NAIRAMETRICS
There is a general belief that you cannot be rich working for someone else. I’m not referring to high-level execs who have big salaries, huge performance bonuses and other perks that make them millionaires. I’m talking about ordinary employees who hustle every day with sweat, tears, and blood to make a decent living.
Why is it difficult to become rich as a salary earner?
You’re building someone else’s wealth: They say that all your intelligence, energy, and ideas are aimed at making someone else’s business become successful.
Salary makes you comfortable: Nassim Taleb says the 3 most addictive things in life are heroin, carbohydrates, and salaries. Most salary earners are afraid to take risks because the thoughts of losing their steady paychecks in comparison to trying new endeavours like entrepreneurs scare them.
Time is greater than money
Time is the most precious commodity you have and the company has exchanged it with your salary.
For a fixed number of hours each month, your job is to achieve certain deliverables for a fixed amount of money. If you had control over your time, what you could probably create is unlimited.
What you must do
Even if the postulations above are true to a certain degree, I refused to give up on creating wealth. This is why I started reading a lot and observing those I consider wealthy. Below are the things I’ve observed that rich salary earners do.
A rich salary earner ensures he is physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy every day.
Physical health: Every day, he/she ensures to sleep for 8 hours and ensures to eat healthily.
Mental health: They constantly task their brain muscles for ideas and solutions to various problems.
Emotional health: They surround themselves with people that uplift them.
A rich salary earner loves the product(s) of the company he/she works for. You not only have to know all the products, but you must also study the history of how the products came about, what are the lags with the products, what have been the innovations around the products, and what modifications can be made to the products.
If you love the products, you will tell family and friends about them and they will tell others. Doing this will result in more sales for the company.
It doesn’t matter if you work in a bank, insurance company, or fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG); the mentality is the same.
To become a “rich salary” earner, you must consider following these simple steps today.
