Someone dreams of multimillion profit, luxury and wealth, and someone to live on wages, and not to survive. Sooner or later we all ask ourselves the questions: “How to become a rich and successful person?”, “How do other people do it?” And “What laws of life, hidden from everyone, do they know?”.
The truth is that, despite the difference between people and their paths to success, there are a number of rules and recommendations that are followed by those who have managed to reach the top of career and well-being. By following these tips, everyone can become rich and successful.
Evolve
In order to become rich and successful, it is not necessary to click equations like seeds and be able to distinguish the flag of Indonesia from the Flag of Monaco. Psychology of behavior, moral values, spiritual baggage and outlook on life - this is fundamental to success. Famous people are successful in everything, and on the way to financial well-being, they do not forget about self-development.
It is not enough to think like a rich man, and be careful with dreams, although everyone asserts that negative thoughts are projected into reality and cause problems. Negative thoughts are with everyone and everyone, they are needed in order to balance the good ones. Understanding this fact is already a step towards self-development.
Wisdom is built on logic and philosophy - a constant balance of rationality and fantasy. Therefore, in order to become not only rich, but also successful, interesting and respected person, you need to work on yourself to develop in many areas:
- Exact and Humanities. In each of the branches of science there will be interesting knowledge, the discovery of which will advance you on the way to exploring new aspects of life, and therefore to wealth;
- Philosophy, history, clergy, culture, music develop alternative thinking and help find their way and justify their decisions;
- Psychological books, books on business and time management - essential items for aspiring to the wealth of man;
- General reading develops creative thinking. The more books of different genres a person has read in his life, the more versatile he thinks and can find a way out of a difficult situation, looking at it from the point of view of a character with a similar story;
- Technologies, IT, inventions - to be aware of this, it means all the time to keep abreast of the world and better understand the principles of its design;
- Knowledge of languages, syntax and grammar, typing speed - all this will help to endear people in communication and business correspondence;
- Psychological courses, trainings, quizzes and even board role-playing games verbal type and live-action role-playing games develop the ability to express and convey their thoughts to the main audience, partners, subordinates and colleagues;
- Communication skills, knowledge in behavioral and personal psychology, empathy and emotional intelligence - vital knowledge that helps to achieve the necessary reactions from people, attract them and build reliable and friendly relations.
Make yourself a list of areas in which you would like to improve and try every day, choosing one item from the list, devoting an hour or two to studying the material.
If, in the process of engaging in a certain science or topic, we begin to take notes and take notes, this will help to further consolidate knowledge, to train perseverance and depth of understanding, as well as to develop an analytical mindset.
Skill learn and develop - The main skill that a person should have in order to achieve their goals. In order to achieve wealth, you need to develop financial literacy skills. However, without the ability to learn to develop skills, it will not be easy, even if you start attending trainings, overlap with books of business gurus and run video recordings of speeches by Warren Buffet or Brian Tracy on three monitors. Undoubtedly, the books of these geniuses of personal growth will help you become a businessman, but without the ability to learn this way will take much more time.
It is important to be able to find information, eliminate unnecessary and recycle into useful. It is useful in work and in any area of life from writing books to managing a huge holding.
Communication plays an important role in a society of people who have already achieved a certain success. The more cases when you can competently answer a question or take part in a conversation on a free topic, the higher your reputation will be and you will be noted as an intelligent and resourceful person. So it will be easier to pave the way to the top of a career.
There are, however, cases where intelligent, well-read and comprehensively developed people remain poor for the rest of their lives, like church mice. Here the vital role is played by life circumstances and the desire for wealth, therefore, engaging in self-development, we should not forget about our goal to become financially independent and successful.
Try new
Partly this point follows from the previous one, if we keep in mind the search for new ways for self-development. However, if we are talking about striving to become rich, then the thesis “to start something new” implies self-knowledge by identifying the strengths of your own personality.
Paul Jobs, Steve Jobs' father, was a car mechanic and tried to instill in his son a love of the profession. Despite the fact that Steve did not like cars and mechanical engineering technology, he ventured to try himself in this field and through it came to electronics. After trying himself in a new area for him, he realized that it did not suit him, but he found the one in which he had found his true purpose, and was able to start an Apple launch business.
