21 ways rich people think differently

I agree with much of the above. Having a positve view on life is one of they key drivers in happyness and success. If you are so inclined you'll always find something to get you down. Willpower is also very important. It's amazing what can be achieved by applying yourself properly. Self confidence is key in life, if you come over as someone that thinks they'll fail, others will also expect you to. There is a fine line between self confidence and arrogance, which many cross. I despise the "******" self confidence that many self help books promote and is highly prevalent in the states. You need to have something to back up your self belief, just spouting pish is not enough. Unless your Donald Trump!
 
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Nitefly said:
Really, who possibly thinks that poverty is the root of all evil.
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I thought politicians are the root of all evil, they squander, they abuse power and privileges and they waste our money and take us to wars. What good ever comes from politicians? Question: did we not just pay for someones funeral just recently? 10 Million?

randomshenans said:
I'd agree tbh. It's not just a "rich" thing in the monetary sense though, it's life in general. When we moved out here, so many people told us we shouldn't do it, or when we were and love it, they are bitter about it. Because no one has the balls to do it themselves, or will actually get up and do something about it. You don't like something, you change it. It won't just happen.
You don't like your job, change it. You don't like what you earn, do something about it! All you ever here are excuses about why they can't do something, but that's all bull. It's all about what you're willing to do to get there.
And I don't mean getting down and dirty with the boss!
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Sounds exactly like the wealthy politicians always bitching about the inherited debt/troubles.

peter_hutson said:
I agree with much of the above. Having a positve view on life is one of they key drivers in happyness and success. If you are so inclined you'll always find something to get you down. Willpower is also very important. It's amazing what can be achieved by applying yourself properly. Self confidence is key in life, if you come over as someone that thinks they'll fail, others will also expect you to. There is a fine line between self confidence and arrogance, which many cross. I despise the "******" self confidence that many self help books promote and is highly prevalent in the states. You need to have something to back up your self belief, just spouting pish is not enough. Unless your Donald Trump!
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LoL! That last part. He's bitching because of the windmills. Because he obviously has money troubles for his hotel on the golf course.
 
Let me guess, this guy has a book/course that can make you think like a rich person (that famously homogeneous group)?
 
bigjohnsonrichard said:
Plenty of people..Its not a new suggestion by this guy.

I dont hold the opinion myself but I believe it runs along the line of poverty breeding desperation and desperate people being easily influenced into bad things. Look at the current 'bad guys' in todays world, Islamic terrorism and north korea spring to mind. Poverty driven. Then youve got the crime hotspots that are inner cities..again, poverty driven.

Poverty leads to crime.
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Wow, just wow.

Islamists are being demonised for other peoples gain and North Korea has so many sanctions on them, it would be very hard for them to be affluent. So hardly good examples.

The better choice would be places like Africa and some parts of Indonesia. Where they are actually poor, don't have basic living and are being oppressed by the "poverty leads to crime" gangs.
 
LateX'Dog said:
Wow, just wow.

Islamists are being demonised for other peoples gain and North Korea has so many sanctions on them, it would be very hard for them to be affluent. So hardly good examples.

The better choice would be places like Africa and some parts of Indonesia. Where they are actually poor, don't have basic living and are being oppressed by the "poverty leads to crime" gangs.
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Im not making an argument here, im telling the guy what some people believe.
 
Rroff said:
Truth is the majority of people with wealth were born into it.
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bigjohnsonrichard said:
Do you have a source for that?
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Are you being serious?

The amount of people i know, have worked with, been to school with and my wife has thought in Uni that would never achieve anything if it wasn't for there affluent parents.

People dismiss there parents aid as actually benefiting them or seeing it as a benefit.

There are 2 people currently that my wife teaches, both of them are heavily funded by there parents (Rent, food, car, expenses) who dismiss it and say either there parents don't give them enough or that they have a part time job because they don't have any money.

Rich kids are deluded because there entire existence has been in a life of abundance and generally they start work with little to no debt, with at least a degree level education and a medium paid job.

The poorer kids have a lot less, they start work with debts (Student debts if educated, shopping and existence debts), they've had to work through most of there higher education if they get that chance and most wont learn past secondary school.

So yes, most people with wealth are born into it.
 
LateX'Dog said:
Are you being serious?

The amount of people i know, have worked with, been to school with and my wife has thought in Uni that would never achieve anything if it wasn't for there affluent parents.

