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Think and Grow Rich is an amazing book. You should read the book itself, it's not long, but the premise of the book is basically that most wealthy people got w
by il 17y ago
Think and Grow Rich is an amazing book.
You should read the book itself, it's not long, but the premise of the book is basically that most wealthy people got wealthy the same way:
1. Making a through, detailed plan on how they will get rich.
2. Doggedly and relentlessly following that plan with incredible perseverance and not giving up.
It's simple. but if you think about it, it could change your life.
Personally, I don't feel bad for these people at all. It's not the economy, it's mindset. Some people have an entrepreneur mentality, and some people have a victim mentality.
If I sat around all day drinking beer and buying lottery tickets, I would probably be in the same place he is. Instead, I'm going to spend the next 12 hours setting up advertising campaigns with the expectation that 90% of them will fail. I will continue working until I hit that 10% that will succeed, which enables me to live comfortably and earn more than I could at a day job running my own business.
My point is that the bad economy often makes an all to convenient scapegoat for some people. Living paycheck to paycheck is not a good financial strategy regardless of economy.
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- pyre 17y agoPlease expand on this if you want to be view as anything but a troll. Making inflammatory comments like this is not a way t convince people that your way of thinking is right. On the contrary, it's much more likely to close people's minds to anything you have to say. As a counter-point, think about what the 'conservative' members of Congress would say if the public were to demand that they take a reduction in pay and benefits (members of Congress have the best health/retirement benefits of anyone in this country). From my point of view, they would probably play themselves up as victims of some sort of 'liberal conspiracy' rather than debating the motion on its merits.
- wallflower 17y ago> It's not the economy, it's mindset. Some people have an entrepreneur mentality, and some people have a victim mentality. Well-said.
- mrbgty 17y agoThanks, maybe I will pick it up. Just want to make a point on your last paragraph. I agree but at the same time I don't see any reason why we need to demonize the people who don't know what to do. Whether what they are doing is right or wrong, we're better off not placing blame on them either.
- byrneseyeview 17y agodon't see any reason why we need to demonize the people who don't know what to do. Maybe if someone had demonized them a little earlier, they wouldn't be so worthless right now.
- abalashov 17y agoOr, they'd be even more "worthless" now.
- mrbgty 17y agoJust my opinion but I think your statement is pretty immature. It seems rather that for some reason you want to put them down and I don't believe its because you think it will help them. Let them be responsible for themselves. It doesn't help you to criticize others.
- byrneseyeview 17y agoLet them be responsible for themselves. If they were responsible for themselves, they would be working or starving right now. However, they are on unemployment. As a taxpayer, I'm partly subsidizing their donut and lotto habits. That gives me ample reason to criticize their behavior: if someone is spending your money, you're perfectly entitled to at least complain about how they spend it.
- mrbgty 17y agoSo they're forced to pay into the unemployment system through taxation but once they need to use some of that money, it's not ok? Please, if you don't like the system, argue for a different system. You aren't going to change the behavior of these people by putting them down.
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