Do not be afraid to try new topics for you, activities and areas of activity.
If you find out what exactly does not suit you, it will be much easier to determine what is really your business. A good example is the history of the formation of well-known businessmen who rose from scratch and were engaged in uninteresting work until they found something that they succeeded in:
- Howard schultz, head of Starbucks, who received a degree in communications and worked at Xerox, until he came across a small coffee shop and did not understand that, being an avid coffee lover all my life, I would like to devote all my time to this business;
- Sheldon Adelson, a Las Vegas tycoon, tried many ways to achieve wealth: from packaging hotel toiletries to mortgage brokerage services, and eventually founded a computer exhibition and bought Sands Hotels & Casino;
- Ingvar Kamprad, a Swedish businessman, began by buying huge batches of matches and selling them to neighbors. And in 2012, the world-famous founder of IKEA was awarded the title of the richest man in the world;
- Was the main goal favorite of children and adults of all countries of the world? Joanne Rowling It’s not known to write a book about a boy who survived, but it was assumed that she should become a housewife.
There are many such examples, and all these people are united by the fact that at a certain stage of their life they decided to try themselves in something new and unfamiliar, moreover, after being disappointed in the old and well-known.
Surround yourself with the right people.
«Tell me who your friend is and I will tell you who you are"- the wise saying of Euripides is relevant to this day in the financial sphere. From the point of view of the psychology of successful people, the environment plays an important role. And there are two reasons for this:
- A person judges other personalities by what kind of people they surround themselves with;
- It is common for a person to adopt many things from his environment: the psychology of behavior, ways of reacting, attitudes and attitudes.
You need to learn from the best mentors that are available to you. If there is a person next to you whom you admire, take the best qualities from him. If a number of depressive, gloomy and unlucky people, it is better to abstract them as quickly as possible.
Do you know why the crayfish catchers, throwing them into the bucket, do not cover it with a lid? There is no need for this. If one of them rises and, reaching the edge, tries to get out, the others immediately cling to it and pull it back. Thus, no one can escape. Human society is organized according to a similar principle. In the financial field, an understanding of this device is a serious step towards success.
A surprising fact: according to research conducted by psychologists, the income level of any person is always slightly different from the average wealth of people from his environment.
Do an experiment. Take a piece of paper and a pen, write down the names of 5-7 people from the near circle of communication: parents, brothers and sisters, friends, close acquaintances with whom you communicate more often than once a week. Enter your last one. Next to each name except yours, write the approximate income level of each person in the list. Add up the results and divide the amount by the number of people.
You will be surprised, but the resulting figure for a small amount differs from your average monthly income. This experiment clearly shows the dependence of a person’s wealth on his environment. And in this situation, there are three ways to change the current state of affairs:
- To isolate as much as possible from people, which is not always possible due to kinship and personal attachment;
- It is very difficult and time consuming to start helping other people, to raise their income level, but psychologists recommend this path because it will also affect your own status;
- Surround yourself with new people, whose level is much higher than yours - which is even more difficult, because these people need to be interested in something.
You can not ignore his own environment - his influence is very, very high.
Think how rich
Why do some people manage to put together wealth on their own business, while others, working hard, barely live from paycheck to paycheck? Do these people somehow differ from each other? They differ, first of all, in their thinking, outlook and attitude to life, money and people.
Between the rich and the poor there are a number of differences in thinking, realizing that, you can change yourself and come to an understanding of the very essence of life.
It will take a long time to eradicate unnecessary desires, aspirations and instincts, but without this nothing will come of it. There are 10 main differences in the thinking of the rich and the poor:
- The rich do not succumb to obstacles, believing in themselves, their capabilities and strength, and act when the poor retreat.
- The rich learn from mistakes and see the bright side in trouble, while the poor, faced with a problem, take root in the conviction of their own insignificance.
- High self-esteem of rich people never falls, but it does not ascend to complacency. The rich man says to himself: I can do everything and be able to do everything. A person with limited means says to himself: I can not and can’t do anything, I’ll fail. At the same time, a rich man, while achieving his goals, does not turn up his nose, and the poor man, having achieved success in something small, is proud beyond measure.
