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Mind your own business

The rich focus on their asset columns while everyone else focus on their income statements.

Most people work for everyone but themselves.

Financial struggle is often directly the results of people working all their lives for someone else.

The mistake in becoming what you study is that too many people forget to mind their own business. They spend their lives minding someone else's business and making that person rich.

To become financially secure, a person needs to mind their own business. Your business resolves around your asset column, not your income column.

The rich focus on their asset columns, while everyone else focuses on their income statements.

The primary reason the majority of the poor and middle class are fiscally conservative which means, "I can't afford to take risks" - is that they have no financial foundation. They have to cling to their jobs and play it safe.

Life is sometimes tough when you do not fit the standard profile.

One of the main reasons net worth is not accurate is simply because, the moment you begin selling your assets, you are taxed for any gains.

Start minding your own business. Keep your daytime job, but start buying real assets, not liabilities or personal effects that have no real value once you get them home.

Keep expenses low, reduce liabilities, and diligently build a base of solid assets.

An important distinction is that rich people buy luxuries last, while the poor and middle class tend to buy luxuries first.

A true luxury is a reward for investing in and developing a real asset.

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