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What The

Wealthy

Understand

About Money

That Most People

Don’t

By Brent Kesler

t’s no secret that the wealthy do things a bit situations, our bank accounts, and our paychecks get
differently than everyone else. The part that can to decide. We think eventually we will catch a break,
Ibe difficult to comprehend is exactly how they put get a raise, or win the lottery then our problems will be
their money to work. Many people think, “they must over.
be smarter than me,” “they were born into money,” or
“I just didn’t get lucky like they did.” Those things may
look like advantages for the wealthy, but by no means But the reason we never break free from the chains of
are they prerequisites to becoming wealthy. Anyone financial slavery isn’t because we aren’t smart enough
can be wealthy if they know the truth about money and or because we weren’t born into a wealthy family. It’s
how it works. because we haven’t been shown the right way and the
right tools to use to achieve financial independence.
Money is simple. Much simpler than society leads This secret that the wealthy know, and we do not, is
us to believe. We were all born into a world where simple. We must first begin by getting in control of our
our parents, grandparents, and great grandparents money to break free of the chains of financial slavery
told us stories about how hard they worked for their we are in to become truly wealthy. And we do this by
money. Some of them worked several jobs, never saw changing one simple thing: where our money goes
their families, and were forced to make choices and first.
decisions out of necessity. But in my opinion, that’s not Think about your normal spending habits. Say you
a choice at all. want to purchase a new car for $20,000. Assume
you have that exact amount of money in your bank
We live in America the great. Land of freedom and account. You write a check for $20,000 which puts
opportunities where everyone has the right to decide your balance to $0. You now have the car, paid the
what they do with their lives. Society’s illusion is that dealership in full, and you both walk away happy. But
we do get to decide. But the reality is that our financial you’re only happy with this transaction because you

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