Where Did She Go Wrong?
“Stop us if this sounds familiar: A very lucky person wins the lottery and expects life to change for the better, but instead, things go horribly wrong.”
This is the entry line in this article at Yahoo’s ‘The Buzz‘ by Mike Krumboltz. I know that if you are a regular follower here at the Wealth Creation blog, that this will sound familiar to you, because it’s a major point of discussion; at least, the larger issue is, and that is that it takes more than just money to be wealthy.
Callie’s Riches To Rags Story
The ‘Buzz’ story is one out of the UK about a young girl who, at 16 years old, won the lottery to the tune of three million dollars. Now, just six short years later, she has only about the equivalent of $32,000 left, and nothing to show for it save for a grossly overpriced wardrobe and way too much partying, drugging, and cosmetic surgery behind her. What could have set this young girl up for life has become a tragedy to her, a nightmare that she now wishes never even happened. She says she truthfully wishes she never even won the lottery, and if she knew then what she knows now, she would have given the money back.
Sounds ludicrous from the outside, doesn’t it? Perhaps but it all goes to show that it takes so much more than money to be wealthy, happy, and financially free.
What If We All Were Wealth-Educated?
How different would this story be if we were all given the sort of financial education that we should have? The kind that could really serve us in life? How much better off would each and every one of us be if someone had stepped in years ago and taught us how to manage money and use it to build wealth and build a life?
If there are two things that we should learn from people like Callie, they are this:
1. It takes more than money to be wealthy; and
2. A good, early financial education can make all the difference in the world—so teach your children well (even as you learn yourself—it is never too late)!
Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
Aussie Internet Marketer © 2004 – 2009
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