| | What is the reason for the road to riches and wealth? From my travels abroad meeting people from both extreme sides of the food chain, it is rarely for the sake of having more money. There's usually some other underlying important reason as to why people seek riches. People are driven for different reasons and circumstances. You may have heard of some of these reasons:
- A first generation immigrant that must find a way to feed 9 other family members
- A loyal employee that has been pushed way too far by a spineless manager
- A person passionate wanting to bring a new useful product to the mass public
- A man that will find all means to build a prosperous future with the love of his life (and vice versa)
- Financial freedom to enjoy one's own hobbies (traveling, charity work, etc.)
In most cases there has always been an underlying reason. The amount of money earned per year, whether $50,000 or $10,000,000, becomes almost irrelevant if there is no personal end reason as to why it is needed. What ends up happening is no amount is ever enough. $50,000 won't sound appealing anymore because $70,000 sounds better. Then it'll be $100,000, then $150,000, then $300,000, then...you get the point. Soon you might find yourself becoming jealous of another co-worker that makes $3,000 per year more than you. But at $3,000 a year, that's maybe an extra $75 per bi-weekly paycheck after taxes. That other person isn't that much better off....he/she might be able to have one extra expensive dinner or make a few more trips to the movie theater. From the big picture, their lifestyle is not any better because of an extra $3,000 yearly income. Look at yourself and see if you ever get jealous over this type of thing. It's hardly worth the time to even think about.
What is worth the time is to know what's important to you. The money you need to make is really the means to an end. Why is it that you need the amount of money that you wish for? The enough amount really depends on what your own end goal is. Otherwise it will never be enough. This has to be clear. Otherwise you will be overcome by greed. Just take a look the recent headlines in financial news and you will see what I am talking about.
From personal experience, when the end goal is clear and you want it so bad, it changes everything. The pace and diligence in which I was moving in the past 4 months is more than what I've done all of the last two years combined. When I found my reason, the plan became so clear.
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| | Posted 6/10/2009 7:49 AM - 10 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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