repeating what I’d already created.

Here’s my list…

I’m a good receiver of love;

I’m a good receiver of wealth;

I’m a good receiver of abundance;

I’m a good receiver of money;

I’m a good receiver of acknowledgement;

I’m a good receiver of compliments;

I’m a good receiver of opportunities;

I’m a good receiver of guidance;

I’m a good receiver of affection;

I’m a good receiver of luck;

I’m a good receiver of admiration;

I’m a good receiver of attraction;

I’m a good receiver of good fortune;

I’m a good receiver of gifts;

I’m a good receiver of care;

I’m a good receiver of concern;

I’m a good receiver of fun;

I’m a good receiver of adventure;

I’m a good receiver of pity;

I’m a good receiver of serendipity;

I’m a good receiver of grace;

I’m a good receiver of happiness;

I’m a good receiver of nourishment;

I’m a good receiver of nutrition;

I’m a good receiver of contribution;

I’m a good receiver of support;

I’m a good receiver of help;

Like me, do you also go about life pretending that you are self-sufficient? That you thrive on being alone? Or maybe you have a different pretense? That you are undeserving? That too may prevent you from becoming a good receiver and leading a life of ease and grace.