Don’t Follow This Bad Advice You Were Given

Maybe you were at the start of your career.Maybe you were changing industries.Maybe you just always heard it from the people around you.“Don’t worry about the money, just do what you want to do.”Guess what?

Worry about the money.

Money is the resource you will need to do almost anything you want to do.Its your choice how you make it, but cash is the oxygen you need to stay alive long enough to help others.Mans when it comes to oxygen, you need to put your own oxygen mask on first before helping others.You can’t help anyone if you’re broke.

2 Minute Action

It will take you 2 minutes to download your bank’s app or another app like iBillionaire or Stash and start putting money into the market.You can choose something safer, like a bond or something else if you want—that’s fine. The point is that you’re moving and you’ve taken action in the first step.For those of you who are in debt, please reply or comment so we can connect and I will share the spreadsheet I used to get out of tens of thousands of dollars in high interest credit card debt.

Why You Actually Should Get Rich

I was recently in a meeting with a client who was criticizing the cash flow of a project.Basically, she was saying that we weren’t helping enough people because we were a “for-profit” project.I can see this point of view, I spent some time in academia after all

The trouble here is her assumption that money is the only or top goal.

Money is a tool, just like any other resource. We just get it directly from our customers, and you get it from donors or government stipends.But guess where that donation came from?Someone built a business and then invested the earnings on Wall Street—and then decided to donate to you.If you got your money from the government, the money can from taxpayer dollars.

Here’s the punchline, people:

You can’t help people if you’re broke.In fact, you might not even be able to help yourself.Money is oxygen. It will fuel everything you want to do. It the means to an end—get this inverted and you will be very unhappy.It’s what you want to do with that resource that’s the important part to focus on.Yes. You should get rich.Then take that money and use it to solve problems for people.

2 Minute Action

How are you building your financial security and stability?Take 2 minutes right now to download an investment app like Stash or Acorns or iBillionaire.You don’t have to spend a whole day looking at Black Rock mutual funds. You can do that later over a slow weekend.Just take this moment to consider your financial trajectory and if that maps to your vision for where you want to be.If the answer is “I don’t know,” or “I don’t have a vision,” then you know where you need to start.