Welcome to the “new normal” of work, employment, and career success. We have moved in just few years from an age of affluence, when the stock market was booming, the unemployment rate was below 5%, and people were becoming millionaires and billionaires all around us, to a new age of turbulence, when all bets are off. Today, the economic situation has changed completely, and it is not going to change back in our lifetimes. We are going through a massive paradigm shift. When a shift like this in thinking or in society takes place, only a few people recognize that it is occurring. Most people are stuck in a comfort zone where they keep on doing the same old things in the same old way, simply assuming that the economic and financial meltdown of 2007–2010 was a bump in the road, and that everything will soon get back to normal. They are right, but the definition of “normal” has changed. From this day forward, if you want to succeed and achieve everything that is possible for you, you are going to have to work smarter and more diligently than before. To move to the top of your field, you are going to have to start a little earlier, work a little harder, and stay a little later.
Sharing isn’t complicated. It means giving others access to what we have so that they can fill a need. Simple as that. So, does something as obvious as sharing even have a history? Haven’t we always known that it’s nice to share what we have? Well, yes and no. It turns
We see prosperity as multidimensional. When you are happy, when you have enough money and are at peace with how you are earning that money, this leads to the sustainable state that we describe as prosperity. Balancing these three things—money, happiness, plus sustainability—leads to prosperity. The prosperity that we value depends
Today we live in a trying economic environment. Every day, popular financial advisors exhaust us to hunker down, play it safe, and protect ourselves from an uncertain future. To the voices who promote fear and doubt, understanding the psychology of wealth will provide you with balance, wisdom, and optimism.