- The rich react to success and failure equally smoothly, the poor rejoice in the first case and lose heart in the second.
- The rich persistently go to their goals, not exchanging money on trifles, and reaching them - set themselves new ones. While the poor live in the present and do not plan life and work for a long time to come, distracted by problems and fake goals.
- The rich are not afraid to take risks, the poor do not know how.
- The rich help and support others, the poor expect it from others.
- The rich know that money comes easy and goes away easily, but it works for a person. The poor believe that wealth comes from hard or dishonest work and is the meaning of life.
- And if the rich know that money is an opportunity to create, live and do what they love, relatives and creativity, then the poor think that money only spoils a person and makes his life more difficult.
- The rich know that you can, if you believe and want to achieve your goals, go to meet your dreams and work for it. The poor refuse to dream of what they consider unrealizable. While the rich know about the reach of success and the habitual wealth, the poor think about the inaccessibility of such a situation.
Successful people know that without constant and persistent control of themselves and their thoughts, improvement and self-development will not work. Others cannot at all realize such simple things as the fact that life is in their hands, you need to set goals, believe in your strength and go to financial freedom with small but stubborn steps.
If you think all your life as poor, you will not be able to become rich. Money sticks to money - everyone knows the saying, in this case, it sounds like: "Wealth sticks to those who think like rich."
Risk with a cold head
In the understanding of poor people, risk is a very dangerous event, during which you can either lose everything or get everything. Financially successful people perceive risk a little differently.
For rich people, risk is a calculated and motivated rejection of the usual and safe in favor of the new and the winning.
The rich do not risk for the sake of risk, they are able to calculate the possible consequences and most often go to such actions, having ways of escape. In the initial stages, the rich always have a plan “B” and even an additional financial source in case their project goes bust. They never invest, if they are not sure that the investment will pay off, and if they invest, they do it when they are able to compensate for possible losses. In this they differ from the poor.
There are five arguments in favor of risk:
- It makes people visible. People usually prefer easy ways and habitual methods of action, self-expression, behavior in society and even choice of clothes. The risk is a step beyond the usual framework, a challenge to oneself. Surely everyone heard the phrase about leaving the comfort zone. This is exactly the case when it is necessary to take a risk in order to change in oneself what everyone is used to and make people notice themselves.
- Risk is change. Breaking away from the hateful way of life, life, work and environment, you can only change everything dramatically: start a new business, get a different job, investing in a risky venture. This is not the easiest task. To do that which is unusual is very uncomfortable and scary. But this is the only way to change something. The risk gives much more experience than many years of life in the usual rhythm.
- It helps to feel alive. In big business, there is a feeling of satisfaction when everything goes on a beaten track, but the rich appreciate the feeling of awe and excitement much more, which appears when something changes in an unexpected direction. This helps them to keep fit and to meet the new.
- It forms a new standard of perception.. Once you feel the taste of victory from a seemingly dangerous and dubious decision, you will not be able, as before, to live habitual and permanent. The desire to get more will push you forward and your standard level will increase. The high bar moves progress, becoming ever higher in proportion to accomplishments.
- He will show you your abilities.. To risk is to express your character, ideas, attitudes and preferences, thereby learning about yourself that which was previously safely hidden. At the risk, you discover new sides and opportunities that you didn’t know before. It helps you become more confident and stronger.
The moral is that it is impossible to know the true strength of your character, if you don’t have courage. Each person determines his own limits and is in the power of each to expand them.
As a strong example, consider the story of Robin Chase, co-founder of Zipcar. She is not afraid of career and financial risk, but she panics in case of physical danger. According to her, it was much more difficult at the age of 23 to illegally cross the Kenyan border with Tanzania, at the risk of going to prison than to give Zipcar a start with 78 dollars in the account. But both bids came true, and today Robin is a successful businessman, and Zipcar has 350,000 subscribers and a fleet of 6,500 units.
Of course, there is a downside, because, risking, you can both win and lose. But failures should not stop you, they are better perceived as an invaluable experience, and by their example learn to bypass obstacles.
