7 Main Differences Between Rich And Poor People
Rich or poor, which category do you fit in?
Most people want to be rich, but most of them are poor, why?
There must be some differences between rich people and poor people. If you study carefully, you will find out why rich and successful people are able to produce amazing results in their life, and why some people are living in poverty.
To be rich and successful, you don’t need to be lucky, extremely hard working or you need to have a college diploma or a university degree.
What you need, is the right mindset and the right mindset will form the right habit. As a result, the right habit will lead you toward the financial abundance kind of lifestyle that you always desire.
So here are the 7 main differences between rich and poor people…
1. Rich people believe that they create their lives while poor people believe that life happens to them. Can you see why rich and successful people are able to create amazing results in their life right now?
It is simply because they are in control of their lives. They believe that they are the ones who is responsible for their lives, they are the ones who is creating their future, not the economy or the knowledge or luck.
On the other hand, poor people will always give excuses and blame on the circumstances. When they failed in their business, they will blame the economy, their boss, their family or anything that did not go according to their plan.
Whenever you believe that life happens to you, you will lose the power to change and the power to control your future. You must believe that you’re the one who is creating your future, not other people or events.
2. Rich people play the money game to win but poor people play the money game just not to lose money. This is a big mindset difference.
Have you ever seen people invest in the stock market? Some people are so afraid that they will lose their money and they form a mindset that blocks their creativity. They formed the mindset of ‘investing not to lose the money’.
However, rich and successful people know exactly how they need to think in order to win the game of money. They will think and act from the view of playing the game to win. Unlike poor people, they will never invest just not to lose the money.
3. Rich people think and focus on opportunities while poor people focus on obstacles. When you face with problems, what are you focus on?
Are you focus on the problems, thinking how bad the situation is going to be? Or are you focusing on the solution and thinking about how you can solve or even turn the situation into opportunity?
Think about this carefully. No matter who you are, you will definitely face with all kinds of choices in your life. And when you need to decide to move on, try to notice on you thinking, what do you focus on, the solution, or the problem?
4. Rich people dare to dream big, poor people think small. When I tell my parents that I want to make a million dollar, they will tell me, “Why do you need so much money? You can live a very good lifestyle if you got a job that has a good pay. You don’t need to be a millionaire.”
I don’t know about you, but this statement happens to me all the time. And I definitely believe that poor people will tend to think small while rich people always think big.
To poor people, they will think that rich people are greedy because they always think big. Is it true that you are being greedy if you think big? I don’t know if I buy this, but to me, I’ll think of it as a waste if you’re not using the resources available (your thinking) to you at full.
Don’t you owe it to everyone around you to create a better life for them? Don’t you want your family to live good? So think big and create the abundance lifestyle for these people right now.
5. Rich people are committed to their dreams, poor people are just dreaming about their dreams. Yes, this is an obvious one.
If you’re not committed to be rich, you can never be rich. How many times have you heard people say that they want to be rich, but they never do anything about it?
This is the mentality of poor people. They will just think about how good it is going to be if they are rich, but they will never do anything about their dreams. They know that they cannot afford a luxury car if they have a low pay job. The thing is, they never do anything to change it.
On the contrary, rich and successful people are committed toward their dreams. They will do whatever it takes, in the boundary or moral and ethics of course, to achieve their dreams.
6. Rich people associate with rich and successful people. Poor people will associate with poor people. Do you have any rich friends? Or all of your friends are poor?
I’m not suggesting that you need to stop making friends with poor people, what I’m suggesting it, try to get to know more about rich people. The more you mix with them, the more you will think like them. And if you think like them, you will start to create amazing results just like them.
If most of your friends are poor and their working salary all are below, $2,000, you will be having the same range of salary most of the time. However, if you associate with rich people who are making $2,000 in just a day, you will start to see the possibility of what you can accomplish in your life.
And this will change your thinking of what you can achieve in your life. $2,000 will become a small amount for you once you changed your mindset about money.
7. Rich people good learners while poor people think that they have learned everything in the world. One of the fastest ways to be financially abundance is to learn directly from people who have already achieved this status.
And if you’re not willing to learn, you will never be able to be successful. If you want to get the best pay, you must be the best. And the only way you can be the best is to learn from the best and learn to be the best.
You now know what are the 7 main differences between rich and poor people. Do what rich people do and try to avoid the adopting the mindset and habits of the poor.
This will guarantee you a financial abundance lifestyle.
Sorry, but you have no clue what you are talking about.
Misconception is hurtful as ignorance, which you have exhibited both.
Hello Maja, I don’t really understand what you mean.
Mind to explain more?
