How Do You Think About Money?

Did you see this article last week?  It was on Yahoo Finance: 21 Ways Rich People Think Differently.

Basically - their point was that most middle-class folks approach money from a place of fear, instead of looking at money as an opportunity.

This is maybe for me, the most interesting quote in the article:

"The masses have been brainwashed to believe it's an either/or equation," he writes. "The rich know you can have anything you want if you approach the challenge with a mindset rooted in love and abundance." 

Is it really that easy???  I'm not sure.  But it's worth thinking about.

Below I'm copying some of the most thought-provoking points (for me) from the article...what do you all think?

2. Average people think selfishness is a vice. Rich people think selfishness is a virtue.

"The rich go out there and try to make themselves happy. They don't try to pretend to save the world," Siebold told Business Insider.  "The problem is that middle class people see that as a negative––and it's keeping them poor," he writes.

"If you're not taking care of you, you're not in a position to help anyone else. You can't give what you don't have."


3. Average people have a lottery mentality. Rich people have an action mentality.

"While the masses are waiting to pick the right numbers and praying for prosperity, the great ones are solving problems," Siebold writes.

"The hero [middle class people] are waiting for may be God, government, their boss or their spouse. It's the average person's level of thinking that breeds this approach to life and living while the clock keeps ticking away."


6. Average people see money through the eyes of emotion. Rich people think about money logically.

"An ordinarily smart, well-educated and otherwise successful person can be instantly transformed into a fear-based, scarcity driven thinker whose greatest financial aspiration is to retire comfortably," he writes.

"The world class sees money for what it is and what it's not, through the eyes of logic. The great ones know money is a critical tool that presents options and opportunities."


17. Average people focus on saving. Rich people focus on earning.

Siebold theorizes that the wealthy focus on what they'll gain by taking risks, rather than how to save what they have.  "The masses are so focused on clipping coupons and living frugally they miss major opportunities," he writes.

"Even in the midst of a cash flow crisis, the rich reject the nickle and dime thinking of the masses. They are the masters of focusing their mental energy where it belongs: on the big money."


20. Average people never make the connection between money and health. Rich people know money can save your life.

While the middle class squabbles over the virtues of Obamacare and their company's health plan, the super wealthy are enrolled in a super elite "boutique medical care" association, Siebold says.

"Some even pay a substantial yearly membership fee that guarantees them 24-hour access to a private physician who only serves a small group of members," he writes.