A MORE ESSENCE PROBLEM
As the first one essay of “Way to financial freedom”, this essay should talk about what the ‘financial freedom’.
But I want to across this essay, talk everyone a more essence problem:
Some goal, such as the ‘financial freedom’ flashing light in front of eyes, we feel clearly that we have made a great effort to do it, but why so many years have passed, but not to our desired speed to approach it?
When we was younger, we have experienced many times, very clearly know we don’t want to things. Such as just graduated, we only know that we do not want to be bound, don’t want worse than anyone... But we don’t know we should do something, even don’t know we want something. So when many young people describe their own ideal, flip over and over talk about it, only one meaning: I want to become very powerful! However, how to become the ‘powerful’, still asked without getting the answer.
This embarrassment reflects that when most people are pursuing something, they may not have a clear definition of that thing.
So when you go back to think about what you very want and strive for things, and why always can't get closer to it. That is because, you’re still fly like headless flies, because you don't even know what you want.
But I want to talk you is, this is but a manifestation of ‘immature’: only know what they do not want, but do not know what they want.
Linguists tell us, if we don’t have a concept in our minds, then our brains tend not to think about that; If there is a missing concept in the language of a nation, then the entire tends to never to think about that. That’s true, language is have such a powerful reverse shaping ability for people (with regard to the wide existence of reverse shaping, we will discuss in detail later). For example, most people in European and American countries can't think of “I’m on fire”, because in their world, there is no concept of ‘on fire’, so they not only don’t know, but also can’t imagine that they will ‘on fire’. You just can explain to them their concept of ‘inflammation’ at most.
If a concept in the brain is inaccurate, or there is no accurate, correct definition, then we must not be able to continue to think accurately and correctly. The resulting chain reaction is that because of the inaccurate definition, the scope of thinking is ambiguous, the basis of selection is deficient, and then the action is wrong... And then it affects the whole life.
Give another simple example: ‘share’ this concept, what is it?
Most people didn't seriously think about this problem, they thought that sharing is to take good things out and enjoy it with everyone. Only a few people have seriously thought about this definition as problematic: good things must be your own, and then you take it out with other people to enjoy it, that is the real sharing. Many people take good things from others and enjoy it with everyone, that's not called sharing, that is ‘be generous at the expense of others’, is not it?
From this point of view, you can understand why some people pirate but so confidently, in fact, their brains are not clear, or their brains are confused, they are misled by the wrong definitions in their brains. They are not even bad people, for if they understand it, it is impossible and feel shy to confidently.
Although you will have countless times in life but you not know a concept, or misunderstand the correct definition of a lot of things. But you still have more opportunities to be taught, or to teach yourself the right definition.
FIND IT DEFINITION
Until you understand the problem, you will find that if you really ‘want to’ financial freedom, then you need understand the financial freedom, like a sea to understand a river. Until you understand the concept as thoroughly as eating and sleeping, you will have the premise that you can accelerate the approach to it.
Financial Freedom is a word that flashes in the hearts of many people, I have also pondered for many years, no one no one has been able to give me a clear, accurate and correct definition. I read Wikipedia:
Financial freedom means that you don't have to work hard for money for your living expenses. Simply put, passive income generated by your assets must equal or exceed at least your daily expenses, which most of us most desire to achieve, if we enter this state, we can call it retirement or other name.
I think it is reluctant clear, but this is far from enough, because this definition makes me completely don’t know the guiding significance. After repeated reading, I still don't know what to do next. It’s not good.
Until one day, I find the key to influencing actions. The freedom we want is not wealth at all, Wealth is just a tool. The freedom we want is essentially the autonomy of time. So I redefined refine the definition of financial freedom:
The so-called freedom of personal wealth refers to a person no longer have to sell their own time to meet the necessities of life.
Concise, accurate, correct, and instructive.
All the things we do in our lives are consuming only the non-return time. If you can do something that will benefit you, the time you spend can be considered "sold". The essence of all the struggles that we each make is to get ourselves sold for a higher price per unit of time.
You will think of a very direct way to raise the price of the time: the people who work will first think of improving their salary. But a few people in the crowd can make a leap forward thinking about this concept: the way to raise the time price is to try to sell more many times of original time only once the finished product. A person who writes long - term best-selling books, the person made Coca-Cola and the Lao Gan Ma（老干妈）, the person have made a platform for people to trade their own time (yes, they do not even need to sell their own time). They just sold more time for themselves or did not need to sell their own time, they only need to watch others sell time on their own platform. And even more so, even if they die, the result of their time can still be traded.
