When I see a tall building, I always wonder how a building can be that tall without falling over. By chance, I manage to read about the construction of a tall building and realize that the foundation of any tall building is carefully designed to support it. A lot of efforts and works are done at building the foundation.
Once a strong foundation is built, the construction of each story seemed to be rather easy. If I equate a tall building as great wealth, then this is like seeing the rich people keep getting richer faster! This is because they have a good foundation to create their wealth just like a tall building has a strong foundation to build more storeys.
What are the foundations of wealth creation? After reading a few books on wealth creation including the Rich Dad's series by Robert Kiyosaki and attending a few seminars on wealth creation, I have identified a few foundations for wealth creation based on my understanding.
Firstly, I need to have a physical health so that I have the physical energy to work hard. Imagine if I am always sick, I will never be able to concentrate on my work. Progress will be always hindered by my poor physical health.
I will need to exercise regularly to keep my body fit and healthy. Lack of exercise will cause my body to have poor immunity to diseases. I will need to watch what I eat and drink so that I can remain healthy. Eating junk foods and drinking liquors excessively harm my physical body. Also, I will need to rest enough to ensure that I have ample energy to work on my plans. Lack of sleep will cause me to be forgetful and make mistakes in my plans to gain financial freedom.
Secondly, there is a need for me to have good mental health so that I can concentrate on my plans to achieve financial freedom. If I do not have good mental health, I will lose focus easily and get distracted by other things.
I will need to practice concentration meditation regularly to keep my mind fit and sharp. Lack of concentration exercise means I will not be able to focus on my plans totally and thus prone to making careless mistakes.
Making genuine mistake is good but making careless mistake is bad. Careless mistakes are mistakes that I have already learned and become aware of. Thus, there is nothing much I can learn from these careless mistakes that will accelerate my path to financial freedom.
If I have made a genuine mistake, then I will be able to learn something from this mistake. The purpose of learning from mistake is so that I will not repeat them again as highlighted in the Rich Dad's series by Robert Kiyosaki. If I keep repeating the mistakes, then it defeat the purpose of learning from mistakes.
Thirdly, there is a requirement for good emotional health so that I will not get emotional over my decisions. I need to practice insight meditation to understand how my mind works. By understanding how my emotions arise and fall in my mind, then I will be able to manage my emotions better. If I can manage my emotions properly, then I will be able to make decisions based more on logic than emotions.
For example, if I cannot manage the fear of failures, then I will not be able to make the decision to master any skills that are essential for wealth creation. This is because failures are part and parcel of the learning process. If I can manage such a fear, then I will be able to master any skills quickly.
Next, I need to have a good spiritual health. That can be achieved by doing good deeds to help the needy around me. It may not just be money that they required. Learn to give love and care, time to listen to them and so on. This will help me to build a peaceful mind. If I have a peaceful mind, then I will be able to perform better in whatever I am trying to achieve.
Just like a tall building needs different layers of foundation. I feel that there are different layers of foundation required for wealth creation. What I have described above is just the first layer of foundation. Without a good physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health, there is no way I can face and manage the challenges in life well so that I can succeed in life.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Creating Wealth!
Creating wealth is a way to gain financial freedom quickly. Based on my understanding of the Rich Dad's series by Robert Kiyosaki, the rich people create wealth. For example, the rich people start a company and get it listed on the stock exchange. The shares of a start up company are not really valuable. But the company manages to be listed in the stock exchange, the value of the shares suddenly shot up.
Another way to create wealth is writing options. I can write contracts to sell or buy shares at a particular price that is valid for a period of time and sell the contracts for money. In that sense, I am creating money out of a contract.
But exactly what is involved in the process of creating wealth? So far I only know that I can create wealth by starting a company and getting it listed because I read about it. If I do not understand the concept of creating wealth, then there is no way I can be creative to find other ways to create wealth.
Thus, I decide to find out more about wealth creation. After a while, I finally manage to gain a little understanding in wealth creation. That is after I have attended a course on mind training. This course is supposed to help me to understand how my mind works so that I can be more in harmony with myself and relate better to other people.
To explain what I have understood so far, there is a need to understand what is money. Money is usually in a form of notes or coins. But have you ever wonder what is money? To a baby, a $1000 notes is just a simply a piece of paper to play with. He does not attach any value to it. Also, a coin is simply a piece of metal alloy toy. He does not have the concept of money at all.
Since I was once a baby, how come now I see these specially printed notes and coins as money and not just as papers and metal alloys? Apparently somewhere along my life, my perception of the specially printed notes and coins has changed. I have attached value to these printed notes and coins.
