We can ask ourselves what is a true wealth? What comes first to our mind is probably some examples of tangible assets such as money, house, car etc. However, after checking very carefully, we can find out that true wealth comes from intangible assets such as friendships and meaningful relations. 

There is a very known concept of learning through joy – Satori and learning through pain – Kensho. 

Sometimes they are occurring separately, sometimes they are showing up at the same time – just from different directions. It’s possible to experience Kensho and Satori at the same time.

I’m a huge fan of Satori 😀 I like learning through joy, insight and gentle conversation. 

Moments of joy are pleasant and it’s good to experience them. Moments of pain are… let’s be honest painful. So, then it’s good to have your inner circle and strong, supportive people – friends and family around you. When you can count on them, when they have time for you, then you realize what true wealth is, and then you indeed understand what the intangible assets are. 

Sometimes what you hear and experience, may not be pleasant. 

1. In the first moment, you may need your friends to support you. They can be there for you when you need them in the moments of Kensho.
2. When you are calm, have a look of the situation and analyse it.
3. Now is very important moment – What you will do with the information. Will you reject everything what you heard, or will you try to dig deeper like a researcher or a detective or an analyst? 

Try to differentiate unpleasant criticism from the information which may be important for your future self – maybe it will be useful to identify a patter you were not aware of.

If you don’t feel comfortable to do it by yourself, you may talk with someone you trust. Critical thinking may be useful here – both to analyse the situation and/or to find a trustful person who will help you to do so.

It’s important to be good for yourself, support yourself but also to be open for information which comes from Kensho moments.

Why it’s important? because you may find out something which will have impact on your life, and you may do and experience immense progress and have a lot of joyful moments later.  

You may also identify other things such as: 

Blind spots – the things you don’t know but they may be visible to others.

Perception – don’t underestimate the perception which you create – it means you can have good intentions, but it’s not always understood, nor reciprocated.

The moments of auto reflection – they will help you to create the good strategy and more joyful life.  

Wealth comes from different directions – there is famous, Chinese phrase which is worth remembering. 

Be open for various moments in life, pleasant and not pleasant, as they both may bring a lot of success and joy in the future 😀 Good things are coming over and it’s a matter how open we are to see them. You may be wealthier than you think 😉