Nick Bell - BRAIN TRAINING 2nd Edition: Brain Training Strategies – Dramatically Boost Your: Memory, Focus, & Concentration, with Brain Games (Memory, Neurology, Neuropsychology, Cognitive, Mental Health Book

Times have changed big time. Back in the day, economic success was just a matter of working very, very hard the harder you work, the greater your economic success. My parents and grandparents were part of those last generations that were able to more than provide for their families, which were quite bigger back then compared to the average family these days. My grandparents were able to send my parents and their siblings to good schools and enjoy some of the good things in life even with modest jobs and positions. It was similar for my own parents.

Sad to say, those were indeed the days its a whole new ballgame these days. With the numerous and very significant technological advances made in our lifetime the Internet being the most prominent of all its no longer hard work that makes the difference between economic success or failure. Its now ideas that rule the economy and market place. This has ushered what we now call as the knowledge economy.

Those who come up with the most innovative and groundbreaking ideas have become the people with the fattest wallets and bank accounts such as Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Jeff Bozos, Larry Ellison, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg and Paul Allen who all have more than US$ 10 billion each. Yes, you read that right. Each of them have that much net worth and not collectively. One thread that binds them together is that they were able to amass such large fortunes primarily through knowledge or information products like investment management, the Internet and computer software.

The truth is we all cant be billionaires millionaires even or powerful political geniuses or be able to conquer the world with like King Nebuchadnezzar did ages ago. That however, doesnt downplay the importance of optimizing our brainpower or mental performance because doing so can still contribute a lot to making our lives much, much better in many ways.

REAL WEALTH: RELATIONSHIPS

I remember one time when I woke up really late. As I left my room and went to the dining room, I was surprised to find my parents werent at home, considering it was the weekend. Because it was already late in the morning, I was famished and ate breakfast alone.

When they got home a few minutes after starting to munch on my breakfast sandwich, I asked them with food still in my mouth whered they come from. They said they went to mass, to which I asked why. My moms answer floored me to the point I wish I stayed on the floor:

Its my birthday.

No amount of profuse apologies ever made it up to her that dayor even weeks after. I couldnt reverse the damage done on her birthday. It made that particular birthday rather unforgettable my mom still remembers it to this day, though with much humor compared to years before albeit for the wrong reason. Thank God for loving and forgiving mothers like mine.