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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.

Friendships: The Ultimate Life Hack for Mental Health Challenges

Friendships are the ultimate life hacks to solve stress, anxiety, and even addiction.

One of the greatest thinkers of our time – Simon Sinek said the above statement and it blew my mind.

Why was friendship the ultimate hack? How does it solve mental health challenges?

Simon explains how in a conversation with Trevor Noah. I am sharing his thoughts with you here:

The Sacrifice of Friendship for Success

When we say we have sacrificed something for our career. We should not be afraid to put a name to who that sacrifice was. Because often time, it was the people in our lives that we call friends.

Your friends will be there for you. Your work won’t.

Friendships

Friendships

Are you a Good Friend?

You usually make friends from school, work, church and other gatherings.

And then you let the location and time influence these friendships. This means you are unable to keep and maintain your friendships when you are not close to them. Please don’t leave your friendship to coincidence.

But to be a good friend, you have to ask yourself these questions.

Have you sacrificed a meeting to hang out with a friend? Do you call your friends on their birthday and sing them happy birthday? Or do you just put a thing on social media saying happy birthday because you saw everybody else put it on social media.

When a friend is depressed, do you go over to their house, sit, watch movies, eat ice cream all day and be depressed with them?

Have you told your friend – I love you? Not love you or love ya? But I love you. The way you know these things matter is how it made you feel when these things were done to you.

How to Keep and Maintain Friendships

Trevor Noah narrates a story:

“I was on a trip to Greece a few years ago. If you’ve ever been to any of these places where people are on boats and having a great time in the water, it hypnotizes you. Then I turned to one of the Greek guys I was with, and I said Nick,

If I was trying to get a boat, what boat should I get?

I’ll never forget this… His friend jumped in, and he said:

Trevor Noah, let me tell you something – the best boat is your friend’s boat.

It was a joke that had so many layers because if you own a boat there’s a lot of stress.  You don’t want to own a boat unless you really love boats. But the thing I found profound was this.

Everybody who has a boat needs friends to be on that boat with them. And if everybody works to get the boat no one has time to have friends to come on the boat with them. Every boat I know is full of friends who are on that boat.”

Trevor Noah’s message is simple. Work on your friendship so you enjoy your best moments better together.

The Power of Asking for Help

We don’t build trust by offering help. You build trust by asking for it.

If someone is your friend especially if they have been there for you, don’t be selfish to deny them the honor of allowing your friends to be there for you. The reverse should happen too.

This is when you know a friend is a friend.

Friendship vs. Success: Prioritizing People Over Work

Finding the balance between friendship and success is a bit difficult in today’s times.

In our society, it is possible to show up as a family person. You can show up as a CEO. Showing up as a president is also possible.

Yet society does not deem it nice or important to show up as a friend. The society does not prioritize friendships.

You must have noticed it is more remarkable to have an amazing experience with someone than by yourself. When you say, “look what I did” versus “do you remember that time we did that”. The latter is a better feeling than the former.

How Ignoring Friendships affects Romantic Relationships

There is a big and underrated lesson here.

Abandoning or ignoring friendships has affected romantic relationships. Because people have now shifted all the expectations, the support, the love gotten from a community of friends to one person. We have abandoned those outside places and asking our partners to be everything all the time always.

This is an unreasonable and unfair standard to put on someone. Or to be put on you as well.

What does it all mean?

I like how Trevor Noah concludes their conversation with this adage:

A person is a person only because of the people. I guess King Solomon already knew this because he said it twice:

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”

“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.”

That’s all. I hope this helps

Wishing you the best of friendships.

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This email was an excerpt from a conversation between Simon Sinek and Trevor Noah. You can watch the full conversation here 

Solomon’s Paradox: How to Counsel Yourself Right

Let me tell you when I first encountered Solomon’s paradox.

As a born strategist, I learnt chess as a young child by playing my fellow peers in high school.

We used to form a ring in the classroom where the players sit at the middle with the chessboard. Then the remaining people – the spectators stood and watched the moves of the players.

And every single time, I noticed a pattern.

Whenever I was a spectator, I saw the best moves each player would have made. Their mistakes. And how the game will eventually end.

As non-players, we would nod in approval when one of the players made a good move. We giggled or gasped if a bad move is done.

Yet, when I was in the middle, either playing black or white – there was friction. I don’t see the game clearly as when I spectated. Mistakes were always bound to happen.

Does the Bystanders See better than the Players?

Our teachers used to say, that the spectators often see the game better because they are not pressured or making the moves themselves.

This pretty much happens to everyone in life, but I only connected it later.

When people are thinking about significant life issues, they frequently concentrate on the specific details of their own experiences, which hinders their ability to see things from a wider angle and is counterproductive to logic.

Why is this so?

This is because we don’t see the world the way it is, we see the world the way we are. We are emotionally invested in our own circumstances but logical when evaluating those of others.

The psychologists called this phenomenon – Solomon’s Paradox.

Solomon's Paradox

Solomon’s Paradox – Visualization Credit: Pejman Milani

Why did they call it Solomon’s Paradox?

Because you see… King Solomon was famous in the Old Testament for his extraordinary wisdom. He was regarded as one of the most brilliant individuals to have ever lived.

Yet, King Solomon had a disorganized personal life:

Hundreds of wives and concubines. Lack of interest in his children’s upbringing. Obsession with wealth and money.

To put it briefly, King Solomon was an excellent advisor but a bad one at applying the same counsel to his own situation.

You have at some point found yourself in Solomon’s Paradox.

You are impartial, and logical, when you are thinking about the issues that other people are facing.

When you think about your own issues, you become volatile, emotional, and illogical.

Solomon’s Paradox strikes when you give others clear, logical viewpoints and guidance but are unable to give yourself the same kind of clarity and reason.

How do you then break out of it?

I love the strategies recommended by Sahil Bloom. Firstly, Create Space. Then zoom out.

Create space from your emotional decisions.

You tend to make poor decisions because of your emotional attachment to a situation. The secret to getting out of the paradox is to give the situation some distance. Either physically or emotionally.

To create this space, you must pause, reset and engage.

Pause to give yourself time to react—whether it’s a few seconds, minutes, hours, or days. Reset by reminding yourself that you are in charge of what happens after you give yourself permission to experience the emotional reaction.

Then engage the situation with a more balanced perspective.

Zoom out to gain a wider perspective

Like a chess player, you live your life zoomed in.

This creates challenges. Because of this view, your progress appears smaller than it actually is. And your difficulties appear greater than they are.

Zooming out gives you perspective on the remarkable extent of your progress the real nature of your difficulties.

That’s all it takes…

A wiser man after Solomon’s era summarized these strategies to escape this paradox:

And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?

How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye?

Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye. (Matthew 7:3-5)

Solomon’s Paradox serves as an important reminder that while we’re all excellent at giving advice, we’re not so good at following it.

Create space and zoom out. That’s how you escape your Solomon’s paradox.