Have a true goal
The path to wealth is a daily and hard work, first of all, on oneself, and on a business - in the second. Properly made plan and clearly marked dream make up 50% of the work. Financier Tom Corley in his book “Daily Success: Habits of Rich People” mentions a survey conducted among wealthy people. 60% of surveyed businessmen focus daily on their goals, viewing and updating their lists.
According to Corley, three factors play an important role on the road to success:
- The presence of true goals;
- Daily focus on them;
- Development of an individual work plan for each.
The truth of a financial goal means the indisputability of its benefits to you. Rich people prefer to set themselves ambitious and long-term plans: to expand the business five times, to enter the top ten wealthiest people in the world, to help five orphanages for the year, and so on. The scale of the task is reflected in the progress, because for a great result big steps are needed. Для каждого цель разная, но прежде, чем ставить её перед собой, необходимо удостовериться в том, что её достижение сделает вас лучше.
Богатые составляют списки планов и дел и сверяются с ними ежедневно. Вне зависимости от целей, они организуют свой рабочий день в соответствии с перечнем дел для их достижения. Неукоснительность правила о ежедневном выполнении этих дел для них имеет священный статус.
Планируйте дела и расходы наперёд
Всемирно известный бизнес-тренер Саидмурод Давлатов неспроста пишет: «Планируйте расходы на год вперёд так, как будто у вас есть много денег. Когда они появятся, - а они рано или поздно появятся, - вы не будете знать, что с ними делать, и потратите всё впустую».
Успешные люди всегда готовы к тому, что их состояние внезапно увеличится. На этот случай у них имеется если не грамотно составленный бизнес-план, то, по крайней мере, идея во что вложить эти деньги, чтобы они окупились.
Любые расходы, даже самые маленькие, нуждаются в тщательном планировании. Для этого существует много действенных систем записи трат и поступлений, программ, специальных блокнотов и даже приложений на Android. Эти приложения помогают в составлении статистики движения денег на самых ранних шагах на пути к успеху. С помощью этой статистики можно увидеть куда уходит больше денег и ограничить траты в определённой категории расходов.
Одними из лучших инструментов для учёта доходов-расходов считают:
- Систему Zenmoney;
- MoneyTracker;
- Easyfinance;
- 1C Деньги;
- Sanuel Family и др.
Экономия - вещь, которой люди, не отличающийся богатством, почему-то уделяют гораздо меньше внимания, чем богатые. Состоятельные люди зачастую редко покупают ненужные вещи и, зная цену деньгам, не позволяют себе бессмысленно их тратить. Эту важную привычку необходимо взращивать в себе с самого первого дня, когда вы осознали, что хотите стать богатым и готовы работать для этого.
Чтобы не попасть в сложное положение, старайтесь всегда откладывать деньги на чёрный день, создавая себе финансовую подушку, а поднявшись, найдите источник пассивного дохода. К примеру:
- Сдайте квартиру в аренду;
- Положите деньги в банк под проценты;
- Займитесь ценными бумагами, чтобы получать дивиденды;
- Создайте сайт и используйте его, как площадку для рекламы.
Данные способы позволят вам получать доход вне зависимости от того, чем вы занимаетесь, ходите ли вы на работу или развиваете свой собственный бизнес. Пассивный источник заработка - это залог вашей финансовой стабильности.
Отдавайте столько же, сколько получаете
Обычные люди думают, что деньги нужны для двух вещей: чтобы их копить и чтобы их тратить. Богатые же воспринимают деньги, как инструмент для развития и исполнения желаний, и видят смысл копить только для того, чтобы пускать на благое дело или вкладывать во что-то, что имеет значение. Поэтому богатые люди:
- Легко расстаются с деньгами;
- Занимаются благотворительностью;
- Инвестируют в спорные молодые проекты наряду с крупными и надёжными.
Известные бизнесмены часто применяют к бизнесу закон сохранения энергии, который гласит: энергия не может возникнуть ниоткуда и исчезнуть в никуда, только перейти из одной формы в другую. Этот физический закон максимально наглядно иллюстрирует насколько важно, получая деньги, не держать их, а расставаться для того, чтобы они вернулись.
