Just wanted to share an article from TodayOnline.
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http://www.todayonline.com/articles/200258.asp Know what you are good at, think big, have a big heart
Monday • July 16, 2007
There is a long way to wealth and a short way to wealth, and we say: Do both. But if you are going to get rich, you might as well get rich fast.
Here is a quick tip from my new book: Save 10 per cent.
If you saved a dollar a day, in a lifetime, it only adds up to about $25,000. But if you were to save 10 per cent of your income and invest it wisely, it can add up to $2.75 million!
However, this does not imply that I equate monetary gains to success.
Success is being able to contribute greatly in the zone in which you are competent. Everyone is competent in some area — even the most handicapped person has great competence but may not know it.
Choosing to stay with a "perceived" stable job instead of doing something you are really good at and really like, is dumb because if you were to do what you love doing, all the doors in the universe will be opened to you.
When I tried to be a mechanic 33 years ago, I went bankrupt because I was a creator. My flow is to create stuff, not to build or fix them.
So, if you stayed with your flow, you will make a lot of money. But when you are out of it, you will get constipated intellectually, socially, spiritually, mentally and financially.
The bottom line is it is not okay to stay where you are and be contented with it, because if you have some kind of talent, you should use it.
My goal is to make the world poverty free because we have nearly 5 billion people living below the poverty level, even if the situation is looking up for certain countries.
Basically, monetary gains are just the beginning.
Once you attain "money freedom", you will get "time freedom". I take 90 days off each year, which means I am playing for a week every month!
I have enough money such that all my future days are paid for. That should be the goal of everyone — to be financially free by the time you hit 25.
It is not impossible. In the last few years, hundreds made more than $1 million in one year and they are all under the age of 30 — such as the creators of Google and MySpace.
Entrepreneurship is one of the best ways to attain monetary freedom. An entrepreneur is somebody who takes something with no value and turns it into something of high value.
A great example is our Chicken Soup for the Soul series, in which we took great stories of zero value, compiled and repackaged them, and made them highly valued books.
Once you achieve "time freedom", you will also get "relationship freedom", which means you can spend as much time as you want with your loved ones. And that in turn leads to spiritual freedom.
However, everybody should also aim for "genius freedom". We can achieve that by working with people who use their genius abilities. That is also how geniuses come together.
We always say one can move a thousand, and two can move 10,000. So when companies get the right leaders, they are unstoppable.
If you want to make a billion in a minute, you need a big idea, big players, a big distribution and a big customer base. Then you can do big things. Finally, you must do "big charity" to give back to the community.
Mark Victor Hansen is the co-author of One Minute Millionaire: The Enlightened Way to Wealth.
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