Success Habits For Dummies

Chapter 15

Becoming Master of the Board

IN THIS CHAPTER

Treating wealth like a game you can win

Avoiding comparisons

Staying out of debt

The quest for financial success has been written about extensively. There are literally millions of books published on the subject. Jesus talked more about money than he talked about heaven or hell combined. Money is referenced more than 800 times in the modern Bible. Yet most people, even successful ones, lack understanding, a plan, and strategy to attract it, acquire it, save it, and invest it well.

In this chapter, I reveal rules to create more wealth. I also focus on foundational truths relating to debt, including its use and abuse. Debt and its improper use in American society have devastating effects on personal wealth. Most of us have had, or currently have, challenges with debt.

Personal Wealth Is the Board Game of Life

Being wealthy and successful is much like playing a board game. You have pieces you move around the board with skill and strategy to create the opportunity to win the game. In life, like the game of Monopoly, you acquire assets and have chance encounters that you are either prepared for or not. You are thrust into situations ...