Many of us don’t realize what we’re really capable of, or what is even possible. We think that some things are fantasies, and that extraordinary wealth is not for us. I was there. I didn’t really know, or hang out with, anyone that was truly wealthy growing up. I never believed that making 6 figures before the age of 25, or living downtown of a big city was a real possibility for me. But they became reality. And it started with just learning what opportunities and how much abundance there are in the world.
There are a few ways to start learning what you can truly achieve. The two best are ways are 1) to learn directly from others, and 2) start reading books. Books opened up a world of possibility to me, including helping me:
See what options I have for a career (you can seriously do anything you want, no joke!).- Realize that these successful people I admire are no different or no better than me; they are real, and have their ups and downs.
- Improve my confidence to step into the unknown and out of my old envisioned path.
- Learn the specific strategies to tackle success in the quickest manner.
And books can do the same for you. The smartest 1% of people read more than 1 book per month, on average.
Three great books that will teach you some founding principles of wealth are:
1. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hill, a depression-era author, dedicated over 22 years of his life to study the extraordinarily successful business people at that time – think Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Theodore Roosevelt, and so on. From his research of over 500 people, he found some key lessons that can be used by any single person to achieve massive success, and an abundance of wealth.
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
The key to wealth is to develop the proper mindset. In our school system, we are not taught what wealth really is or how to obtain it, so we have to develop this elsewhere. Learning what is possible, and then how to think about wealth is absolutely vital to achieving and maintaining wealth. The wealthy view things differently than the average person, and Napoleon walks readers through exactly how to do that. He develops 13 principles one must know to Think and Grow Rich: [Read more…]
