Money doesn’t grow on trees…. Or does it?
You may have heard this common phrase growing up by just about everybody, “money doesn’t grow on trees”. Well, I am here to tell you it does.
Interpretations on a theme
Money is printed around the world on a substance we all call paper, paper comes from a mill that processes pulp that come from… you guessed it… trees! So, yes, money does indeed grow on trees. A lot of trees!
Beyond that, what it is trying to tell you is there is a finite amount of money in the world, the growth of your financial wealth is at the hindrance of another. This is also false, there is so much wealth in this world it is truly mind boggling… it is just that a select few people have figured out a way of taping into this tree with a lot of luck and some planning. Most of us live off the scraps left over by the big money tapers.
Another interpretation is that financial growth isn’t possible forever. All things die, so you may have a great streak of luck and build up a nice War Chest just to have it evaporate away. In my short life I have had this happen to me a number of times, I live off my wits and sometimes they get the better of me 
Each time I got hit hard, I learned a valuable lesson and new opportunities opened up that where once closed within my mind. Continual growth may not be possible, but each time it does occur, the growth only happens at a faster rate then before. This is why many millionaires who loose their fortunes gain it back repeatedly.
How to built your own money tree
History remembers the bold, if you want to achieve financial independence you must be willing to risk everything you have. There are two paths, one is through investing in others (stock market, savings account etc) and the other investing in yourself. If you want to play it safe, retire in 30 years etc, then investment in others is probably the way to go. If you have the guts and the sheer determination you could try as I have and invest in yourself.
…money isn’t everything!
Before you go out and banish everything that could possibly get in the way of your goal of financial security, keep in mind that the most valuable things in life are invaluable. The relationships you establish, the experiences you live… the places you visit and most importantly, who you are to yourself are all far more important then any financial wealth. The quote “you can’t take money with you when you die” is very true, so be sure to enjoy living life while trying to establish the wealth that you, and everybody on this planet, truly deserves.
How the wealthy got super wealthy!
Looking back, there are two ways most of the super wealthy, with a net well over a billion dollars, got there. The first is inheritance, sure, they are part of the “lucky sperm club” as Mr. Donald Trump coined but the other is an incredible amount of shier luck and hard work investing in THEMSELVES.
Millionaire Row
Let’s be honest, unless your first name starts with “Sultan” or last name “Gates”, “Rockefeller” or “Hussein”, the odds are stacked against you from becoming super billionaire wealthy. Before you go buy yourself a noose at the local liquor store, realize that the chances of you becoming a millionaire may times over are definitely not stacked against you. Not only that, you can actually work a 9-5 job and retire a millionaire, but I don’t have the patience nor time to work my ass off during my best years to enjoy them in my worst I decided long ago, invest in myself… and with a little luck, I will achieve this in a fraction the time. Of course, I may be on a path of poverty as well, but I am taking the chance and enjoying the path set before me each step of the way.
Here are some quick tips to remember on your ways to millions:
- invest in the stock market with money you can afford to loose, so far, if you bought Google on the initial IPO at 85$, within the past years, that money would now be worth north of 650$! Same goes with Apple, Microsoft and a host of other resource companies. Diversify and hold is the name of the game
- when opportunity knocks, answer the door, we are surrounded by opportunities but if you don’t open your eyes to them, you will find yourself left behind
- if you hate your job, quit, if you don’t like your spouse, get a divorce, if you don’t like your kids, tough luck! What I am trying to say is that you must work daily towards fulfilling your own happiness, money doesn’t bring along happiness if you are depressed, it just makes it worse!
- explore, educate and never stop pursuing your dreams, you see, money is the result of dreams that are made tangible, if you cannot imagine yourself wealthy, short of a lotto ticket win, you will never become wealthy. Financial wealth is as much a state of mind as it’s physical weight
- become a miser that even Scrooge would find cheep… easiest way to become wealthy is not to spend it in the first place and build up your savings!
You see, when you put yourself first, you will win more often the not.
YOU ARE ALREADY WEALTHY!
How much did you pay to get that cell phone tower set-up in your neighborhood, how much did you spend to get your library card, how much did you invest into the internet to be able to read this web page? We all pay only a small fraction of what we truly get to use. You take a flight on a multi-million dollar plane for only a few hundred dollars, you are able to make global communications at only 40$ a month and even send packages around the world for only a few bucks. We all live heavily subsidized lives, million dollar lives, without even realizing it! Consider the misery Christopher Columbus went through “finding” North America, facing daily threats of mutiny, spending weeks trekking in deep jungles… you just hop in your car or take a cruise without a worry in the world! We even have flushing toilets and televisions standard in every home… something that was once considered an absolute luxury up until a few decades ago!
The Bottom Line
Money has no value but what you can do with it does.