Just read this article and I can relate to it. I have a friend who has been poor for 68 years of his 68 years on this planet. He get’s very disgusted with himself because he has tried many businesses and has failed to some degree. He has no home to call his own and he continually berets himself for being poor. He’s on social security and is barely living on this income. He has tried different avenues to make money and at times has even attained employment in the fast-food sector just to make ends meet. I have observed his behavior and the article describes some of his attitudes and mind set. He’s afraid to lose money. He’s very careful how he spends his money and comments on how I spend my money. I not rich, but I not struggling and he get’s uncomfortable when I encourage him to invest or even buy things. He has a habit of taking advantage of “free” stuff. He makes sure that he gets all that he can. That tells me a lot.
So, im poor because i don’t have the right mindset?! You make rich people sound like their great!
CEO’s Salaries
John Paulsen - 3.7 Million
Mark Holden - 16,054,2002
T.M. Soho - 13,223,409
Sidney Taurel - 9,649,413
And Its right that they can give give themselves raises whenever they want, claiming that it helps the economy (trickle down theory) when their out sourcing jobs, so it doesn’t do $(#$^ for us!
Its right that they have more money than they can spend, money that could be fueling they economy, getting homeless people off the streets, etc.
GOD JUST LISTEN TO YOURSELF!!!
“poor people believe that life happens to them. poor people focus on obstacles. poor people think small. poor people are just dreaming about their dreams. Yes, this is an obvious one.Poor people will associate with poor people.oor people think that they have learned everything in the world.” YOU TALK ABOUT POOR PEOPLE LIKE WERE STUPID, MINDLESS RATS! JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN BE RICH DOESN’T MEAN YOU’RE A ZEN MASTER!!!!!! I’m porr you jerk! Is this how i am?!?!?!?!
Hey, Susan, if this dude spends more money than he has, he looses all of his money! He’s barley scrapin by, so why in gods green earth would he spend more money than he has?! And Free is better than spendin money! Im 13 and i know this stuff! Come on! Of course hes careful eiwith his money! I really hate saying all this stuff, but, im getting you to open your eyes! instead of observing his behaivor, help him out!
I like this statement.
I like you info i think you right i usually like to read books like Napoleon Hill and is truth if you think in big you will have a lot big thinks.
The is the very basic concepts of how things work in life but it is obviously very correct for the most part. The concept that I learned in life is that when people figure out who they are they do what they need to do to accomplish themselves in life. Sure everyone wants to be rich but the majority of people dont eat sleep and live money, the average person as long as they are making a decent amount of money are happy and go on to have kids and live their small minded life. These people dont really undestand how rich people think because to them material objects and power dont have that much value to them unlike people who are rich or want to be rich cannot live without these ammenities. Everyone is genetically different and we can see when one guy spends all his time trying to pick up women while another isnt concerned with a small minded task and is concerned about getting a lamborghini and running a succesful business before he turns 21. The bad thing about being a small minded person is that they fail to realize that 99.99% of almost anything is dictated by money, not religion or good conscience its all money and I feel that this scares some people that we all are expendable in the eyes of the government and the people. It all comes down to choices in life do you want to be a sheep or a wolf? If you choose to be a sheep us wolfs will try keeping you guys happy and making you belive there really is god because the poor far outnumber the rich and could turn this world upside down but small minded sheep will hopefully always be peacefully hearded.
No poor peole in the house? no one to agree with me? *sigh*
@ Tai i think you have a lot of growing up to do mentally because you clearly don’t understand the points that were made in the article
Carl, I don’t think you can understand my point. I know exactly what is being said in this article, but i strongly disagree. Just beacause im young doesn’t mean im stupid. Get past my age, read my words
I am affraid Mr Khoo is very mistaken in his theory of poor people. There are as many reasons for poverty as there are poor people, but mostly it is due to circumstance and their suroundings.
Poor people have no funds to be affraid to invest in “the stock market”, one has to be poor before can they can possibly understand the poor.
Of course, he perhaps believes that if he thinks positively people will buy his book and some will, of course a poor person does not have the opportunity to publish books, perhaps not even the opportunity to learn to read in some places of the world.
You sound so self righteous and ignorant with your “differences between poor and rich people.” I can tell you have never had a friendship or contact with anyone who is truly poor. If you did you would have the proper perspective. People that grow up very poor face challenges you are quick to write off because you have never been without the basic necessities of life. Go live in Baisley Projects or Compton and come back in a year and tell me they got the same shot you do?? Get some perspective. Seriously. Anyone that agrees with this article really just can’t relate.
