Appalling though it might seem, of all the reasons that can justify why the rich are rich, it is certainly not about them being superior to any of the others in any way. If you actually opened up the can of reasons and spilled them out on the floor, you would just place the palm of your hand on your wide-gaping mouth and just play dumb. The reasons are very few and are mind-numbingly too common place for you to have missed — but most still do.
- Action – the thrust factor: You knew it? Ah, you didn’t do much about it, did you? Most of us you out there like this – think, get excited, wake up and do the routine. However, the rich get rich because they do something scores of people fail to do – take productive action. The ability to get out there and just do it, unmindful of what is going to happen. A quick response to their highly charged thoughts without a care about the possible ramifications is what sets them apart. How many times have you thought of starting your own business? About wanting to be on your own? About taking that trip to some exotic place far away from wherever you are sweating it out right now? And then what happened? Nothing buddy! Your dream just got busted because it is time to resume whatever you were doing.
- The surprising & rare, willingness to learn: I called it – rare and surprising! That’s because it isn’t common. This ability is a game winner. The differentiator from the potentially successful to the average Joe who firmly believes he is just that – the average Joe. Isn’t the willingness to learn a trait we ought to have picked up from school? Hell, no! It is something very simple, yet very profound. It was meant to have been gifted to the humans but most seem to have lost it with the fading excitement of Human Evolution. This winner defining element is absent in most of you and hence you don’t make it to the big league. Look at the profiles of the filthy rich and you will know immediately why they are whatever they are! They kicked their egos aside and got around to the dirty work.
- Read: I don’t mean read -while- going -to- bed variety – I mean the inquisitive, unquenchable thirst to lap up every worthwhile book out there. Again, pick up any one of those self-made billionaires; you will realize that they are all well read — even the college drop-outs. Don’t ask me what to read. Just develop the mentality and prepare to sink into the reading room — it will happen.
- Go out and sell something: What? If selling isn’t your cup of tea, so is making money! If you can’t bring yourself to sell something to someone — be it a tiny doll or a million dollar deal, you aren’t going to make a single dollar. The ability to sell is the only critical working skill you might need if you ever wanted to be rich. If you never did it, get out there and do it. Don’t have time? That’s a filthy excuse!
- An all consuming passion: Do you have it in you? What do you think about making money? What about your work? How about your family? If you were a manager, how would you feel towards your mates? Colleagues? I don’t know about you, but the rich are really passionate to the T. You can feel the passion with every single thing they do, You would tremble at the kind of positive energy that seems to be spilling out of their souls when they are around you. They live with a passion. How do you get it? Put it on and do an act until the act consumes you!