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You may love your current life, but, deep down, wouldn’t you want to be wealthy?
You may rail against the fat cats who get all the breaks, but, secretly, you’d love to be among them.
Who gets wealthy, and who doesn’t?
One may inherit wealth. One may get wealthy through luck (think lottery winners).
But most people who get wealthy on their own have a certain mindset. Usually, they actively look for opportunities to get wealthy. And, usually, they never stop looking. It becomes a mission.
Once they find the opportunity, they do what they need to do to make it happen. Often, they will do things others will not do.
They have the determination to keep doing those things into perpetuity to maintain their wealth, since they know that if they stop, their wealth could go away.
Certainly, people who are not wealthy will work hard, and have the determination to keep working hard. The difference is the opportunity. For many, opportunities either never cross their paths or they don’t see the opportunity if it is presented. Some may actually fear opportunity.
Some, perhaps, would see the opportunity, but not want to do what it takes to take advantage of it.
Wealthy people, generally, do not prioritize security. An old financial services TV ad tells its viewers that it wants people looking for opportunities, not guarantees.
In the modern age, security in the workplace is hard to come by. So, some folks keep their “secure” jobs, while looking for and taking advantage of opportunities on the side. When the side opportunity starts to work out, they may quit their “secure” jobs.
Some people get wealthy off the backs, or at the expense, of others. It’s tough for most people to sleep at night if they’ve made a lot of money by screwing over other people.
Often, wealthy people are no different from those who are not wealthy – except for their passion to look for opportunities.
Also quite often, if a wealthy person somehow loses his or her fortune, their mindset will allow them to build it all over again, perhaps with a new opportunity.
Opportunities are different from circumstances. Those who are not wealthy, but are envious of those who are, tend to blame circumstances for their lack of wealth. The wealthy person tends to brush off circumstances and actively look for opportunities.
Even in the quest for wealth, luck can play a part. But those with the opportunity mindset do what they must to make their own luck.
In short, uninherited wealth is not given. It is made. Hard work alone will not make you wealthy. But the combination of hard work, determination to look for opportunities and making good decisions in life can put you on the path to wealth.
It doesn’t happen overnight, in most cases. As the saying goes, it could take you 40 years to be an overnight success.
To be wealthy, you have to be always looking. You have to want more than what others would settle for. You have to be more than content. You have to want to be happy. Money doesn’t buy happiness, the saying goes, but, as an acquaintance used to say, it can certainly help you work out your problems in style.
Peter