There’s an old saying ‘Money, money, money – it’s all they can think about’. Unlikely to be true of course, given that hardly anybody thinks about money itself (unless they happen to be a coin collector). The reason we all pursue and desire and fiercely protect money is because of what we can do with it.
And no, of course money can’t buy you love or happiness. Although it can buy a good deal of pleasure – and remove a lot of unhappiness. But it can buy you plenty of other things. Over the years I’ve identified the ten things which people most seem to want to spend their money on:
Seems a reasonable enough list to me. And whether it’s some or all of those things that you’d like more of, you’ll need to know how to go about generating greater wealth – which means you need to know what it is that separates the wealthy from the not-so-wealthy. So, what you need to know is what principles, and what behaviours the rich have, that you don’t (yet). Some of them you will realize that you know, but don’t do. None of this is actually rocket science, it’s about understanding and then doing. I’ve studied a lot of wealthy people and it’s clear to me that there are some fundamental common principles followed by almost all. The bulk of the Rules in this book fall into that category. Then there are also some principles which some rich people swear by, but not all. I’ve included some of those too for good measure, just in case you too are one of the people they do the trick for.
Security, comfort, luxuries, mobility, status, influence, freedom, leisure, popularity, philanthropy – that’s all some people think about. They may not be everything, they may not even guarantee a happy life, but they’re a pretty good basis to build happiness on.
I’ve tried to set out in this book the most important Rules that will help you achieve these ten things. All of them purport to be about accumulating money, and of course in a sense they are, but at heart they’re about money only as a means to an end. A means to achieve those ten ends.
Of course I don’t claim that these hundred or so Rules are the only means to these particular ends. You may encounter others along the way that you find helpful. If so, please do feel free to share them. You can post your very own Rules on my Facebook page at www.facebook.com/richardtemplar
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