Sometimes being poor is a choice.
This is not about the hopeless. This is about the millions who choose being poor for themselves.
Three people can receive $1 000. One will spend it in a day. The second will use it sparingly over a year. The third will use it wisely and turn it into $10 000.
There are those who consume, those who preserve, and those who grow. A consumer cannot blame a low income for his inability to manage his own finances. This is the ladder of financial management that I have seen. First a person spends money the moment it gets in. Second they learn to hold on to it as long as possible. Finally they learn to let it go for the greater good.
Our mindset often determines how successful we are in life. Now I am not looking down on poverty and somehow saying that people in extreme poverty can help it. But I am talking about people with enough income to sustain themselves. People who have everything they need to make something of themselves who simply waste away. People who always complain about how hard life is when they actually have a lot going for them. People who's mindset is the reason for their problems.
I am not a financial advisor. These were lessons I learned in my own life. Lessons I learned going from Unemployed living with my parents at the age of 20 to being financially free at 25. First I had spending problems, then I had saving problems. For a long time I was trying so hard to preserve my income, that I actually hindered its growth.
But to anyone reading this who are in a bad place. I want to say that life can work out.
Life can drastically change in a matter of weeks. It is important however to make sure you already took care of everything in your power. To not wait on the world to somehow make your life better. And to enjoy your life responsibly, not complaining about it every step of the way. Even if your life is hard. Being positive even if only for a better future already makes life better.
There are people with really hard lives out there. The amazing thing about these people is that even among those with extreme circumstances there are those who raise above it.
This immediately reminds me of one of the greatest men I have ever seen...
Nick Vujicic: a man with no arms or legs. A man who raised above all his limitations. Everyone has greatness within them, they just do not always choose it.