Инвестиции - отличный инструмент, которым необходимо пользоваться всегда. Если у вас нет денег, прекрасным ресурсом для инвестиций станет время. Вложите время в знания и навыки, необходимые для того, чтобы разбогатеть. Таким образом вы с нуля уже спустя какое-то время начнёте зарабатывать больше и финансовая свобода окажется ближе, чем раньше.
Первый заработанный капитал лучше использовать с умом. Инвестировать в успешный проект, желательно, свой собственный - прекрасный способ увеличить свой доход и заставить его начать работать на вас. При этом помните о настоящем и не скупитесь на собственное здоровье и безопасность.
Не жалуйтесь на трудности и не хвастайтесь удачей
Неспроста говорят, что бог даёт тому, кто всё имеет, и отбирает у того, кто не имеет ничего. Обычные люди привыкли жаловаться на свои проблемы и обзванивать всех родственников и знакомых при удачах. Если встретить на улице бедного и спросить, как у него дела, ответ, который вы услышите, склонится либо к жалобам на жизнь, либо к хвастовству, гораздо реже - к лаконичному «Всё в порядке». Богатые же люди скромно отвечают в нейтральном тоне, предпочитая не акцентировать внимание ни на своих невзгодах, ни на своих успехах.
Этим отличается мышление состоятельного от нуждающегося и, пока такое мышление не укоренится в вашем сознании, достичь цели будет сложно. Это серьёзный шаг и для него понадобится время, но если начать прямо сейчас, этот способ реагирования приведёт вас к успеху.
Жалуясь на трудности даже самому себе, вы зацикливаетесь на плохих событиях и упускаете из виду хорошие. Хвастаясь удачей, вы забываете о препятствиях, которые ещё предстоит преодолеть, и делаете себя уязвимым.
Почему некоторым людям такое мышление даётся легко, а некоторым представляется практически неприемлемым? Всё дело в позиции, с которой они воспринимают своё будущее. Перестаньте спрашивать себя «Что я хочу?», начните спрашивать «Что я могу?». Воспринимайте себя как совокупность своих возможностей, а не желаний. Тогда ваши мечты станут реальными и исполнимыми. Ложась каждый вечер спать, вы ведь чаще вспоминаете, что вы сделали за день, а не что вы хотели сделать. Так и в бизнесе.
Верьте в себя
Не сдаваться и не опускать руки советуют чуть ли не все бизнес-консультанты. Мы поставили этот совет последним просто потому, что он подытоживает все предыдущие советы. Невероятно важно работать над собой, иметь запасные варианты и мыслить, как богатый человек, но ничего из этого не будет работать без веры в свои силы. Уверенность делает человека сильнее, умение бороться до конца даёт ему шанс выбраться из сложных ситуаций, в особенности при отсутствии поддержки со стороны.
Богатые люди не смотрят на мнение других людей, используют нетривиальные приёмы и находят возможности там, где другие видят препятствия.
У каждого человека, добившегося богатства, свои способы его достижения. Однако огромное количество исследований доказывает: богачи выбирают одни и те же модели поведения.
Почему у них это получается? Потому что, делая опасные шаги, они заранее уверены в своих силах, и даже если проигрывают - используют это как опыт и оборачивают в свою пользу. Верить в себя, когда идёшь по дороге полной опасностей - самое сложное испытание на пути к богатству. Но пройдя это испытание, вы сумеете свернуть горы.
Заведите дневник достижений, чтобы мотивировать себя.
Устройство человеческой психики заставляет нас фокусироваться на негативе: хорошее быстро забывается, а плохое запоминается надолго. Если заносить свои успехи и победы в специальный блокнот, а затем перечитывать список - поднять себе настроение и найти силы двигаться дальше будет гораздо проще. Такая методика работает не только в сфере бизнеса и карьеры, но и в творчестве, личностном росте, материнстве, семейной жизни и многом другом.
Используя вышеперечисленные методики и советы, понимая принципы богатства и работая над ними, каждый сможет подняться с нуля и стать богатым и успешным человеком.
