ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD...

I have a few friends that I admire. I admire them because of what they all individually do for themselves. One of them owns and runs a very nice shop where she sells kiddies stuff, ranging from when the child is but a mere new born baby to about ten years or so. You get to see baby strollers, eating utensils, baby beds and rockers, lovely shoes for different occasions be they casual, sports or for parties. The list is endless. Another one of them owns his own IT and consulting firm. Still in its infant stages but yet making head-ways in the delivery of unique IT solutions and branding. Another owns his own mobile barbecue outfit, young but regarded as one of the undisputed best in the Federal Capital Territory, providing people with appetizing chicken or fish snacks that leave their taste buds itching for more. Another owns his own young but also thriving printing outfit, where he not only guarantees his clients quality prints of whatever they want that may range from letterheads, business cards, logos, banners, signage, etc, but also guarantees them a very creative design that befits their vision or dreams before it is printed. 

All of my aforementioned friends are very hardworking people, people with visions that burn within their hearts as they seek to fulfill all them so that they can always retire to their homes every day, with the hopeful pleasure of having achieved the plan for the day. And like them, I have other friends and acquaintances too, all daily pushing to better their lives, some running their own outfits, others working in offices of different kinds...but for sure, all hoping they could just have all the money in the world that would ease all their financial needs or plights. I feel them because I also have such dreams. Wouldn't it be so nice?

I believe it would be. But then, in reality, it isn't all that simple. For one, no one can ever have all the money in the world, so that desire is way off hopeless. For another, to really come close to having all the money in the world actually interprets to mean that we will always have the wherewithal to meet our needs our own selves without being under undue pressure. It's really the basis for which many, like my esteemed friends above, strive to have their own businesses, to gradually walk into the place of self-sustenance, the place where the sweat of financial hopelessness becomes a history that they can proudly archive and say they had conquered. Everybody seeks this level but, sadly (and I mean sadly) not many will ever get there. Why? 

Simple. Because they are poor.

Being POOR means PEOPLE OVERLOOKING OPPORTUNITIES REPEATEDLY. When we repeatedly overlook the many opportunities that come our way that are able to change our lot, we miss out on great life changing moments, moments that can empower us financially. The problem with most people in the poor category isn't the absence of money but rather the unwillingness to take advantage of chances to make some money, no matter how small. They keep dreaming, hoping and wishing for that day that the heavens will open up and rain down an avalanche of money into their laps that can change their lives and destinies forever. Such people will forever remain where they are because they have simply not understood that this life will always give everyone (and I mean everyone) opportunities to better their lot and that whatever they choose to do with it will determine where they may be per time, and especially as it relates to financial freedom. If they keep missing opportunities, they will keep being at the mercy of those who have more than they do. Always.

In contrast, being RICH means REASONABLE INITIATIVES CREATING HARVESTS. This is when people take time to mine the positive thoughts inside their heads that are able to create their financial change for them. When they spend time doing so, they create their own opportunities of making money or even eventually collide with other opportunities for which they have the mental solutions to and so are compensated by the owner of such opportunities. You don't need all the money in the world to get by, you just need to be RICH in your head and in your ability to recognize opportunities. 

Opportunities are basically needs of others, needs they themselves cannot meet but which you may be able to. The opportunities may be big or may be small but what matters is that you are able to recognize them and possibly able to take advantage of them by supplying a solution. And that is why I said at the beginning that I admire some friends of mine; because each one of them always have reasonable initiatives capable of creating harvests for them, which in turn, if sustained, can guarantee them financial freedom and free them from the mercy of those who may have more than them. Having the solution for pregnant women and mothers as regards their baby's wears or toys is an opportunity my friend took advantage of. Being able to provide IT solutions to individuals and businesses in the city in this present IT-driven dispensation is an opportunity my other friend took advantage of. Specializing in providing a great barbecue for parties, events and outings is an opportunity my other friend also took advantage of. And being able to tap into his creative ingenuity to give clients good designs and prints as value for their hard-earned money is certainly taking advantage of an opportunity. What reasonable initiative do you think you can come up with in order to provide a solution to someone that can in turn help change your financial landscape?  

