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Elite Mentality: How The Top 1% Start and Keep Creating Wealth

Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank. – Proverbs 22:29

A simple look at this statement means that people who are diligent and skilled in their work will be in demand and admired. Someone will promote them, and they will rise to positions of power.

There is an extra layer of meaning here.

A deeper look means diligence will only make you sit before kings. It will never make you a king. If you stop at just being diligent and hard-working, certain things will limit you.

It is God’s privilege to conceal things and the king’s privilege to discover them – Proverbs 25:2

To discover these secrets, you must be a king and search it out. Because only the kings have the right to access the things hidden by God.

These generate many questions that urgently need answers:

What are these things hidden by God? Who are the kings and who chooses them? If hard work and diligence are not enough, what else do you need?

Nikola Tesla was on the right path when he made this statement – If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.

Elite Mentality

Find the Secrets of the Universe

The people who harnessed energy, frequency and vibration unlocked some of the secrets of the universe. They transformed into kings, and they became wealthy.

Today, we call them The Elite.

Because of this, wealth is one of the secrets of the universe. Wealth is also a spiritual path. And I will reveal it right here.

This will be long as it is a wealth masterclass.

Part 1: How to Discover Wealth Beyond the Concept of Money

First, you must understand your current position in life.

Life is a Pyramid

Almost eighty years ago, an American psychologist developed a system that classified the set of needs that motivated how we behaved.

According to the system, there are five sets of basic needs: physiological, safety, love, esteem and self-actualization. He placed these needs in a pyramid. The physiological needs (food, water, warmth and rest) were at the bottom of this pyramid while self-actualization (achieving one’s full potential) was at the top.

We now call it — Maslow’s hierarchy of Needs.

Elite Mentality: Maslow Hierarchy of Needs

Maslow Hierarchy of Needs

But there is a more important system that shows the hierarchy of people and how they exist — the Pyramid of Life.

In this pyramid, there are only two sets of people. The ones at the bottom are the Masses, and the ones at the top are the Elite.

The Pareto principle clearly explains this divide.

Also known as the 80/20 Rule, the Pareto Principle states that 80% of outcomes are the result of 20% of causes. Many fields, including business, finance, and project planning, widely use this principle.

It’s always being there.

In Business, the customers who contribute 80% of the revenue are just 20%.  For investing, 20% of the assets will give you 80% of your returns. In studying, the topics that will give the best grades are often 20% of the entire curriculum.

Now, your goal is to be the 20% that controls the 80%. Your job is to understand this system and not judge its morality. Be part of the Elite.

Elite Mentality: The Pyramid of Life

The Pyramid of Life

In this pyramid of life, the bottom people will keep giving to the top because they don’t understand the currencies of life.

The Four Currencies of Life

Money. Energy. Time. Attention.

These are the four currencies of life. When you are exhausted, you spend your energy. When you use your time in a good way, you say time well spent. You pay attention when something matters to you and demands focus.

The masses understand Money as the sole currency of life.

Society sets the frequency of the masses to worship Money as a false god. Meanwhile, for the elites, Money is a servant underneath them.

On a cosmic or spiritual scale, money is not real. Money is only real to humans because it’s a medium of exchange.

The Elite have understood how to manage and multiply these four currencies of life.

Who are the Elite?

The Elites are the best in something.

They are the most advanced in knowledge. Being Elite does not mean just being wealthy. They are a select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society.

The Elite is the most endowed group in any society. The top 1%.

These modern-day kings also pass their perception of reality to their children.

Because you are rediscovering wealth beyond the concept of money, you are now part of the elite.

Start with forming your identity.

Have an identity transplant. This starts from your head.

Elite in Energy, Knowledge and Frequency.

After all, if you can think in terms of energy, frequency and vibrations, you will start to understand the secrets of the universe.

a. How to be Elite in Energy

Start applying the Law of Conservation of Energy in your life. The Law states Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be converted or transformed from one form to another.

Raise your consciousness. Raise your awareness.

From now on, show up with attention and purpose.

He who masters energy will never lack money.

b. How to be Elite in Knowledge

Understand and question everything.

Don’t elevate any human’s intellect above your own.

Scrutinize everything.

c. How to be Elite in Frequency

Frequency is everything you are.

It’s your force field. Your frequency determines your life experience. To break into the wealth cycle, start studying the frequency of the elite.

Set your mind on the things above — the things good and true.

To jump from the masses to the elite, first understand why this frequency exists. Society created this particular program –  not all men can save themselves.