Tai, it’s interesting how your mindset is exactly how he describes a poor person in the article. I’ve been poor and now I’m not and I can say 100% of the reason I was poor because of my mindset.
Wealthy people “go for it” and understand there are risks involved. They may not know everything about what they are doing, but they make calculated decisions. If you just go around haphazardly “trying things” then you will never get anywhere except down the disappointment lane. Take notice of what you want out of life and drive forward, make intelligent decisions and learn from other wealthy people and not from poor people.
Mark Josh, are you serious? This is exactly why many poor people stay poor. They blame circumstances, upbringing and conjure every other excuse as to why they should not take action. Have you ever heard of Oprah Winfrey? How well-off do you think she would be if she let her poverty-stricken upbringing stand in her way? John Paul DeJoria. Does that name ring a bell. If not, look it up. Both of you think obstacles are a reason to quit or not even pursue something. That’s perfectly fine with me because that means there more room at the top for me.
Hi all, wow, so many comments here.
Great, I sincerely thank you all for commenting and voicing
your opinion here in my blog.
For me, there is no right or wrong. What you think about
rich and poor is your opinion and your belief. So I’ll stand
by what I have posted in this article.
Once again, thanks very much, ^_^
this helped me becuz im comparing rich & poor ppl 4 a project
Let’s not get too far outside the scope of this brief article. I think there’s a general point that the author tried to make and I believe he’s succeeded. Sure, there may always been some circumstances which are exceedingly prohibitive, but I doubt that’s the situation most of the time. An exception to the rule doesn’t negate the rule entirely.
I see co-workers, managers, employees, students, etc. ALL exhibit signs that they are not willing to do what is necessary to succeed. Assuming you’re not a trust fund kid, if you’re doing well, it’s very likely you had to work exceedingly hard for it - harder than those who didn’t make it. Again, sometimes luck and misfortune enter. That said, you still make what you can out of the cards you’re dealt. People leave the ghetto. Plus, looking at CEO salaries and assuming that they’ve done something evil to get there is short-sighted and just a coping mechanism for your own failure.
Josh McDonnell! Finally someone thinks the same! Darren, Who are you to tell me how i think?! What, are you inside my head? do you know me? exactly. Don’t say I think like this or that, because i decide how i think, not some guy saying crap like that! , I’m poor, but that doesn’t mean im going to look upon some rich person as some prophet who’s discovered a magic way of thinking! My parents are huge investors in the stock market, and were making money, Not “afraid”, Proof!.I’ve been persecuted against because of my economic status for years, and im not going to stand anybody saying im some simpleton, or i haven’t achieved enlightenment, or something like that. This is like “The secret”, for god’s sake! You can believe it if you choose to, after all you have the right to, but i choose not to.
go mark, too
Just because they’re rich doesn’t mean they’re better than poor people.Under the eyes of God we’re all equal no matter what nationally it is and we should work together and help one another treating each other with respect and honestly and as human being.No good to discriminate.Poor people doesn’t mean they’re stupid,retarded all all negative things.Stop being ignorant anyway I rather be a healthy poor people in a humble home eating a meal calm than a sick rich people in a luxury who can’t even eat in peace,always worry somebody will rob them,not going to the store alone and always with bodyguards when that’s no life not giving themselves privacy or open space.Rich people acting like big shot the greatest nonsense because rich won’t take money with them when they’re gone and when they run out they go back to the family and others you in general got it stay humble and real always because is so important and the key to good things.think about it folks because the love of money and material things is the root of all evil and money is only necesary for food,clothes,and transportation especially bills but is not everything in life.Money is not the happiness neither buy love nor friendships.
Hey guys fish oil and aloe gelly from forever living had helped me focused well and I am on my way to financially sucessful.
This article is a load of old tosh.
Indeed.
Hi all..
First, I did really appreciate all the comments you guys leaving here. Especially for Tai, thanks for your constant commitment for coming back for this article, ^_^
Since I wrote this post, so I will stand by what I have posted.
The only thing that I would like to say is that, there’s a point in my life that I’m not rich as well. And I’m also from a third world country.
We all are the same, just the way we think about something. No matter what you believe, you will always think that your beliefs are right.
There’s no right or wrong in mindset, it is just choosing the right mindset that will empower you.
You’ll have to understand that I’m not insulting poor people. By the way, what is poor people anyway?
For me, poor people is not the ‘poor people’ that you know that have no money or materials.
My definition of poor people are that people with poor mindset.
So what if you are poor? Every rich person was once a poor person.
It is their thinking and their action that makes them rich in their lives.
This is the main point of this article.
Seriously, I’m happy to see that this article has a lot of comments because it shows that this topic is hot, LOL.
