I read an article recently about something that hadn’t really occurred to me before.

It was basically talking about how, when it comes to making money, and I mean proper money, there are fundamentally two types of people…

Consumers and creators!

When you think about it, it’s actually quite obvious.

Wealthy people create and non wealthy people consume.

If you want more wealth in your life, you need to decide which type of person you are first.

Let me explain…

Which category do you fall into?

Don’t get me wrong, wealthy people do consume as well.

After all, even the super-rich still like their luxury yachts and private jets.

But the point is, they tend to consume different stuff, spend less time doing it and then go on to create something to increase their wealth.

For example, while most mere less wealthy mortals are consuming Netflix, watching films, playing computer games, engrossing themselves in social media and so on…

… people who are highly successful will often spend their time consuming information on business, money, power and even other successful people.

They then take what they learn and use it to create something which will ultimately make them more wealthy.

It all comes down to mindset.

Wealthy people create so they can consume more.

Less wealthy people consume to escape.

The thing is, most people who are less well off very often hate their job so as soon as they get home, they try to forget all about it by immersing themselves in entertaining media until they have no choice but to go to sleep and then do it all again the next day.

Without being too blunt, they’re using this kind of escapism to get away from the pain of living a pretty boring life.

Wealthy people don’t think like this.

They’re only too aware that a mundane life is unacceptable so they’re compelled to remove the boring parts completely and create the life THEY want!

This is why they learn stuff which is useful to them, allowing them to go on and create more wealth, which in turn leads to a better life.

Of course wealthy people do still like to do the things everyone else does…

The still like to watch tv, listen to music, play sport, etc, and even use social media.

But they don’t spend all their time doing it.

Instead they choose to consume information which helps them to acquire, by way of creating things to make their life better.

The ironic thing about all of this is, by consuming less and creating more, it invariably leads them to the point where they can actually choose to consume more than most people, because they’ve got more free time to do it!

We can all learn from this

If you want to create more wealth in your life, and ultimately less stress, more time and greater freedom, a good place to start is to consume as much information as you can about successful people, business, and money.

This alone can make you start subconsciously ‘tuning in’ to the way wealthy people think and the knock on effect is, you can end up changing certain habits that can lead to better things.

Of course just consuming this kind of information alone isn’t going to make you successful.

But by consuming the right stuff it can truly inspire you to create something to generate wealth, even if you’ve never done anything like it before.

The key is, once you feel that inspiration kicking in, let the momentum motivate you to do something about it.

Then go forth and create!!

In the online world this could be doing something as simple as writing an eBook to sell or give away, or maybe recording an educational video series, or perhaps even setting up a podcast.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have an audience yet, that can all come later.

There are all kinds of opportunities out there but once you start consuming in the same way a wealthy person does, if you feel the desire for change, just take action and start.

By the way, if you’ve never done anything like this before, there’s loads of information all over the internet (YouTube is particularly good) which explains how you can create high value digital products without it costing you anything but a little bit of time.

There’s no doubt about it.

Truly successful people have a different way of thinking.

They see obstacles as challenges, they don’t believe in failure… even if they’ve failed at something before, they treat it as a lesson.

Whereas the ordinary person is quite happy to endlessly consume stuff for their entertainment, successful people see everything as an opportunity and look for ways to use it to their advantage.

That’s why they create.

If you want more wealth in your life, do what they do…

Stop consuming so much and go create!