Investing – How Do You See the World?

pemBy U.S. SBA Entrepreneur of the Year, Metro Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year, U.S. Chamber National Blue Ribbon Quality Award Winner and Cofounder of Fears amp; Clark a href=http://www.fearsclark.com target=_blankTulsa Real Estate/a Group Clay Clark/em/p
pIn the year 2002 at the age of 20, I was named the city of Tulsas Entrepreneur of the Year by the Metro Chamber of Commerce. This was a big honor to me and I was sincerely appreciative of the credit that I received. The banquets that the Chamber threw in the honor of all award winners are nice. It was hosted at the Double Tree Warren Hotel in Tulsa. The meal was wonderful and I enjoyed nearly every part of it. However, as I sat at the table listening to those around me talking, it became very apparent very quickly who was an employee and who was self-employed. It became very apparent who saw a more that will always have plenty of money, and those who saw a world where money was scarce. It was shocking to hear people my age talking with intensity about their retirement plans, when they had yet to even turn 30 years old. br /br /As I listened to those around our table talk about business I heard crazy comments and poorness perpetuating logic being circulated. I heard things like, Yeah its great that these guys won these awards, but to many money is just not really that important. I heard statements like, you know, money is just the focus of my life and I really wouldnt want to have to worry about all that business stuff like you do. br /br /It was shocking to me to say the least. Here I was at an entrepreneurship awards banquet and I was listening to the employees of various local businesses devising alibis as to why they were not having more success and why they did not even want more success.br /br /Today, deplorably I realize that most people from family backgrounds (like I did) where not having enough money is a unvarying problem. Thus, they make rules about not talking about money at the table. They decide that it is never ok to talk about how much money they need or how much money they make. They make the entire subject of money taboo. And because the subject is taboo at home and it is socially unacceptable to talk about how much money you make, need or want in front of others the subject is simply ignored until they go to the bank and realize that they dont have enough money. The satire in the situation is that the richest people think about money alot less than the poorest people. We live in a world where it takes money to do virtually anything. Thus, the poor in our society do not get to experience many of the things that this world has to offer.br /br /For many of the poor in our country, money and credit is simply a tool that they can use to get more poor more quickly, while the rich use money and credit to get richer quicker. My friend, one of the greatest parts of deciding to alter your financial future is to decide to change how you view money. br /br /You must remind yourself day by day that we are not living in a world of scarcity. The media might not think so. The average people making average paychecks might not think so. But those 3 out of 100 Americans who make 90% of our countrys GNP sincerely believe that we are living in a world of abundance.br /br /Worrying about money is a complete waste of your time. Spending time worrying about your financial problems allows you less and less time to get down to business coming up with creative ways to make money. Remember this. Scarcity and security are good friends. That is why people that you and I know will take a job doing something that they dont like for 5/7ths of their week simply because the job is secure or because it has good benefits. Really? What kinds of benefits will requite you for the 40 hours per week you spend working a job that you dont like. Hopefully we are on the same page about us only living on planet Earth once right? This life is not a dress rehearsal. Do not exchange your time on this Earth for a paycheck that you can never spend because you are saving your money to build your IRA up for retirement. By the way…how are those IRA life-time saver-diversify-in-mutual-funds-people doing in 2010?br /br /My friend you must seek out a practical education that provide you with more and more financial skills so that you can enjoy a life filled with continual increase. A life of scarity or a life of abundance? How do you view the world?/p
pstrongClay Clark/strongbr /strongU.S. SBA Entrepreneur of the Year/strongbr /strongMetro Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year/strongbr /strongU.S. Chamber National Blue Ribbon Quality Award Winner/strongbr /strongCofounder of Fears amp; Clark a href=http://www.fearsclark.com/about-us target=_blankTulsa Real Estate/a Group/strong/p