Thanks guys for your constant support,
Shawn
I support what the author has written in this article, therefore I also wish to further explain that it is all in the mind. If you have positive thoughts and dreams and show the effort to achieve them…believe me, you will get to live the life you always dreamed. A person who aims for the sky and you will reaches the ceiling is better than the one who always aims for the ceiling. Food for thought. Thanks
Thank YOU author! good luck to you and to everyone here.:]yes, no matter how much money we’ve got right now, what we have in our minds is what matters the most… i storngly agree! =D
oh and plus,
you are such a good writer dude!
Its all good that you belive that having a good mind matters, but to say it’s so important that it affects my economic status. Life is choices. Its the choices you make that decide weather your rich or poor, not your mindset.
and thank you Shawn. I enjoy posting my opinions and, hopefully, changing the way some people think.
this is very great, indeed you right
Growing up poor and being poor is different. I’m 21 and I spent most of my life being poor and and I had a lot of rich friends and I noticed this difference. And to Mark, you are saying persons are poor because of circumstances, only in your childhood, after a certain period its starts to become your fault not matter where you grow up. There are persons born rich who become poor because they don’t have the mindset. Persons born poor who become rich and persons who just stay where they are. To me if you use your circumstances as an excuse then you are taking life as happening to you. I don’t have money to invest but I’m working on it. The key is to do something and change it.
Wow! I am amazed that so many ppl disagree with you!
I enjoyed your article and respect you opinion on the matter.
#3 Less fortunate ppl do than to focus on the problem and not the solution…alot of times we are not positive thinkers by nature. Alot of ppl who are less fortunate did not grow up in a nuturing enviorment. Ex.I will use myself As a child, I remember sitting in the back seat of my fathers car signing-and being told shut up…as a teeneager I remember walking around the house singing and being told- be quiet! After, Jr high I decided I wanted to goto a performing arts school instead my regular neighbourhood highschool…needless, to say I did not have their support on that idea! But, I auditioned anyway and made it. But, I was never encourage to do what I wanted to do. I was always told- why are you going to an audition instead of an interview? Needless, to say- the only place I sing right now is around my house.
Ever time I dared to dream big I was told how foolish I was and how I need to think reasonably~i.e. small (#4)
So, yes! I had to change my mindset! and I am still am changing my mindset~everyday!
Even now, I catch myself saying you cant do that…how? When I should be saying I can do that…How am I going to do it and here is my master plan!!
Speak power over your lives!
Romans 4:17 Call those things that be not as though they were.
Gallatians 6:9(KJV) And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
For you doubters
”a positive attitude may not solve all of ur problems, but it will annoy a hell of alot of negative ppl” ~Rev Run
Tai, Mark, and Josh
Ok the guy who wrote this isn’t 100% correct I understand why you are upset. He does have some good points and something to think about is “what are you getting out of it”. When you read something do you take the negative out of it or the positive which may help you later? I know the guy that wrote this has a lot of things off the wall.
Ok for instance growing up I was so poor we had to fart in the bath tub to have a bubble bath ok. It wasn’t easy for my parents with 4 boys. My dad was in construction (small time small town) hating life to its fullest. A guy seen his work ethics and hired him for an electrical plumbing and air business. Well my dad saw an opportunity with all of this so he took it and got good. He ended up doing it for 4 years and started his own business hiring 4 employees. I know it sounds stupid but our family went from a 25,000 to 30,000 per year to 100,000 to 120,000 per year.
Ok needless to say divorce, business split, home split, and I was only 14 but I knew what it felt like to see money come in. (I was hooked).
I was in college and needed some extra money so I decided to start a business I was 18 I think? Any way I got so busy that I hated it and quit. lol (wasn’t really ready for what I was getting into). I was living with my aunt and everything started sucking again. Broke, couldn’t afford college, life sucked A**.
KEY POINT:
I needed a new start and I said I don’t care how many obstacles I have to jump through I am going to do everything I can to be great. I had to start small because let’s face it I was poor but still young. !United States Air Force! lol. I hated every day I woke up but I acted like it was the best job I ever had. I did it for 4.5 years. Got out started a business and failed. (What the heck “right”) The Mind Set. I read things I wanted to read. Took whatever I wanted to take out of things Neg/Pos it didn’t mater. I know live in Tampa I own multiple rental properties and I do government contracting to boot.
I started looking at everything with an open mind. Yes poor people dont give a damn with the opportunities they do or do not have. I had poor people tell me “why would you buy that or go there I wouldn’t”. They are lazy. Don’t be a “poor person”. I mean that in an intellectual way not a financial way.
