From the author: Co-authored with Zhanna Voinova. It happens that wealth falls on a person out of the blue. For example, an inheritance or winning the lottery. As a rule, this money floats through the fingers almost just as quickly, leaving the poor guy “at the bottom,” that is, at the same level of lack of money. The fact is that the psyche is simply not ripe for big money. With the current abundance of information, almost everyone already knows that growing up is not just about getting a passport and some education. That this is a psychological process, including separation from parents, overcoming infantilism, various initiations into the “adult world”. However, few people know that an important and integral part of psychological maturity is financial maturity. If a person has not undergone certain qualitative changes in his relationship with money, he cannot gain either psychological maturity or stable well-being. This article will tell you about the four stages of financial maturation and show you how to quickly and confidently move through them towards wealth. Why go somewhere? or Intrauterine Paradise The baby inside the mother is amazingly happy and prosperous. All the resources necessary for life are given to him for nothing. After birth, a lot changes, but the energy encoded by society in the form of money still comes to him free of charge from his parents. Nowadays, this usually continues until the age of 20-25, until a person moves to.... Stage 1 of financial maturation: Get a job Start receiving money not for “pretty eyes”, but for useful actions. From an object of unconditional love to become a subject of an employment contract. In the old days it was called: to go to the people, to study, to become an apprentice. And in most cases it was associated with separation from parents. Types of initiations: final exam at an educational institution, job interview. Key skills: work and obey. If the stage is not passed: absolute dependence on parents (or, for example, on a rich husband ), begging, going into illness (to become disabled and receive money and care from relatives or the state, without giving anything in return). If the exam has been passed, then the person will have to... Wage slavery - selling one’s time for the money which the owner agrees to pay. What does a mercenary own? Nothing. The freedom of a mercenary is the freedom of choice of the owner. This is the only thing that essentially distinguishes him from a slave - he is chosen by the owner. But, honestly, tell me, given the current crisis, is this freedom really that great? In short, a mercenary, unlike a slave, has two additional alternatives: change his owner or go on a “free swim” - go through... Stage 2 of financial maturation: Open your own business Refuse slave labor and go beyond the meager, but such a habitual existence is a powerful solution, and it deserves respect. To overcome hereditary inertia, extraordinary strength is needed. Where can I get it? There is only one answer - find the strength within, create yourself practically from scratch. Types of initiations: quit your job, open your own business. Key skills: manage yourself, be a master in your business, sell. If the stage is not completed: work until retirement for someone else’s uncle , gray everyday life from 9 to 18, waiting for a short vacation, constant tension in order to somehow make ends meet and raise children on their feet. Sometimes life itself can provide a friendly service in the form of an unexpected kick, such as another financial crisis or downsizing . And then the person independently begins to benefit the world and receive the energy of money in return without the mediation of an employer. Now he... The owner is an entrepreneur who has his own BUSINESS. Ask any entrepreneur what does this mean to them? The sum of most of the answers can be reduced to the saying: “The woman had no trouble, so she bought a pig.” However, the entrepreneur would never exchange his business for slave labor. Why? Because now he himself has become the OWNER. HIS OWN BUSINESS!!!