Aim to be a billionaire, that way if you fall short of your goal you’ll at least be a millionaire! I’ve stated many times throughout many of my past posts that i truly believe that anyone can become rich and wealthy or at the very least acquire financial freedom.
For those that don’t know the stats, in the U.S there are over 7000 millionaires, 85% were self made and only 15% inherited their wealth, therefore if only 15% of people inherited their money and 85% started off with nothing and went on to become millionaires then why not you?
Lets have a look at the top 10 Richest people in the world and how they came to be where they are today:
1. Bill Gates (who would of guessed? the Windows guy!)
Microsoft worth $40billion
Microsoft worth $40billion
- Self Made
2. Warren Buffet (that investing guru with books in every bookstore)
Berkshire Hathaway worth $37billion
- Self Made
3. Carlos Slim Helu (that telco dude from Mexico)
Telmex America Movil worth $35billion
- Self Made
4. Lawrence Ellison (not sure but he’s rich)
Oracle Corporation worth $22.5billion
- Self Made
5. Ingvar Kamprad (the furniture dude, i’m sitting on his sofa!)
IKEA worth $22.0billion
- Self Made
6. Karl Albrecht (that supermarket near your house)
ALDI worth $21.5billion
- Self Made
7. Mukesh Ambani (from the famous Ambani brothers in India)
Reliance Industries worth $19.5billion
- Inherited
8. Lakshmi Mittal (some steel company)
Arcelor Mittal worth $19.3billion
- Inherited
9. Theo Albrecht (that other supermarket near your house)
ALDI worth $18.8billion
- Self Made
10. Amancio Ortega (some rich guy from Spain)
Indetex Group worth $18.3billion
- Self Made
Now you’re probably thinking so what? who gives a sh#t! Well thats what i was thinking when i first saw this list but what i failed to realize was that 8 of 10 of the people above were self made billionaires.
They created their own wealth! If they can do it then we all can do it as well, Well maybe not become billionaires but i’m 100% certain that we can at least have some sort of financial success.
Lets look at Bill Gates, the guy dropped out of Harvard University, how many of us can relate to that?
I hope that we all can use the above people as examples to motivate us in our financial endeavors because at the end of the day, we are no different to them, we all have grey matter just like they do and we all have the potential to achieve success.
Remember if you think you can or you think you can’t… Either way you’re right.
As Zig Ziglar always says…
I’ll see you at the top!
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I 100 percent agree. Wealth has a lot to do with positive mental thinking. Nice post.
Thanks Chris! We all have 24hrs in a day, its how we spend the 24 hrs that will determine our success.
Yes Lam! Right On! When I first started online marketing and being my own empowered entrpreneur I realized that I had the capability to move mountains so to speak! Keep inspiring!
You Go Girl! Great Mindset… I;m sure you'll be on the 80% that created their destiny! thanks for the comment