This is what I can think of, the most thorough wealth freedom.
FINANCIAL FREEDOM IS NOT THE END
Never mistaken that financial freedom is the end.
Even death is not necessarily an absolute end: you’ll find that some people are able to cross even death, their flesh will also die down, but their creation, their influence, their value will continue, eventually breaking the border of death. Of course most people can get a little illusory illusion of continuity by raising their offspring.
So, how do you think that financial freedom is the end? In fact, when you think so, you basically have no hope of get it. Because too many messy ideas are created in your mind, your value can be greatly distorted, and every choice you make is distorted by the fact that it is more important to mistakenly think something that is not really important. It’s like you want to go from Antarctica to the North Pole, originally either direction can be arrived at first, but if you walk around everywhere, then even if finally arrived, also need to go more distance and spend more time, maybe getting lost, or back to the starting point... It’s like me front said, you do the fly like headless flies, you will never be able to approach your goal of financial freedom at the best rate.
Unfortunately, most people’s understanding of the financial freedom is only:
When I make enough money, I’ll be XXX everyday!
And the idea is so universal that it can be described as horrific.
Let’s think about how dangerous the idea can be.
Such as, if you say, ‘When I earn enough money, I will play games every day’, at that time, you have understood "playing games" as a valuable thing, even higher than ‘that is what we can do everyday after financial freedom’. What harm does this do? The harm is that the things that are being done in the hands are relatively less important than that. The so-called no poetry and distant beauty contrast, do not think they have been impoverishment. You will feel that what you see in front of you is no longer important or even lower in value than playing games everyday, and then, you’ll feel aversion to yourself who is doing these ‘useless’ things... What you do will eventually become a part of your life, and the idea is actually annoying every minute of your life, and makes you feel that your life is sending out stench every minute and second.
Even more crucial, if you have such a thought, then you’ll not just stop and do what you can really make your financial freedom things.
Maybe playing games compared to the one you are doing to make your fortune free (but may make you feel hard) is something that can easily feel is not seriously, but when after you have some financial freedom to do something more like a serious things need to do. Then you need more vigilance, because they are more deceptive, then you need more , because it more have lost, they allow you to take if for granted, into the dislike of what is happening now.
After gaining financial freedom, you’ll continue to do something, focused on growth rather than focus on success, many people don’t realize is that no matter how successful you are, you still need to grow. Financial freedom is not the end, it’s just a landmark in the way to the finish line.
WASH THE BRAIN
Careful observation, a lot of people’s live is very sad, in the end they will sincerely express their feelings:”It’s because can’t die, so can only live...”. I’ve seen such people know that there is really no one who can help them, they are self-inflicted: because they let the wrong idea of disgusting occupy their brain.
I spent the first half of my word to introduce the importance of knowing the most clear, accurate and correct definition of a thing, because in the process of refining this definition, you will like wash your hands and bathe, and let your brain clean. You will be in the process of removing the pollution caused by the wrong ideas of others, and you’ll eliminate your wrong ideas habits. I like to call this process ”brainwashing”, it is the most important part of personal hygiene, and it is much more important than washing hands and bathing body!
The clear and correct concept is the cornerstone of all thinking. To judge whether a person is smart or not, we can conclude these two conditions: is there are have or not enough clear, accurate and correct concepts; is there have or not clear, accurate and correct connection between concepts. By the initiative to clean the brain for yourself, people can become smarter.
Only a hundred years ago, most French people try not to take a bath, because they think bathing will make their bodies become weaker. They eat beef and potatoes every day, so the body has a lot of fishy smell, and don’t take a bath...That taste can’t imagine. So the French invented perfume, smell mixed with smell of perfume, it also can’t think of how they lived.
Therefore, after the brain is dirty, we shouldn't use extra cover to remove the existing pollution. The most fundamental solution is to train ourselves with concise and effective concepts and clean our brains.
To sum up, before you decide to embark on this path of wealth and freedom, you have to think clearly, what is the real meaning of this matter. If you have such a wrong understanding of it for the time being, you can find the right direction by "brainwashing" as soon as possible. Yes, before starting this journey, think clear it will make you more relaxed, and not fly like a flies fly like most people in this world.