The truth is that everyone is naturally special, each of us with God given talents and strengths that no one else in the world has. However, to truly achieve what we are capable of we need to learn to utilize the strengths of others. In a sense, this helps us to overcome our individual weaknesses.
Here are some tips about things you can do to improve your currently financial situation, by leveraging the resources of those around you.
1. Contribute ten percent of your earnings to your local community.
When you put others first, you build are building social capital. It feels good to know that five years from now, whether your financial situation improves or not, your community's financial situation will improve. Your goal should be to succeed on both a personal level and a group level. When you support your community, the community, in turn, will desire success for you because they know you are contributing to the success of the community.
2. Read and listen to stories about other people's lives.
In this day in technology, you have access to the biographies of thousands of leaders and success stories. Rather than waiting for your life to have the experiences, why not benefit from leveraging the experiences of others. In this sense, you will leverage their life's work, to help identify major financial pitfalls or gold mines.
3. In your workplace, find a mentor.
You should constantly be on the lookout for building a network of people who have a vested interest in your success. When someone pours time into you, you become like their child. Your successes become their successes. Find people who are willing to coach you and bring you to the next level in your workplace and you will be delightly suprised when your raise gets pushed through because they wanted to see someone they advised break barriers.
This post was reposted from http://finlit.biz/business/3-tips-to-leverage-your-financial-situation/, originally written on August 26th, 2013.
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