Become The Manager.
This is a Crazy Tale of How You Take Charge.
At a point in life, you grow up. You grow into becoming a manager — of people, resources, and then systems. These are the factors that truly determine progress; in fact, they are what actually matter.
Understand this: your growth and greatness heavily depend on how good a manager you become. First, you must manage people, starting with your own family members. This means taking responsibility for checking in on them regularly — your parents, and your siblings. These are your first responsibilities. Your personal family is an extension of you, and true success in managing your own family begins with effectively managing your originating family. How can you learn to do it well if you never tried it in the first place?
Next, you become a manager of resources, often best understood in terms of money. However, it’s also about doing your work well and managing other people’s enterprises effectively. But let’s focus on money: you need to be a good manager of money. The basic truth is that life gives us all an equal chance to be wealthy; what varies is how we manage it. Every little cash flow is your opportunity. Every job payment, wage, or salary is your buy-in offer to manage more. The more confident and competent a manager you become, the better for you, and the larger your financial resources grow. There’s no magic to it — good managers always become greater and better.
Onassis, who was worth $2.3 billion in his lifetime, once said, “The wealthier you become, the more you realize you own nothing.”
Every great manager understands this truth. Your confidence and competency determine how much you can manage at any given time. Some people can barely manage $200, while others can confidently manage $2,000. And then there are those who can handle $100 million in construction debt without breaking a sweat. Now, do you get the point? Good.
Your ability to manage well also determines your capacity to multiply what you have. If you can grow and multiply resources, your possibilities are limitless, and there’s nothing that can stop you. You’ll never lack a day in your life.
Finally, you become a manager of systems. When you excel in managing people and money, you’ll be rewarded with the ability to manage a system of wealth — comprising many people and resources.
