In today’s world, where it is possible for a person to get enough money to pay off the entire debt of some countries, it is very difficult to establish who is really rich.

It seems that everyone has a different idea of ​​what it is to be rich and also of the sacrifices that must be made to become really rich.

Over the past few years, I have extensively studied everything I could that pertains to getting wealth and what it takes to supposedly get rich. I can tell you that it was like trying to pin down War and Peace. There was so much rubbish written and talked about getting rich.

Before we go any further, we better establish what being rich might really be like and set some goals for ourselves, otherwise if we continue with a vague idea of ​​what we want and a hazy vision of what being rich is, we will be left with none. possibility of reaching our goal.

Please allow me to qualify my position, so that you can make a decision now as to whether or not the information I have for you is suitable.

I’ve been self-employed pretty much all my life, and I’ve experienced some very traumatic ups and downs, and I know that if I had known then what I know now, things would have been very different.

What I discovered a long time ago is that we all have quotes and sayings that we can recite in the blink of an eye and sometimes when I’m speaking, people in the audience tend to qualify what I’m saying with a similar quote or saying. . . I’m not sure why they do this, but all I can say is that there’s a lot of difference between reciting a quote and acting on what it says.

I had a great programming moment when I was very young, around 22 years old, and it has shaped my life ever since.

It was at a rather fancy dinner, and through a series of situations, I ended up sitting next to Tiny Rowland, who happened to be one of the richest men in the world at the time. How I came to sit next to him is another story and will be explained later.

You may not believe it, but I didn’t really know who he was when we first sat down, but as the night wore on I realized he was a man of some importance, because everyone kept coming over introducing themselves to him.

I’ve never really been shy about speaking naturally to people who are supposedly in a better position than me, but I think I might have altered my conversation had I known who this guy was.

To be honest, their conversation was a bit boring for me, because it focused on business and money, two things that at that point in my life didn’t take up much of my time. He didn’t even like the Rolling Stones. We did have some fun times though, and towards the end of the night he asked me what he would do the next day. I took another sip of my champagne and said, it depends on how I feel in the morning, if I’m hungover I’ll stay in bed, and if I feel good I’ll get up and decide then.

At this very moment in my life, my views on wealth really took shape. Tiny Rowland looked at me and said “I envy you” Well you could have struck me down with a feather, I was stunned, this man that (once I found out who he was) I envied and wished I could have his money and be like him, he was envious of me .

I thought about that and then asked why. He said that the business controlled him and that he never felt that he had time to do the things he wanted, although he seemed to have it, he was always on duty, so to speak.

I didn’t realize until many years later how much of an effect that encounter had on my life. At that moment, I subconsciously decided not to let business or the corporate world control me. In fact, I love businesses and have established over 50 of them, but as soon as they start to control me, I either sell them or let them go.

I may not be in as strong a financial situation as some of my peers, but I don’t know many who can put their hand on their heart and say they are as happy as I am.

So, as you can imagine, I have a lot of business experience, I know the importance of money in living a carefree life, and as much as possible I do what I want to do, when I want to do it. . The two things that can prevent you from doing that are a lack of MONEY and a lack of TIME. And it is TIME that eludes most very rich people.

So my story and my advice to help you lead a life you enjoy, instead of sacrificing things for money, and possibly being quite miserable, may seem a little off and not quite fit the preconceived ideas held by most. from the people. about wealth, but if your most important vision is to live a carefree life and have the money to do so, then this information will be very useful to you.

HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH

As I mentioned earlier, I have read a lot of the writing about getting rich, and I have also been in the company of and befriended some very rich people, and it is the study of these people that has convinced me that the way in which that I structure my life, has benefits that outweigh anything they do.

Before I go any further let me clarify where I stand on money, I love it and what it allows me to do, but I do not adore it, nor do I have any desire to hoard as much as I can at the risk of destroying life. lead, to get it.

Many of the truly mega-rich people I know or read about, if they were given life again, would not make the sacrifices they have and would set a goal of money that is much less than what they have accumulated.

With hindsight, they realize that the amount of money you need to live a great life isn’t as much as many people think, and while this amount at the top of the scale is still substantial, it’s not a number that makes you feel like it was a big deal. mission Impossible.

One of the unfortunate things about getting big money is that it takes a lot of time to keep an eye on it. Many very rich people have thought that they can make others do that, but soon realize that no one else can do that job for you. The news is often full of situations where an accountant, friend, confidant, or even spouse has felt they could make better use of the money, and the more you have, the easier it is for people to take it.

My God, what a shame it is that, after struggling and living with nothing for years, and finally finding yourself in the place you thought you wanted to be, you surround yourself with people who think you are fair game, and that in itself makes you Cynical about everyone.

You start to wonder who is a genuine person, who is right after your money, can I trust that person, and that makes your new place very lonely, so you start trying to find people you knew before you had money , because you know you have something in common with them, unfortunately because they have just lived an average life, you find them very tame, and socializing in its simplest form, becomes a problem.

Another problem that can arise, if you don’t take care of yourself on the way to getting your fortune, is that when you get there, you still have a mindset that was very frugal along the way, and you can’t shake that frame of mind. easily. So there you are in a place you possibly didn’t want to be, with more money than you’ve ever had in your life, and you’re afraid to spend it, because you haven’t allowed yourself to relax and enjoy it. In fact, you now spend a lot of time protecting it, that in itself is a full time job.