Once again we look to Dan Miller and his 48 days blog (visit the links section of our website for more info on Dan Miller) for an interesting article. Today’s article, Look rich-die broke was inspired by a sign in front of a car accessories shop in Florida that read: “Rent your wheels and tires here”.
Like furniture rental places, you can apparently also rent the rims you’ve been dying to have for your car as well, that way, you can look cool, and rich, even if you’re broke. Dan Miller has a knack for talking about topics that are important to me, and there are few things that get my blood boiling more than people who spend themselves into debt chasing status. He highlights the new book from Thomas Stanley, author of The Millionaire Next Door and The Millionaire Mind, both of which are excellent books (I will be buying and reading this newest addition to his works). This new book highlights some of the habits of the truly rich (as opposed to those who only appear rich), which, in general, does not include renting your rims.
Read the post, and go buy (or check out from your local library) Thomas Stanley’s newest book, Stop Acting Rich. Let’s all begin to be open minded to the idea that having fancy things (for status) and spending obscene amounts of money on weddings and “McMansions” are not the real way for the average person to become wealthy. Once you stop believing you are going to simply luck into a fortune, or become famous and rich out of the blue, you can focus on becoming rich the way most people do…through saving, working hard, and striving to be the best at their passion so they can advance themselves in that particular field over the years.
Tags: accountability, Budgeting, Credit Cards, Debt, Financial planning, Personal responsibility, Spending Money
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