Once again try to take all the positive things from what you read (like rich people) and disregard the Neg (like rich people). Oh and if I need to remind you again “Rich as in INTELECTUAL INTAKE OF INFORMATION”. Stop being so negative about someone sharing an opinion.
Here’s what I’m learning on my journey about being prosperous: You have to know who you are and made you. No, money is not everything, but living a fulfilling life (the best life you choose to have) and doing the things in accordance to the law of the Universe, money is one of the many physical rewards you can attain. God is the source of all blessings, even money. He created this experience for you to choose the life you want to have, so if your state of mind is poverty, then you will always be impoverished until you choose to change your mind. So what makes you rich? Having forward thinking friends, a supportive & loving family, a career that you are passionate about, living in a safe & comfortable environment, committing & achieving your dreams, being happy with yourself, your overall health (Mind, Body & Soul) and having a close & personal relationship with God.
You can find some richness in everyone, but treat it like a buffet…choose to sample a little but don’t get full off the wrong junk. You are the creator of your world, yes, even the obstacles and hardships you encounter. Are you a creature of circumstance or a creator of circumstance? Many people have a hard time taking responsibility for their own lives and become angered and project blame outwardly for their misfortunes. You are always presented with choices, you can choose to be negative or you can choose to be positive and learn from what Shawn expressed. Choosing to not be receptive of something that will benefit change in your life is the perfect example of a poor mentality.
You might have grown up poor, you might had been poor yesterday, but you don’t have to be poor NOW.
YOU DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE POOR! EVER!
well soon the poor won’t have to worry about being poor anymore - if obidiot… er obama has his way, he will start re-distributing the wealth from the rich to the poor … and then the rich will not want to be rich anymore….
If you want to be poor then be poor, if we want to be rich then let us be! We are just showing you how to be, if you don’t want to learn how to, go to another website and do your business there! Problem with poor people is that they are very touchy! Like what i have said “You want to be poor then be it! Just leave the opportunity for those people who actually want to be rich. And also to the poor people out there can your pay taxes so that we don’t always bail you out of your miseries (Like the check from the out of employment government issues) Instead of crying out loud find a job ( Which by the way we the rich provide)
As you can see from the comments below, Many people simply DO NOT GET IT when it comes to money and success.
I really loved your article and I completely agree with all your points. I grew up in a fairly poor family. We were lower middle class, had a house but my parents never made much money, why? Because they were so afraid of taking chances and they always thought NEGATIVE thoughts 24/7.
I decided when I was very young that I wanted to be a winner and I THOUGHT like a winner. Of course my parents constantly criticized me for thinking I would be one of the RICH people but I never listened to them, my way of rebelling was to be a successful person with Positive Thinking.
I started my own landscaping business at age 16 with just a small 12 inch mower and a weed eater trimmer. I would drive around in my cheap used Volkswagen Golf with the lawnmower sticking out of the hatchback and I would cut peoples lawns, even people who lived pretty far away from me. I started handing out business cards I had made at a Kinkos Copies store and pretty soon I had about 30 customers who wanted me cutting their grass every other week. I only charged $20 but with 30 customers = $600 a week. I was making MORE than my parents!!
By the time I was 18 I graduated High School and devoted myself full time to my landscaping business. I bought a truck and some slightly more professional equipment and soon I had 50+ customers, each paying me $20 to cut their lawn = $1000 a WEEK while most of my friends were making 8.00 or 9.00 per hour at some job where their boss owned them.
All you have to do is go out there and do what YOU want to do. Nothing is stopping you EXCEPT your own limitations.
My opinion is that…Every Rich man survived from his poor life.withput any survival no body can become rich
My opinion is that…Every Rich man survived from his poor life.witoput any survival no body can become rich
I would like to share my opinion on this matter.
At first glance the article repulsed me somewhat, obvious reasons, speaking down about people generally does, but the more i thought about it the more it made sense. The article is correct in every issue it raises. Rich minded people are go getters and they strive damned hard to be successful and therefore make a lot of money. And the poor tend to be negative minded about their own prospects and place in life.
However, there my compliments stop, the problem with the rich, is that they are very afraid of losing material possessions and also power and this is where my problems arise. In a monetary society, capital is power. When this person becomes rich, they then want to protect it, at any cost. Here’s a very brief and not very detailed list of examples.
1) Cutting costs by making inferior goods, but using brand power to convince poor “aspiring” people to buy at high prices. Examples such as the clothing industry.
2) Unintelligent waste management in order to save money, which in turn destroy the very habitat we are living in.
