Poor people are stuck looking for a fancy solution.

 Shiny Object Syndrome.

Poor people are stuck looking for a fancy solution. For some, it’s the new business idea they have been waiting for. For others, it’s getting their promotion or the new online course they found.

However, whatever solution they believe is the secret to getting rich, won’t make them rich. Because there is no one solution.

Money is a puzzle that requires multiple pieces to solve. Most people try to fix the puzzle by only looking for one piece.

According to them, it’s their one idea/promotion/course that's keeping them poor.

If you think like this, let me break your bubble, there are multiple things that keep you poor.

• You never jump. Money is the swimming you learn only by jumping in. Most people don’t start a business. Don’t save. Don’t invest. Don’t learn.
• You play to your weakness. You can make money in any industry. Yet, you didn’t pick a job/business according to your strengths.
• You make your work hell. What happens when you drive a car in the wrong gear? You stress out. Most people never find their working style.
• You are ignorant. Most people don’t have the humility to ask/learn from people who are already succeeding. If you could only imitate what the rich do, won’t you become rich?

I can list many more reasons but that’s not the point.

The point is to make you look at the bigger picture. To make you see that there are more than one obstacle and more than one solution.

If money is a painting, don’t see just the painting but also the painter, the brush, the paint and the skills which made it.

-Rafael Eliassen