True
wealth is much more than financial wealth, although financial well-being is
definitely a significant part of it. The first and most important component of
true wealth is having a positive mental
attitude. People who lack a positive mental attitude are miserable, despite
whatever money they may have accumulated, while people who maintain a positive
mental attitude attract wealth to themselves.
The
second and next most important component of true wealth is sound physical health. You can lose all your money and recover more
than you lost, but if you lose your health you’ve lost something that may never
be regained. Spend time on maintaining and sustaining your health by eating
healthy food and exercising often.
The
third component of true wealth is harmony
in human relations. Harmonious and peaceful relationships, both in the
family and then with business associates, lead to good will, a good reputation,
cooperation and peace of mind—a personal state of well-being.
The
fourth component of true wealth is freedom
from fear. No fearful person can enjoy life or its perks. Fear robs you of
the ability to enjoy life to your fullest capacity and imprisons you in a dark
place where there is no peace of mind or joy in being alive.
The
fifth component of true wealth is the
hope of future achievement. It is this component that gets you out of bed
every morning to pursue your dream of success. Without hope for the future, you
are poverty-stricken even if you are sitting on millions of dollars.
The
sixth component of true wealth is the
capacity for applied faith. The
capacity for applied faith is your ability to believe in the dream you have
for success to such an extent that you actually do something to make it happen.
Applied faith is acting to make your dream a reality, while unapplied faith is
merely wishing for something to happen for or to you without doing anything to
make it happen.
The
seventh component of true wealth is willingness
to share your blessings. You cannot have true wealth if you’re stingy and
completely self-absorbed. The truly wealthy person gives to and helps others
achieve their goals.
The
eighth component of true wealth is to be
engaged in a labor of love. True wealth is only experienced by those who
are doing something good that they love. There is nothing in the world more
satisfying than being able to do what you love and know that what you are doing
is benefitting other people.
The
ninth component of true wealth is to have
an open mind on all subjects and toward all people. The truly wealthy
person does not think that the world is only as she believes it to be. She is
open to learning from others, listening to their opinions, and not judging them
for not seeing the world as she does or believing in the same things as she
does. She accepts people for who they are, not for what she believes they ought
to be, in her opinion.
The
tenth component of true wealth is complete
self-discipline. The truly wealthy person is self-directed. He is not
driven by the whims and demands of other people, but by the goals he has set
out to achieve. That is why he has mastered complete
self-discipline: he refuses to allow any outside influence to distract him
from the task of achieving his goals.
The
eleventh component of true wealth is wisdom
with which to understand people. Your life in the world, in your family and
in your business consists of interacting with people. To gain true wealth, you
must first study the people with whom you interact. But studying them will not give
you the wisdom to understand them. The only way you can gain the wisdom to
understand people is to put yourself in their place and deal with them from
their—not your—point of view.
The
twelfth and final component of true wealth is financial security. It is not an accident or an oversight that financial security is the last component
of true wealth. Every component that comes before it paves the way for financial security and guarantees that
once you have the financial status you desire, you will be able to maintain it
by treating everyone by the standard of the Golden Rule.
True
wealth begins on the inside spiritually before it manifests outside materially.
Strive to accumulate spiritual wealth internally, and as you do, you will
accumulate material wealth externally.
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