If you are worried about what other people think of you, you’ll probably never be rich. Or happy.
Who are those other people? Everyone.
It’s easy to cast off the opinions and judgments of strangers; you have less vested in what they think of you. It’s a whole different game when you realize that you must also shrug off the opinions of people like:
- your father
- your mother
- your sisters and brothers
- your best friend from High School
- the women in your book club or your yoga class
- your Pastor
- your children
- your husband
If you intend to become wealthy, you must decide that it is your opinion and only your opinion that matters. They are not in charge of your life, you are.
This doesn’t mean that you don’t care about what they have to say. Of course you care; they are important people in your life. It does mean that their opinion is not more important than yours.
They are not smarter than you; they simply have a different perspective. If it differs from yours, that doesn’t make it the correct one. It simply makes it theirs.
You can not become wealthy if you do not mature.
Maturity means you understand that you are not in conflict with the opinions of others, you simply disagree. In fact, simply stating, “I disagree” with no emotion attached is one of the best ways to difuse the attacks you may get for operating outside of their expectations for you.
You – only you – can determine and bring about your level of wealth. How much longer will you allow other people to have a vote in your financial destiny?
Take charge!
Ann Vertel
