Mel Abraham breaks down income, wealth, and richness as three separate things. High income doesn't guarantee wealth or the life you want. Build a financial system with margin and structure that funds the life you actually want, not the one that looks good to others.
Most people don't actually want to be rich. They want to feel safe. They want to feel unpressured. They want to feel free. But instead of building that, they chase a number. They chase a title. They chase a lifestyle that looks amazing online and feels terrible to maintain in real life. Income is what you earn. Wealth is what you own, minus what you owe. But richness. Richness is how you experience your life. You can live a rich life without being in the top 1%. And you can also live a miserable life in the top 5%. High income doesn't equal wealth. You can make that $300,000 a year and still be broke. Why? Because income without margin becomes just an obligation. Income without systems becomes stress. And income without structure becomes a very expensive hamster wheel. Your job is not to be in the top 1%. Your job is to build a money machine that funds the life that you actually want. Instead of asking, how rich am I compared to everyone else? Forget everyone else. Ask, how well does my money support the life I want? That's real wealth.
