I'm reading The Millionaire Fastlane right now. I bought it about a week ago (only a couple days after I joined here). I'm about half way into it, and the more I think about it, the more it pisses me off...
I consider myself pretty smart, a quick learner, DAMN hard working and persistent. The problem is, I was being taught the wrong principles. Society had effectively sculpted my view of what "successful" was. I was on the fast track to nowhere.
I know only a few people that I (did) consider to be successful. As it turns out, I (as well as them) was blinded by the lie that money = wealth. They have every toy you could want, but NO freedom. Now that I'm really looking at things for what they are, these guys are just WAGE SLAVES. Payments consume their lives. They work every waking hour of the day.
I put myself on the same path. I considered myself to be doing pretty well, as my household income(which consists of my girlfriend and I) is double the median household income. With that, I did what I was taught to do by society. I invested 10% in my 401 (k). I bought a fancy car and my lifestyle increased. Just recently we bought her a new car (literally a month before I found this site and book).
We're not living paycheck to paycheck, but looking at my life from this new perspective makes me mad to say the least. I wish someone would have smacked me across the face with this book 5 years ago. It's no ones fault, some times we just need an eye opener, and so far this book has TRULY done that.
I plan to finish the book and get to work RIGHT away.
I consider myself pretty smart, a quick learner, DAMN hard working and persistent. The problem is, I was being taught the wrong principles. Society had effectively sculpted my view of what "successful" was. I was on the fast track to nowhere.
I know only a few people that I (did) consider to be successful. As it turns out, I (as well as them) was blinded by the lie that money = wealth. They have every toy you could want, but NO freedom. Now that I'm really looking at things for what they are, these guys are just WAGE SLAVES. Payments consume their lives. They work every waking hour of the day.
I put myself on the same path. I considered myself to be doing pretty well, as my household income(which consists of my girlfriend and I) is double the median household income. With that, I did what I was taught to do by society. I invested 10% in my 401 (k). I bought a fancy car and my lifestyle increased. Just recently we bought her a new car (literally a month before I found this site and book).
We're not living paycheck to paycheck, but looking at my life from this new perspective makes me mad to say the least. I wish someone would have smacked me across the face with this book 5 years ago. It's no ones fault, some times we just need an eye opener, and so far this book has TRULY done that.
I plan to finish the book and get to work RIGHT away.
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