Building a Millionaire Mindset: How to Use the Pillars of Entrepreneurship to Gain, Maintain, and Sustain Long-Lasting Wealth

PILLAR 7

Being a Wish Maker or a Risk Taker

This pillar is about the difference between a person who has vision and someone who lives in the world of illusions. The crux of this pillar is this: Are you a wish maker or a risk taker?

Let me illustrate this with a classic example. A few years back, the whole country was watching the lottery climb and climb. It reached $500 million, but no one won. It hit $700 million, and still no one won. Then it reached $900 million, and the news broke that someone got the entire pot. A single winner for almost $1 billion. It was amazing. I was with a friend of mine when we heard. He turned to me and said, “Man, I wish I had won that money. Can you imagine?” I asked him if he played the lottery, and he said no. ...