Want To Get Rich? Stop Escaping from Reality.
Whether they consciously recognize it or not, many people in America today actively try to avoid dealing with reality. Reality is real life. Oftentimes, real life can be harsh, relentless, and unforgiving. Not surprisingly, many Americans do what they can to escape from reality. Millions of Americans spend many hours each day focused on man-made distractions that take them into an imaginary world far away from reality. Television. Cable. Movie theatres. DVDs. Magazines. Tabloids. Romance novels. Science fiction. Celebrity gossip. Video games. Bingo halls. Casinos. All of these are man-made distractions. All of these figure prominently in the typical American lifestyle. All of these help us make our escape from everyday reality.
No doubt, slipping off into the distractions of an imaginary world is necessary sometimes. We all need a break. We all need entertainment. We all need to just stop sometimes, sit back, and let imaginary experiences wash over us. So we do. It’s a healthy thing to do. However, like many things in life, too much of a good thing isn’t always good for you. Too much time in Fantasyland causes us to fail to see real life going on around us.
Building wealth is inextricably linked to reality. One of the reasons so many Americans fail to get ahead financially – despite living in the wealthiest country in the history of the world – is that their minds are not focused enough on the realities of life. Business opportunities, investment opportunities, and pretty much all money making opportunities in America exist because of gaps between the demand for and the supply of real world products and/or services in our free market economy. To take advantage of these opportunities, you have to “be there”, where the action is – in reality.
The clock is ticking. It never stops. Whenever we elect to hang out in Fantasyland, other people’s minds are working, thinking critically, making breakthroughs, and discovering new methods. Their bodies are active, participating in the real world, responding to actual events, changing with the ebb and flow of reality. In short, while you allow yourself to be seduced by man-made distractions, others in America and around the world are pulling ahead, finding new ways to improve themselves and the lives of those around them. Many of these folks are focused on building wealth and they are out there doing it and getting richer.
If you want to build wealth in America so that you can achieve financial freedom for you and those you love, you must avoid getting swept up in our National Escape from Reality. Going forward, cut back on the precious time you spend escaping real life: watch less television, watch fewer movies, decide not to care about celebrities and their phony lives, throw away all your mass market magazines, avoid casinos, sell your video game console on eBay, and replace your fiction reading with non-fiction books that will teach you something new and improve your skills. If you will just spend more time appreciating what real life brings to all of us, you’ll be surprised -- wealth will find you.
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