Personal Growth is what we all must strive for. Not just for ourselves, family, or our country but for humanity. Over time I notice more and more people becoming content with their lives. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s great people are happy to be at a certain place in their life, but why stop there? We owe it to ourselves, our children, and the generations after us to continue on and push forward.
Are you living day-to-day, check to check, or even have a little money saved? Don’t be embarrassed because only a few years ago I was in the same situation. I had to step back and take a look at the bigger picture. I wasn’t happy with my current financial position. I started looking for answers by educating myself. Come to find out, most of my problems were in the way I thought about money. I needed to get into an investor’s state of mind.
One of the easiest ways we look at being wealthy is making a lot of money, but that’s not always the case. Wealth is also determined by spending and what we spend our money on. If you have more money coming in than going out, your going to have extra money. Here is a simple formula, Incoming $ – $ Spent = Left over $ for the bank. Obvious, I know right? Well, what if I told you that the money your spending could help add to more money coming in?
This leads me to Investments. Being conscience on what you’re spending your money on (Is X an investment or do I really need X?) can help keep funds at bay to put towards funding more revenue for the future. Now, these different avenues of revenue do take time to gain momentum, but the great thing about Real Estate is that it doesn’t take very long.
Do you think reading books sounds lame? That use to be one of my opinions (I still kind of agree). Forcing myself to sit down and educate myself from the titans before me has actually been one of the greatest leaps forward I have ever taken. Learning from others failures and successes can help shave a lot of time on your pursuit. If you don’t like reading, try listening. Audible from amazon offers books in audio setting for a fee. There are even some free audio books available on Youtube.com (I found one of my favorite books from Napoleon Hill “Think and Grow Rich” there).
One of the quickest ways to financial freedom is to hitch a ride with someone who is driving down success lane. These mentors can sometimes be the fastest way from point A to point B. Good mentors are hard to find. I suggest if you find someone in your field of work that is willing to teach then you should take the time to listen. Mentors will usually expect you to go outside of your comfort zone, which is good for growth.
Pain is something I think everyone should endure. Whether it be mental or physical, pain must be felt in order to experience growth. Do you recall the saying “no pain, no gain”? Or do you remember those late nights sleeping in bed and all of a sudden you get an excruciating pain in your calve muscle? Growing pains are not just physical. I’m a firm believer that if you want to grow as a person mentally or physically you have to endure pain. This means doing what you don’t want to do or doing things that make you uncomfortable. In order to experience grow you have to step out of your comfort zone. If you start to do enough of little growths overtime, it can create a monster of a tree.
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” Benjamin Franklin
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