How to Discover Your Why
Make a list on a sheet of paper.
Perhaps you might start with a huge financial amount. One of the latest “Power
Ball” lottery drawings was $588,000,000.00 dollars. That’s right 588 Million!
If you start with a number like that and begin to form your dreams you will
write down things that have previously seemed impossible. Maybe you want a
house or cars or bank accounts or savings; college for the kids; or a new
ministry to spread the Gospel.
Eventually, you will run out of
things to write down on the paper. Now take a look at your list. Which of the
things on your list well up a passion within you? Which one or two brings tears
to your eyes? That is your why!
Once you have discovered your why the how becomes much easier. The how
is simply an exercise in the mechanics of whatever endeavor you are attempting
to do. If you are a salesman, you will work harder to sell. If you are a
mechanic, you will work harder at being a mechanic. You will be the best you
can be in your field of expertise to do what it takes to acquire the why!
Creating Wealth
Donald Trump says the main way to
acquire wealth is to be in your own business. I would agree with him. There are
other ways as well such as eating beans and rice and driving a jalopy for the
next fifteen to twenty years. However, for me, creating wealth by simply not
spending is not a lifestyle that appeals to me. Selling my junk at a garage
sale to create wealth is a very slow process. Furthermore, the King’s children
should not have to settle for leftovers.
It should be stated at this point
that saving and not spending is the easiest way to gain moderate wealth. Even
so, the only way to gain wealth, short of the lottery, for those who do not
want to be in their own business or are not willing to get outside of their
comfort zone is to spend moderately.
The only way to have more money is
spend less or make more. If you want to use the “spending less” method, you will
be controlled by the person who is paying you a salary. There are other outside
exponents that are beyond your control as well such as, how much education you
have, what is your expertise in a given field and so on. Nevertheless, you will
always be controlled by those who are in their own business. If you work for
another, it is within his or her purview to tell you how much you can make and
ultimately, how much wealth you can gain.
For instance, if you are making
$100,000.00 a year it is easy to see that it is impossible to save more than
$1,500,000.00 over a fifteen year period. Realistically, even a high school
student might be able to tell you that the goal of saving the exact amount of
one’s income is absurd. It is outlandish due to the need for food, clothing,
housing, transportation and many other issues that accrue over the years.
Nevertheless, if one lives in a moderate to low house and drives a jalopy, one
can amass moderate wealth over a period of years. Even then, stated wealth will
not give a person freedom due to the need of keeping an income coming in to
continue to save.
Obviously, most of America does not
make $100,000.00 a year. Therefore, it is even harder to gain wealth for most
people. The best way to gain wealth is to bring in more money. The best way to
do that is to be in control of your own destiny; start your own business.
Starting Your Own Business
Many reading this book might be in a
business already. It is possible one is thinking, “I have no time for another
business.” There are also those who are working long hard hours for a boss and
do not have time in their busy schedule for a business of any kind.
Perhaps others are not financially
able to start a business. Traditional
business startup can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. The only way to
start a business in the traditional sense is to gain some amount of debt. Even
then, there is no guarantee for success. In fact, the cold facts according to
Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor
Dad are that “most businesses, 90 percent in fact fail within the first
five years. Of the ten percent that survive, most fail within the next five
years.” So, in ten years most of the businesses have failed, not prospered; thus,
not creating wealth, but losing it.
These statistics make it sound as
though it is better to stay employed and just forget about being an
entrepreneur. Well, it is safer to
stay employed! Nevertheless, it is not better if you want to gain wealth. So,
what is the answer?
Network Marketing
Network marketing is one answer for an
individual who wants to start a business and begin creating wealth. The beauty
of network marketing is that one can start with very little startup capital. It
can also be done part time. Network marketing allows one to use the efforts of
many to help create wealth for all. In the traditional business, if one wants
to duplicate his or her time he has to hire employees. With employees come
headaches, overhead and financial struggles. The last one to be paid is the
boss! Once you take on an employee, you have made a commitment to him or her to
continue to pay a salary and or commission. These salaries/commissions come out
of profits of the company.
Employees are probably the leading
cause of business failure. If an employee does not produce, he or she can cost
the company dearly in revenue not to mention the name blemish that can be
caused in the eye of the public, thus also leading to loss of revenue.
Network Marketing on the other hand
has no employees, yet you get to take advantage of many others who are
motivated to gain success as well. As a leader in your business you become a
motivator and cheerleader to encourage others to continue working toward their
dreams.
When one starts a traditional
business one has many bills that have to be paid on a weekly basis. An example
of only one such bill is payroll. In order to make payroll the business has to
maintain a positive cash flow. One huge problem with most business startups is
cash flow. It takes some time for the new business to gain cash flow. Even if
cash flow is adequate, there are many weeks when everyone gets paid except for
the boss, who also needs to be paid to keep his house in order.
The beauty of a network marketing
business is that one can continue to work on his or her job and use that job to
pay household expenses; thus, freeing the income of the business to
continuously grow the fortune for the new business owner. In essence, the
workplace is the cash flow and the Network Business provides the fortune.
Traditional Business
Traditional business is another way
to gain wealth. However, as was previously stated, it requires a large amount
of startup capital with the odds against it surviving for ten years.
Of course, one can open a major
franchise to ensure a better chance for success such as a MacDonald Restaurant
franchise, major car dealership or other business within the purview of the
interest of the buyer. But these investments require major monetary commitments
that might preclude the average person from getting started. Once again, that
takes the new business seeker back to network marketing.
God’s Business
Once again, one must go back to the
will of God. If God has given you a vision, no matter how big, it can be
achieved if you are willing to go through the work and sacrifice needed to
complete the endeavor.
Many limit God by not even trying to
accomplish the huge vision that has been given to them. God wants us to trust
him in everything we do. He wants his children to trust him to help believers
reach the pinnacle in which God has planned them to reach. The main way to
ensure failure is to never try!
What is God asking you to do? If you
will listen, you can be sure he is asking something of you that cannot be
reached in your human mind. If you are not hearing something that is humanly
impossible to reach, you are not listening for God to talk to you. Most likely,
you are placing your own limitations on whatever it is you are seeking.
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