Everyone is looking for the secret to being rich. We all want to snap our fingers, blink our eyes or do something easy to get rich quick. Let’s take a look at our options and see what we come with. The first thing and the quickest thing I could think of is winning the lottery. Not just any lottery but winning the Powerball. That seems to be the easiest and quickest. I don’t really have to work much for it and I just need a dollar. The real question is how long will it take? How many times do you need to play? How many dollars do you need to spend? Will it happen the first day or will it take years? It’s likely that you will have to play for several years and you might not ever win.
Professional sports is definitely a way to get rich. We could get drafted in the first round of the NBA. The other option is to get drafted in the first round in the NFL. This option works assuming you have the physical ability to play a professional sport. Now let’s assume you do. Can you be on a team tomorrow? How long would it take to prepare, get in shape, and learn the position you’re going to play? If you’re going to raise your son or daughter to become an athlete, how many practices will it take? How many years of competition? How many hours of practice per week?
A third way to get rich quickly is to buy one of those “How to become a real estate millionaire” courses. You know the ones that say it’s really easy. There’s infomercials and youtube ads telling us how easy it is to get rich in real estate. It’s so easy that anyone could do it. If you buy one of those programs do you think you’ll get rich in a month, 6 months, or a year?
If it really was that easy no one would be poor and no one would be extremely rich. The money would be spread out between everyone. Do you think that’s realistic? Let’s exclude people that get lucky or inherit money. To get rich it takes a plan, it takes discipline, it takes focus, and it takes being consistent. If you’re going to play the lottery, be an athlete or be a real estate mogul you will still need to apply all of the previously mentioned attributes to a plan. Don’t get faked out by thinking it’s easy to get rich. Do the work and you’ll get there.