8 years ago · StuartDowning · 0 comments
Do You Need To Be Rich?
Napoleon Hill wrote the book “Think and Grow Rich” over the course of many years. Written in 1937, it gave birth to the new era of self-help books that inspired people worldwide to make huge bets… on themselves.
If you’ve ever read the book, you will understand what I mean. Yet so many people think that “it requires money to make money.”
I’m here today to tell you the three things that will enrich your life, without having to spend a penny.
Education & Knowledge
We live in a world with tremendously powerful information at our fingertips. With so much information at hand, only ignorance stops us from learning.
The truth is, without spending any money what so ever, we all have access to sources of information that will make us incredibly valuable.
Be studious. Acquire knowledge. Set yourself apart from the crowd. Over the long-term, this sets you up for success, you become more valuable and will inevitably earn more money.
Skillset & Experience
Firstly, no amount of money will ever give you the skills needed to survive in everyday life. Practically, we need to be able to organise ourselves in a way that we set ourselves to live functionally, as part of society.
On the same note, we need to be able to control ourselves both emotionally and mentally, setting ourselves up for success both in our commercial world (work, careers) and personal relationships (family, friends, partner).
Our experiences in life shape who we come and ultimately: it’s all we have. Each experience can give you more meaning and purpose, or each can send you into a spiral of anxiety and depression.
Money? It can help a little, but your experiences will always triumph massively over how much you’ve got in the bank.
Goals & Time
Setting long-term goals and having the time to work towards achieving them? It’s a blessing in itself.
All of you out there reading this in your 20s? I speak for all of us who have proceeded into the later years of our lives when I say we would trade places in a heartbeat!
If you asked most eight-year-olds if they would trade their wealth (even if that’s billions of pounds) for their youth, what do you think they would say?
Money only takes you so far. But the power to enrich your life with thoughts and activities that allow you to achieve your true potential and live through magnificent life experiences. What is more powerful than that?
Somethings money just cannot buy. Do you want to increase your motivation? Let’s speak about setting goals so high that you won’t be thinking about how much money you’re making, but how many people you’re helping with your actions.
Categories: Self
