How To Be Wealthy in 5 Minutes

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Have you ever met anyone who had a lot of money, but didn’t know how to enjoy it at all?

I know a few people who have a lot, enough so that they could easily live very well and never worry about money again, and yet they still either work at a job that they don’t like, or continue to run a business that makes them miserable.

The same goes for a lot of middle class folks who continue to put pressure on themselves financially just to have latest SUV or a gazebo next to the hot tub (which they pay $200 a month to keep warm and never use).

These People Aren’t Rich, And Never Will Be

No matter how much money they have in the bank.

These people actually piss me off. Money is completely wasted on them.

You’re probably agreeing with me, but would you really be any different?

Being Rich Happens Now, Not in the Future

No matter how much money you have, you’ll never be rich if you can’t be completely content with your circumstances right at this moment.

I don’t really want to get new agey with this topic, because I don’t think you can do gratitude, it is more heartfelt and graceful than a thought that is imposed onto your circumstances.

But I have found myself becoming aware, as I strive to build monetary wealth, that more and more, I am taking the time to appreciate the wealth that is already present in my life.

To Get Rich in 5 Minutes

All it takes is to sit down and really notice the things in your life that you really enjoy. In the last day, what touched your heart? It doesn’t have to be big or life altering, but take the time to notice it.

For me a partial list would be something like:

• the smell of the lilacs outside my window
• the sound of the rain as I lay in my bed falling asleep last night
• having a computer that I can use to access the Internet and run my business
• riding my bicycle
• not having a job, so I can follow my own clock and my own rhythms
• the fact that I can make money while I sleep

The list can and should go on and on. And it doesn’t matter how bad your current situation is, there can still be a long list. The fact that you are able to draw a breath of air is something to be infinitely appreciative for. That is the foundation of all wealth.

What I’m learning is that it isn’t more money that I really want, it the experience of more wealth and that experience is a lot more dependant on my way of being than it is on my bank account.

Don’t Live as a Want

When I was a kid I got so many gifts for Christmas that the typical response would be “what’s next.” Always wanting what’s next is like a drug.

If you pay attention, the next time you buy something that you think you really want, watch you emotions around it. You’ll start off feeling great and as time goes on the item you’ve purchased becomes more “normal” and doesn’t create any emotional response at all. Even something as bit as a new car only takes a few weeks to become normalized.

What happens then? We start wanting something else new! We need a new fix.

Pretty soon we can actually just turn into a want. Making money becomes about having an insatiable supply of better and better drugs to satiate the want.

If you try and get rich from this space you’ll never make it. You’ll never have enough money, because your wants will grow as fast or faster than your wealth.

The only way to really get rich, is to do it right now. Stop wanting and start enjoying live; as is.

I’ve realized that no matter how much I have, if I can’t be content with my current amount, or even less, I’ll never be happy or wealthy.

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