Life Balance - How I kept things real....... for me.

I have very, very wealthy friends, I have wealthy friends, I have friends that are of average wealth, and friends that live week-to-week on a pay cheque.

I can tell you that wealth does not, in itself, make you happy. I know very wealthy people that are miserable and I know others that are very happy but have little wealth.

Personally, I wanted to be wealthy AND happy. In order to do this, I needed not only to create the wealth, but also work out what truly made me happy and work on that also.

My happiness is found in my family.

Having a close loving family that is happy and healthy is what drives me.

Spending time with my wife makes me happy. My wife and I can spend 24 hours per day together and be totally happy doing so - I think they call it "soulmates"!

Watching my kids create their own successes and find their own joy makes me happy. Watching my kids and their partners create their own happiness and their own lives together makes me happy.

However, all of this doesn't just happen. It takes work to make sure the family remains close, that family bonds are tight, and that supportive loving bonds are created and remain going into the future. This all takes time and effort to create.

My wife and I had a choice in life, we chose create BOTH a reasonable amount of wealth, as well as a close loving family.

Of course, we could have chosen the path of trying to create mega wealth, but that would have taken up time and effort away from building what truly makes us happy, which is a phenomenal family that we would be proud of.

Hence, we chose our "life balance" as family first, wealth second.

For us, wealth is pointless without a loving family to shatre it with.

I understand that others may feel different, but I have yet to meet a wealthy person with poor family life that is truly happy.

Find your balance. Figure out what makes you truly happy and make sure you work on it alongside your wealth creation. Balance is the key.

Without balance, people are generally end up unhappy, whether they have money or not.