T. Harv Eker argues that getting rich lets you actually help people: buy them food, housing, medicine, education. He rejects the idea that poverty is honorable and says money struggles hurt both you and the people who depend on you.
Can you do more for others when you are rich or when you are broke? I'm not talking about sharing your love and your heart and your smiles. I mean, you can and should give those things with or without money. Yes or yes. The problem is that as wonderful as love and heart and smiles are, they just don't purchase food, homes, medicine, or education. I hope that you agree that you can do more for others when you have the wherewithal to do so, than when you're broke and struggling and barely can support yourself. My friends, I want you to understand something that's absolutely critical here. No matter what other people have told you, being broke is not, I repeat, it is not a badge of honor. And you know what? Barely making a living doesn't get you any awards either. Neither of these things add to your community. Neither of these support your kids or your family or your parents in the way that you probably like to. And neither of these help the less fortunate. Bottom line, money struggles don't serve you and they certainly don't serve anyone else. True or true. However. However, when you are financially successful, well, that changes everything, doesn't it? You can pick and choose the people and the causes and the organizations that you want to assist because you have the means to truly make a difference in the quality of people's lives. And just as importantly, you can support your family and yourself in the lifestyle that you really want. Yeah, you know this, but you know, sometimes we all need reminders, right? You only live once, and so why not have the best life possible for you and those that you care about? I mean, who wouldn't want that, right? So the problem is not in the want to. The problem is in the how to.
