To Create Wealth, Apply the 75/25 Rule

In my book, 15 Laws of Money, I said that one of the major reasons why some people will never be wealthy is their spending habit. They think buying, not investing. They have Consumer Mentality not Investment Mentality.

If an average African makes money, the first set of things he will think about are his needs. New shoes, new clothes, special birthday party, special remembrance for his father that died in 1980 etc. He spends, he does not multiply.

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Some people hustle daily just to have enough money to buy things. Things they think others are enjoying that they’re not enjoying. Things they believe will add value to their lives. Unfortunately, hustling to make enough money for the purpose of buying things is the reason why poverty is ravaging many homes today.

Kindly tell me what you did with last month’s salary. Kindly tell me what you’re planning to do with this month’s salary.

Dear business owner, how much have you made this year? What did you do with the money? By the way, did you place yourself on salary or you just collect any amount of money you like while going home every evening?

We have consumer mentality. We have spending mentality. We spend money before we even make it. Someone who is reading this now has planned how to spend the money he will make next month in advance. The moment the money reflects in his bank account, he will start transferring it immediately.

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There are Two Sets of People On Earth:

Wealthy people are investors, poor people are consumers. Wealthy people thinks about investment, poor people thinks about expenditures. Wealthy people thinks about wealth multiplication, poor people thinks about wealth depreciation.

When a wealthy man makes money, the first thing he will think about is how to multiply it. So, when he makes $10,000, he will invest or allow it to keep appreciating in his business. Two years later, the $10,000 has become $100,000.

When a poor man makes money, the first thing he will think about is what to spend it on. He goes on a spending spree. Two years later, the $10,000 is now outdated shoes, clothes and smartphones. Wealthy people invests their money, poor people spends money.

What is 75/25 Principle?

If you make money from today, endeavor to save 75 percent of it, and budget on how to spend the remaining 25 percent.

Let’s assume you made $10,000. The moment the money reflects in your bank account, tell yourself that your share is $2,500! In fact, don’t even see $10,000. See just $2,500.

If you are a business owner, it means $7,500 will enable you to purchase more products than you used to purchase in the past.

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If you are an employee, see 25 percent of your salary as your true salary. Invest the rest in real estate (we have lands in our estates in South Eastern Nigeria).

For some people, you don’t even need to spend up to 25 percent of your income because of the volume of your income. Someone that makes money daily and monthly like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and others, will not spend up to 5 percent of his income.

Online Advert is a Trap

Social media is designed to trap you. It is designed to control the way you think and behave.

For example, different social media apps are listening to your conversations. If you mention shoes while talking to someone on the phone, and later open your social media app, you’ll start seeing shoes adverts. It is algorithm. They are monitoring you.

These people monitor your online behavior. They study the kind of posts you like, the kind of people you interact with, the kind of things you post on social media etc. That is why they show you adverts of the things you like on your timeline.

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Haven’t you discovered that once you click on a particular advert, they will start bombarding you with that king of advert? These people are prying on us. They want us to squander our income.

That is why you scroll past three posts and the next one will be advert. They are enslaving people. They are turning people to consumers instead of investors.

If it is possible, kindly stop shopping online or discipline yourself in that regard. If you look back you will discover that you are now buying things you don’t need. You are now addicted to shopping. Social media owners programmed you that way. They are making money from your unguarded spending.

To be wealthy you must fight waste. Fight it with all your might. Say no to waste. Say no to unnecessary expenditures.

Instead of organizing a party to impress others, save the money. Open school fees accounts for your children. Instead of buying things you don’t need, save that money and invest it.

Learn how to spend from a budget. Impulsive buying should end today. If it is not in your budget, don’t buy. I know it won’t be easy for starters, but you will master it with time.

An unknown author said, “The person who doesn’t know where his next dollar is coming from usually doesn’t know where his last dollar went.”

Charles Dickens said, “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.”

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Jack Benny opined, “Try to save something while your salary is small; it’s impossible to save after you begin to earn more.”

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