Becoming intelligent with money requires more than just getting out of debt. It also means making your money work for you instead of you working for it. It means earning interest instead of paying interest. It means buying assets instead of liabilities.
All of these things are true even if you are not out of debt yet. Even if you are diligently repaying your debts, it is still time to begin to think and act like the rich do; not because being rich is the goal (it may or may not be), but because rich people understand money.
Beginning with this chapter, and for the next few chapters, we will show you how money works for the wealthy and how you can begin to make more of it. Not only will this enable you to get out of debt more quickly, it just makes life easier. As John Lennon once said, |
