6 Keys to Getting Wealth: Part 6 Don’t Make Money the Primary Goal
Money is nice, but it won’t make you happy. I once met an extremely wealthy man name Kenny Stewart. Kenny had built a tremendous fortune in the MLM industry. He focused on the Amway plan and built an organization that brought him millions in residual revenue every year.
When he started with the organization he was a bankrupt building contractor.
Kenny was living the dream. Several big beautiful houses, motor coaches, cars, fabulous vacations the whole nine yards. At the time I met Ken he was in the midst of a divorce. Although, he was too much of a gentleman to speak in detail about his personal life he did make one statement that has stayed with me through the years. “Money can’t fix everything.”
Even though Stewart was making an obscene amount of money he could not reconcile his conscience to what he viewed as the inappropriate requirements for using the Business Support Materials (BSM’S) in the organization he had built.
What it amounts to is that we sometimes sabotage our own potential for achieving wealth. And, we do so in such a subtle manner that we may actually delude ourselves into thinking we are working toward achieving wealth.
First, we may take on a job, contract, or position which provides a higher salary, because it provides a higher salary. This is a mistake regardless of your underlying temperament.
If we commit ourselves to something that we do not enjoy doing, every minute we put into it will be resented. If we are not intensely diligent we may inadvertently take passive aggressive actions which will undermine our efforts.
On the other hand, there are times in which we must take on the less pleasant tasks on a temporary basis in order to achieve our ultimate goals. The key being to acknowledge they are temporary and put a clock on their completion.
Based on the underlying needs of your fundamental Sanguine, Choleric, Melancholic, Phlegmatic or Supine temperament you must be alert for the following negative self defeating reactions and be prepared to control them.
Sanguine.
You may find yourself become the “loud talker”, speeding haphazardly through tasks and agreeing to less than productive actions simply to get it over-with.
Choleric.
You must be ever vigilant to avoid yelling, blowing up, bullying, throwing tantrums, taking pot shots, and displaying arrogance with faced with unpreferred necessities.
Melancholic.
You may find yourself becoming silent, fleeing, avoiding issues, withdrawing or becoming overly autocratic as you try to emotionally distance yourself.
Phlegmatic.
You may submit to undesired solutions, accommodate when you shouldn’t, gunny sack or ambush your colleagues, and develop a very passive aggressive nature.
Supine.
You may find that you sublimate all of your desires to the purpose of serving the greater good to such a degree that your own desires are never known, let alone acknowledged. This can create intense feelings of resentment.
The next post will be a compilation of this series of articles and tips.