Why So Rich People are Still Working in old age also?

I met a few people who have "silly" wealth – more wealth than they could ever need or spend.

These guys are at retirement age or older… But for some reason, they work harder than just about anyone else I know…

Why are they working so hard? Isn't the dream to "bank" enough money so you don't have to work?

I called a few of these people some days back and asked why. The answers were interesting…

One wealthy man started out with this story to explain it…

I had dinner with an extremely wealthy guy last week who's 71. He just retired supposedly to play some golf. I asked him how it was going…

"Retirement is horrible," he told me. He said, "I do NOT enjoy sitting in the desert doing nothing. I don't have a clue what I'm doing out here. I don't think I can do this. I don't need the money… But I think I'll have to go back to work."

My wealthy friend's dad described the same feeling… "I love what I do," he told me. "I don't want to stop."

I asked who specifically what it is that keeps them working so hard…

One said, "Nothing in life beats the thrill of coming up with a big idea and making it a reality."
Another said, "I like mentoring younger people… passing on what I do and seeing them succeed at it."

A few more talked about the thrill of a great opportunity and the chance to increase their wealth. "I know there's no economic reason for me to work," one told me… "But that doesn't mean I don't like to get paid."

I then asked them if they had any advice to help people join them in the "big leagues"…

First, they explained, opportunity doesn't knock. You have to create it. And when opportunity is close by, you have to drop everything and pursue it. The more you make those sacrifices, the better your chances of finding financial success.

Second, if you KNOW MORE than everyone in the room, nobody can take advantage of you… So read a lot. Do more homework than anyone else at the table.

Finally, one told me, "Work to the task, not to the reward." Don't wash a car for the Rs 500 payment, for example… Wash a car because that's the task at hand – and do a fantastic job. Then you'll get noticed for your work and have a chance to move up in the world.

So why do these "silly rich" guys still work? And how can you get there too?

They work because they say it keeps them "alive…"

"If I stop working, I'll die," one of them told me. They believe that finding success is all about recognizing, creating, and seizing opportunities.

You make your own luck, they say, so create opportunities for yourself as best as you can.

If you do that enough times in life, you'll know you're giving yourself a legitimate shot at success… at having the kind of wealth that means you're working because you love to, like my respondents, not just working because you have to.

Good Luck,