How to become rich? - Part 1 - Your stupidest dream

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Remember when you were young you had a dream that "I am going to study well, do a good job and earn loads of money". But what has happened to that dream? When you are doing a job you'll understand that becoming rich is not easy as it looks. When you receive your first salary you might think that you are on the way to become rich. After a year you'll get a raise. And you want to buy stuff. So you take credit cards and loans.

After the second year your salary is not enough. Your loan interests and credit card bills are way more than half of your salary. Then you want a vehicle. You buy your vehicle through a vehicle loan. You want to get married, you get a personal loan. You want to buy stuff, you swipe your credit card. That is how your life struggle starts. At that point it is very difficult to go back.

What if I say that "doing a good job and earn loads of money" is the stupidest dream you will ever have? Have you ever seen a millionaire who got rich by doing a job? Trust me, you won't! (not unless you are his excellency' son or cousin). Truth is you cannot be a millionaire just by doing a job. Only thing you are doing is you use all your energy to help someone to become a millionaire.

So the important question is "how to become rich and when is the best time to start?" Answer is "by starting your own business". And the best time to start is "Now", younger the better.

Starting your own business is not an easy task if you are not a business minded person. Truth is about 80% of the newly started businesses close down within first three months. Why? Because you don't have a business mindset. You just look at a successful business and start your own business exactly like it. You invest all your money and think loads of money will flow in. But, you are wrong. You don't have a plan. You will get zero sales. Then you get frustrated. Then by three months you give up! That's the end of your business life.

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Fortunately there is an easy solution to build your business mindset. Once you build up your business mindset you will see various business opportunities everywhere. Then you'll be unstoppable. Thing is you cannot achieve this overnight or in a month or in three months. It will take at least one or two years to buildup your business mindset. That is why I said "younger the better".

Let's see how you can start building your mindset. Lord Buddha taught us that method. Sri Lankan billionaire Mr. Dhammika Perera started his business life when he was about 7-8 years old using similar method.

Join me on the next chapter "How to build your mindset?"