Depending where you are in your life, money might be controlling your actions.
Inevitably what you can and cannot do is regulated by the amount you have in the bank. You are not the only person with this mind-set, in fact, you are part of the 99% Club©. 99% of South Africa is struggling financially, this doesn’t mean they don’t have a steady income, but they complain about not having enough.
If you earn more than R7,313 a month (after tax), you’re part of the 10% wealthiest people in the country. This is 6 million people, which means 54 million earn less than that. So what is enough money? How much money would make you happy? The amount does not exist. You might think if you could just get R1m, you can buy this and maybe that, or do this. Do you think you are going to be happy afterwards? NO!
Financial freedom is the dream of almost every person on earth. One of the most well known clichés in the world is, “money does not bring happiness”, but if that is not true, why have two of the richest people on earth not praised money for their happiness? These two men, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffet, divorced after becoming wealthy. I am not claiming that money is the reason why, it only proves that money does not solve all your problems. Nevertheless, money can solve some problems your are experiencing, such as debt. Paying the mortgage may be the reason why you’re not able to go to Bali, or buy the nice shoes you saw in the mall.
We will be discussing all of the above issues and other aspects in the coming weeks. Topics such as materialism, personal finance, income management, career management etc. will also be contemplated. Feel to leave comments or send an email with your opinion or even a topic or idea you would like us to discuss.
Jacques de Jager
“The poor have big TV’s, the rich have big libraries – don’t be poor in mindset!” Jacques de Jager
We definitely need to exercise our minds to change our mindsets!
We definitely need to exercise our minds to change our mindsets!