The Ultimate Reason To Become A MillionaireBy Mike Litman
Why should you strive for financial success?
For money you will receive? For attention you might garner? What is your reason?
I would like to suggest another reason for you to consider.
Recently, I was sitting down with multi-millionaire Jim Rohn, Tony Robbins' original mentor, and he told me what he feels is best reason to become a millionaire.
He said...
"Set a goal to become a millionaire for what it makes of you to achieve it."
He went on to tell me about his own mentor...
"My own mentor, Mr. Schoaff, had an interesting way of teaching it. When I was 25 years old he said, ‘I suggest, Jim, that you set a goal to become a millionaire.' I was all intrigued by that. You know, it's got a nice ring to it - millionaire.
Then Mr. Shoaff said, ‘Here's why...'
"I thought to myself, ‘gosh, he doesn't need to teach me why. Wouldn't it be great to have a million dollars?'
Then Shoaff said, "No. Then you'll never acquire it. Instead, set a goal to become millionaire for what it makes of you to achieve it."
"Do it for skills you have to learn and person you have to become. Do it for what you'll end up knowing about marketplace. What you'll learn about management of time and working with people. Do it for ability of discovering how to keep your ego in check. For what you have to learn about being benevolent. Being kind as well as being strong. What you have to learn about society and business and government and taxes and becoming an accomplished person to reach status of millionaire."
"All that you have learned and all that you've become to reach status of millionaire is what's valuable. Not million dollars."
Jim Rohn told me a lot of amazing things in our time together. But, after all of millionaires I've had pleasure of interviewing, this lesson really stands out as advice we should all follow.
You need to ask yourself:
What kind of communication skills do I need to develop in order to become a millionaire?
Then begin working on them.