3)Under paying workers who are the eyes and ears of any coroporation or company, in order to maintain profit levels.
4)Allowing immense interest rates on all bank loans and mortgage prices to exist, keeping many people in a perpetual cycle of debt management.
5) Convincing poorer countries to take large loans, (imf, world bank) but with strict fiscal policies such as cuts in public financing which in turn affects thelevels of education and skilled labour within that country, again becoming perpetually entangled in debt management.
yadda yadda yadda, point being that at one time in thre past when lands were open and sparse there was opportunity for everyone to make a better more convenient life for themselves if they so wished. usually by force, East indian trading company… israel over palestines etc… and once these peoplehad established themselves, the strict economic society was set up. So here we are today, a young african boy or girl wants to become rich, they know the rules but wait, theres a patent on their idea, theres taxes on their business, theres pressure from competing and larger markets,they are forced to sell cheaply, they have to adhere to strict and expensive safety rules and regulations, theres red tape everywhere, a competing company abroad dumps excess stock within their market forcing them out of business, their bank charges them too high an interest rate, their government is lobbied into not protecting their own workforce and allowing foreign competition. Doesn’t sound fair from the start right? and its not, and that is my problem with this article, you can aspire for something greater but if the ceiling (rich) won’t budge, then the sky will never be reached.
And if your idea of being rich in life is one through monetary satisfaction then you have a long lesson to learn, a man who owns a drink company which, lets be said, people enjoy, convines you to buy his brand of drink and in doing so makes $1.1 billion a year.he has a beautfiul house, wife, car and power to boot. Because he sells a drink, not a neccessary one, a luxury drink. A man spends his life curing the sick, helping the aged, helping women give birth, stitching you up, taking care of you when your unwell. He has a nice house and a nice car and respect. Now if you want to be the person mentioned first, then your the problem, if you want to be the second person then act upon and strive to do good in the world and not just for yourself, we can’t all be millionaires but we can all be good. think before you put the unfortunate down, because if we’re all millionaires and there is no good, then just hope that your not unfortunate…
One thing missing in it Rich people carry presence of mind and make there way out there presence in the party make everybody there follower but poor people are not asked by anyone. And belive me anybody can become rich if you have your set rules.
Here’s a list of 7 things that are typical of rich so if you make sure to follow this rich you can be rich:
Make sure you are 1.white instead of black or hispanic
2.married instead of single 3.don’t have children instead of having kids 4.middle aged or old instead of young 5.entrepreneurs instead of working for others 6.a man instead of a woman 7. and be a college grad or more instead of high school or less
Wow! I am in the poverty range and when I keep it real with myself and not take it personally I have this mindset, and it is so hard to change. i went to a seminar and the speaker said the same thing. My b/f who is wealthy told me the same thing about myself. oh and my b/f is black has kids,came from a broken home, took care of his mom and siblings at 15(u can guess how) and went from illegal activities to two colleges degrees, rent homes etc. when I ask him how, he says its all in your mind, and how u think. he said he always knew he would be rich!I know u may be saying why am i here if he is wealthy?? It is because I want my own accomplishments in life. He also told me I am not willing to learn and i think I KNOW EVERYTHING! I am starting to think he read this article!lol He also said that poor people like to criticize every thing the rich do but they never critize what they do to the economy. He says while everyone was partying, etc he was studying and and handling his buisness and that poor people can’t put friends aside for success. I now think, excuse me ,I now know I am going to shut up and pay attention!!
Shawn, I would like to raise another aspect. I frequently come across wealthy people in the course of my small home business - some of whom have become long-term clients and personal friends. But having said that, the ‘friendship’ I enjoy is limited because the wealthy do indeed have a different mindset. From experience I know that while they may wax lyrical from time to time on the woes of the ‘poor’ (aka how they can and should help), they are loathe to provide direct advice. The latest example I can think of is the idea that we should invest in gold post-GFC. They urge us all to invest; for our own good. But they don’t respond to my requests for advice: where do I begin to research this area for myself? Not requests to fast-track me to riches… no, a simple request to available and credible information. Surely they would know? But there, am I making just another excuse - just another whinge from ‘the great unwashed’? I don’t believe so. No, I am ever more convinced that, regardless of all the pontificating, what is theirs they guard jealously. They guard KNOWLEDGE. After all, education awakens us all to a broader perspective - and without that we are mired in a fate promulgated by the class system (or if you prefer, the wealth divide) - a construct that is designed to make us believe that we are not bright enough, or clever enough, or lucky enough, or beautiful enough, to be anything other than what we were born into.
