The Creative Mind vs. The Competitive Mind
If you’ve ever read The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles, you know it isn’t really a book about accumulating money. It is a book about understanding consciousness.
In it, Wattles explains that there are two ways we can approach our lives and our desires: from the competitive mind or from the creative mind. One is rooted in fear, scarcity, and comparison. The other is grounded in faith, intuition, and a deep inner knowing that the universe is abundant and responsive.
And every single day, without even realizing it, we are choosing which one guides us.
What the Competitive Mind Sounds Like
The competitive mind is busy and loud. It urges you to hurry, measures you against others and convinces you that opportunities are limited and that you must protect what you have or strive harder to get more.
It says things like,
“If she gets it, I won’t.”
“There isn’t enough to go around.”
“I have to push. I have to prove. I have to earn my place.”
Wattles writes:
“Never think for a moment that the supply is limited. When one person grows rich, the supply does not diminish for others.”
And even when we understand this intellectually, many of us have been conditioned to believe that life works like a race… where we win only by being faster, stronger, or more deserving.
The competitive mind tightens our chest, speeds up our thoughts, and pulls us away from our inner center. It is the part of us that forgets who we really are.
The Creative Mind Knows a Different Truth
The creative mind moves at an entirely different pace. It is steady, grounded, trusting. It lives in a quiet awareness that whatever is needed can be created, and that life expands naturally for those who are aligned with their inner truth.
Wattles wrote:
“You become rich by creating, not by competing for what is already created.”
This is the same teaching at the heart of living your intuitive genius.
Because when you are connected to your intuition, you are connected to Infinite Intelligence itself — the source of ideas, inspiration, solutions, opportunities, and synchronicities.
- The creative mind doesn’t rush you; it reassures you.
- It doesn’t tell you to fight for your place; it reminds you that you already belong.
- Instead of gripping tightly for control, it helps you soften into a clearer, more peaceful kind of knowing.
You don’t have to try harder, simply turn inward. It shows up when you take a breath, quiet the noise around you, and allow the wisdom inside you to rise to the surface.
Intuition: The Gateway to Infinite Intelligence
In Living Your Intuitive Genius™, I share that intuition is not something we acquire; it is something we remember. It connects us to a field of intelligence that is always available, always guiding, and always ready to reveal the next right step.
When you live from that place, you no longer pressure yourself to out-think problems or outrun other people. Instead, you begin to live from a quiet partnership with the divine, where ideas arise naturally and your path unfolds with less strain and more grace.
Intuition is the inner voice of the creative mind. It speaks through nudges, sensations, subtle clarity, and peaceful knowing.
When you trust that voice, you shift into a life that feels more aligned, more spacious, and more honest.
A Practice to Return to the Creative Mind
Here is a gentle way to realign when you notice yourself slipping into the competitive mind:
- Notice the tightening. When you feel rushed, jealous, overwhelmed, or afraid, pause. Those sensations are invitations to return to center.
- Reaffirm abundance. Whisper, “There is more than enough. Life supports me in ways seen and unseen.”
- Ask your intuition. Take a heart-centered breath and ask, “What is mine to create today?” Then sit quietly for a moment and let the answer come.
- Move with presence. Take one small, inspired step forward. Not out of pressure, but out of alignment with what feels true.
These small shifts, practiced consistently, begin to re-pattern the way you approach your life, your dreams, and your decisions.
The Science of Faith
Wattles often wrote that creation is not an accident. It is a partnership. He said:
“You must form a clear mental picture of what you want, hold it with faith and purpose, and act in a certain way.”
And that “certain way” is the way of alignment. It is living from intuition rather than fear, trust rather than tension, openness rather than pressure.
Faith is not passive. It is a frequency. It is the quiet belief that the same intelligence orchestrating nature is also orchestrating the details of your life.
When you relax into that truth, creativity flows in a way that competition never could.
A Remembrance
The world doesn’t need more competition. It needs more people who remember that they are creators.
It needs people who slow down enough to hear the voice of intuition guiding them into the life they are meant to live.
You do not have to fight for what is yours, and you don’t have to prove your worth or outperform anyone.
You simply need to return to the creative mind, listen to the wisdom within you, and allow Infinite Intelligence to lead you forward with grace and clarity.
The life you desire is not competitive, it’s creative. And it emerges through you, one intuitive step at a time.
So this week, if you catch yourself slipping into that old pattern of comparison or fear, just pause for a second. Take a heart-centered breath and ask:
‘What would the creative mind within me choose right now?’
