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Welcome to another book review from my blog. In this post, we will be examining Chapter 22 from MJ DeMarco's book, Unscripted. Since I enjoyed this book so much, I felt it would make sense and be easier to break down the vital lessons I gleaned from it into bite-sized pieces on my blog. Previously, I wrote about chapter 21: The Money Scam: I can get rich by wanting to get rich, where I spoke about the scam that people fall for in today's world, thinking that wealth can be made by simply believing they can get it since they want it.
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Now, let us look at a new chapter in this post. Chapter 22: The Poverty Scam: I am poor because you are rich.
This chapter is one I admire the most in the book because of how the author talks about the notion that rich people are stingy or wicked. Believing in the idea that corporations or wealthy people are inherently doing something wrong is room for poverty elevation. Believing that they are rich only because you are poor or that they made their wealth from your poverty. Ideally, sometimes it might be true that they made money from you, but it all boils down to their ability to spot the opportunity you were not seeing or were oblivious to its existence.
An example MJ DeMarco made use of in the book is a big man coming to eat at a buffet or restaurant, but refuses to leave a big tip behind for you, instead dropping something smaller than you expected from a person of his status.
Then you have some nasty thoughts about how there is poverty in the world because people like him eat too much. Right there is the victim mentality playing a fast one on you. You are now playing the card of not liking the person simply because you did not get what you wanted from them, and you think he is stingy because he is wealthy.
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I have seen this happen a lot, where people automatically believe someone somewhere is responsible for their misfortune. Oh, I am poor because this person did this, oh, I do not have this or that because I was denied certain things. Like it or not, the world is filled with wicked people and people who do not give a damn. Only a few people truly give care, but do not remain myopic in believing someone or something else is responsible; instead, take full responsibility for your misfortune.
Like Bobby Axelrod would say:
Do not rely on another man for your fate; make your own.
The first lesson from this chapter is that victimhood or playing the victim is a leading cause of poverty. Always seeking out something else to blame or not taking full responsibility already keeps you in a poverty state right from your brain before it gets into the real world.
Next up, learn from wealthy people and not stigmatize their wealth. Instead of saying bad things about how they got their money, be more fixated on what they did and the good business habits they have, and in return, be inspired to achieve your own success. I believe, sometimes, the wealth you are looking for might be gained through the person you have not met.
Lastly, be more of a producer than a consumer. Develop a positive mindset towards problems instead of being negative towards every problem you might encounter along the way. It helps no one, and it does not solve your problem.
Take it or leave it, you are responsible for the wealth you want.
I am 
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