In any case, financial freedom is simply always having the wherewithal to meet your needs whatever they are and whenever they arise. And when you eventually get to that level, it sure does feel as though you have all the money in the world!!!

The choice is yours.

  

FUN THINGS!

I remember years ago when I was thinking of what best to do with my life, financially. Bills aplenty on my hands to deal with, growing premature grey hairs from over-thinking on how to deal with them, knowing fully well that my take-home pay at the time would not in any way be of any help to me. I had to find a way. I really needed a way. Am sure you most likely must have had such an experience as well, or know others who have. It's no longer news that many of us tend to contend with so much heavy expenses in our present world despite our various 8 am to 5 pm jobs every week. Many of us feel all we need is a salary increase or a huge bonus for all the sweat we put into our jobs at the office. If that doesn't happen, then we'd prefer to have a job change and go somewhere else where we most likely would be paid like princes and princesses, kings and queens. After all, we are worth much more and the best thing would be to have a job with very adequate security. I thought so too for a very long time but was soon to realize something; that there's really no job security anywhere in the world. 

The only place you can ever have good job security is inside yourself. The truth is that every one of us is particularly very specially gifted and endowed. We have innate natural skills, talents and intelligence that we've all been blessed with and that were designed to help us stand our own anywhere on this planet. With what we've been blessed with, we all have the very job security we so dearly crave for that can comfortably provide for us all our lives. Our biggest challenge, therefore, would be to discover and then properly harness these gifts so that they can start giving us the desired results. 

Every gift we carry has its value. That value, once harnessed is what people will pay for. Once people start doing that and we can regularly always assure those who will pay for such value its continuous availability, then we can be guaranteed constant payment for it even when we are asleep! Most times though, such gifts we carry are mainly the fun things we love to do! The things we would naturally prefer to do even at no price. The things that come so easily to us that they look so simple. The things that we delight in and take great fun to do. Things that would give us far much pleasure than our regular office jobs. 

I call them FUN THINGS! 

Think about it... Wouldn't it make more sense for me to work on and develop something I derive so much fun from, enjoy and do with relative ease? Knowing that once am able to harness its value and present to the world, people would get to notice it and then gladly pay me for it? Your natural gift is really your job security in this world. Go ahead and pay more attention to it. It could change your financial destiny for ever and you'd just be having great fun doing it! You can turn that thing you love doing for fun into a serious money-making pipeline; the dancing, writing, acting, organizing or singing; helping  people out or just taking very good care of kids; teaching people how to study properly for their  exams or even teaching etiquette that can help people in social gatherings or private ones. The list is actually endless. 

  

Like every other venture in this life though, nothing good comes without a bit of challenge. But have you ever bothered yourself with any opposition whenever you're busy having fun? It's just simple...you always want to keep on doing it and you will hardly mind about the naysayers or detractors or hurdles that may stand in your way. I was greatly encouraged by a friend who recently told me how he will never give up until the business he set up almost seven years ago really begins to bear the right fruits. He has had several disappointments that have at times left him wondering if he took the right step by delving into that business, but he told me that he just realized that it would be very difficult for him to let go as he has always had a love for that very venture. It always made him feel alive and always gave him a sense of purpose. He knew he was good at it and only needed to find the right strategies to eventually ensure that his business was profitable. He was certainly having fun doing it and really deserved to be positively compensated for it because he knew he was providing a very good service that was of value to people. And so for that reason, he wasn't going to give up.

Doing the things you love to do as a business doesn't mean you should sink to the ground while doing so. It's a business and should be profitable. Yes, your immeasurable love for it is very good motivation and the needed foundation to give you a good boost, but you will definitely need more than  that. You will need proper planning. If you don't know how to go about it, seek help. There's no need to have an ego trip on matters like that, because if done properly and right you will be singing right down the line.

It's fun to pursue and run with the things you love and once your right plans start falling into their places, the profits that abound and that will start rolling in will surely guarantee you all the job security you can ever want. You can take care of your bills, go on holidays with the family and acquire some of the things you've always dreamed about. But most importantly, you will always go to bed with a big smile on your face and a warm fulfillment in your heart.