So Shawn, I think that wealth distribution or opportunity has more to do with education than attitude. For sure, attitude plays an important role, because without the will to eschew fatalism or negativity we cannot hope to move beyond ‘what we assume’. But ultimately, it is learning that changes our options. I remain cynical about the altruism of those in powerful positions, but I am ever hopeful that the online community will provide an alternative venue, sans subterfuge.
…Chris
I totally understand the whole point of this… it’s more of a summary about Robert Kiyosaki’s “Rich Dad,Poor Dad” book only this one can offend some other people’s ego just because how the article is done is quite abrasive. Nevertheless, point taken.
try to read or watch “the secret” guys. there it mentions that your thoughts make your future. your future is being mold by how you think at hand. The authors testemonies are very inspiring and life changing.
The article might be a bit harsh but as they say truth hurts. whether you like it or not, it remains true.
I think that it is all bull shit that people think all us poor people can think about is drugs alcohol and why nothing goes our way. My family has been working hard all our lives Ive detasselled and i bet that if you go up to a rich person he/she will not even know what the hell that is I earn my living and help out my family that is why i am poor so dont any of you ass holes dare say that shit that all poor people are druggies and alcoholics because we aren’t there are a hell of a lot more rich than there are poor that use drugs and drink alcohol all day so go to hell to all of those that dare think of the poor like that
Hi people, I believe that from all the comments in this post, you can now see very obviously the difference about what we associate with money in our lives.
I’m not saying that poor people are bad or whatever. You have to understand that rich people are poor at least once before.
It is what we do in our lives that determine how successful we are.
Most people think that if they are rich, they will be living in an unhappy life. They think that you can have all the happiness if you are poor.
For me, I’ll choose and decide to be rich and happy.
Do you want to be rich and happy?
believe and praise Allah.
Poor and Happy, Theres someone i can respect. “YOU DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE POOR! EVER!”,. If you heard someone say that to someone else, you would be shocked and repulsed.
james: Im young/ hispanic, does this mean i cant be rich? Litte bit of racism there….
And if all poor people thought negative 24/7, they would all be dead from suicide or overdose on depression pills. Us poor people are actual people, with feelings, emotions etc. It doesn’t help us when were right here and you say some of us “JUST DO NOT GET IT…”
Has anybody forgotten about the economy? Ya’know how its toatally unstable right now? If your’e still rolling around in your’e piles of mney in your gated communities telling me how i can get rich, while im living in a regular, kinda crappy neighborhood, stuggling to make ends meet, you should be ashamed of yourself.
Without us middle class being where we are,you wouldn’t have anything, No farmers for food, no factory workers for clothes or cars, no workers for your big companies, and no consumers to fuel the economy in wich you invest thousands. All of you should be wondering why you aren’t like us. Now, i really didn’t want to go here, But in most relligions there is a major deity or figure who is (for lack of a better word) “poor”. Jesus, Buddha,The prophets (abraham, Moses, etc.), Dionysus was poor before he joined the pantheon, I don’t know about Judaism or Hinduism, and in all religion charity and rejection of excess is necessary to achieve heaven, enlightenment, Nirvana, whatever.
As a matter fact of everybody who is willing to be rich should truly change his or her way of thinking,by so doing things will begin to go on the right direction.
You have really inspire me just because i find it very difficult approaching people who have made in life just beacouse there are few i know who are hard to approch BUT DONT FORGET “CHANGE YOUR THINKIMG CHANGE YOUR LIFE.”
@ michele
hi. i think its unfair to blame one person the poverty thats going on in this country.
This is BS, period!
u dn’t know what u r talking about,,,,,,in shot THE POOR IS BAD AT U’R SENTENCE AND RICH ARE MOST WELCOMED?? HOW CAN U SAY THIS? I TRIED 2 GET RICH BUT NOT ALL OF US,,,BECOMES RICH.
I wholeheartedly agree. Rich people have a more progressive mindset from poor people. Poor people like my distant relatives, the Gists, in South Carolina think that the world owes them something. None of my relatives, except for my mother and uncle, are highly successful. The rest of them just sit back and expect my mother and I to support them. I say no-if they do not want, let them starve. I would rather be rich than poor. I believe in affluence as it affords me a better and more luxuriant life. Poor people are different from rich people in different ways- rich people plan for their futures and care about their descendants while poor people care only about their present pleasures and do not give a damn about their descendants. I will never understand poor people- they are poisonous and I stay as far away from them as possible.
Well, I think the better word to use in this article should be successful people and mediocre people instead of rich and poor people.