You are stuck in an orbit that you did not choose. What frequency are the elites on? What emotions are they expressing? Stop letting the shitty frequency stick to you.

Remove yourself from the peasant programming.

Tune in to WII FM — What’s in It for Me?

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. – Proverbs 4:23

Learn how to Say No. Do not exchange your attention for nothing. Take your attention from the things that do not pay you. Mop it up and take back your value.

Then learn prudence. From now on, be prudent with your META — Money, Energy, Time and Attention. Your ability to create wealth will come from prudent trade.

Elite Mentality: The Four Currencies of Life

The Four Currencies of Life

A lot of people are poor because they are not making good trades. Everyone who makes it to the top has done this because of the proper allocation of their energy.

Wealth is the mastery of the unseen first.

Ask and audit yourself: Where are you leaking your energy, time and attention?

You are born with unlimited energy, attention and time and should be able to transform this into multiple abundance of money. As an elite, destiny dictates that others will serve you

You are a king. Act like it.

Locked In: 6 Reminders for how to Finish the Remaining Year

For someone to be locked in is an act or instance of becoming unalterable, unmovable, or rigid.

But this is opposite of what we do when it is the middle of the year. Whenever we get to July in any year, there is always the tendency to slow down. Or go with the flow. After all, what was not done from January to June might not happen in July or the rest of the year.

Please don’t think like this. The year is not over. We are in halftime. You still need to maintain momentum. Staying locked in is an important process in doing your best this year.

Stay Locked In

Stay Locked In

I love how Topsy-Kola Oyeneyin (TKO) puts it. This is from her newsletter.

If the first half was challenging or disappointing, that’s okay; it’s an opportunity to start afresh. If it was great, congratulations! Now is the time to build on it – don’t lose focus.  Either way, don’t fixate on the current score; you’re playing for the entire game, not just the half, and the game isn’t over yet.

This is like how football players get to rest for a few minutes after the first half and before the second half begins. In those minutes, their coach comes to encourage his players to ensure they get the victory they need.

It is July, and you are in the same position too. So, before you go back in full gear, here are 7 reminders on how to stay locked in for the rest of the year.

  1. Be consistent

Don’t abandon the goals and dreams you wrote at the beginning of this year.

Keep transforming your goal into simple regular habits by building rhythms and routines that work for you. Create and maintain checklists that break down your goals. Then take notes to measure your progress.

When you consistently work towards a goal, you are more likely to succeed.

2. Maintain Focus

This is what allows you to completely concentrate your entire being on a specific activity to achieve it.

When doing your daily tasks, be present in the moment. Treat everything you do as important. From big things to the little things.  The better you focus when you do the little things, the better you’ll do in big stages.

Stay focused and keep moving forward.

3. Build privately

This is what I call a magical life – build in secret, celebrate in public.

Living a magical life for the rest of the year is learning a secret recipe to success. Your life is hidden in plain sight yet accessible only to a chosen few. Don’t confuse noise for success. Take deliberate quiet actions, rather than announcing your intentions to the world.

This is a rare art form you must learn to adopt.

4. Increase your chances of getting lucky

Life is in cycles and seasons will always come back and go.

This means you will have several opportunities in life to experience breakthroughs. Before these breakthroughs arrive, work hard and learn to recognize and act on opportunities. This is how you create your own luck.

Because Luck happens when preparation meets opportunities.

5. Love People

85% of your financial success comes down to your personality and how you treat people.

Be friendly. Don’t criticize, complain or condemn. Give honest and sincere appreciation. Always show empathy and put yourself in people’s shoes when communicating with them.

Learn to love people, not the way your school mates, novels and movies taught you, but the way your creator tries to teach you everyday.

6. Keep leveling up

You are the main character in your life. Act like it. I love how this quote put it:

Become the greatest your bloodline has ever seen. Then pass it down.

The quest is simple. Improve yourself. Prioritize your health and goals. Take actions daily and build relationships.

That’s 6 already, but there’s a 7th culled from Ecclesiastes 12:13, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

The Fear of God is important… to ensure that while you plan on finishing this year strong, you are also looking at the bigger picture (your life) as well.

Stay Locked In, my friend. The world awaits your legacy.

 

Lucky Break: Once in A Lifetime Opportunities are Overrated

What does it mean to have a lucky break?

On 29th May 2024, football fans were shocked when Bayern Munich the biggest club in Germany announced their newest club manager. A popular sports media agency carried the announcement with an headline saying “the World has officially gone mad.”

Apparently, this manager is inexperienced. Just four years of coaching experience. And one of those years was spent in the English second division.

