Personal Development and the Key to Wealth
For the hard working success-minded person, the key to
wealth is to do all you can to earn as much as you can, and spend as little as
possible. Wealth, as with all the gifts of life, is a responsibility. You are
responsible to take care of what you have. It is not the job of anyone else to
help you build wealth; if you do not purposefully do it, you will have to live
with the consequences of that decision.
I know that there are those who have a very negative
opinion of the wealthy. They believe they are greedy and have earned their
wealth by cheating others. Isn’t it amazing how people hate the wealthy, and
yet billions are brought in by lotteries, trying to be wealthy themselves? It
is the wealthy that create businesses, develop jobs, give to charity and boost
our economy. Why? Because they have it to give and to spend. Not that the poor
are not generous, but if you do not have the money, how can you give it to
others? The fact is, wealthy people are the same as anyone else: they just have
money.
The same principles of frugality apply to the things we
own. Success-minded people take care of what they have. So many, and I believe
this is very common among the young, think that they can always get another of whatever they have. The effort that one has to
have to care for their things is lost when you see life’s possessions as
disposable.
If you take the time and effort to care for what you have,
you will find a great savings in that you will not have to replace it. Frugal
people keep their possessions clean, well repaired and protected as long as
they can. They buy good quality things and keep them that way. You would be
amazed about just how little frugal people have to invest in the things they
use daily.
This idea of taking care of things does not stop at your
own possessions. Frugal people care for the property of other people as well.
They do not mistreat or damage things that do not belong to them, and respect
the rights and possessions of others. This also includes public properties like
parks, roads and the like. Success-minded people do not litter or destroy
public property with graffiti.
Success-minded people see the act of being frugal as one
of respect. It is a respect for others as well as respect for one’s self. There
is a comfort and pride that comes from knowing that you are a responsible
person who knows how to live well.
To discover how you can achieve the dream you have believed was
impossible for too long, read Getting
Personal: A Guide to Personal Development by John Patrick Hickey. You can get a signed copy for yourself and
get one for a friend, by going to http://www.johnpatrickhickey.com/it-is-good-to-set-goals-better-to-achieve-then/. Now available on Kindle, Oops! Did I Really Post That? Online
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