Aristotle a Greek
philosopher said “I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who
conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is the victory over self. Many
people will never be financially rich because they are conquered by themselves,
their desires emotions and passions. They are not able to control themselves
which, is the first step to riches. We see big salary earners deep in bad debt;
we see many even among the rich and famous losing their wealth to an addiction,
ruining their health, and loosing effectiveness and skill.
A car without a
steering wheel is a death trap; a boat without a compass is practically lost at
sea. Controlling yourself puts you at the steering wheel of your life; it gives
you a compass to navigate your riches successfully. A person without control of
himself or herself will not be able to make and successfully multiply his or
her money. No man or woman is free, who are not masters over themselves. If you
want riches, and an ever flowing torrent of wealth, you will have to master
yourself, your desires, your emotions, your mind and your body.
Sad to observe, many
lottery winners end losing all their money and ending up poorer than, when they
won the lottery. A major reason for this is that, they never understand the
first step to riches-self-discipline; they never learn how to control
themselves when they spend the little money they had before. As dangerous as a
car is, without a steering wheel, even more dangerous is a car with a driver
who dose not know how to drive, adding more fuel to the car will only increase
the speed of death to the driver. The same is true for people like, lottery
winners who suddenly win big money, who don’t know how to control their
spending, their emotions, their impulses, their mind and body.
I would have to admit
that, developing self-control is not an easy task; in fact it’s a life long
quest. Self-control is war fought against self, in the silent confines of you.
But, the fact remains that if you are able to gain and maintain self-control,
riches will flow to you. For riches flow to those who win the war against
themselves and flows from those who loss and continue to loss the war against
self.
There is no gain in
making a lot of money only, to loss it to an addictive substance or to an
uncontrolled spending spree or to dubious people patiently waiting to sue you
for one uncontrolled action on your part.
Thank you for reading
this article.
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