Have you noticed how much time, effort and money people
wasted on the problem, instead of on the solution? I have come to the
conclusion that there are only two factors that hold people back.
1.
Lack of the effort needed
to THINK properly. That is down to pure laziness, because we can all
train ourselves to do that.
2.
Fear of losing. The
greatest holdback to anyone that modern society has adopted. Notice that
successful people are also action people.
You may now see clearly that if you can put those two
together in a positive manner, you will have more successes.
Thinking and then planning is the key to the action needed.
Do that, and you will be the person who’s dreams will come true.
One gem I know that is guaranteed to work is to write it
down, think about the solutions you need. Write them down with a plan of
action. You now have all you need to proceed. That’s it, simple really, perhaps
too simple for many! I could fill pages of advice but you do not need it and
that is a FACT.
I would like to finish with just one question! What are you
going to do today that will enhance the life of yourself and those dependent
upon you.
The only genuine question you have to ask yourself is – Why
are you not rich yet?
What has prevented you from getting the wealth you deserve?
Do you get answers like the following?
·
I was born in a poor family
·
I need to support my family
·
I am too young/old
·
I’m not smart enough
·
I have no opportunities
·
I lack the qualifications
·
I have an unsupportive
spouse
·
I have no luck
·
The economy has been down
Do any of these sounds familiar to
you?
Now the trouble with all these
answers is that you’re blaming someone or something else for the financial
situation you’re in right now and that you’ve been a VICTIM of circumstances.
The real reason why people never
get rich!
You see, most people go through
life with the victim’s mindset and this prevents them from ever changing their
financial situation. When they don’t get the results they want, victims tend to
give themselves lots of excuses like “I’m just unlucky, I have no experience,
I’m too old to earn more, I’m too young to be rich, I have no capital, I was
born poor or I’m not a creative person”. The reason all these are lousy excuses
is because we know that there are many examples of people who have created
wealth for themselves, despite all these perceived disadvantages.
Victims also tend to blame
everyone except themselves. When you ask victims why they are not rich yet they
will say something like, “my boss won’t give me a raise”, I don’t get any
opportunities, the stock market caused me to lose everything”. And instead of
finding a way to improve and change, victims spend their time complaining but
don’t do anything about it.
The trouble is that when you give
yourself excuses, blame others and whine, it means that someone else or
something else is controlling your life and your lack of wealth. Since you
believe that it is not your fault, then you are powerless to change it. If you
have a victim’s mindset and hold doggedly onto the belief that external forces
are controlling your wealth, then any wealth strategies you learn will be of no
use.
The moment you acknowledge that
you create your own fortune or lack of it, it means that you have given
yourself the power to start becoming rich right now. And when you discover the
strategies of wealth creation, you will find that you can make money at any
age, with any background, with little or no money and in any economy.
So, once you realize that you are
in control of your own financial destiny the next thing you will discover are
the steps to become, learn to think and act like millionaires on how they hoard
their fortunes. To do that you have to possess and practice the 7 essential
skills:
1.
Adopting Millionaire mindset:
·
Millionaires see learning
experiences, where Mister Ordinary sees failure. The moment you adopt the
beliefs and habits of a millionaire, your perception of the world will change
completely and you will realize that there are money-making opportunities
everywhere and everyday around you. Amazingly, these are opportunities that you
were once quite blind to.
2.
Set Clear Financial
Goals:
·
Wealth never happens by
chance. It always begins with a clear goal in mind. At one point of time in
their life, millionaires always make a decision to become rich. However,
whenever I ask most people what their financial goals are, I often get a blank
stare. This is a major reason why they will never achieve any level of wealth
because they have no clue what it is. Unless you have a specific figure to
focus on, you will never be able to develop a strategy to achieve it.
3.
Create a Financial
Plan:
·
Once you have set specific
financial targets of how much you want to earn and how much money you want to
accumulate, you can then develop an effective plan to achieve it. Goals by
themselves are nothing but pipe dreams. Only when you create a plan, have you
made your goal a possibility. The moment you start taking action on your plan,
your dream becomes a reality.
4.
Massively Increase
Your Income:
·
After developing their
financial plan, most people tend to become initially disheartened. They look at
their plan and realize that with the amount they are earning and saving right
now, it will be decades before they see any big money. It is therefore
important that you learn how to accelerate and turbo-charge your financial plan
by taking steps to massively increasing your income.
5.
Manage Your Money
and Reduce Expenses:
·
Many people think that by
increasing their income, their wealth will automatically increase.
Unfortunately, increasing income is only one side of the wealth equation. After
all, there are people who earn SR 10,000 a month who are broke and there are
those who earn SR 20,000 a month who are still broke. The reason is because
when we don’t manage the money we earn, our expenses will always rise to our
level of income, wiping out any surplus we have.
6.
Grow Your Money at
Millionaire Returns:
·
By increasing your income
and reducing your expenses, you will find that you will be able to accumulate a
surplus of funds that you can use to help you build fortune. You need to do
this because, no matter how hard you work and save, you will never be able to
create phenomenal wealth unless you learn how to put your money to work for
you. Through the power of compounding, you will be able to take small sums of money
and build it into huge returns over time.
7.
Protect Your
Fortune:
·
There is no use working
hard to build your personal fortune only to see it all taken away from you.
There are many people who have taken decades to build their fortune only to see
it wiped out by an accident, unforeseen illness or through an unexpected
lawsuit. Self made millionaires engage professionals like insurance advisors,
lawyers and accountants to help them build a financial fortress so their wealth
is protected from potential creditors, plaintiffs looking to sue and the
government who may take away a big chunk of your wealth through a whole range
of taxes that you may not have even heard about.
So, there you have it, these are the seven essentials that
you must take towards financial abundance. I believe that if you were to take
just these 7 steps today and apply them prodigiously right now, you’ll see
instant results. How easy is that? Or you can remain poor.
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