Making money is a game.
Making money is a game. And it is one that I enjoy very much.
If you learn the rules of this game, money will flow into your hands. If you do not understand the rules, you will struggle financially, all your life, despite working long and very hard.
Have you ever asked yourself why some people earn five times, ten times or even twenty times more than others? Is it because they are twenty times smarter? Is it because they work twenty times harder?
Or did Lady Luck smile favourably upon them? The answer to all these questions is a resounding ‘NO’! I am sure you know of people who seemed to be much lazier than you in school and had poorer grades but now they are so much more successful financially.
Although their school report card was very colourful or was presented with a fine string of ‘F’s; their financial report card is a totally different picture. It carries straight ‘A’s.
Why Making Money and learning how the Money Game is played is important?
Why is this so? The one and only reason is that they have learnt how to play the game of making money whereas most people have not taken the trouble to learn how the game is played. You see…none of us are ever taught how to make money, how to invest money or how to manage the wealth we have accumulated. And yet money is the most important subject in our adult lives.
Did you realize that one of the most touted reason for couples fighting is because of money? Or more precisely a lack thereof. Although many people say that ‘money isn’t everything’, that’s only a half -truth. The truth is that ‘everything is money’!
In order to achieve excellence in the different areas of lives like our health, education, leisure, creativity, relationships and family, will require the use of money. If we are going to have a decent lifestyle or provide a decent lifestyle for our loved ones, we need to be financially secure! The traditional education system never taught us how to be. It never taught us the concept of money working for us but instead prepared us into becoming slaves to working for money. We are taught beliefs like ‘study hard, get good grades and a good job and you’ll be set for life!’. Nothing wrong with these in the proper context; but in today’s economy, we can’t seriously depend on the company to take care of us. Neither can we count on social security. Gone are those days, when we could depend on the government or our employer to see us through retirement.
Sorry to burst your bubble. But today when it comes to fending for oneself during retirement, the motto is ‘to each his own’. You can’t depend on your children, they have their own retirements to think of. You can’t depend on the government or your employer; take a good hard look around you, what is happening across the globe.
As result of all these wrong or incorrect advice, most people work hard all their lives, going around in circles in the rat race and ending up broke and unhappy. Remember that advice is the cheapest commodity there is; in fact, it’s free. So be careful from whom you ask advice from. However, a fortunate few eventually learn that wealth is not made by just getting a good job and working hard. It takes a different way of thinking, a different mindset and a totally different strategy. Those that learn this lesson get out of the rat race and onto the path of financial abundance and freedom. Some people take ten years to figure this out, some take thirty years and some never figure it out until it is too late. Don’t make the same mistake!
Learn how to play the money game and making money becomes a pleasure.
