Do you want to be rich?

I recently had a fantastic chat with Paul McKenna. I attended one of his events and, when it came to an end, he took the time to have a long conversation with me about coaching, life, happiness and all manner of things.

He asked me a question that totally knocked me for six and has since had a hugely positive impact on my life.

I’m going to share the question with you now, in the hope that it has a positive effect on your life too.

If you had lots and lots and lots of money, would you still laugh at the same things?

Would you still laugh at your favourite comedians, films or books? The answer is, of course, yes.

No amount of money in your bank account could change what you do or don’t find funny. So, this is an area of your life in which you are already rich.

If you had lots and lots and lots of money:

• Would you change your partner?
• Would you change your friends?
• Would you stop loving your pets?

If these are areas of your life you wouldn’t change if you became wealthy, then these are areas in which you are already rich.

The main lesson to take from this is that if you tend to focus on what you don’t have, as many of us do, it may be time to stop and recognise just how rich you already are in so many areas of your life.

In these particular areas, you may be just as rich as any of the world’s millionaires, perhaps even more so.