5 Biggest Differences Between Rich People & Poor People

Between the rich and the poor. How are they so different from each other?

I’ve got a long rich versus poor explanation here, but read to the very end — I promise you, it will be worth it.

1. Rich people play the money game to win. Poor people play the money game to not lose.

The goal of truly rich people is to have massive wealth and for many of them, it’s to help a lot of people.

One of the principles we teach in our programs is, “If you shoot for the stars, you’ll at least hit the moon.” Poor people don’t even shoot for the ceiling in their house, and then they wonder why they’re not successful.

2. Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people want to be rich.

The number one reason most people don’t get what they want is that they don’t know what they want. Rich people are totally clear that they want wealth. They are unwavering in their desire. They are fully committed to creating wealth. As long as it’s legal, moral, and ethical, they will do whatever it takes to have wealth. Rich people do not send mixed messages to the universe. Poor people do.

The third level of wanting is “I commit to being rich.” The definition of the word “commit” is to “devote oneself unreservedly.” This means holding absolutely nothing back; giving 100 percent of everything you’ve got to achieving wealth.

3. Rich people see opportunities and focus on rewards. Poor people see obstacles and focus on the risks.

Poor people see potential loss and are driven by their fear-based voice. Rich people see potential growth, take responsibility for the results in their lives, and act upon the mindset that “It will work because I’ll make it work.” Rich people are committed enough to do whatever it takes. Period.

It comes down to this: If not you, then who?

4. Poor people will do almost anything to avoid problems.

Poor people see a challenge and they run…The secret to success, my friends, is not to try to avoid, or get rid of, or shrink from your problems; the secret is to grow yourself so that you are bigger than your problems. If you have a big problem in your life, all that means is that you are being a small person!

If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!

I go over this specific principle in my upcoming free web class, “Don’t Believe A Thought You Think.”

5. Rich and successful people are solution-oriented.

Rich people spend their time and energy strategizing and planning the answers to challenges that come up and creating systems to make certain that problem doesn’t occur again.

Think of yourself as a container for wealth. If your container is small and your money is big, what’s going to happen? You will lose it. Your container will overflow and the excess money will spill out all over the place. You simply cannot have more money than the container.

Therefore you must grow to be a big container so you not only hold more wealth, but you also attract more wealth.