Welcome back to another edition of Success Systems.

In 2007, I had just started my full-time post-grad school job working for a publicly traded company based in Toronto. The first two years of my career were spent in boardrooms, hotels, and airports, travelling to various businesses to support their efforts to become more effective.

You see, I was extremely fortunate to meet and work with dozens upon dozens of successful founders who built their businesses from nothing and got to a point where they partnered with my company to accelerate their growth.

Over the hundreds of conversations I had with these individuals, I learned of the sacrifices, risks, and emotional investments they made to have a chance at growing a successful business.

On paper, every single one of these founders was financially RICH. They sold a good portion of their business and would generally have a healthy annual salary + bonus + equity growth potential.

Side Note: The IRS in the United States defined financially rich as earning $540,009 per year (click link for the article).

This is the thing: It wasn’t about being financially rich that made them rich; it was their mindset.

Take a look at this image:

The successful founders exhibited a RICH mindset in everything they did.

Now, you may think that because they were financially rich, adopting this mindset was easier, but the truth is that it was this mindset that allowed them to become financially rich.

What are the core traits of a RICH MINDSET:

1. Lives in the Present

2. Learns from Mistakes

3. Helps others Succeed

4. Doesn’t Complain

5. Constantly Learning

6. Quits Bad Habits

7. Takes Action

How much does it cost to adopt a RICH mindset?

Ask yourself this, and critically think about your mindset and how it affects your everyday actions and thinking.

Roger