Most rich people are born into it. It gets handed to them and then they have the power to go on making money by screwing over other people. If they come from money they have chances where ever they turn. Look at Bush, everything he got came from his family and their ties. A lot of people get rich because they were born beautiful like actors and models. Or your born with a talent like singing or have a great mind like Gates. But most poor people have no family money, no talents and no opportunities. Since everyone can’t be rich then someone has to be poor. Also I think that rich people feel superior because they are rich and if everyone had money they wouldn’t feel like they were the better than everyone else. And people love to feel like there better than other people for just about any reason.
Your reasoning disgusts me.
I agree with the rich man poor man mindset. If your parents were poor, chances are you will be to. there are a few who escape this conundrum. But most stay poor. The old saying poor people has poor ways certainly is true. In today’s society we have lost a lot of good jobs, that use to pay well, were now stuck with low paying mindless service jobs that offer very little in benefits, so your later years are gonna look pretty bad compared to the past when we had manufacturing jobs that provided good pay and benefits for the whole family. So, today we must try and think rich, because there is nothing else for us.
Hi. I am 18 and i live in the UK. I see all these people in london having these lambos and ferraris and i want to be like that. I am currently doing a BSc in Uni and am starting my 2nd year this september. I am the best in the class but doesnt mean im the best in the world. I just like what I do. But I just dont see a way of becoming a millionaire in the IT industry. I just want to be able to afford a nice flat in london and a supercar. But how? There are so many website claiming they have the secret to become a millionaire. It doesnt work. I think its all about a luck. I have spend weeks thinking what business I can start and “be a millionaire by 21″ but got nowhere. I believe people sometimes need a push in the right direction by someone who has been there and is actually a millionaire. I just try to meet weaalthy people and surround myself with succesful people. Thats how I believe will get there eventually. Its all about contacts and who you know. I come from a middle/lower class family but am working my arse off to be the best in my class. But the thing is I dont want to be a millionaire when im 50. I want to do it by 25, 30 latest. Is that impossible?
peace people = )
I believe there are some people who are born into situations so unfortunate that they probably will never see their way out of it. These are the sick(people born with deficiency illnesses), most people who live in extreme poverty stricken areas in third world countries, and the extremely handicapped and mentally ill which can be considered the sick but they depend on others for their well being the rest of their lives.
For everyone else their really just seems to be no excuse. If you want success more than you want to be alive then you will stop at nothing to get. This means sacrificing time, sleep, relationships, fun activities, relaxation, all that to build something out of nothing. The problem is most of us are just truly lazy. We want the lazy mans wealth, we dont want to learn to be a salesman and market things and have to interact with people. We dont want to learn to develop a new skill that can make us money just by using our brains and our hands alone.
Most of us need to stop thinking in terms of consumerism, and start thinking in terms of entreprenuership. When poor people get on the internet talking about being poor, I can’t help but to think that access to the internet alone is one huge opportunity to grow and be whatever you want you just have to stop talking about it and be about it.
I think there is a bit of truth to this. I am poor and I have a lot of wonderful ideas of how to make money, but i don’t do them because if for some freak of nature they don’t work out, I would be closer to homeless. I’ve even been homeless for several months. The fear of getting caught in “the system” keeps me from trying to get out of it. while the wealthy can freely jump in and out of different investment opportunities with out fear of such things. I don’t thin that it’s possible to get ride to get ride of the pour as long as there a rich, but I do believe that I have the capability to get on the other side of the spectrum. I just need to grow some balls. By the way, not saying I’m one to speak on the subject but you guys need to work on your grammar.
It takes many poor to make a rich. Getting rich is a secondary goal. People want to get rich because they think they will be happy. Everyone is looking for happiness. Our society wants us to confuse the image of happiness with the image of success. The rich need people to play the “become rich” game. Cause they get richer at the expenses of the players. That’s why the gap between the rich and the poor gets wider.
I am poor and I am happy. I have the exact “success mindset” you describe but towards happiness; I hangout with happy people, I dream about happines but I don’t play the game of money. I think its dishonnest. Instead I give my money away. That is true Happiness!
BE HAPPY!
All of this advice seems to be fairy tale mumbo jumbo that has been repeated in countless forms.
“This will guarantee you a financial abundance lifestyle.”
What you forget to tell are all the people who tried as hard as they could and failed. Getting rich is like winning the lottery, but not as rare. The person needs the right opportunities and skills to make money, but they also need to be lucky. If Bill Gates was born a few years later, we might all be using another operating system. He was lucky that the world needed an operating system and he knew how to get the job done.
If people want to get a surefire way to have a comfortable lifestyle, just get a college degree in a field that needs more workers. They might not have billions, but they have a good chance of being labeled in the upper class of society.