Are you a victim?

“We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.”

- Bucky Fuller

We need to be architects. We need to take control of our future and mold it to our dreams, and our design.

But…

If we don’t… we are nothing more than victims to governments, jobs, inflation, Covid, and… fate.

I encourage you to take control through financial education, but there is so much more.

Take control of your family’s well-being: physical health, mental health as well as physical needs. I am not suggesting you be a tyrant.

I’m saying you need to be a teacher.

Take control of your health, your diet, your exercise.

Be the architect of your future.

Sometimes, I need reminding that I need to be the architect of my future too.

Another way I have seen this articulated is the following model…

BE/DO/HAVE MODEL

  • Who must I BE

  • What must I DO

  • So that I can HAVE what I want

VICTIM

  • Arranges their life in order of HAVE > DO > BE

  • They say “when I have enough time, money and support, then I will DO the things I always wanted to, and then I’ll BE happy & successful

  • The victim is always waiting for externals to change before they can move ahead in life.

WORKER

  • Arranges their life in order DO > HAVE > BE

  • They say, “The more I DO, the more I’ll HAVE. The more I’ll HAVE, the happier I’ll BE.

  • The problem is, the more I do, the more there is still to do and the more I have to do the more there is still to have. I am defined by what I do, so I become driven, busy, and tired. The more I have, the more there is to lose so the harder I work.

WINNER

  • Arranges their life BE > DO > HAVE

  • They say “It is not I need to HAVE before I can start, or what work do I need to DO… But who do i need to BE?

  • What kind of person would have access to the kind of outcomes I want?

  • Then being that kind of person what would I be doing? And then the having takes care of itself.

Sources:

Our Lake Macquarie Financial Planning Advisers, Our Newcastle Financial Planning Advisers, Rich Dad Poor Dad,

https://www.richdad.com/

Matthew McCabe