I'm not rich because I choose not to be rich. When you're rich, it's harder to connect to the common man. Most rich people look down on poor people as sheep, as a lower form of being than them. Just because they don't have as many pieces of green paper as they do. I have no problem being rich myself, however because I wouldn't really change my life so much. I probably wouldn't spend much more than I do now.
If I can make money doing what I love, then I will. I'm not going to sell out though. I'm not going to do whatever it takes to get money. If I spend my life doing what I love, what does it matter if I have a large bank account?
Money is like a game. Some people view it like a competition, to see who can have the most. Money changes people. They act like everyone should be living the way they are, with six plasma TVs and four computers in one household for two people. They benefit greatly from the exploitation of third world countries where a teenager is paid 15 cents an hour to put together your television and/or computers. And don't tell me that these people are being voluntarily exploited. They have no other option where they are. The ideas presented on this blog or of any self-improvement courses are out of reach. Their options are either work or starve to death and they're kept thinking that way.
I know when most people dream of being rich, they dream of all the stuff they can accumulate and all the vacations they can go on, using the lower rung of society as their servants. Most rich people don't even know how to change their own oil or grow their own food. They are dependent on the lower class for survival, especially those exploited in third world countries.
When you buy a piece of fruit, realize the exploited worker who had to spend 10 hours in the hot sun or starve to death. Most rich people are consuming machines. If I want to become rich, I won't ever become one of those people.
When Steve dropped his Adsense ads, I was happy for him. When he wrote how he doesn't care about money anymore, I was happier. When he said he wasn't into material possessions, I was ecstatic. It's not about the money. It's about the value you provide. It's too close-minded to say, "Why aren't you rich? Stop B.S.ing yourself." Money is nice to have, but never essential to have your dreams come true.
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