Monday, October 19, 2009

The Road to Wealth Series: Leverage Your Actions

 


The Leverage of Your Actions

  • Get a bookkeeper (even if you do not have a business); keep the same bookkeeper for life
    • Meet with the bookkeeper every month
    • Why not do it yourself?
      • You want to start being a business owner or investor
      • You want a disinterested outside third party to look objectively at your money and your spending habits
  • Create a winning team
  • Constantly expand your context and your content (research)
    • Commit at least 5 hours per week:
      • Read business page of newspaper
      • Listen to financial news
      • Listen to educational cassettes (investing/financial education)
      • Researching someone rich/wealthy
      • Attend financial seminars/classes
      • Look for real estate “for sale” signs and make inquiries
      • Practice calculating monthly cash flow statements for each possible investments
      • Meet with business brokers—What businesses are for sale in the area
      • Attend trade expo
  • Be willing to fail more
    • Expect to be disappointed and make plans
    • Have a mentor standing by
    • Be kind to yourself
    • Have faith
  • Listen to yourself
    • Notice thoughts about things you don’t want…change to thoughts about things you want
    • Notice feelings about things you don’t want…change to thoughts about feelings you do want
    • Take action, keep going until you get what you want
  • Three classes of assets:
    • Real estate
    • Paper assets
    • Businesses
  • See yourself in a world or reality where you will never ever need a paycheck or job again (financial freedom)
  • Dream big…think big
  • Set a retirement date

    Resources/References
    Loopholes of the Rich: How the Rich Legally Make More Money and Pay Less Tax by Diane Kennedy

    *´¨`·.¸¸.* Ebony Ynobe *¨`·.¸¸.*
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