Plant In The Spring Or Beg In The Fall?
Then take this powerful message to heart: Plant In The Sparing Or Beg In The Fall.
It was Jim Rohn who said those wise words and I’ve never forgotten them.
Friend, life is always a choice.
God doesn’t force His plan of abundance to you.
You have to say YES to that plan of abundance if you want it.
Are you saying YES today?
I have a friend who retired 7 years ago.
Let’s call her Lola Penny.
Actually, her real name was Lola Penang. She took a vacation in America, when she came back, she was now called Lola Penny.
Lola Penny is a widow with 4 children and 6 grandkids.
For 38 years, Penny worked as an accountant, crunching the numbers for her company. Because she was such a good accountant, she was promoted many times and became the manager of the entire department.
And she was earning very well.
But Penny told me that even if she was earning very well, she was living from paycheck to paycheck.
Which brings me to a very important principle: Income does not equal Wealth. It’s not how much you earn that makes you wealthy. It’s how much you invest from what you earn that makes you wealthy.
Yes, she saved some money. But like most Filipinos, she saved only for the big expenses: She saved to buy a house. She saved to pay for the schooling of the kids. She even saved for the wedding of the kids. But she failed to save for the biggest expense of all: Retirement.
Like many, she totally depended on the retirement package from her company.
When she retired 7 years ago, Penny got P3 million.
For the first year, it was heaven on earth.
Every Sunday, she brought her grandchildren to the mall to buy them toys.
And when her children needed money, they’d run to her.
But very quickly, her money ran out.
After 7 years in retirement, Lola Penny was penniless.
Today, Lola Penny totally depends on her 4 children to give her money. But she knows that they have financial problems of their own.
One time, she overheard her daughter arguing with her Kuya (older brother) on the phone. What she heard tore her heart.
When Lola Penny heard her daughter complaining, she began to cry.
The painful words she heard that day were like many knives stabbing her chest.
Lola Penny felt she was just a burden to her children.
And she wanted to die right there.
Here’s the irony: All her life, as an accountant, Penny was very good at managing the money of her company-but she never managed her own money.
This is not just a story.
This is harsh reality: According to surveys, 98% of people aged 65 and above are just like Lola Penny.
They depend on their kids, or they depend on their tiny pension, or they depend on charitable institutions, or they have to keep working-or they have nothing to eat.
Only 2% of people aged 65 and above are financially free.
You can retire in two ways.
You can retire like Lola Penny or you can retire like Lola Pilar.
Penny is a pseudonym. That’s not her real name.
But Lola Pilar is no pseudonym.
Today, I give my mother a nice monthly allowance.
I do it not because she needs it, but because I need it. I need to show my love to her.
But in reality, my mother doesn’t need my money.
Many moons ago, my mother worked in a small music store as a Cashier. Her salary was P120 a month. After working for 19 long years, she received a separation pay: A whopping P2,000!
She invested that P2,000 in the Stock Market.
And whenever she had extra money, she’d invest in very well known companies. My parents bought the stocks of giant companies of their time: San Miguel. Ayala. Etcetera.
My father retired at the age of 65. He passed away at 88. For those 23 years, my parents sold a portion of their stocks-little by little-for their big expenses.
After Dad passed away, Mom announced, “I’m selling all my stocks.” I was surprised that she still had P1 Million from that last sale-even if they were already withdrawing their cash from there little by little.
That conversation took place three years ago.
She was expecting P10,000. At most, P20,000.
Forty-five years ago, my mother planted P2,000 in the Stock Market. And through the years, she planted little seeds of P50, P100, and P200 in giant companies.
Because she planted in the spring, today, she isn’t begging in the fall.
In her whole life, my mother never received a huge amount of money. She never inherited money. She never won the Lotto. She only built her wealth slowly.
Remember this truth I heard from David Bach: Wealth is not built in days; Wealth is built in decades.
There are two ways of retiring in life: Are you going to be a Lola Penny or a Lola Pilar?
God places the two roads before you.
Penny Poverty or Pilar Prosperity?
People today are living longer.
If you live until 90, will you have enough money for your needs? Or will you be depending on your kids?
Remember: No one plans to fail. We just fail to make a plan.
Today, think about the “tower” of your financial life.
The ant plants in the spring. So it won’t beg in the fall.
Plan To Be A Donor, Not A Donee!
