There’s hardware behind your finances. This hardware determines your investment methodology, and your stock picks. I am one of the many providers of this hardware – I teach folks how to build portfolios that make financial freedom possible. Understanding the hardware involves mathematics and logic. But we know for a fact that not everyone who has the proper hardware succeed in attaining financial freedom. Otherwise, actuarial scientists and finance majors will be the wealthiest people on Earth. The missing X-Factor is the software. Today we will discuss the softer aspects of attaining financial freedom.

• What is your core motivation to succeed?
• Does this core motivation align itself with what you think financial freedom is?

To figure out this core motivation, we need to tell ourselves a story about our own lives. What is our narrative? Imagine a period in your life where you are incredibly proud of your achievement, which can be work or family-related and tell a story of your life to yourself...