KLE 5: Your Roadmap To Wealth


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Let me tee up how I think about making money – serious money – say, $7 million in 7 years.
Making that sort of money – for most of us who don’t inherit, win, steal, speculate, gamble our way to that much wealth – is usually a very long journey.

It’s not so bad when you consider that 99% of people can’t SAVE their way to $1,000,000 in 20 years … but, my point is that it’s still a journey that takes quite some time.

So, if you were to go on a long journey (besides taking a change of shorts) what would you need?

Three things …

1. A destination

You would need to know where you’re going … for a short, local journey, you probably need an address … for a long, global-scale journey, a country and city would be a nice start.

2. A map and compass

If it’s a local journey, you will probably need a street map … although, very simple instructions from somebody who knows the way will probably do.

But, if it’s a global-scale journey, the trip will most likely be broken down into stages for you by your travel agent, and you will need a series of  ‘planes, trains, automobiles’ maps, telling you how to get from HERE to THERE.

Also, it would be a good idea to have a compass to tell which way is UP when you read the maps!

3. The Rules of the Road

Now, it would be nice to get to where you’re going without being arrested. If it’s a local journey, you can probably use common sense (although, it’s still best not to jaywalk).

But, if it’s a global scale journey, the rules may be totally different at different stages of the journey (you DO know that the Brits drive on the other side of the road, don’t you?).

Well, making money is a journey as well, therefore you need three things:

1. A destination

When it comes to money, your destination is in two parts:

(a) HOW MUCH you need, and

(b) WHEN you need it.

The ‘when’ is usually in terms of WHEN you stop working, but it need not be; and the HOW MUCH is determined by how well you want to live when you get there.

2. A map and compass

Your map will be the three stages of your financial journey (getting debt free and starting a savings plan; ramping up both your income and your investments; finally, keeping your money once you get wherever ‘there’ is for you) and we will cover all of that over the coming weeks.

3. The Rules of the Road

Like every good ‘rule book’ the Rules of the Finance ‘road’ is a thick one!

Throughout this course, I will be giving you many of these rules; an example of a Financial Rule is the 20% rule (which I will be explaining in one of the Bonus Modules) of investing in your own home, and there are many, many more.

By learning these Financial Rules, you can shave YEARS off the time it takes you to get rich.

That’s it for now …

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Destination -Where I’m I going? Money, Business, Debt, Investments etc.
The map – I need to know how to get there. Rules – What are the daily actions and ways I need to be in order to achieve.