Anawim is our home for the abandoned elderly. I built it some 13 years ago.
No, I don’t want you to live there. That place is for the poorest of the poor. Old people who failed to plant in the spring and are now begging in the fall.
Don’t dream of being an Anawim resident. Dream of being an Anawim donor.
And Filipinos love the fact that they can borrow.
To whom will you lend?
99% of Filipinos “lend” to banks. How? You deposit your savings there.
But that’s not a good choice. The problem with banks is that they pay you a tiny interest of less then 1% a year.
I suggest you “lend” your money to others who can give you a higher return.
You can do that through the Stock Market or Mutual Funds.
If you really like banks, then don’t deposit your money in the bank itself. Instead, buy shares of the bank. Be an owner. How? Buy the stocks of Metrobank, Banco de Oro, Bank of the Philippine Islands…. Over a 20-year period, your returns will be much bigger!
You need to learn these 6 important words from the Bible: Everything reproduces according to its kind.
A cat produces another cat.
A dog produces another dog.
I’ll be very worried if a cat produces a dog.
If that happens, the end of the world is near.
From my limited scientific knowledge, a cat produces another cat, a dog produces another dog, and a penguin produces another penguin. That’s just how God’s universe works.
The Bible says everything reproduces according to its kind. (Genesis 1:11) In fact, this line appears six times in the first chapter of Genesis. And you see it throughout the Bible.
When the widow of Zarapath gave Elijah her oil and flour, what did she get? More oil and flour. Not clothes. Not wood. But oil and flour.
When Jesus fed the multitudes, he did it by (Surprise, surprise) multiplying 5 loaves and 2 fish.
He didn’t turn stone into bread.
He didn’t turn stone into gold, and then bought bread.
He turned bread into more bread.
Jesus-the Son of the Living God-needed bread to reproduce more bread.
Because this is a principle that operates the entire universe.
Everything reproduces according to its kind.
If you want to prosper, you need to learn how to multiply the little money that you have.
Learn to multiply the little money that you have and you will prosper!
Let me end with one last story.
Because of my bestselling book, My Maids Invest In The Stock Market, my Maids are now the most famous Maids in the world. (Haha!) Yes, they have been investing in the Stock Market for a year now and are doing very well.
But my Driver just started two months ago.
Reason: He’s a 33-year old married guy. He has 4 little kids. His wife is a full-time mom, so the entire family depends on his salary of P12,000 a month.
That’s not all. His extended family and his wife’s extended family depend on his generosity during emergencies. Which happens every time they breathe.
In other words, his P12,000 is feeding an entire village.
So how can he save and invest with all these expenses?
Instead, I just let him listen to the stories of my Maids.
You see, every other week, I lead a small prayer meeting with our 3 Maids and Driver. And almost every meeting, my 3 Maids share how God is blessing their Stock Market investments.
Each month, he now sets aside P3000 of his salary for his Stock Market investments. And for the first time in his life, he has hope. He knows that he too will be a millionaire one day.
I’m very happy for him.
He’s 33 years old now. If he invests P3000 in the Stock Market each month at 12% until he retires at the age of 60, he’ll retire with P7 Million.
But analysts have backtracked the Philippine Stock Market’s history. If 20 years ago, you invested in the top 5 companies, your average growth rate would have been 20% per year.
So if my driver’s investments grow at 20% per year (especially with my guidance), by the time he retires, my driver will have P37 Million.
If you retire poor, it’s not God’s fault.
God is giving you a choice today.
Will you plant in the spring or beg in the fall?
PS. “Bo, can I be your maid or driver? So you can tell me what stocks to buy.” People tell me that all the time. Hey, you don’t have to be my Maid or Driver! In fact, every two weeks, I tell people what companies to buy in the Stock Market. How? Through my Stocks Update Newsletter. I send my Newsletter to all my TrulyRichClub members. (Like in my last issue, I gave them the name of 6 best giant companies projected to grow the fastest this year.) To join my TrulyRichClub and start receiving my Stocks Update (plus a truckload of other life-changing material), click here now!
Yes Bo, teach me how to build my wealth. Tell me more about your TrulyRichClub.
This entry was posted in Bo Sanchez, Truly Rich and tagged Bo Sanchez, Jim Rohn, Lola Penny, Lola PIlar, SAM, Stock Market, truly rich on April 27, 2016 by Bobet Prudente.