Mel Abraham contrasts two questions people ask before buying something: "What's the monthly payment?" versus "What does this cost my future?" The first keeps you renting your life away. The second builds wealth first, then funds your lifestyle from that machine.
The question that separates rented lives from free ones. So you ask one question before you buy something. What's the monthly payment? See, wealth builders, they ask a completely different question. What does this cost my future? That one question alone separates rented lives from free ones. It doesn't mean wealth builders never enjoy nice things. They do. The difference is they don't sacrifice their future to fund their present. They build the machine first and let the machine pay for the lifestyle instead of the other way around. Before your next purchase, ask yourself which question you're actually answering. What's the monthly payment? Or what does this cost my future?
