Have you
ever wondered what the difference is between the rich and the poor? Why are
some people wallowing in the abyss of poverty while some are swimming in the
ocean of stupendous wealth?
Sometimes it
may come across to you to say that some people are rich because they were born
with silver spoon in their mouth. Well, that is not conclusive because there
are many people out there that were not born under any silver linen whatsoever,
yet they are millionaires today. What happened? What made the difference?
Now here is
what I have realised.
The difference between the rich and the poor is The Mindset. The rich and the poor think in different frequency. The poor do not have that kind of mindset that the rich individual have. They approach the same issue from different perspective and stance.
#1. The rich seek
out Opportunities. The rich are always seeking for opportunity that will
grow their wealth while the poor man wallows in self pity and he is consumed with
seeking for sympathy. He engages in the blame syndrome; blaming his relatives,
friends, the government, even the rats in his house are not left out, as been responsible
for his predicament. Instead of thinking how he could break out of the cocoon of
his abject poverty he feeds it by consistently looking for a scapegoat. With such
mindset you can’t recognise opportunity for wealth when you see one.
#2. The Rich Acts but The Poor Just
Passes Along. When the rich sees an opportunity
that will accelerate his wealth, he grabs it. Not the man with a poor mindset. He
had a thousand and one reasons why what he sees is not an opportunity for
getting rich and so his circle of poverty continues, as he will let go of that
opportunity. Sorry to say this; it is like casting a gold before a swine, it
will not value it.
#3. The rich are ready to take risk and
make sacrifices, either it is of time, effort, money etc. The poor mindset
considers some risk as been outrageous. They lack the motivation to dare into
the world of the unknown. They suffice with the world they have come to know. So
they keep maintaining the status quo.
Have you
ever wondered why businesses are called venture? A business man takes risk. I
am sure you know about Venture Capital: that is the money invested in a new
company to help it develop, which may involve a lot of risk. But you will find
those who have rich mindset take the risk all the same.
A man who does not take risk will end up
paying for another man’s risk. When you take the risk, others will pay you for
it. That is what the rich man knows that Mr. Poor Mindset does not know.
Now you need
to understand that to be wealthy does not mean you lack nothing and being poor
does not have to do with the fact that you lack the basic amenities of life. It
has everything to do with the mentality you carry.
That you are
born poor does not mean you cannot rise to become a millionaire. To achieve financial
success you have to change your pattern of thinking. If a poor man thinks the
way the rich does and do what they do, he will have the same result and even
more.
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