Wealth is many thing

It's location.
It's relationships
It's luck
Its hard work

Off all, the easiest is relationships I.e you marry or are born into wealth

Next? It's location

A 26 year old in America can buy a car and small house earning minimum wage with a high credit score
When he is 35, he can get married and either sell his small flat or rent it out, then buy a larger house using his small house as "equity"

He can buy a bigger car on a car note, if in an emergency or another opportunity opens, he can use his current home as cash collateral
Thus he builds buildstion-indexed wealth. As home value rises with inflation.

He can pay unexpected medical bills with his credit card. He finds a great house in Florida, buys with new loan.

When he retires at 65, he sells first home, moves to Florida.

With $500,000 no debt.
A Nigerian couple, both earning far above minimum wage, will struggle to buy a car and small house with earnings.

Their cash saving can be depleted by a medical or job-related event

When they buy a house, it's difficult to monetize that property to acquire another
So that couple are asset rich, cash poor. When they retire their own cash earnings plunge.

They find it difficult to take advantage of opportunities because they have no credit or means to raise funds from assets

Thus inflation wrecks income.

No wealth creation
The 26-year-old boy is not working harder or smarter, his location simply aids him in ways the Nigerian couple cannot relate to.

The 26-year-old can buy a compounding asset (house) earlier than the Nigeria couple and enjoys more inflation indexed growth for a longer period

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Some 2021goals

1. educate yourself on how money works.....read about money, investing, budgets, etc.

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2. calculate how much cash you have to pay bills if you lose your job, get a figure in days/months. Have a plan to save/extend that figure as much as possible. for example, if you have just 1 week of "emergency funds" have a target to extend it to three months.
3. cut down on unnecessary spending, get a budget, stick to it.

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5.have zero debt

6. Earn foreign exchange, export something
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If I am a CEO, and I borrow, it affects my Company profitability, thus I am responsible

If I borrow as an elected official, I am only responsible for a maximum of 8 years. important to note
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