The 9 Levels of Wealth
Understanding the Wealth Spectrum.
You’re at one of nine possible levels of wealth. These nine levels of wealth are ascending and are divided into three wealth prisms. These three prisms make up the Wealth Spectrum, they are:
The Foundation Prism which is all about mastering your personal flow.
Mastering the first three levels within the Foundation Prism is all about mastery of the wealth flowing through your life. It’s about your ability to create an abundant flow of value and money in your life, regardless of external conditions.
The Enterprise Prism which is all about mastering the flow of the markets.
Levels four to six deal with your ability to master the flow of wealth through the markets, this is about how well you manage investments and businesses to flow value and money through your teams and through the markets you operate in.
The Alchemy Prism which is all about mastering global flow.
The top three levels of the Wealth Spectrum focus on your mastery of the wealth flowing through our societies. Very few people attain this level of wealth and flow, it is within this prism that money itself is produced and the rules of our markets are defined.
You are always at one level at any one time, having an understanding of all the levels of wealth will give you an overall sense of how they relate, and more importantly, identify where you are and what you need to do (and stop doing) in order to move up. A fundamental law to keep in mind is that you can only move up one level at a time. Why is this so important to remember?
Many of us have a desire to impact the world in some way, the only way to have true impact is to master flow at the level of communities and societies. We achieve that mastery through mastering market flow first – Mastery of market flow requires us to begin by mastering our personal flow.
At every level of the Wealth Spectrum you’re earning the right to move up to the next level.
Read on to understand the three Prisms and the different levels of wealth within them.
The Foundation Prism.
The foundation of the Wealth Spectrum is about mastering your own wealth. By understanding how to build solid wealth foundations, you'll prevent yourself from constantly slipping back to the same level in life, despite having moments of increased income and flow.
Level #1: Infrared Level – Victim
“Every month I go deeper and deeper into debt”
Infrared Geniuses fall deeper into debt month after month. Infrared happens when you’re disconnected and separated from others who are already in flow. The steps out of Infrared come from exercising discipline and embracing a sense of duty to others. Discipline means fixing your ‘money’ plumbing before trying to fill the pipe. You must establish a habit of paying yourself first.
Level #2: Red Level - Survivor
“I have just enough money to survive”
Red level Geniuses make just enough money to have nothing. Regardless of your level of income or how successful your business is, if you are just making enough money every month to have nothing left over, than you’re at Red Level.
The steps to move you out of Red Level are at the heart of building your wealth. They are about increasing your sense of self-worth and resisting self-denial... how? By finding others who are already in flow and aligned to your passion. The last thing you want to be doing at Red Level is trying to do it all on your own.
Level #3: Orange Level - Worker
“I work hard to earn a living”
Orange Level Geniuses work for a living. If you’re at Orange level, you may be in a job or even be self-employed. Regardless of your income, if you’re still chasing the money or chasing the business, you’re at Orange Level.
Your winning formula at Orange Level is applying yourself passionately to doing good work – this isn’t enough to move you to the next level and into the Enterprise Prism. To do that you need to shift from “action” (you look for the opportunities you need to grow your wealth) to “attraction” (the right opportunities find you).
The Enterprise Prism.
When (and only when) you’ve mastered the Foundation Prism will you earn the right to move into the Enterprise Prism. Have you heard of (or been) one of those people who have owned and run a business for years... but have never seemed to breakthrough their “glass ceiling”? Their business seems to be ‘stuck’ at a certain level? These are entrepreneurs who are trying to master market flow without having first mastered personal flow.
The author of The Millionaire Master Plan, Roger Hamilton uses the analogy of music to describe the three levels that make up the Enterprise Prism:
The Player. This is akin to a solo performer, a talented musician who’s doing all things alone.
The Performer. This is being part of a band where everyone is doing one thing, it’s no longer about the solo star, the band is more important.
The Conductor: This is a maestro of music who makes music without needing to play any of the instruments.
Let’s take a closer look at these three levels...
Level #4: Yellow Level - Player
“I love what I do and I create my own flow”
If you’re a Yellow level Genius you have a reputation that attracts business, you know how to create, price and promote a product or service. The challenge at Yellow Level is that everything revolves around you. While you enjoy a level of financial freedom, your income relies on you showing up. The money stops when you stop, just like the music stops when the guitar player stops playing.
Independence is what got you to Yellow Level, but interdependence is what will get you out and on to the next level as you turn your time into team.
Level #5: Green Level - Performer
“I create flow through team and rhythm”
Green Level Geniuses enable enterprises. Profitably leading a team is an entirely different ball game than self-employment, but the rewards are exponential! The focus can no longer be on you, it’s no longer about how you can make money but rather about how you help others make money.
Green Level demands that you build a team culture and connect team members to your mission. When you step up from Green Level to Blue Level, you build your ability to manage multiple teams.
Level #6: Blue Level - Conductor
“I have multiple teams and multiple streams”
No doubt you’ve heard the expression “multiple streams of income”? Blue Level Geniuses know that it’s actually about “multiple teams of income” – unlike entrepreneurs at lower levels of the Spectrum, Blue Level Conductors aren’t facing their audience (customers), but rather facing their performers (enterprises) – this ability frees them up entirely from having their hands full with day-to-day operating of their businesses as they’ve attracted people who are capable and motivated to run their businesses for them.
I’m sure you’ve already self-identified with one of the levels described above. Of course there’s the last Prism, the Alchemy Prism which is made up of another three levels within it. This is the prism in which the very rules of our markets are created.
I won’t go into detail about the last three levels here but if you’re keen to delve into that content as well as additional content, including:
How to quantifiably measure each level (i.e how do you know you're at one level vs another)
The emotions attached to each level
The cost (and benefit) of remaining at a level
The focus needed to step up from each level,
and more!
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