His only European campaign ended in a Conference League qualifying loss. He has never coached in a Champions League game.

In corporate terms, it’s like a multibillion international company hiring for the role of their managing director. A position that demands decades of experience and influence.

Then this company gives this position to a young man who has only managed a small startup in a local city.

This man does not appear to have the capability or achievements to get the coaching role.

But this is what the available data indicates.

Stay with me. There are important lessons to be learned from this appointment.

Vincent Kompany. That’s the name of Bayern’s newest manager. He is not at fault here, even if it feels like a massive jump.

At 38 years old, Kompany is still a promising manager with the potential to become a great one. After a few seasons at mid-level clubs, he should be able to refine and expand on his ideas, and then he could be prepared for a position as important as that of Bayern Munich. However, it all seems to be happening much too soon.

From a wider angle, it highlights the mess Bayern were in. This ‘multibillion dollar organization’ blew through their managerial targets after asking their current manager to leave the club.

They were left with a manager who appears underqualified and unprepared for a job of this magnitude. Months of searching Europe for possible targets. Pursuing big names, and repeatedly failing. All efforts were in vain.

Getting a Lucky Break

Getting a Lucky Break

When Preparation Meets Opportunity

“If you are very skilled in a field, you will notice when a lucky break happens in that field.” – Naval Ravikant

A “lucky break” is often seen as a stroke of good fortune. However, those who are skilled recognize these breaks because they understand the context and the implications of the opportunities presented.

When a prepared individual encounters an opportunity, they can take immediate and effective action. This ability to act quickly and appropriately can create what seems like “luck.”

It looks like Vincent Kompany already knew about this one.

His managerial credentials don’t jump off the page.  Kompany first became player-manager at his boyhood club, Anderlecht, in 2020. The club legend was tasked with bringing the sleepy giant back to the top by the Belgian team, who offered him a four-year contract.

Anderlecht finished fourth in his first season in charge. He also finished third in his second season while making the Belgian Cup final. Kompany then accepted a coaching job at Burnley.

His first season was historic as the team played delightful playing football. Burnley topped the Championship, winning the league with 101 points – becoming the first team to hit triple digits in nine years.

To be frank though, it felt Kompany was doing something great with Burnley.

Small club or not, the quote of “Luck is when preparation meets opportunity”

I understand that his next season with Burney was disastrous, that saw them finish 19th in the Premier League, being relegated back to the Championship.

But his “lucky break” came at the right time.

LESSON 1: THERE’S ALWAYS A COMEBACK

Life is in cycles and seasons will always come back and go.

Therefore, everyone in life would experience significant life changing opportunities.

You will have several opportunities in life to experience breakthroughs.

Before these breakthroughs arrive, have a combination of hard work and the ability to recognize and act on opportunities.

Like Kompany, this combination is essential in becoming the best option for successful breakthroughs

Will you be prepared when your own lucky break comes?

When Opportunities are already missed

At the start of 2024, Bayern Munich decided to rid their previous manager before the season ends. With this strategy, they believed they could get a head-start on finding the best candidate to take over.

Their primary target was the manager of their domestic rival club. It was Bayern’s tradition to bring anyone who threatens their dominance in their league to their club and it was believed that their primary target would carry on that tradition.

After all, they were the biggest club in their country.  It was not to be, though. In retrospect, this was a messy strategy.

Because of this rejection, Bayern were then left scrambling for other options. They turned to the man they had sacked only 12 months previously in controversial circumstances. This man rejected them too.

The German giant began a second wave of search. Rejection. Upon. Rejection. All potential candidates turned down the role. Because they had signed new contracts with other clubs. Or personal reasons.

And this is how the biggest club in Germany ended up with a manager of a relegated club in England.

LESSON 2:  DON’T BE ANGRY IN THE FACE OF REJECTION

“Even the migratory birds are punctual to their seasons.] Yes, the stork [excelling in the great height of her flight] in the heavens knows her appointed times [of migration], and the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their return.” – Jeremiah 8:7 AMPC

You might have missed some opportunities in the past. Or gotten rejected.

This does not mean you get angry or bitter in those times. Rather look at them as learning opportunities

It is like what an old king once said, “The stone which the builders rejected eventually becomes the chief cornerstone.”

Rejection might just be a step in fulfilling your destiny. So don’t be careless in the times of abundance. Don’t be afraid in the times of leanness too.

This is all for my end.

Will Kompany be successful at Bayern Munich? We don’t know yet.

That’s your homework to find out as the year goes on 😉.