Lessons from the Secret Millionaire
January 7th 2009 23:14
The Secret Millionaire is a 'reality' TV program that follows 10 days in the life of a Millionaire in the UK.
For those of you who haven't watched it, the basic premise is that a wealthy person has decided he or she wants to give something back to the community.
These millionaires effectively give up their wealthy lifestyle for a 9 day period (on day 10 they reveal their mission to their recipients).
During the 10 days of each episode, the Millionaires return to poor suburbs or communities under the guise of filming a documentary of some kind which enables the millionaires to film while on their secret mission.
They seek out people who in their minds are deserving of a financial break - these may be individuals, or community groups, or projects within the community.
The millionaires forego the trappings of wealth, live in the poor communities and ride the emotional rollercoaster of connecting with the people facing tough times.
I've shed a few tears during the few episodes I've seen, and I've had my moments where I sure as heck wish I could innocently stumble across the path of a secret millionaire who would see my pain, understand my dreams and write me a check (cheque) to pay for it all.
In my own reality, I sit at the crossroads in my life.
I'm breaking free of my poverty upbringing.
I've done and keep doing all I can to break the mindset of poverty.
In fact, just the other day I sat on my couch in my humble life and cried as I faced some pretty ugly demons in my life - the poverty and fear demons.
Ironically, I faced them down and it was not without scars.
I'm also doing all I can to take my life toward that of riches, wealth and financial freedom.
In the tough economic times we face right now, I have taken the hugest risk - and invested what few dollars I could hardly afford into starting a new phase of my business.
I'm down to the wire now, I have bills due and they must be paid yet the business is not generating income...
Over the next week I have to seriously kick ass and turn my vision into the reality I believe it can be. Those bills will be paid...
In the meantime, the lessons from the Secret Millionaire remind me of why I am doing this.
Without money we can still be good people, and we can still do good for others.
Without money, we are not without hope.
Yet, without money we can be rendered powerless.
It is not money that takes us to the place of poverty or richness.
It is knowledge, belief, desire, dreaming - it is having goals, and the passion and dedication and commitment to seeing those goals fulfilled.
My lessons are about appreciating that there are TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS of dollars/currencies out there and some people have LOTS of them and some have none or very little.
To make my comfortable share, I simply need to know what I want, how badly I want it and why, and to learn (gain knowledge) about being financially successful.
I'll let you know how I go.
More later...
For those of you who haven't watched it, the basic premise is that a wealthy person has decided he or she wants to give something back to the community.
These millionaires effectively give up their wealthy lifestyle for a 9 day period (on day 10 they reveal their mission to their recipients).
During the 10 days of each episode, the Millionaires return to poor suburbs or communities under the guise of filming a documentary of some kind which enables the millionaires to film while on their secret mission.
They seek out people who in their minds are deserving of a financial break - these may be individuals, or community groups, or projects within the community.
The millionaires forego the trappings of wealth, live in the poor communities and ride the emotional rollercoaster of connecting with the people facing tough times.
I've shed a few tears during the few episodes I've seen, and I've had my moments where I sure as heck wish I could innocently stumble across the path of a secret millionaire who would see my pain, understand my dreams and write me a check (cheque) to pay for it all.
In my own reality, I sit at the crossroads in my life.
I'm breaking free of my poverty upbringing.
I've done and keep doing all I can to break the mindset of poverty.
In fact, just the other day I sat on my couch in my humble life and cried as I faced some pretty ugly demons in my life - the poverty and fear demons.
Ironically, I faced them down and it was not without scars.
I'm also doing all I can to take my life toward that of riches, wealth and financial freedom.
In the tough economic times we face right now, I have taken the hugest risk - and invested what few dollars I could hardly afford into starting a new phase of my business.
I'm down to the wire now, I have bills due and they must be paid yet the business is not generating income...
Over the next week I have to seriously kick ass and turn my vision into the reality I believe it can be. Those bills will be paid...
In the meantime, the lessons from the Secret Millionaire remind me of why I am doing this.
Without money we can still be good people, and we can still do good for others.
Without money, we are not without hope.
Yet, without money we can be rendered powerless.
It is not money that takes us to the place of poverty or richness.
It is knowledge, belief, desire, dreaming - it is having goals, and the passion and dedication and commitment to seeing those goals fulfilled.
My lessons are about appreciating that there are TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS of dollars/currencies out there and some people have LOTS of them and some have none or very little.
To make my comfortable share, I simply need to know what I want, how badly I want it and why, and to learn (gain knowledge) about being financially successful.
I'll let you know how I go.
More later...
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