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Old September 1st, 2012 #1
Alex Linder
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Default Difference in Mentality: Rich vs Middle Class

well worth reading and thinking about

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-r...he-poor-2012-8
 
Old September 1st, 2012 #2
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Most of it is bullshit, things like:

Average people let [lack of] money stress them out. Rich people find peace of mind in [their already acquired] wealth.

and:

Average people live beyond their [already insufficent] means. Rich people live below theirs [because they have far more than they need].
 
Old September 1st, 2012 #3
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Bottom line about wealth, if you're broke, more often than not, the primary responsibility lies with the individual themselves.
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Old September 1st, 2012 #4
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Bottom line about wealth, if you're broke, more often than not, the primary responsibility lies with the individual themselves.
I really don't think it is possible for everyone to end up rich. A few people will be lucky and be born into a family that already has wealth, will put them through college, and have the right connections to help them make it.

Most people don't have that advantage, and unless they happen to do all the right things and be at the right place at the right time, they probably are going to live out a pretty average existence.

And then if you happen to have the misfortune of being born into a family that is on the bottom end of the economic spectrum; you probably aren't going to get very far unless you are exceptionally gifted, disciplined and driven, and above all lucky.
 
Old September 1st, 2012 #5
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I really don't think it is possible for everyone to end up rich. A few people will be lucky and be born into a family that already has wealth, will put them through college, and have the right connections to help them make it.

Most people don't have that advantage, and unless they happen to do all the right things and be at the right place at the right time, they probably are going to live out a pretty average existence.

And then if you happen to have the misfortune of being born into a family that is on the bottom end of the economic spectrum; you probably aren't going to get very far unless you are exceptionally gifted, disciplined and driven, and above all lucky.
None of that matters with gooks. They stick together, cheat as much as possible, deny it to the end, and pool their family money together. that's why they end up having things, not because of talent.
 
Old September 1st, 2012 #6
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You know what, Alex?!? Fuck that fat cunt Gina Rinehart!

She was born into massive wealth and massive assets, which she inherited from her old man Lang Hancock. She has never wanted for a single thing in her entire life.

She has increased what she inherited by a lot, that much is true, but she's done it largely by exploiting Commonwealth resources for her own private enrichment, and by being one of the primary big capitalists responsible for pressuring the government into importing every piece of turd world trash into Australia to work for cheap in one of her mines.

Oh! And at the same time, she wants the government to lower the minimum wage. To 'stimulate growth', she says. Of course, the fact that she'll make billions more a year when she doesn't have to pay her people as much is purely coincidental! Why, the woman's a bona fide philanthropist!



At least Kerry Packer (similar case, inherited a lot from his old man and made it a lot more than it was) never pretended to be anything but a capitalist. And at least he didn't shirk at paying people what their jobs were worth, and didn't continually try to lower the standard of living in this country.

That's why most Australians still have at least some respect for the man - that, and the side of him that was decidedly prole.

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I really don't think it is possible for everyone to end up rich.
Of course not. Anyone can (theoretically) get rich; not everyone can get rich. Because then the word would have no meaning.

When I was born, my parents had fuck-all. I have earned, and continue to earn, enough to keep myself and my family in good fashion for the rest of my life, and to ensure my kids won't want for anything before they turn 18, and will have a good kickstart when they do embark on their own adult lives. Anything more would be a bit pointless, really. And to make more, I'd have to stop developing my own skills in order to devote myself full-time to business.
 
Old September 2nd, 2012 #7
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I really don't think it is possible for everyone to end up rich. A few people will be lucky and be born into a family that already has wealth, will put them through college, and have the right connections to help them make it.
I don't think everyone can end up rich (and I guess we will have to quantify what "rich" means) but I do believe, as I said in my OP, that being habitually broke is most often the cause of the individual more than any other factor.

You don't have to attend college to be successful in many cases (I didn't), but should someone desire to, there are lots of ways to pay for it.

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Most people don't have that advantage, and unless they happen to do all the right things and be at the right place at the right time, they probably are going to live out a pretty average existence.
Most people are pretty average, Steve. That's why it's called "average".
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Old September 2nd, 2012 #8
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I was impressed with this quote. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs come to mind as far as college dropouts.

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Average people think the road to riches is paved with formal education. Rich people believe in acquiring specific knowledge. "Many world-class performers have little formal education, and have amassed their wealth through the acquisition and subsequent sale of specific knowledge," he writes."Meanwhile, the masses are convinced that master's degrees and doctorates are the way to wealth, mostly because they are trapped in the linear line of thought that holds them back from higher levels of consciousness...The wealthy aren't interested in the means, only the end.

"From Steve Siebold, author of "How Rich People Think.

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-r...or-2012-8?op=1
 
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