Many people have gone to great lengths to shape and describe what wealth and being wealthy means, what it means to be rich, but the idea we focus on for our particular mission is Financial independence. Many of my clients and students come to us with a slightly misconstrued or obscure to say the least ideal of financial independence. They ask me dont you have to be rich to be financially independent, wouldnt your parents have had to leave you some form of inheritance to have an real possiblity at being financially independent today? Or dont you have to make a million dollars a year to be financially independent? And my answer to all of these questions and the many like it, is unequivocally No! You see Financial Independence is not some ambiguous ideal, it is real quantifiable, and in my humble opinion, obtainable for everyone seeking it.
So if Financial Independence isnt having a large inheritance, or a million dollars a year, what is it? First let me start with how we here at Organization For Higher Learning believe you achieve the means to not the end but the goal, we believe that you must be financially literate to even begin considering financial independence. Without the Literacy you will surely not achieve the goal. This is so important because financial independence is not just a stroke of luck or even something anyone else can provide you with, its truly a way of living, and a complete mindset.
However upon acquiring the financial literacy whether that be through our eLearning Platform and courses, or through another service educator and provider of your choice, you should walk away with your very own personal blueprint to the actionable steps you need to take to be on path to the goal. You see we all have different roads which we will travel to get to the goal due to a multitude of variables; cultural differences, economic differences, educational backgrounds, and so much more, but the thing which will be the common donominator will be our Financial Literacy. Knowing exactly how to take control of our financial present and future, is one of the mainstays and baseline fundamentals of financial literacy.
Knowing the fundamentals, and the complexities as well as being introduced to more and more resources to achieve the goal Financial independence will become a more believeable and achievable goal for you. The financial independence you seek may have levels, but as you transcend through each of them you will come to realize that just possibly your life is much more free and independent, not by adding more material goods and so forth to it, but by what you can extract away and still maintain the level of happiness and freedom you desire.
In summary our one liner definition of Financial Independence, is simple, “Its simply the freedom to choose, and not be financially hindered whether you Do or you Dont!”