Changing my perception alone is not enough to make the specially printed notes and coins valuable as money. Other people must perceive the same set of specially printed notes and coins as money as well. For example, I can design and print my own notes and coins. I can treat these notes and coins as money. But if other people do not see them as money, then I will not be able to use my own notes and coins as money.
The situation changes if other people perceive the notes and coins designed by me as money. The notes and coins that are specially designed by me are now valuable. In that sense, I have created wealth from nothing.
That also explains why counterfeit money works. Counterfeit notes and coins essentially are just papers and metal alloys. But these fake notes and coins are designed in such a way that they resemble real notes and coins. Thus, people are misled to perceive the counterfeit money as real money.
Please note that I am not asking you to counterfeit money or commit any crimes here. Personally, I am against criminal activities. What I am trying to point out here is that the key to wealth creation is the ability to change the perceptions of other people.
For example, why does people buy lottery tickets? A lottery ticket essentially is just a piece of paper with a unique number printed. A piece of paper with a unique number printed is essentially a worthless piece of paper as perceived by people. How to create wealth from this piece of worthless paper? It just needs an idea to change people perception. In this case, by packaging and selling it as a chance to win a large sum of money, people perceive it as something valuable and thus willing to spend money to buy it.
In conclusion, I can create wealth from ideas, papers or anything as long as I change the perception of other people. To change the perception of other people, I will require selling skills to sell people the idea that it is valuable. Thus, Robert Kiyosaki highlights selling skills as an essential skill to achieve great wealth in the Rich Dad's series. Like it or not, I will have to take the first step to learn how to sell so as to achieve financial freedom.
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The author, publisher and distributors particularly disclaim any liability, loss, or risk taken by individuals who directly or indirectly act on the information contained herein. All readers must accept full responsibility for their use of this material.
Another way to create wealth is writing options. I can write contracts to sell or buy shares at a particular price that is valid for a period of time and sell the contracts for money. In that sense, I am creating money out of a contract.
But exactly what is involved in the process of creating wealth? So far I only know that I can create wealth by starting a company and getting it listed because I read about it. If I do not understand the concept of creating wealth, then there is no way I can be creative to find other ways to create wealth.
Thus, I decide to find out more about wealth creation. After a while, I finally manage to gain a little understanding in wealth creation. That is after I have attended a course on mind training. This course is supposed to help me to understand how my mind works so that I can be more in harmony with myself and relate better to other people.
To explain what I have understood so far, there is a need to understand what is money. Money is usually in a form of notes or coins. But have you ever wonder what is money? To a baby, a $1000 notes is just a simply a piece of paper to play with. He does not attach any value to it. Also, a coin is simply a piece of metal alloy toy. He does not have the concept of money at all.
Since I was once a baby, how come now I see these specially printed notes and coins as money and not just as papers and metal alloys? Apparently somewhere along my life, my perception of the specially printed notes and coins has changed. I have attached value to these printed notes and coins.
Changing my perception alone is not enough to make the specially printed notes and coins valuable as money. Other people must perceive the same set of specially printed notes and coins as money as well. For example, I can design and print my own notes and coins. I can treat these notes and coins as money. But if other people do not see them as money, then I will not be able to use my own notes and coins as money.
The situation changes if other people perceive the notes and coins designed by me as money. The notes and coins that are specially designed by me are now valuable. In that sense, I have created wealth from nothing.
That also explains why counterfeit money works. Counterfeit notes and coins essentially are just papers and metal alloys. But these fake notes and coins are designed in such a way that they resemble real notes and coins. Thus, people are misled to perceive the counterfeit money as real money.
Please note that I am not asking you to counterfeit money or commit any crimes here. Personally, I am against criminal activities. What I am trying to point out here is that the key to wealth creation is the ability to change the perceptions of other people.
For example, why does people buy lottery tickets? A lottery ticket essentially is just a piece of paper with a unique number printed. A piece of paper with a unique number printed is essentially a worthless piece of paper as perceived by people. How to create wealth from this piece of worthless paper? It just needs an idea to change people perception. In this case, by packaging and selling it as a chance to win a large sum of money, people perceive it as something valuable and thus willing to spend money to buy it.
In conclusion, I can create wealth from ideas, papers or anything as long as I change the perception of other people. To change the perception of other people, I will require selling skills to sell people the idea that it is valuable. Thus, Robert Kiyosaki highlights selling skills as an essential skill to achieve great wealth in the Rich Dad's series. Like it or not, I will have to take the first step to learn how to sell so as to achieve financial freedom.
* DISCLAIMER *
The author, publisher and distributors particularly disclaim any liability, loss, or risk taken by individuals who directly or indirectly act on the information contained herein. All readers must accept full responsibility for their use of this material.
