Your job won’t make you wealthy. You’ll never earn enough.

This is a big error that most people make. They believe that their job can make them wealthy. Look around you. How many wealthy job holders do you see in your neighborhood?

Jobs are good. They pay the rent or mortgage. They buy our clothes and food. However, you do have to go to work to get paid.

This is a major inconvenience. If you have to go to work everyday to get paid, you’re not financially free. You have to continue to work for a living. And chances are that your job doesn’t pay you enough to lead the style of life you want.

For instance, let’s say that you want five weeks vacation this summer with the family. The job gives you two weeks vacation.

You’re not wealthy if you don’t have the freedom to take those additional weeks of vacation with the family.

Another problem is that jobs just don’t pay enough to be financially free. Think about your present job. Does it pay enough? Can you do almost anything you want on your present salary? Probably not.

And no matter how hard you work, no matter how many extra hours you work, you are still limited to what you can earn. You are only one person. You only have 24 hours in a day.

Okay. So a job has limits. A job won’t make us wealthy. Then where do we go to become wealthy? How else can we have a regular monthly check arrive in our mailbox that pays for the lifestyle we want?

So how much money do you need to be wealthy?

So how much money do you need?  What does financial wealth mean to you?

 * Having a million dollars in your savings account?
 * Recieving a check in your mailbox every month that covers your monthly expenses?
 * Never having to go to work again?

These are just some of the definitions of financial wealth. Your definition might be quite different from anyone else’s. However, no matter how you describe financial wealth - you can get there using one of the many proven paths mentioned in this series of post.

Let’s imagine that financial wealth means that you have enough money to live the lifestyle you want - and you never have to go to work again. Fair enough?

In other words, you have all the money you need to lead a comfortable life. How much is that? Let’s look at some examples:

1.  Ed love to camp out in “fishing territory.” All Ed needs is $500 a month for a few expenses as his tent is already paid for and he plans to eat the fish he catches.

2. Monica needs $1,500 a month to pay her day to day expenses while she writes novels.

3. Alex needs $6,000 a month to travel the world and explore.

4. Rita needs $10,000 a month for her life-style and charities.

As you can see, financial independence means something different for everyone. Only you can decide what’s right for you.

So how do you get that money you need to be financially free?

I’m going to show you several ways to get that money, and at least one of those ways will work for you. But first, I have to discuss something very important concerning your job.