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We buy what we see the people in commercials selling to us. Don’t try to deny it, because no matter what you think, you are genetically altered to do so due to the media exposure you have been subjected to.  So in order to become a millionaire, you must reset this part of your mind set.

 

Fact is that you can save a fortune buying off name brand products like soaps, deodorants and other household staples. If you’re worried about vanity, then hide these products under the counter or when friends and family come over, take the time to pour the stuff into a name brand container. No one will know the difference. Most of the time, the off brand stuff is just as good as the name brand stuff and gets the job done and in the process your one step closer to that million dollars. 

 

For example take body wash. Dove brand cost 4.99 a bottle. Safeway brand cost 2.99. Both scrub your ass clean and smell basically the same. Bottom line is that you save 2 dollars. Do the math. Same goes for a lot of other stuff that you think you need but don’t.  So when you go out shopping know what you are shopping for, and buy off brand items and give it a shot. It’s an easy, no effort way of taking a step closer to becoming a millionaire.

 

You’re Music.

 

This is a touchy subject for we Americans spend a fortune to listen to other people’s music. What I suggest here is going to piss a lot of people off because I believe that instead of going out and buying other peoples music, you should be taking the time to learn how to play a musical instrument yourself and make your own music.  

 

One of the stupidest things that I have ever seen is the insanity surrounding the phenomenon “Guitar Hero”. Jesus people. Those greedy bastards at the game manufacturing companies really got us on this one.

 

Does anybody out there realize how stupid it is to pick up a piece of plastic with a little toggle switch that you wiggle back and forth and call it playing a guitar! Here again it’s the way that we are being re-wired as human beings. It’s easy, and you get to pretend to be a rock star instead of buying a real guitar, taking lessons and going through the process of becoming a musician, which takes discipline and hard work. There is no value whatsoever to pretending to be a rock star and it will cost you a fortune to wiggle your toggle switch. Enough of that.

 

Another money drainer is your music. Everywhere you go you see people wired up to their ipods and spending there time downloading and organizing their music. Ladies and gentlemen, the record companies are counting on this. Do you realize that while you are sitting there listening to music that it is costing you money? Unless you are down loading music for free, and if you are you are breaking the law, that every note is costing you a buck. Even if you’re not paying for the actual music your pumping into your skull it is costing you money by way of the device you had to buy.

 

If you bought an ipod, it cost you and you are now a target that corporate America will zero in on and proceed to drain you of your finances. Fact is that your house is probably full of devices that can play your music. Another fact is that because you have been sold on the next best thing, you’re no longer using the devices that you purchased to play your music.  For corporate America, this is wonderful news. For you, it means that you have once again been slaughtered at the register.  

 

Americans are buying things that we no longer need just because we saw it on television or saw someone in a movie use it and it looked cool. If you are not yet rich and listen to an ipod it has cost you. You can now subtract the cost of the ipod, custom made ear phones and the cost of down loading the music away from the million that you probably should already have by now. Same goes for our VHS tape machines that are now DVD machines that will soon be blu-ray machines that will soon be down loaded movie files followed by cranial implants. That means that the cost of a movie that you own, by the time you really own it will be a few hundred dollars each. Not possible you might say? Think again.

 

Cost of going to a movie at the theatre.

 

20.00 for a ticket for two, 20.00 for a box of pop corn and bucket of soda to wash it down with and a cheap candy bar. 25.00 for a baby sitter, and 10.00 for parking. Then you get to watch a movie and the 30 minutes of commercials and previews. Paying to watch commercials? What a racket.

 

So what it comes down to is this. The first time you see the movie you pay 70.00 dollars. Then you buy the DVD version for 20.00 followed by the blue-ray version of the DVD. What it comes down to is that you will spend around a hundred dollars for each movie you watch, and that does not include the cost of the different machines purchased to play the DVDs  on, plasma screen not included.

 

So think again if you think that it’s cool to own you own a home movie collection or a music collection. Someone is making money, and it’s not you. These collections are actually taking away time and resources that you should be using to make your own money. Make your own music or write a movie script, but whatever you do, stop spending money get to work!  

 

Sun glasses - Jesus! If your out buying expensive sunglasses, then count yourself one of the lucky ones, you’re already rich. Me, I buy my sun glasses on sale at CVS for 8.99 a pair so when I step on them or lose them I don’t feel like a complete idiot.

 

Expensive clothing - Once again, if your wearing an outfit that cost more then a few six packs, then you’re a media whore. Do not buy something that you see someone else wearing. The clothing conglomerates are counting on this and will rob you blind in the process.

 

You’re Car

 

If you bought a car because you thought you would look cool driving it and that it would help you to pick up a lot of girls, then congratulations, you have been totally ripped off. Unless you can afford to pay cash for a Porsche or a Corvette, then you are too poor to afford this type of car. Owning one will take you to the cleaners. Besides the outrageous car payment, you will also have an outrageous insurance payment, an outrageous gas bill, and god help you when the beast breaks down and you can not afford a few thousand dollars to repair a broken lock on the door.

 

Owning an expensive car, is expensive and something that you should not do. Girls will look at the car, but when you pick them up and then they ask to see where you live they will not be impressed when you pull pillows out of the trunk and fold down the seats of the car and tell them welcome to my home.

 

Bottom line here is that you are not what you buy.  Get it out of your head that owning certain products will project forth an image that you are a some body. Until you are able to afford these items without going into debt, then don’t do it. Spend your money on what you need to achieve the goal of becoming a millionaire.