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                                                                                          There Are
                                                                                       Using leverage where
           What do you think increases                                         ·   you can. Leverage can be
                                                                                        Generally 3
                                                                                         Challenges
               your chances of wealth?                                             dangerous if you use it
                                                                                   too  much  with  debt.  I
                                                                                       for the SMEs
                                                                                   have  lost  count  of  the
                                                                                   number of DIY landlords
             t is hard to answer such a
                                           consume  as  much  as  you              who  got  into  trouble
             question  in  a  clear,       produce,  you  won't  get
         Iconcise and precise way,         wealthy,  but  you  won't  be           after  the  2008  financial
         but I will try. One of the best                                           crisis. They took out too
                                           broke. If, on the other hand,           much  debt  and  the
         ways  of  looking  at  this  is
                                           you  produce  more  than  you           banks  pulled  the  plug.
         consumption vs production:        consume,  you  will  growth

         You  can  consume  things,                                                Yet  leverage  doesn't
                                           wealthier.                              always  need  to  mean
         including  media  and
                                           Examples include:                       debt.  You  can  leverage
         material goods. You can also
                                           ·       Living  below  your             other  people  (employ
                                                                                   others  and  freelancers)
                                                                                   and technology (ads and

                                                                                   not just organic) and use
                                                                                   it in many other ways.
                                                                               ·       B e   p e r s i s t e n t ,
                                                                                   consistent  and  never
                                                                                   give up. If it was so easy
                                                                                   why wouldn't everybody
                                                                                   try  it?  You  should  be

                                                                                   reassured  if  something
                                                                                   isn't easy.
         produce  things.  For  most           means  and  investing
                                                                               ·       Be  open-minded  to
         people,  they  produce                the surplus wisely
                                                                                   trying  new  things,  and
         through their full-time job,  ·           Producing media +
         and  consume  through                 content  and  not  just             aren't just obsessed with
                                                                                   doing  whatever  is
         b u y i n g   t h i n g s   a n d     consuming it
                                                                                   normal
         consuming  media.  If  you
                                                                               ·       Spend less time with
         consume  more  than  you  Of  course,  there  are  added
                                                                                   toxic  people  and  more
         produce, you will be broke  things as well. How often you
                                                                                   time  with  people  who
         no  matter  how  much  you  produce  more  than  you
                                                                                   will lift you up
         earn.                             consume  makes  a  huge
                                                                               ·       Ta k e   p e r s o n a l
         Even if you earn $100m but  difference.  If  you  do  it  for
                                                                                   responsibility  for  your
         spend  $101m,  you  will  decades  then  it  will  make  a
                                                                                   own  actions  and  don't
         eventually  need  to  declare  much bigger difference than
                                                                                   r e l y   o n   o t h e r s
         bankruptcy, as many former  for a few years.
                                                                                   (governments,  family
         businessmen  and  sports  Other  important  things
                                                                                   and friends) unless it
         stars  can  attest  to.  If  you  include:
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