Goals and Passions

Today let’s talk about the best advice you will ever get on how to become financially, as well as mentally, wealthy. It is a true story that should interest you if you would like to earn a lot of money or even if you just want to enjoy lots of success.

Some time ago, a random sample of 1500 graduating college seniors were surveyed to find out what they would base their career choice on. 83 percent said that financial gain was the first thing they would base their career choice on and following their dream, or their passion, would come second. Seven percent said that following their dream would be first and financial gain second.

In a follow-up study on actual net worth 20 years later, what do you think they found? Well, 101 of the 1,500 had become millionaires. But only one of those millionaires had come from the group that put financial gain first, while one hundred of them came from the group that followed their dreams.

Of course, this study doesn’t “prove” anything. Its objective was simply to give us information about ourselves. The point is that a path with heart, and a goal with passion driving it, is incredibly powerful. People who do great things have, above everything else, a purpose that stirs their soul, that gives life meaning. How does that saying go? “Do what you love and you will never work a day in your life.” If it’s something you love, it’s not work. It is a life-fulfilling joy!

So, follow your dream. Do what you love and what gives you joy, and do it with your whole heart. And if what you love and dream is also a contribution to the betterment of the world around you, so much the better!

If this survey is any indication, this might be the way to become a millionaire, if that is what we truly want. But more so, it is also the way to become mentally wealthy, because following our passions will make us happy, the very essence of our personal well-being.

So, how will you mix your goals and your passions?