Poor men are liked, wealthy men are respected…excerpts from the Millionaire Mentorship Class
It was a warm, slightly sunny Saturday and I had just gotten back from an outing that evening and was having a relaxed quality time with my family (my Darling wife, Emmie (Emerald) and Crystal (my daughters) for Chisimdi had not yet arrived then). I had been away for most of the day so, yes, everyone missed me (nothing like family for a good support system, no matter how much money you make, you know…).
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Just as we were catching up with the events of the day in my home as my wife regaled me with the details and funny antics of Crystal and Emmie to all of our amusement, my phone rang and my kid sister was on the other end of the line calling from her school with a slight panic to her voice:
“Hello Brother”
“Yes Onyinye, how are you?”
“Brother, I’m not fine o…”
“Ok… what is it?”
“Our exams have finished and I can’t go home because my pocket money is finished…”
“But I sent you some money last week. What happened to that…?
“Brother, its finished o, I spent on assignments and some other miscellaneous…”
“Enhe? Well, Onyi, I don’t have money for you now until next month…!”
“Anh but Brother, everyone is going back home o and its not that I spent recklessly nau… how will I go back home now?”
“Well, you have to find a way nau. Maybe you should have thought about that when you were spending your money…?”
“Brother, it’s not fair o, what should I do now, do you want me to be stranded…?”
“Onyi, the only money I’ll have for you would be by next month because I have a lot to do right now”
“Brother, please nau… I’m stranded here o”
“Onyi call home o, seriously…! I have to go now” and I hung up.
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Two days later, obviously she had called my Mum who in turn called me and was seriously furious with me for not giving her baby girl (our last born) the transport fare she requested for (you know, that kind of emotional blackmail) and I had to make her understand that there are other things, I have budgeted money for and besides I had only recently sent money home too (not to talk of my inlaws o). But while we we’re ironing that out I heard a very familiar voice on the background upon which I asked who that was and my Mum said it was Onyinye. Surprised, I asked her to put her on the line and her voice came on grumpily as a sign of her obvious displeasure with my supposedly “hard and inhuman” decision not to give her extra money (to which I paid no mind of course). On asking her how she came back, she revealed that the parents of a friend of hers, whose family house was not too far from ours, came to pick her friend up so she joined them and came home.
“Oho, if I had given you that money then, would you have known that there was another alternative by which you could come home and also save money?” “No…” she grumpily answered still not happy with me. I pacified her and we laughed over it.
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I know some may say I was bit too hard, but you see, like I said in my previous post, “Any problem that cannot wait for the money you invested to mature or its above your current budget for that purpose, is not meant for you to solve. If you think you are “El-shaddai (by solving all problems brought to you), be careful for you may soon die. It doesn’t mean that you should become tight-fisted and stingy, no. Of course giving is still a crucial principle on your journey of wealth creation but have a budget for what you want to do and be patient enough for your budget to make it happen. You may not be liked but you will be respected.
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*Financial prudence is an indispensable quality in becoming wealthy. Learn to say ‘No’ sometimes. It doesn’t mean you’re mean. It just means that God has provided another channel by which to solve that problem for that period. So in all your getting, get wisdom.*
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- The primacy of thought and mind on money
- Mindsets that create wealth for you
- The cost of wrong definitions in your life and how to correct them so you can make any amount of money you want.
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To your wealth, fulfillment, happiness and abundance.
Cheerio!!!
Dr. Jay Ugwu