Financial Freedom - Part 1

In this five-part blog article, I will be discussing one of many ways financial freedom can be achieved. I mean, this is a big-ticket item, right? If it weren’t, so many people wouldn’t be chasing fame, “likes,” “subscribes” and a social following at the desperate rate you’re seeing today.

I think financial freedom is extremely misunderstood and its misconception is important highlight because it does not entail 99% of the garbage you find on the web. At least in my opinion.

It’s about time someone explained financial freedom to the individual who hasn’t achieved it so that they can screw their head on straight if this is something they’re after.

Now I need to start by saying that by no means do I believe my methods are the ONLY ones in achieving financial freedom. It involves risk and lots of work. Especially in the beginning. But these practices when repeated properly, are what I believe to be the fastest and most logical way(s) to financial freedom.

Financial freedom more importantly stems from financial literacy. Such literacy comes from obsessively understanding and learning about:

1. The psychological mental blocks and resultant subconscious actions that lead to the hindrance of financial freedom.
2. How to compound small amounts of money through an IPA.
3. Overcoming the fear of financial loss, or in other words, getting financially desensitized.
4. Method’s where tax efficiency is gained when activities are routed through incorporations and holding companies with the backing of financial institutions against secured assets for multiplying buying power and wealth generation/preservation.
5. Using strategic debt to place financial freedom on autopilot after a certain threshold has passed to invest in professionally managed portfolios, then to use the dividends to pay the interest on the debt utilized to invest in these portfolios (an automated money machine).

In this five-part blog series, I will be discussing financial freedom to the depth that I’ve both come to learn it and learn from it.

First, let’s talk about psychology.

Have you ever stopped and asked why you are seeking financial freedom? I mean let’s get deep into it and uncover some of the dirty secrets, or what I call “psychological shadows” we all have. Is it that you think achieving financial freedom will fill an internal void stemming from approval/social status? Is it that you just don’t want to worry about money anymore? Are you seeking security? Is it so you can gain the approval of an unapproving parent/sibling? Is it because you envy your friends who became rich because they bought into bitcoin or something of the sort? Is it so that you can buy a materialistic item to make you feel superior in a social setting because you were bullied as a kid/adult? Is it because you think hot girls/boys/gender x, y, z will take notice of you in a romantic setting? Is it because you need your Instagram page to look at “vacationey – is that a word?” What is it that actually drives your desire for financial freedom and wealth?

No matter what the answer is, your motives need to be clear. Then as if finding clear motives wasn’t already complicated enough, you need to dig further and ask yourself if this innate desire, actually stems from a life pain you haven’t resolved. Why do I say this? The pains we experience in life, stay with us. From experience I can tell you, that a money-hungry mindset comes from a painful past. Quite simply for no other reason than the fact that if you were born into money, you would be oblivious to the privileged life you get to live. So the very fact that you’re even reading this article tells me that somewhere, somehow, it was sold to you that if you achieve financial freedom, life will be way better, if not, almost complete. And this couldn’t’ be further from the truth. Most people sabotage success because they aren’t well equipped to actually handle it. Why? They are acting from a place of pain and inadequacy.

How do I know this? Well, I’ll tell you – almost everyone wants financial freedom, kind of like a six pack. But only a select few actually are willing to do what it takes to go and get it. When they figure out how much work it takes, most people shackle up with their favorite beverage instead, scroll through their Social Media newsfeeds, and let the procrastination and comfort be their selected lifestyle as opposed to getting to work and ironing out all of the unwelcoming truths that are actually hidden in their paradigm; or what I say, hidden in their paradigm full of potential.

This is deep stuff.

I’ll help you with a starting point to a possibly a better narrative. Is it possible you want financial freedom because you actually have a good heart, and want to positively impact the world? Is it maybe because you want financial freedom so that you can have the buying power to make a dent in some morbidity that needs solving in our weird world? Could it possibly be that you actually connect with the idea that children shouldn’t be starving? And maybe you want to do something about that? Sure, go ahead and buy the Lambo, but understand that it's not the entirety of what makes up financial freedom.

I hate to break it to you, but for most people, self-serving narcissism is the epicenter of most fame money driven debuts. The sense of “importance” and the sense of “me.” People are so massively self-involved. Yet if they unlock the triangle between education, psychology, and action, people have the ability to achieve some of the greatest triumphs in the world.

To me, financial freedom comes to someone who chooses to be a leader with money, so that they can be trusted with the responsibility to manage it appropriately when they're free to do as they wish. How can you possibly become a leader with finances, by simply just having more of it? Would it not seem logical that there's an innate need to master each and every nuance of money to UNDERSTAND how to make more of it, while keeping it?

Don’t understand what I mean?

Imagine the Captain of an airline jet who is trusted with the power and authority to fly his/her plane and manage the flight. Would you really want to board their jet, if they only had 6 months of total flying experience? Or would you be more comfortable boarding this captains jet knowing they likely have been through a thing or two to hold the title “captain” and is as a result trusted to be in a leadership position to ensure you start and finish your journey safely?

Well, the same applies to finances. Why? Financial freedom means you have power. You need to demonstrate at various levels that you can handle power responsibly, and for the better good of those around you, before you’re trusted with more power. 

Is this making sense? So if you’re acting from a place of pain, or unresolved void(s), or the need for social approval, it's very likely that you, like most, would engage in ruthless behavior when empowered with financial freedom. It’s the only sabotage you know because your desire for a leadership role comes from the wrong place in your heart. Wow – deep stuff.

You see, the person who has a good head on their shoulders, and has a sustainable vision for why they want to be financially powerful is the one who has the highest odds of making it, long term. Otherwise we have many examples of people who made a few million, only to see themselves pissing it away.

Second

Waking up to the real reasons as to why you aren’t experiencing financial freedom. Is it maybe that deep down you feel shame about money? Is it that “money is the root of all evil” as they say? And you feel like it’s dirty to be rich? Is it that maybe you despise the likes of Elon Musk and the 1% that go along with it? Do you perhaps believe a conspiracy that it’s not in the “cards” for you to be rich because the “man” is against you?

When they regularly struggle with money, it's not uncommon for people to partake in a belief that financial freedom is not meant for them. It almost sooths the ego, because if can believe that money is not in the cards for them, then they don't have to feel bad about not learning the skills that go along with a financially free lifestyle.

Remember when I said that with money, comes great responsibility and power? So then answer this question ... who do want you to be with money? What is that version of you like? What will you do? What does a day look like for you not as a new person to money, but someone used to having a lot of it ? Start narrating. Without a big enough reason, you'll always be "too busy" to make time to learn any skillset associated with improving your financial life. That is almost a guarantee in my opinion. At least I have yet to see someone truly make it financially, who didn't have good enough reasons.

Once you wake up psychologically and iron out the mess that is your paradigm concerning money, we can begin shaping the real why’s behind why you want financial freedom so much, and more importantly, the kind of person you’re going to be when you’re in the position of financial leadership. Only then, does it make sense to tap into the educational aspect of solving your journey to financial freedom.

See you in part 2.