Do bad things happen to you?
How often?
Seldom, occasionally, more than occasionally, all the time?
If bad things are a part of life for you, it’s time for some serious introspection.
We are creatures of habit.
That means we do things without consciously being aware that we’re doing them.
When life goes wrong too often, that’s a red flag that your repetitive behavior, thinking and choices, also known as habits, are to blame.
Relationship Problems
Relationships are the currency of the wealthy.
Wealthy people build strong, powerful and lasting relationships with upbeat, optimistic, enthusiastic, can-do people.
If you’re having relationship problems, there are two main causes:
#1 Your Relationships Are Toxic
You have surrounded yourself with toxic people.
Toxic people have Toxic Traits that throw wrenches into our lives and those Toxic Traits eventually become intolerable:
They constantly complain
The constantly criticize
They are negative
They are pessimistic
They are on an endless search for problems
They struggle financially
Their lives are filled with drama
They have addictions
#2 You Are Toxic
You possess Toxic Traits and those Toxic Traits eventually become intolerable to others, destroying or impairing your relationships.
Wealthy people make themselves Un-Fireable.
They do this in three ways:
#1 They Become Virtuosos
Every day they invest in themselves by growing their knowledge and perfecting their skills via daily practice.
This transforms them into Virtuosos, experts in some particular niche.
And because they are Virtuosos, they are indispensable to their employer or customers.
Those who struggle keeping a job have not invested the time in improving their knowledge or developing superior skills.
As a result, they are expendable, and among the first to be fired.
#2 They Are Likeable
Successful, wealthy people are likeable.
People want to work with them and do business with them.
As a result, they have strong relationships with the people who matter the most – superiors and customers.
Those who struggle keeping a job may be victims of their own lake of likeability.
#3 They Build Relationships With Decision-Makers
Wealthy people work hard in building strong, powerful relationships with decision-makers.
They talk to them regularly, they make an effort to learn more about their lives and their interests and they do whatever they can to help make their job easier.
They acknowledge birthdays and life events.
Money Problems
There are essentially three ways to create wealth:
Save/Invest – These millionaires reduce their standard of living in order to live off 80% or less of their income. Then they prudently invest that 20% prudently, every year, for many years.
Become a Virtuoso – These millionaires either have a unique knowledge-based expertise or developed some expert skills that set them apart from their competition. As a result, they are able to charge a premium for their products or services or are able to rise up the corporate ladder and become beneficiaries of wealth-building stock-based compensation.
Entrepreneurship – These millionaires pursue a dream and keep pursuing that dream until they succeed.
If you’re struggling financially, it is most likely because you are living beyond your means.
You could be living beyond your means because you don’t earn enough to meet your living expenses or you make a good living but spend too much money.
Health Problems
The wealthy in my Rich Habits Study habitualized good health.
They did this a number of ways:
Eating Healthy
Daily Aerobic Exercise – Aerobic exercise has five important benefits:
Improves Mental Functioning
Improves Health
Boosts the Immune System Which Helps Prevents Disease
Reduces the Effects of Chronic Stress
Makes Us Feel Happier
Sleeping 8 Hours a Night – here are many benefits to a good night’s sleep:
Sleep Repairs Cell Damage
Sleep Creates Memories
Sleep Clears Out Waste Material Within Each Cell
Sleep Helps Grow & Repair Muscles
Sleep Erases Bad or Unimportant Memories
Sleep Grows & Distributes New Brain Cells
Sleep Restores Willpower
Sleep Reduces Inflammation and Helps You Think Clearer
Sleep Cleans Brain Cells
If you want to get off the problem treadmill, you have to make yourself aware of the habits that are causing those problems.
Self-awareness is always the starting point of change.
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