Some people spend their entire lives waiting for their number to come up. They spend hundreds of dollars per week or month on gambling with little or no real result. They wish to themselves "If only I could win big once....then my life would be so much better". They use gambling as an excuse not to find other ways of earning more money, or finding better ways to invest their money.

Yet winning the lottery (if you can do it) is still not the best way to become a millionaire. It may be an easy way...but it is definately not the best way. Firstly a high percentage of those that do win the lottery actually end up worse off in 5-10 years time. Worse off after winning over $1,000,000??? But how is that possible? They are worse off because they do not have the capacity to hold over $1,000,000 for a long period of time.

There is a saying that says "You first $1,000,000 is harder than your next $10,000,0003. It can be hard to get up to the million dollar mark, but by learning and applying yourself you can increase your capactiy to earn more money and hence become a millionaire. Then once you become a millionaire (which may take a few years) you have the capacity to not just hold that $1,000,000 but the earn another $10,000,000.

By doing the hard yards early on you can learn how to make more money, how to invest your money better and how to become extremely wealthy. However, if you simply win the lottery then you will never learn how to make more money (and residual money that requires no work), you will never learn how to properly invest your money and you will never learn how to become extremely wealthy.

The result??

In 5 years your $1,000,000 which you won will be gone and you will be in a worse financial state than when you started.

Don't try to win the lottery in order to become a millionaire but rather follow these steps.

Educate Yourself

Educate yourself in money making and money investing. Click Here for a great place to start getting some education about making residual income online.

Learn how to make more money and learn how to invest your money well and you will become extremely wealthy.

Outwork What You Have Learned

Then the hardest part of the process and that is taking risks and outworking what you have learned. This may involve starting a business or a website, or it may involve taking the step to invest in real estate or the stock market.

I took the step to invest into some websites and I am now reaping the benefits of my $400 risk. Outwork what you have learn or you will simply get no where