What wealth is in my viewpoint

Humanity has not only seen biological and physical evolution, but also mental evolution. That is, the humans’ thought processes have changed, as time has passed.

A big part of the human nature is wealth. Be it the ancient civilisations, or the present world, wealth has always been considered a scale of comparison among people of all ages and times. History is the proof of this. Though the form of the wealth has changed, but still the person with the most wealth has the most pleasant lifestyle.

Robert Kiyosaki, the author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, says, “Today, wealth is in information. The person who has the most information has the most wealth.” I have derived my point of view about wealth by reading this very book and now I am slowly properly understanding about this important concept. The one important thing that I learnt from this book is that wealth is like a river. It keeps on changing its course. Just like a river changes its course and starts flowing from a completely different site, wealth also keeps on changing its course. The farmer who has its farm closest to the river bank, gets the best nutrition for his crops and the person who has his assets closest to the wealth river bank, gets the most fruitful wealth.

Wealth to most people only means having lots and lots of money, but wealth actually means self-sufficiency. Big bungalows, gardens, land, money, these are just the physical aspect of wealth. But wealth is a proof that you can sustain yourself on your own; you don’t need anyone’s support to take care of yourself and your family. Wealth means total self-reliance, be it in any aspect.

In the ancient times, wealth was in land, and kingdoms. The person who owned the most amount of land and the largest kingdom, was the wealthiest. This was when kings were the richest people of the kingdoms. They owned land, they owned their own kingdom, they raised their own army, and they were completely independent and there was no ruling body above them. At this time, they were respected for having the most amount of money, and power. Power in the sense that they might not be physically the strongest in the world, but they raise an army of the strongest under them. India was the richest and wealthiest country in the world at that time because our rulers had money, wealth, kingdoms, and power.

In the medieval and the early modern times, the wealth now changed to the person having the most factories and the largest control of the industries. And at that time, countries like America, Britain, Germany, France, Spain and The Netherlands grew to dominance since they had the biggest control of the industries at that time. Companies like the British East India Company started to rise. And slowly, the people with the largest control of the wealth were those people who had the biggest control of the industries.

Today, in the internet age, wealth has again shifted its course. Now, wealth is in information and knowledge. People who have the most knowledge are the wealthiest today. People who have power and industries still have respect, but those who have knowledge, are those people who are the most respected. Knowledge in any field, be it a painter, or a businessman, or a teacher, if someone has the knowledge in any field, then he is respected for having that knowledge and that very knowledge is helping him thrive in this world.

There are many amazing authors who have written so many books about what wealth is in their viewpoint. I suggest that we should read their experiences and teachings instead of just blindly following something we don’t know properly about. We don’t know how do we gain wealth, but we think that our practices will suffice for our problems and help us create our wealth. Like I said before, today wealth is in information. Hundreds of authors have written wonderful books on money and finance; I suggest we must read and understand at least from a few of them, so that we don’t have to walk ahead in search of something that we don’t know properly about.