Think and grow rich
It is the same concept of being the top of a particular field. When you are the best at something, you find that opportunities come to you. To become an expert of something, it is crucial to never stop improving. Successful people invest time, energy, and money in improving themselves, and it might just be the most rewarding investment you can ever make.
To get started, figure out what skill you want to cultivate. Make a list of the world’s ten best people at that one thing, and use this list to define criteria and track your own progress toward becoming the best.
If you’re a writer, for example, you might consult the New York Times Bestseller list, and identify the ten successful authors that you admire the most. Learn more about these writers, what they did to be successful, and read some of their work. Invest the time and energy in improving your own craft, by looking at successful past models.
If personal finance were as simple as understanding math, this book wouldn’t be necessary; people would never overspend, get into debt, or make foolish financial decisions. But research shows that our choices are based on more than just arithmetic—they’re also influenced by a complex web of psychological and emotional factors.
This chapter gives you a quick overview of the relationship between money and happiness. You’ll also learn techniques for escaping the mental traps that make it hard to be content with what you have. As you’ll see, you don’t need a million bucks to be happy.
He prepares the soil. Plants the seeds, waters them, and make sure they get enough sunlight.
He protects it from pests. Gives it the right fertilizer. Soon enough, the crops appear. He harvests them and repeats the same process all over again.
Ask any financially successful person and they will nod in agreement that the money we save is seeds: waiting to be sown, planted, tended, and then harvested.
And that’s just number 2 (Investing) below on our list of top tips on wealth creation. If you’re ready to get rich, read on!