| 'One of the most common myths about getting rich | | | | beginning helped but the most important feature was |
| or achieving financial success is that working hard is | | | | the investing of his money on the property and |
| the key to create wealth,' declared Jamie McIntyre. | | | | letting his money work for him. |
| Jamie is a very much sought after personal | | | | Then Jamie went on to use his mother as another |
| development coach and has traveled all over the | | | | example. His mother had always wanted to open a |
| world meeting and learning from some of the best | | | | coffee shop. She did not realize that many years |
| teachers in this world including the, Anthony Robbins, | | | | later, she was offered to buy the entire building in |
| General Norman Schwarzkopf and Robert Kiyosaki. | | | | which the coffee shop was located. |
| He further insisted that, 'working hard and making | | | | However she did not buy it because she had already |
| money have nothing in common, I repeat, nothing to | | | | borrowed a lot of money for the coffee shop |
| do with each other in this modern time.' Why is this | | | | business and did not like the idea of borrowing |
| man making such very powerful but controversial | | | | anymore money. She was being mistakenly prudent. |
| statements? Well, he backed up his statements with | | | | She worked very hard for many many years, often |
| the following explanation. He uses his dad, a farmer | | | | not paying herself a salary (another big mistake, as |
| as an example. | | | | another rule for wealth creation is to always pay |
| His father started off with nothing but is a millionaire | | | | yourself first). She often worked hard to pay the |
| now.This man, like most framers, believes that true | | | | shop's rental. She was working real hard but with a |
| hard work is the key to success and that was how | | | | miserable return for the investment and labor. |
| he became a millionaire. He believed that this is the | | | | You see,if she only she had borrowed another |
| truth to wealth creation. | | | | $100,000 for the building,she could have:-a) Charged |
| Jamie explained to his dad that hard work did not | | | | her coffee shop business a higher rent since the |
| guarantee or actually play a major role in his dad's | | | | money still comes back to her. Even if her business |
| wealth. In fact it is a myth. His dad is a wealthy | | | | only managed to pay the rent, it could be used to |
| today because of the appreciation of value on his | | | | return the borrowed money.b) The building would |
| farm land property. The farm is now worth more | | | | appreciate in value over time making her a lot of |
| that a million bucks when his bought it decades ago | | | | money without working and plus her charging a |
| at a mere $50,000 dollars. Despite the fact that his | | | | higher rental, it automatically make the building even |
| dad was truly working hard on the farm for many | | | | more valuable.c) She can sell away her coffee shop |
| years, this did not make the farmer wealthy. Income | | | | business and kept the building profiting from the sale |
| from the farm has actually dipped badly and the man | | | | of her business and then have the new tenants |
| would never save a million dollars from his farm's | | | | paying her rentals for the shop. Now she need not |
| income even if he worked hard on it for several | | | | work to have a steady flow of passive income.d) If |
| lifetimes. | | | | she still wants to work, she could work part time for |
| His father's wealth was created by buying the | | | | the new owner and then picking up another income |
| farmland property at a low price and the increasing | | | | stream. The truth is that so many streams of |
| value of the land over a period of time. Anyone who | | | | passive income now, his mother could be rich without |
| have read Robert Kiyosaki's 'Rich Dad Poor Dad'book | | | | working hard. |
| will find this theory familiar. | | | | So,in order to be rich you must work hard,is a truth |
| His father's wealth was amassed even when he was | | | | or a myth? Find out for yourself as Jamie is giving |
| sleeping and almost without any effort at all. It is true | | | | away his free financial wealth planning ebook at my |
| that good work ethic and some hard work in the | | | | blog below. |