People dismiss there parents aid as actually benefiting them or seeing it as a benefit.

There are 2 people currently that my wife teaches, both of them are heavily funded by there parents (Rent, food, car, expenses) who dismiss it and say either there parents don't give them enough or that they have a part time job because they don't have any money.

Rich kids are deluded because there entire existence has been in a life of abundance and generally they start work with little to no debt, with at least a degree level education and a medium paid job.

The poorer kids have a lot less, they start work with debts (Student debts if educated, shopping and existence debts), they've had to work through most of there higher education if they get that chance and most wont learn past secondary school.

So yes, most people with wealth are born into it.
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Yes, I am seriously asking for a source for that statement.

Having no debt, a degree and a medium paid job is not even close to being wealthy. I think you are underestimating what wealth and riches actually mean.
 
bigjohnsonrichard said:
Yes, I am seriously asking for a source for that statement.

Having no debt, a degree and a medium paid job is not even close to being wealthy. I think you are underestimating what wealth and riches actually mean.
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I didn't realise you needed sources for common sense. Seems you need a source for any kind of statement these days.
 
LateX'Dog said:
I didn't realise you needed sources for common sense. Seems you need a source for any kind of statement these days.
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Common sense? Oh really?

http://www.smh.com.au/executive-sty...ore-selfmade-rich-than-us-20110527-1f77q.html

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/many-forbes-400-really-self-204426982.html

http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/2871-how-most-millionaires-got-rich.html

You do have a point, but its not in the correct context here. You are talking about the benefits of a well off family paying for education and the like. That is not what this particular discussion is about. Its about the very rich and wealthy.
 
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randomshenans said:
I'd agree tbh. It's not just a "rich" thing in the monetary sense though, it's life in general. When we moved out here, so many people told us we shouldn't do it, or when we were and love it, they are bitter about it. Because no one has the balls to do it themselves, or will actually get up and do something about it. You don't like something, you change it. It won't just happen.
You don't like your job, change it. You don't like what you earn, do something about it! All you ever here are excuses about why they can't do something, but that's all bull. It's all about what you're willing to do to get there.
And I don't mean getting down and dirty with the boss!
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Yeah rich is not only monetary, rich can mean a lot of things. A rich life means you follow what you want to do, have no fear go for it. Have good friends (Whom you went out and met!) etc.

But yeah, what you describe is kind of the classic story. To guy asking to see my bank account what does that have to do with anything either? I'm not where I want to be in monetary sense definitely not. However I've changed so many other areas that I had to get up and fix which took me a lot of work especially as I used to be very lazy. I sounded like the guy he is describing in the quote above....

peter_hutson said:
I despise the "******" self confidence that many self help books promote and is highly prevalent in the states.
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No book i've read ever promoted ****** confidence, you want to know why people are *****? they were ***** BEFORE they read the book and just became bigger *****.

It's like people who say when you smoke weed you become a loser, and truth be told that is not true. People are losers before they smoke weed and then just become bigger losers. I don't smoke anything myself at all wouldn't dare but I've heard of people who aren't losers who smoke it.
 
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I've met a couple of rich people in my life personally and both of them tout the same thing. They worked for it, all on their own. (Knew them when they were kids to adult age)
Because starting a small company as a middle aged teen with parents money is completely doing it yourself. :rolleyes:

I admire those who actually worked for it, but I disagree that having a jump start or help is the same.
I just hate those think delude themselves into thinking everyone can do it when they forget one very essential bit of information.
 
ChrisJSY said:
I've met a couple of rich people in my life personally and both of them tout the same thing. They worked for it, all on their own. (Knew them when they were kids to adult age)
Because starting a small company as a middle aged teen with parents money is completely doing it yourself. :rolleyes:

I admire those who actually worked for it, but I disagree that having a jump start or help is the same.
I just hate those think delude themselves into thinking everyone can do it when they forget one very essential bit of information.
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Plenty of people who don't rely on parents money.

PLENTY.
 
"Average people teach their children how to survive. Rich people teach their kids to get rich.

Average people let money stress them out. Rich people find peace of mind in wealth."


rich people think being rich is surviving, so teaching their children to be rich is teaching them to survive.
Rich people let money stress them out, how many rich people lose lots of money commit suicide as they are unable to "survive"? Lots.
 
didn't a couple of bankers top themselves during the economic turmoil? ?

I seem to remember some american bloke did and if I remember right he took his whole family with him.
 
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