being rich is a privilege vs being rich is right
funny cause the middle class just finished
participating in the largest lotto in history years after this book was written
I wrote the above because I believe the book
says that the middle class doesn't think they deserve to be rich and good.
money is complicated vs money is simple
a.
Do I believe I have what
it takes to be rich? To be honest I’m not really sure. I can of
course make and have made a steady paycheck for years, and I’ve got some
freelance work, but suuuuper sporadic and that is why I have my doubts about
it.
b.
When I read his comment
of, “Just for today, keep telling yourself that making money is simple” and how
that’d make me feel before I even finished reading that I felt a calm and
easiness within me. It quickly left, but initially I felt it.
I think my hesitation and doubt stem from a
legit lack of knowledge on money and how to make it on my own. While we went to
the library a lot growing up and read plenty of books and had lots of books in
the house growing up I don't ever really recall reading anything about
investing and making money (serving people and providing value) until out of
college. By then I was thoroughly indoctrinated in the middle class way of
thinking and doing things to make a living in a linear fashion.
This year I'm wanting to read at least one book
per month on investing subjects I'm interested in and working on business
outside of my regular 9-5 job.
rich people are crooks vs rich people are
ambitious
a.
Because of the average
person’s unwillingness to accept full responsibility for his or her results,
they are eager to criticize society’s most successful in an effort to minimize
their achievements and justify their own mediocrity.
Loved that above quote. I see this all the time.
People knocking the president's of their companies or their peers in church who
are wealthy or friends or family or people they're dating. Its everywhere and
prevalent the personal attacking of the rich to help hide their own insecurities.
It happens all the time in school with bullies. I love this video that pokes
fun of this very thing.
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