Context and content leads to contentment!

MAGIC MONEY!

Due to some pressing family things at the moment, I haven't been able to blog as often as I'd like, and this entry will be brief.

Alongside Robert Koyosaki's "Retire young, retire rich" book I have also been reading "Anyone can do it" by Duncan Bannnatyne (from BBC2 Dragon's Den)- which is his story of how he went from buying an ice cream van, to having a fleet of ice cream vans, old people's homes, gyms and so on.

I firmly believe that if one wants to achieve bigger things one needs to read from people who have achieved them. This both inspires and shows the attitude that shows the difference between someone who has a good idea and does nothing with it and an entrepreneur. Although each entrepreneur is different- there are certain traits than most have. A key one is vision, another is drive- having an idea is one thing, but it's drive that will see it through when things get tough, and get tough they will!

Getting back to the title- context and content= contentment: Robert Kiyosaki regularly states that expanding ones context, thinking bigger if you will, is how you expand wealth or assets. Similarly, one needs to learn new language and ways of thinking to use in that context in order to grow. think of it this, when you were a child, enough money to buy a comic and some sweets was you context and you needed simple language (content) to do those things. Later, as a teenager, you would want to buy CD's (or records if you're as old as me!) and go to see bands or play sports so your context was now bigger and your language expanded to keep up.

I am not stating that everyone should star a multinational business here, merely, that one needs to look at what one really wants and expand the context and language you'll need to achieve it. Similarly, you can start forming some sort of "map" by studying people who've already achieved what you want to do.

Another key thing- never ever, assume you know everything! There is always more to know and learn and mistakes are one of the ways one will learn things- all entrepreneurs make mistakes- that's why they are successful.