| It doesn't mater who we are or where we are in the | | | | mans/woman's wealth by the things they have around |
| world it seems we all share the same dreams, we all | | | | them, we look at their postal address to see how |
| want to be wealthy, healthy and happy. It seems we | | | | affluent the neighbour hood is they live in, what car |
| are all striving for one thing and that is financial | | | | they drive, what clothes and jewellery they wear and |
| independence. | | | | for some obscure reason we believe a man must be |
| We feel if we were financially independent we would | | | | wealthy if he is wearing the most up to date |
| be able to live where we want, buy what we like and | | | | mechanical watch on his wrist. |
| spend our time doing anything we wished. | | | | We all seem to be using where we are financially as a |
| Unfortunately for the biggest percentage of people this | | | | gauge as to what level of success or failure we are |
| stays only a dream and they come to the end of their | | | | achieving in life. |
| lives after a lifetime of work and struggle, with a | | | | If we look at the ever increasing personal debt in the |
| balance sheet that shows just a little over break even. | | | | world today with a little commonsense we must come |
| For the majority, the true value of their wealth you | | | | to the conclusion the vast majority of people in the |
| could be put in a skip. If the skip was placed outside | | | | western world, as far as I can see, are losing not |
| their homes and filled with all the stuff they had | | | | winning in the wealth game. |
| collected, the second-hand value would be about | | | | The truth is it doesn't matter where you are from, |
| £1000 in total. Sad but true. | | | | what your age is, your nationality, what university you |
| Statistics show that out of every one hundred people, | | | | went to, how many qualifications you have or letters |
| there are only five that do make it to financial | | | | after your name. If you don't understand how money |
| independence. - Brian Tracy's Success Secrets of | | | | works, how to make it, protect it, and manage it you |
| Self-Made Millionaires | | | | are most probably a statistic in the credit bubble and |
| Money | | | | you are not doing very well in the wealth creation |
| In its most basic definition, money is something that we | | | | game. |
| use as a medium of exchange. How you see money | | | | So what is it, why do so many fail? The bottom line is |
| and what it means to you will determine how | | | | most of us acquired our understanding from the |
| successful you are in every part of your life. We all | | | | people that brought us up. The basics about money, |
| need money, even those who state money is not | | | | how it works, how to save it and how to make and |
| important to them, every one of us needs to eat, we | | | | invest it came from our parents. Don't get me wrong |
| all need to be clothed, we all need shelter. | | | | here our parents only educated us in the way they |
| We all don't see money in the same way, some see | | | | were taught and believed it to be true and right. |
| money in a negative way, it being the root of all evil | | | | We don't do much better from our schools, on how |
| and anybody having a large amount must be bad or | | | | money works, money management or anything |
| corrupt in some way. Others see money as a positive | | | | relating to financial markets and investing. These |
| thing that brings help and happiness into their lives. | | | | subjects are not always included in the school |
| The fact is money is negative it is neither good nor | | | | curriculum. The rest we pick up as we go along from |
| bad; it is a tool which we use as a payment for goods | | | | the media, newspapers and T.V. so there is no |
| and services. What we do and how we use money | | | | wonder we are totally unequipped to set out into the |
| as individuals determines whether it is good or bad. | | | | world and find it incredibly difficult to create any sort of |
| Measuring our success in the materialistic world we | | | | wealth. |
| live in to day, it seems we believe we can measure a | | | | |