Wealth and Money related
“But what if the circumstance in your life change for the better? Shouldn't that also change the chemical environment surrounding your cells? Yes that happens but not all the time. If you’ve spent years conditioning your body to this cycle of thinking and feeling, and then feeling and thinking, without realizing it you’ve also conditioned your body
... See moreThis is why waiting to enjoy life in retirement never works, it is something that needs to be worked on much earlier by changing the internal state. This goes beyond a loss of identity, this is going back to the old identity because we haven't created the new one to match the external environment we changed into.
... See more“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To hims
It’s to live your life and let money serve you. So instead of saying, “How much money do I need to make?” you’ll say, “What do I want to do with my life—and how can I use money to do it?”
Ramit Sethi • I Will Teach You to Be Rich, Second Edition: No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS. Just a 6-Week Program That Works
A different way to ask a money question
Wealth is often seen as being linear, consisting of money and possessions (external and the material). True wealth I believe is dimensional, consisting of elements that impact one another, health, relationships, experiences, and contribution…money and possessions are simply a by product of true wealth.
Forty-five percent should be work. To be slightly hyperbolic, the alarming wealth inequality statistics are an indication of vast skill differences in people’s ability to create value; most of us are producing infinitesimal amounts of value for the world. If we truly care about being productive—creating wealth in the world—we need to figure out how... See more
The goal isn’t to get wealthy
The goal is to LIVE wealthy - wealth is traditionally defined as an abundance of valuable possessions or money. The problem with this is that for most people it becomes a goal and if they every get there most of the time they are left unfulfilled.
I believe wealth is the ability to truly experience life. The paradox is t
... See morebusiness becomes a brand when it transcends its category of origin. It takes an existing core equity, or a particular philosophy, and it infuses that idea into everything it does, furthering its reputation or world view one product, service or line extension at a time.”