I am often amazed how we can look at something and simply not SEE. I was reminded of this again the other day when I spoke to a good friend of mine. We regularly discuss finances and investments. He believes in everything I believe in. Passive income, financial freedom. He reads a lot and he often quotes from the books he read verbatim.
The only problem is, when I look at his lifestyle, there is a discrepancy. He does not spend his money to build passive income and financial freedom, quite the opposite! As the saying goes: talk is cheap, money buys the whiskey!
Last week we went to an investment seminar. Its just a repetition of all the things I write about daily, the same things that we often discuss and that we believe in. But he is very excited – because he discovered that he spends too much money on things that robs him of his financial freedom! I mean, what have we been talking about! But then, it should not be a surprise, because it is 100% in line with his lifestyle!
Just before you think I am pointing a finger at him, I have done the same thing! I was actually discussing a topic for a doctorate with my lecturer – a topic of the importance of cash flow for companies. Only to admit in hindsight that I did not know what I was talking about.
You do the same thing.
I am still doing the same thing, unfortunately I don’t know where I am doing it!
The only way to discover it and grow, is to expose ourselves to knew ideas (or even expose ourselves again to old ideas). To talk to people with an open mind so that we can learn from them. Asking “why do you say that” instead of arguing about it.
And then we all can come to a point where we can say: “I was blind, but now I see.” It is called growth, development, learning.
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