Simple Financial Planning to Achieve Financial Independence
Through proper financial planning, financial independence can be achieved. We discuss simple financial principles within this site on how this can be achieved. You just have to implement on the simple financial principles, that is, action needs to be taken.
Can financial planning be that important or necessary? For the average individual, it seems like a nightmare. The reality, however, need not be so bad. The process is actually quite a low stress business. In a nutshell, financial planning can be just a 6-step process one needs to go through if you want to achieve your financial goals.
At the core of the process is the prioritisation of meaningful personal and reasonable financial goals. It is, therefore, by definition a multi-faceted activity that requires trade-offs among competing goals and objectives. The process serves to make your current financial situation as clear as possible. Financial planning is the key to making it work.
It is really a very important aspect of one's financial future. It is not only a process but more so, it is about attitude as well. Cultivating the right habits to achieve this is important.
This process focuses on getting the most out of our money to achieve various objectives. It is about developing a personal route to your financial independence.
Yes, you can certainly achieve your financial goals with proper planning. It definitely can be done, and it does not have to be a dream.
Can financial planning be that important or necessary? For the average individual, it seems like a nightmare. The reality, however, need not be so bad. The process is actually quite a low stress business. In a nutshell, financial planning can be just a 6-step process one needs to go through if you want to achieve your financial goals.
At the core of the process is the prioritisation of meaningful personal and reasonable financial goals. It is, therefore, by definition a multi-faceted activity that requires trade-offs among competing goals and objectives. The process serves to make your current financial situation as clear as possible. Financial planning is the key to making it work.
It is really a very important aspect of one's financial future. It is not only a process but more so, it is about attitude as well. Cultivating the right habits to achieve this is important.
This process focuses on getting the most out of our money to achieve various objectives. It is about developing a personal route to your financial independence.
Yes, you can certainly achieve your financial goals with proper planning. It definitely can be done, and it does not have to be a dream.
Retirement and Financial Planning
Want to retire? This term conjures up images of a leisurely lifestyle, with perhaps walks by the beach or in the park. Retirement and financial planning usually occur together. For the simple reason, one simply does not occur without the other.
Various studies have shown that 95% of the population will not have enough funds in their accounts to qualify as what is considered financially independent by the time they reach age 65. A good proportion of these 95% will still be broke when they are supposed to be able to enjoy their life, and will have to find various means to sustain their daily livelihood. It is a sad situation, but it is a fact.
There are good resources and tools available (and many of them are available online) that aim to help you determine your retirement needs. We and reviewed some of these resources and tools and those that we feel may be useful to our readers, we will point them out to you. A caveat on the use of these tools though. Using such tools to simply calculate how much you need for retirement will not do anything for you at all - if you do not implement your financial plan.
Planning should start as young as possible. This will allow your money and funds to grow through your investments - you should have an investment portfolio that will grow large enough to fund your needs.
What if you do not start young? The results can be quite damaging. Starting late will have the time factor work against you. Why do we say that? The reason is that the compounding effect of time can make a huge difference to the size of your portfolio. Warren Buffet, said to have started very young in investing, will likely be a very good testimony to this fact.
In fact, the compounding effect of time has been described as the eighth wonder of the world! The results and impact on the size of your portfolio can be very dramatic! So do start planning as early as possible. Get your personal financial plan in place. If you have been procrastinating, start now - now is always better than later, and later is better than never.
Carpe diem (seize the day!). Just do it.
Various studies have shown that 95% of the population will not have enough funds in their accounts to qualify as what is considered financially independent by the time they reach age 65. A good proportion of these 95% will still be broke when they are supposed to be able to enjoy their life, and will have to find various means to sustain their daily livelihood. It is a sad situation, but it is a fact.
There are good resources and tools available (and many of them are available online) that aim to help you determine your retirement needs. We and reviewed some of these resources and tools and those that we feel may be useful to our readers, we will point them out to you. A caveat on the use of these tools though. Using such tools to simply calculate how much you need for retirement will not do anything for you at all - if you do not implement your financial plan.
Planning should start as young as possible. This will allow your money and funds to grow through your investments - you should have an investment portfolio that will grow large enough to fund your needs.
What if you do not start young? The results can be quite damaging. Starting late will have the time factor work against you. Why do we say that? The reason is that the compounding effect of time can make a huge difference to the size of your portfolio. Warren Buffet, said to have started very young in investing, will likely be a very good testimony to this fact.
In fact, the compounding effect of time has been described as the eighth wonder of the world! The results and impact on the size of your portfolio can be very dramatic! So do start planning as early as possible. Get your personal financial plan in place. If you have been procrastinating, start now - now is always better than later, and later is better than never.
Carpe diem (seize the day!). Just do it.
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