One Dollar or a Million Dollars, which would you choose?

If you had to choose between gaining one dollar or a million dollars, which would you choose?  I assume most people would choose a million.  

Now I will propose a new question.  If someone asked you if your habits were worth one dollar or a million dollars, which answer would you give?

This is how you can make sure the answer is a million.

Removing Limitations

What is stopping you from reaching your peak?  The answer is not always obvious.  The book Million Dollar Habits by Brian Tracy takes on limiting factors in the chapter called ‘The Habits of Personal Effectiveness.’  

This chapter takes the reader through clear examples of things that could be slowing them down or even stopping them from reaching their goals.  

Sometimes limiting factors might be obvious: an imbalance between ambition and skill.  Sometimes they might be hidden: self-doubt masking as procrastination.  If you read this chapter with an open mind, you might be able to see what’s limiting you and find your way to eliminate it, raising the value of your habits.

Financial Intelligence

Save 20 % of your salary! This is something that we have all heard from lots of financial experts.  However, the truth is by the time you subtract living costs and other bills from a salary, many people don’t have 20 % left. 

Brian Tracy offers tiny steps that even someone in this position could do, steps that would help them grow the amount in their savings account.  

Brian Tracy also goes into why people find it hard to save money on a deeper level in the same chapter.  Spoiler alert!  It’s similar to why it’s easier to choose dessert over a piece of fruit.

Like Emmanuel Asuquo, the author has enough wisdom to know that financial advice cannot be the same for everyone.  This makes it easier for the reader to establish the advice from Million Dollar Habits in their life.

Diversions Might Be Necessary

This quote, according to Brian Tracy, is a top thing to remember when setting personal goals.  This means knowing where you want to go, making a plan to get there but also being reasonable at the same time. 

Life happens.  Some things are unpredictable.  When planning to reach a goal in the next five years, go for it but the route you take might have to alter along the way.  The plan you made to reach your goal is not as important as the goal itself.

Realness of the Author

This book should be on the to-read list of everyone who wants to go from one-dollar habits to Million Dollar Habits.  

Brian Tracy’s ability to not sound like every mogul who shares business and financial advice makes the book not only easy to read but easy to put the habits shared in the book into practice.  Will you use the book to help you move your habits from one dollar to a million?

Title: One Dollar or a Million Dollars, which would you choose?

Author: Leonie Thomas

Date Published:  30.9.2024