Only Fools Want To Become Millionaires; So Don’t Be One
So stop working for the money and start working for your dreams.
Do you want to become a millionaire? If you do, then you’re a fool. Why? Because having a million in your bank account won’t make you happy. Do you know what will make you happy? Spending that million. Am I right?
If you had a million to spend today, what would you buy? What would you do? Would you go on vacation with your family? Or sell your old car and buy a new one? Or maybe quit your job and start your own business?
It doesn’t matter what you want and there’s no right or wrong answer here. So go ahead and imagine how you would spend all that money. Then pause, take a piece of paper and write it down.
Done? Good. Now here’s the thing…
No, you don’t really want to become a millionaire. What you actually want is to have what you’ve written down—to travel, to buy a new car, to start a business, to buy or do whatever’s on that paper.
This is the reason why I say that you’re a fool if you want to become a millionaire…if you simply want to become a millionaire. Because having the money is not and should not be your goal. Instead, your goal is to achieve your dreams—to have and to do what it is that you truly want.
So shift your focus away from the money and towards what you’ve written down on that paper—because that’s your finish line. Simple, right? Well, not really…and here’s why.
I want you to meet Richard, a guy who wants to put up his own business someday. So he works hard and tries to save as much of his salary as he can every month. He’s also been investing regularly, so he can grow his money faster.
“When I have a million pesos, I will quit my job and start my own business.”
Finally, after eight years, his savings and investments grew past a million. He has become a millionaire. “I can now quit and start my own business! But…what business should I go into?” Slowly, he realizes that he’s back to square one.
Fitz Villafuerte is a Filipino entrepreneur, investor and a Registered Financial Planner.
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