Shortcuts To Acquire Wealth
Inherit wealth – Growing up I often heard my mom say, ” I wish a rich
uncle would come along and get me out of the poor house.” Everyone
would love to acquire wealth this way. No WORK and NO
SWEAT. Sadly, most of us weren’t born into a wealthy family and
getting adopted into one isn’t easy.
Marry someone with
money. If you are not married now, you
maybe lucky enough to acquire wealth by finding a rich mate. But often
times, wealthy people marry other wealthy people. Maybe you will be lucky
enough to become the nanny of a wealthy family, break up your bosses
marriage, have him fall madly in love with you and marry you. Sounds like
a fairy tale but it has worked for a few ladies.
Hit it “big” in the stock
market – There are
two problems with using this method to acquire wealth.
First, you already have to be rich to buy lots of stock.
Secondly, since 2008 stock market prices have plunged
because of risky and deceptive practices of insiders and large
corporations. I know many hard working people who have lost their entire
life savings because of the stock market.
Win the lottery - I
have never tried this method to acquire wealth and never will! For
those of you who plan to buy a lottery ticket today, don’t even bother watching
the news tonight to see if your number will be called. Here is the hard
truth – You are about 100 times more likely to be struck by lightening 100
times before winning the lottery.
Since
these four shortcuts won’t work for most of us, the question becomes
how can the average person acquire wealth?
1.You can work a job. Many people live with the misguided notion that they can acquire
wealth by having a job. My mom worked two jobs for many years and never
seemed to get ahead. So I developed the attitude at a young age, that a
job could not help me acquire wealth because I would never earn
enough. How many wealthy job holders do you know?
Don’t get me wrong, jobs are
good because they pay bills and help provide basic necessities such as
clothes and food. But the problem with a job is that you have to go to
work to get paid. You cannot acquire wealth by trading time for
dollars. Wealth is not just about money!
It is also about time freedom and being able to lead the style of life you
desire.
2. You can have your money
work for you. I’ve seen many hard working people
acquire wealth this way. Having your money work for you was the method our
grandparents used to acquire wealth. They worked hard, saved 10
percent of their income and invested it in their pension plan. The
reality is now that with the raising cost of gas and food most people have
little if anything left to save. Furthermore, pension plans are not as lucrative
as they once were. So most of us will not be able to acquire wealth this
way.
3. Leverage you time and
income through other people. This
is the method that myself and most people nowadays are using to acquire
wealth. Wealth is not just about having money! As I stated
earlier in this post, ”it is also about time freedom and being able
to lead the style of life you desire. ” People who understand
this, are leveraging their time and income through other people to
acquire wealth.Network Marketing also known as direct sales is the perfect vehicle for the
average person to acquire wealth.
Every Time you recommend a Movie, CD, Clothes, brand to someone you
are doing Network Marketing , so why not get paid for it?
3 comments:
Message received Liz
Kapongo
Nice to hear from u Mr Kapongo.
you have touched me already.... thanks for sharing
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