Thursday, December 12, 2013

How To Begin - Wealth Building

By Frank Miller


People may have totally different goals for wealth building and wealth may have different meanings to an array of people, regardless of how affluent they are. There's one thing in common that financial planning is the key to the successful wealth building regardless the wealth building strategies they use.

These are the secrets of wealth building that elude the vast majority of people. It is my testimonial that the fastest and most lasting wealth is learning from great mentors. In this article, I will reveal where you can find them and it will surprise you to find out who they may be. Let us discuss a little about what wealth is. It causes much confusion and angst when wealth is mistaken for what it is not. Money is not wealth it is a part of wealth. There are many things in life that describes wealth. Just ask a child or an aged person what wealth means to them. You will get surprisingly similar answers. You might get an answer like a great family, friends, comfort, respect, dignity, a toy, good food, and sometimes money. So as long as we understand what wealth truly means, we can move on to the main topic.

This is my story. This is a story as much about my personal development as it is about being able to learn and build great fortunes over and over again. Yes, it is about your finances as much as having a great family. You see I grew up on a farm, but one day, as a young man in my late teens and living through one of the worst periods of my life, I stumbled across four of the wealthiest men I had ever known. As fate would have it, they became my mentors. But truth be told, it was they who maneuvered me into their world of high flyers and jet-setters. I had to learn the hard way. It was certainly no free ride.

If one of your goals is to have one million dollars of net worth by retirement one option is to put $300 a month into your 401k plan and choose S&P 500 stock market index fund. If you're 35 years old now and plan to retire at age of 65, you'll gave exactly one million dollars 30 years from now assuming the SP index repeat itself in performance at the rate of 10% return.

My early mentors then were in my life situation, my maternal grandmother who was essentially my mother and my paternal grandfather who played the role of father to me. Grandmother taught me to give aid to people to help them get on their feet. She would never allow a child to go hungry; even the lost children that lived on the streets in the days of my childhood. Grandfather taught me the importance of building the family. The family is a great part of your wealth building foundation. He made sure I was introduced to the skills of working well in any situation. He gave me the knowledge of the ancient world; the old texts and philosophies of building wealth.

If you are building wealth for the short term, think about your own timeline and begin with a starting date but more importantly have a desired end date. On the other hand long term builders may not have an end date as they are planning for their retirement. For this type of person the end date never comes because in retirement you are always building on the wealth you made over the past years.




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