Sunday, May 11, 2008

Unplug

First you must start by asking yourself a question. Later we will learn just how powerful these questions are, but for now lets begin to prepare ourselves for change. Ask yourself whether or not you want to continue trading away your time and energy working to make someone else rich? Is there another way? The founders and CEO’s of some of the worlds biggest multi-million dollar businesses asked themselves that question. What can you do? In order to successfully get off of this paycheck-to-paycheck treadmill and drop out of the rat race altogether, you’ll need a solid plan for how you will spend your time and way to earn dramatically more income, meanwhile spending much less. Set yourself a financial goal and create a long-range plan to reach it. How are millionaires really created and what does it mean to be one? There are only 5 major ways to become a millionaire without serving a life sentence either in the rat race, or in prison. Those 5 ways are:
1) Hit the lottery and become rich almost overnight
2) Inherit a huge, lump-sum of cash
3) Marry into it
4) Win a lawsuit
And
5) Start your own business

There are few accidental millionaires in the world. People who achieve financial independence, however they define it, make getting there a priority in their lives, according to Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko, authors of the groundbreaking book, “The Millionaire Next Door.” You don’t need to live for the money, but you do need a clearly defined goal and a plan to achieve it. Self-made millionaires do tend to:
1) Pay down debt
2) Live within their means
3) Spend less than they earn
4) Save and invest regularly
And
5) Find ways to maximize their income

Take inspiration from the many who quietly gained wealth by saving regularly and investing wisely, whose homes and cars don’t scream “rich”. Everyday we hear or read about someone or some group of people striking it rich by just spending time in the basement of their homes and putting together ideas that they believe the world and it’s people will benefit from. Just imagine all that is out there to offered to those who really take the time out to do just a little bit of research. Anything is possible and we all have the required tools to build our own fortunes, we just have to learn how. It all starts with the decision to make a significant change in our lives. The majority of people that have gone on to successfully build multi-million dollar empires have all had something in common: the ability to focus their minds on a vision, a goal that they dedicate themselves to in the face of adversity and take all appropriate actions to achieve that goal. Whatever the human mind can conceive, and believe, it can achieve. Get comfortable and hold on tightly, we’re about to take a voyage of discovery into the most powerful tool that you and I possess as human beings: The Human Mind.

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