Creating wealth is easier said than done. With so many books out there on financial success and making money, it is only reasonable that you should wonder why the one percent is still only one percent. Although I took some personal finance classes back in college, I found myself still struggling to make ends meet. At one point my wife and I couldn’t even afford to buy chewing gum as it wasn’t a necessary grocery item. In my desperation, I decided to embark on a personal journey to learn why my life was the way it was.
I wanted to know why some people appeared to have such ease in generating wealth and money.
What I found was astonishing. In this article I will share these tips with you and no they are not about will power. Without getting too much into the topic of money and inflation, I want to share 15 daily habits of the wealthy.
What I found was astonishing. In this article I will share these tips with you and no they are not about will power. Without getting too much into the topic of money and inflation, I want to share 15 daily habits of the wealthy.
1. Challenge and question themselves
Wealthy people surround themselves daily with people who question their beliefs or what they know to be true.
Creating wealth is all about critical thinking. However if you surround yourself with people who confirm your perceptions of life, you may never find the inspiration to think outside the box. Hence the famous saying “Birds of the same feather flock together”. If a sheep wants to learn to hunt, it must surround itself with wolves.
This is easier said than done because as humans, we like our comforts. Most people only think as creatively as their filters or labels will allow. However if creating wealth is your goal, you must be open to the beauty of surrounding yourself daily with people who don’t think like you.
2. Live in the future
“I am living in the future, so the present is my past.” – Kanye West
People who have wealth or make a lot of money are not fortune tellers or wizards who predict the future; they are ordinary people like you and me.
One thing they do differently on a daily basis is attempt to forecast future trends.
Steve Jobs displayed this daily habit and it is often cited as the platform for a lot of Apple’s innovative products. Steve seemed to know what people would want even before they knew they would want it. Sometimes the products themselves didn’t even exist. When it comes to building wealth, a daily habit to practice is forecasting what challenges the future may bring. Like Warren Buffett once said, “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
One thing they do differently on a daily basis is attempt to forecast future trends.
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