Peasant Spotting
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A good littman's test for this would be that if you find yourself watching the clock at work, to see how long you have to be there, you are doing the wrong thing.
If you ever forget to eat because you've been focused on your work, you're onto something, or you're already there.
Great read. I read it while taking a dump.
Average people read wickedfire during work hours, rich people read wickedfire during body excretions.
Average people read wickedfire during work hours, rich people read wickedfire during body excretions.
if you have been a member here for longer than 2 years and still post regularly, you are never going to be rich...
even if you are banking anything decent, I doubt you are wasting time on these boards except for entertainment
even if you are banking anything decent, I doubt you are wasting time on these boards except for entertainment
Never is a long time friend. Some people are rich before they show up here.
Regardless, this thread wasn't about how much money people make (because that would be very embarrassing for a lot of people here who front like mad), but the attitudes which distinguish successful people from unsuccessful people.
If you compare everyone on WF to Steve Jobs, we all fail. If you compare everyone on WF to the average bloke, we're probably marginally ahead of the typical mouth breather you run into at the local gas station.
They said "liberals", which is a group composed of millions of people that are not politicians. Half the nation now wants marijuana legal, but Obama and many "liberals" in congress won't even support medical marijuana.
Liberals protested en masse against the Vietnam War, and future politicians such as John Kerry and Bill Clinton were among them. RFK was running on an anti-Vietnam war platform before he got killed.
She made the claim that it was "conservatives sending poor people to die", which was wrong. Vietnam started and escalated under liberal Presidents. Many conservatives and liberals objected to the war, but the President is the one that gives the orders, and those Presidents that used the draft to send all those poor kids to die were liberals. Nixon was a conservative and he ran on "ending the draft" which he eventually did.
President can only send Marines to combat with the picking up of the phone. All other acts of war require congress action.
Show some respect, he only died for our sins and is inside each and every one of us, just waiting to guide us with answers to tough decisions.
His evil twin is litmus who has fooled everybody into believing he is the real and original, BUT HE'S NOT AND YOU CAN'T PROVE HE IS!
I thought littman was the guy that makes those those tasty cakes.
You know, Littman's...
I thought littman was the guy that makes those those tasty cakes.
You know, Littman's...
Same guy. He also started a small jewelry empire. He is truly worthy of our praise. :bowdown:
Money does buy happiness.
I love to travel. Money directly pays for my globetrotting. Money directly leads to my happiness.
Money isn't everything but it's damn close.
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I love to travel. Money directly pays for my globetrotting. Money directly leads to my happiness.
Money isn't everything but it's damn close.
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Who would have guessed that this would have turned into a dick waving contest, I wonder if the guys on the Forbes Rich List waste time on forums arguing about who does or does not have the "peasant mentality" or do they just let the Forbes list do their talking?
As for the original article.
I mostly agree with it.
But it's not all or nothing, black or white. You don't necessarily have to think on the "world class" side on every single point, or vice versa.
I would imagine your Branson's and Trumps and Buffet's etc would fall on the "world class" side on at least 20 or 21 of those points, while your typical welfare recipient probably falls on the "peasant" side on at least 20 of the categories.
The rest of us are obviously spread somewhere in between with varying ideas of which points we do or do not agree with, which is probably why we aren't mega rich or dirt poor.
As for me I probably lean towards the peasant side but am trying hard to change my mentality in the other direction, listening to a lot of audiobooks and reading a lot, but it takes time (at least for me) to overcome decades of brainwashing and social conditioning that comes from growing up and living in the middle class for nearly 40 years.
Figure I have some catching up to do, hopefully realising that I have the wrong attitude is the first step to fixing it.
As for the original article.
I mostly agree with it.
But it's not all or nothing, black or white. You don't necessarily have to think on the "world class" side on every single point, or vice versa.
I would imagine your Branson's and Trumps and Buffet's etc would fall on the "world class" side on at least 20 or 21 of those points, while your typical welfare recipient probably falls on the "peasant" side on at least 20 of the categories.
The rest of us are obviously spread somewhere in between with varying ideas of which points we do or do not agree with, which is probably why we aren't mega rich or dirt poor.
As for me I probably lean towards the peasant side but am trying hard to change my mentality in the other direction, listening to a lot of audiobooks and reading a lot, but it takes time (at least for me) to overcome decades of brainwashing and social conditioning that comes from growing up and living in the middle class for nearly 40 years.
Figure I have some catching up to do, hopefully realising that I have the wrong attitude is the first step to fixing it.