8 Secrets of
the Truly Rich
My Insights
SECRET NO.1: Be totally responsible for your success.
Life is a choice of what life we
wanted has to be. And we are the only one who can determine it. If we would
like to live a millionaire or to live in a simple life, it’s our choice.
In secret no.1, it talks about that
we must be responsible for our success. And I agree with that. It is because we
are the driver of our lives, and we are the only one who can drive of it into
our destination. It is either to be successful or not.
To be successful is not so easy.
You need more time, effort, money and sacrifices to achieve it. And only few
who did it. It is because they bear in mind that they’re responsible for their
success. Unlike to other people, they rely into someone for their success. And
if they failed, they blame it to them. It’s really ironical. As the driver of
our lives, it’s our responsibility to handle the consequences we’ve chosen, and
not the other people.
In view of this, I learned that we
should not blame someone about our financial condition because if we keep on
blaming outside ourselves, we’ll never become rich. It is because if we believe
that the problem about our financial condition is outside us, then we don’t
have the control of the solution of our poverty.
And besides, if we really wanted to
have a good life, we should change our thoughts and attitudes towards it. Let’s
manifest our thoughts and ideas in accordance with our goals in life. And, we
must be responsible to it. Let’s create our success in our own pattern legally.
Secret Number 2: Enlarge
Your Psychological Wallet.
No
one in this world could live without money, except for the dead. That is the
reason why most of us trying their best just to earn money in double, if
possible. There are people who are already rich but still they lose it all
because they don’t know how to control it. Sometimes money problem happened due
to mind problem.
The
point in this secret is that if you don’t enlarge your psychological wallet,
you’ll lose your all money. That’s why the author encourages us to enlarge our
psychological wallet to the level we’re capable of or comfortable with.
Sometimes
our thoughts about money are influenced by the environment we’re living. For example,
if we’re practiced in our family to have a small size of psychological wallet
then having an immediate big amount of money in our hands might be difficult
for us to handle. However, if we’re trained having a large psychological wallet
then struggling is far from us. If ever you have a small size of psychological
wallet now, then try to get a bigger one matching with your enlarge skills.
Therefore,
our psychological wallet size affects our financial success. Also, the author
gives tips on how to become financially successful. By not spending your money
all, but actually saving it, learning how to invest it and seeing your money
grow. And see yourself with a business on the side, aside from your fulltime
job.
SECRET NO.3: Get rid of Crazy
Religious Beliefs
Many
people misinterpret the sufferings we had today specially poverty that its
God’s will. But if they find the answer for it in the Holy Book, it justifies
that God is not the one who cause us this. Humans are also contributor of our
sufferings specially us. Sometimes our laziness would lead us also to poverty.
And I don’t believe that rich people
cannot enter to the God’s Kingdom. Because social status or class is not the
basis for judging us. Besides, not all rich people are that is why you cannot conclude
that they can’t experience the privilege of God’s promise to us.
Also, it is not bad to rely and
trust God because God Himself invited us to draw close to him and trust him.
Moreover, human can’t live successfully without the guidance of God.
SECRET NO.4: Be Completely
Committed to Your Dreams
Your
eagerness to each your goal depends on how you work for it. There are said
three levels of desire: wish, want, and commitment. Language rules agree with
the author’s definition that wish is considered as a weak desire or statement.
Second level is want. It’s a little bit stronger than desire yet less effort
exerted. The last one is commitment. This is the strongest desire among the
three and it requires great motivation to reach that certain goal. It molds us to
be enthusiasts, not allowing obstacles and discouragements to block our way.
The
question will arise. How could we be completely committed to our dreams? Here
are some tips from the author. First, be the scriptwriter of our life. This
implies to follow what our heart dictated. We may ask the others for
suggestions but we do not let them to make the decision. Yes, it is right! In
the first place, we’re the one who knows better ourselves than others. We know
that we greatly desired and looked for. Second is to write down our dreams. The
author might suggest this for us to evaluate ourselves what our dreams and to
know which is the weightiest among them. However, the author’s third
suggestion, read our dreams every day, is not that necessity for me. We may
read it often but not as every day. As long as it’s been written in our mind,
it will guide us to the path of our dreams. Perhaps we read those lists of
dreams for refreshment. Focus, the third advice in this secret, is giving
almost of your attention on things. I agree that focusing into our dreams may
give us unlimited ideas on how to reach it.
We’ll be able to distinguish what’s
the best strategy to use for easier attainment of it. But I don’t think the
power of attraction, the last suggestion, really works. I don’t believe that
thinking our dreams often attracts our dreams to us. Action is needed to
achieve it. Overall, it is really needed to commit to our dreams for us to
strive harder, and won’t easily give up.
SECRET NO.5: Raise your Financial I.Q
Many
where victims of scam, depositing money in a bankrupting bank or spending
millions instantly. The money they worked for years vanished suddenly. This
could be prevented if this persons applying their financially intelligence.
Secret no.5 help us how to be financially knowledgeable person. How? In order
to determine the real money from the false one, we must the real money’s
characteristics. Same as in raising our financial I.Q for us to be misled, we
need enough knowledge about it through attending seminars about financial,
reading economic books, and looking for a financial mentor.
One way of being financially
knowledgeable person is using your money in a way that you earn continuously.
Example for this is by investing and saving your money. Through it your money
will grow and you’ll become financially protected. You’ll also be able to provide
your family financially, and during your retirement you’ll not dependent to
your children anymore. To save your future, you should spend lesser, save
bigger and invest more. You must set your financial priorities according to
your needs.
Many would agree, including me, this
would greatly prepare us for our future. The secret is less complicated yet
effective. We just have to apply this and be financially equipped.
SECRET NO.6: Ride Something to Wealth
Based
on research, 74% of world’s millionaires are entrepreneurs. The question is how
could we be one?
Be open and recognize your
opportunities. Ride vehicles to wealth in a way that you set many alternatives
to be your sources of income. Do not just depend on wages but longing to earn
profit. The best way to set your money revolving yet earning more is by putting
up a business, be an entrepreneur. Add the seasoning in business, passion and
commitment and your small business will turn into a big corporation. Build
self-confidence and create your team of success. This could help you market
your product and improve them.
Putting up a business is an
effective way to earn bigger and bigger money. It makes possible riding in a
bicycle may turn to a car. And most frequently, we see millionaires in the
business. It is because they believed that if there are a people, there’s a business.
SECRET NO.7: Have a Bias for Action
Great
desire impulses great motivations and actions. And yes, it is true.
Accomplished things are possible through actions. We, ourselves, the one who
can fulfill our dreams. We need to plan, take an action, and focus on it. And
every decision we made, we should be ready to sacrifice or to risk. However,
there is a point in chapter 50 that implies us to plan to fail that I’m totally
disagree with it.
If we planned failures in the
future, then it is useless to exert our utmost efforts to that. Because it only
waste our time, money and effort. Instead of planning our failures, rather we
expect the possibility of failures not merely to design it. In this stuff, we
recognize failure as our stepping stones to move forward and to become
stronger.
SECRET NO.8: Win in All Areas
True success means winning all
areas. For me, we must win it both spiritually and materially. Because I
believe that even though you’re very successful in this world but you’re
spiritual standing is doubtful then your life is still useless. It useless in
the sense that you did not also use your life in serving God in order to attain
everlasting life in His Kingdom. Being successful in this world is not bad
because most of us are aiming it. But one thing that we should not forget is
our spirituality. We must see to that it is not affected by our secular
activities.
How can we share our success to
others? There’s a saying that it’s better to give than to receive. So the point
here is to share our success to others to the extent that it is within our
will. In return, happiness takes place within us.
