January 27, 2007
Make More Money - It’s All in the Attitude
Carnival of Career Intensity – Post One
John Peter presents All about attitude posted at OhCash.com.
When it comes to money, or to anything, it’s all about the attitude. It’s about how hard you want to succeed. If you talk to any famous athlete, may it be any sport, they will tell you they practiced it since they were kids. Since they were just a few years old, they had this passion and desire of success. They weren’t good at it, and didn’t have any skills! After all, how much skills can a 5 year old have in tennis, golf, soccer, etc…? They didn’t have a clue about how to play that sport. But they loved it, and they just wanted to succeed. They worked all their life in it, practiced hours and hours every week, went to tournaments, abandoned other things they liked, and made lots of sacrifices. They sacrificed both time and pleasure in exchange of the glory and pleasure the sport they loved brought them. And at the end, it paid off, whether with the skill they have developed, whether because they became stars, made money or both, or other things they consider fulfilling. Is it the skill that gave them all that? At the root, it isn’t, but the heart to win, the desire, the attitude they had! This is what made and shaped what they are!
When it comes to making money, it is exactly the same. It doesn’t require any skills to make money, neither does it require intelligence. The saying “The smarter you are, the richer you are” does not apply. I know a lot of people who are rich and are complete idiots. No offense to these people. You might say that these are exceptions, as people who have degrees are simply richer than those who don’t. But the fact is that people who have degrees have JOBS! Don’t get me wrong, I’m not condemning jobs, but most people who are reading this already have jobs, and want something else to make money.
It is true, that if you want to have more money with jobs, then you should go and get a degree. But if you want another way to make money, a degree is not the way to go. And being good at math or having academic skills won’t really help you. At this point, people come with Bill Gates example, how he was a nerd, a genius with computers, and invented operating systems, bla bla bla. This argument can be contradictory, as now, you can apply the same logic here used against it. For example, one can say, isn’t HE the exception? How many people who are good at computers are billionaires? Not much, most people who have the skills of Bill Gates at programming, are simply employees at bigger companies.
Of course, if you are smarter, it can help you make money, but it is by no means a requirements. The main idea and the core in making money, is about your attitude! It’s about how hard you want to make it! Not necessary to being a math wiz, or whatever. There are tons of entrepreneurs who just dropped school and went doing what they like, opening a business and making money, and Bill Gates is also included in this category.
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