10 Simple Wealth Creation Strategies Part 3

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Tip #9: Create different problems for yourself.

One of my biggest pet peeves is people who always complain about the same problem. I have a hard time understanding why they haven't done something about it. They probably like having that problem secretly ... they must! I have lots of problems too! I prefer to consider them challenges - but still. I have things that aren't going well too. And every time I solve one problem I seem to create a new one ... but that is ok for me as long as I am not dwelling on the same problem day in and day out.

Tip #10: Create more happy moments.

Make a list of the happiest moments in your life. You'll realize that none of them (or very few of them) involved money. Usually they involved achieving something challenging for yourself, a great moment with friends or family, or an incredible experience of some kind. One of my happiest days in recent years was when I was with Dave in the Saskatchewan Pavilion of the 2010 Winter Olympics watching the Canada vs US mens hockey gold medal match. It was such an incredible experience. We didn't know anybody else in the pavilion yet we all felt like friends. And when Canada won in overtime it was an explosion of joy heard all over Canada. I never felt more Canadian pride and joy before that moment. It was easily one of the happiest days of my life. That experience cost us less than $50.

Wealth is important but it's not everything. Don't get too hung up on it. Give yourself some room to just enjoy life. Figure out what moments made you really happy and strive to recreate those moments more often. When you stop focusing on money and focus more on happiness, somehow more money just seems to flow your way anyway.

It's not that hard to make money. It really isn't. Keeping it, growing it, and using it to it's fullest potential to create a life you love is the more difficult part. These 10 things are all realizations, tips or strategies that have made a big impact on my life in the last two years in particular. Since leaving my job I've experienced bigger challenges in my life than I ever faced before (and I didn't steer clear of challenges before ... it's just that independence is a whole different animal!), and bigger moments of job and achievement. It's been a wild roller coaster ride of glee, fear, and excitement and every day the ride gets more and more rewarding. I wish the same for you.

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