There is many different levels of success, and just like money and wealth there are different variations of success.
Now who am I to say what is success and how to keep it, but i do have some experience. I recently have been struggling with some issues of friends and family since the inception of this website, and a couple of other projects, that has in essence been “HATERS”. This can come at you in all shapes and sizes.
WHAT TO DO:
1. Understand, many entrepreneurs out there are bull headed, stubborn, and cocky… wait, that’s just me and I call it confidence. (But this whole article is about building confidence) you should be a little cocky, be confident, don’t be a jackass, but know inside your heart and sole that what you are pursuing will work out. For all the folks out there that are timid and tell themselves ” I can’t be cocky and confident”, think of the hit movie You Got Mail. Yeah, I’m talking about being tough, and then I recommend a chick flick, but back to the point. There is a point in the movie when the big business, i.e. Tom Hanks and Fox Books, is putting Meg Ryan, i.e. Shop around-the-corner out of business, but she is out throwing punches saying “Take it to the mattresses” EVEN SHE WAS CONFIDENT! Okay, so it is a quote from a movie, but inspiration can come from anywhere! You need this to build a hard shell when the Haters come your way and realize that they are only being mean because they feel that you will create this utopia life without them. Just assure them that is not the case, and the others, cut them loose. By networking you will gain even better friendships.
2. Define your own success- As I say in my book, that is almost finished, you have to define your own outcome. Visualize a blank black board, just like you where in grade school. You are holding the chalk, what will you write? I don’t remember much from my childhood, but I do remember when my 1st grade teacher asked what our ambitions where ? I’m a Pisces, so I am a big dreamer and even at that moment I said I wanted to motivate people! You are holding the chalk, what is it that you will write?
How to maintain: Warning– Don’t be too confident, too much could hurt!
What I have seen, is the business owner that thinks he no longer has to watch over the business, parties, travels etc. This coupled with no financial intelligence can and will take your business under. (When you don’t have a business yet, start buying and soaking up all the information on financial intelligence you can.) I want to leave you with a story that was just in my Friday paper. It is about Terry Anderson, a journalist who collected around 25 million dollars in compensation, after he was kidnapped and held hostage by Islamic Militants. Seven years after receiving this settlement, he filed bankruptcy. How does that happen…….no financial intelligence. (Here is the story if you don’t believe me)
Now for the fact that he was a hostage, I’ll give him the benefit that he might have had some mental issues. It is a fact that 65% of all lottery winners lose their money or file bankruptcy, and only 20% of wealth that is inherited, is kept. Financial Intelligence. This man, gets 26 million in a lawsuit and is now filing bankruptcy and is 1.9 million in debt?
Earning money is actually the easiest part of wealth, keeping the money is where things become tricky. In order for you to keep your success and wealth, educating your self about money, while it may be boring, is vital to help you retain it!
Some tools to gain some knowledge on money:
