Having the proper attitude

Posted on August 8, 2008
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Getting and staying out of debt, becoming financially stable, and building wealth requires certain attitudes and beliefs. For example, if you believe that life is just a series of random events to be dealt with as best one can, you’ll probably have a hard time getting or staying ahead financially. It’s the same way if you tend to be the type of person who blames problems on circumstances, other people, etc. To really be able to get ahead, there are some principles you need to accept:

Sounds pretty simple, but sometimes it’s hard for me to put into practice. Sometimes things will happen that I don’t like – an argument with my wife for example. I’ll say to myself “she’s too controlling,” then I’ll go out and spend some money just to prove to myself that I still control some things. The problem with that attitude in my case is that it leads to more arguments over money, which leads to more resentment, which leads to more spending, which leads to more arguing, and eventually last time it led to over $17,000 in credit card debt.
Blaming my frustrations on people and events that I can’t control hasn’t exactly been beneficial to myself and my family. I know from experience that taking responsibility for my life has definite, positive results for our family – but it’s still hard work sometimes. I wonder how much better off we would be today if 5 years ago I had insisted on marriage counseling instead of drowning my frustrations in consumption.
Maybe I’ll find out soon. I can see where we were 5 years ago, where we are now, and how much we lost in between. Next week, I’m going to insist on counseling. We’ll see how much better off we are over the next 5 years, compared to how we’ve done over the past 5.

Cheers,
Ken

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