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gtj1982 said:
Also the man who coined bootstraps was saying it in jest. I mean think about it. Although most of you don't. How would one pull themselves up by their boot straps. You would be pulling your feet off the ground and falling on your ass. Which was his point. The masses can't work their way out of poverty alone. It takes collective bargaining and systemic change.
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Exactly. Breh tried to pick himself up by his bootstraps in quicksand. The character was supposed to be an idiot, but our stupid American society took that as an ideal to live by.
 
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fantabolous said:
Why is this concept so hard for people to grasp? In general people like stability and security. Working hard as a worker is different than working hard to be an owner/boss. Are there other factors? ABSOLUTELY... What that doesn't change is: Given all the opportunity in the world most people would still squander it (myself likely included) because people tend to lack the drive to really push themselves to be successful.

Most people view "work" as 40 hours a week and collect paycheck and go home. Not willing to deal with work issues 24/7 or be responsible for for handling problems when others aren't available. Just because executives aren't doing "physical" work that doesn't mean they don't work hard. They also face a lot of stress, scrutiny and pressure that an entry level employee doesn't have to deal with.

I thought iggy actually used a pretty good explanation of how most people never find their passion and/or don't exhibit the perseverance needed to reach the top. People always focus on the "other factors" which while valid, leads to ignoring the biggest factor of intrinsic motivation.
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The stress of finalizing the quarterly budget for headcount is completely different from the stress of having more debt than income. :ufdup:
 
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fifth column said:
Unplug the wire from the back of your head breh. Think about attainable success and build from there. This all or nothing is distracting you and it’s all by design.
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Nah man don’t try to squirm away now with your rich dad poor dad quotes :mjlol:

You said google can make ANYBODY rich. I’m just wondering why you have not used google yet?
 
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MeachTheMonster said:
nikka you obviously paid for the internet and whatever device you are using. Consumer products :francis:

You smart dumb nikkas is dumb as fukk :mjlol:
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I pay for tools that make me $$$. Does a auto mechanic not pay for his tool box. Distraction is why people are broke. That instant gratification of your corny jokes to make yourself feel temporarily better even though it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things.
 
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fantabolous said:
Why is this concept so hard for people to grasp? In general people like stability and security. Working hard as a worker is different than working hard to be an owner/boss. Are there other factors? ABSOLUTELY... What that doesn't change is: Given all the opportunity in the world most people would still squander it (myself likely included) because people tend to lack the drive to really push themselves to be successful.

Most people view "work" as 40 hours a week and collect paycheck and go home. Not willing to deal with work issues 24/7 or be responsible for for handling problems when others aren't available. Just because executives aren't doing "physical" work that doesn't mean they don't work hard. They also face a lot of stress, scrutiny and pressure that an entry level employee doesn't have to deal with.

I thought iggy actually used a pretty good explanation of how most people never find their passion and/or don't exhibit the perseverance needed to reach the top. People always focus on the "other factors" which while valid, leads to ignoring the biggest factor of intrinsic motivation.
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What most of us are saying is it's bullshyt to ignore those other factors. Yes there are a lot of people stuck in shytty positions due to lack of work ethic but to paint the picture that the only reason people aren't in the 1% is due not having a work ethic is ridiculous when there are so many other factors that go into including a little bit of luck. I'm far from a 1%er but living very comfortably. It took a lot of luck (combined with a lot of grinding on my end) to end up in my position and a lot of bad luck (and a misstep on my end) to not be in a more prosperous position. There are so many factors that determine success/failure that it's preposterous to narrow it down to strictly work ethic.

I've been on both ends of the spectrum from being the primary decision maker for a company bringing in 20+ million revenue a year as well as being the lowest man on the totem pole. They are definitely two completely different types of stress. When I was the man in charge I was in meetings all day long from meeting with salesmen, software developers, as well as the managers of the three departments I was directly responsible for. It looked like I was doing no work at all while mentally I was dying. The mental stress took over my mind outside of the job. But boy that paycheck made life so much easier. I'd easily take that over the stress of working as a support tech taking calls all day while being paid scraps and struggling to get by.
 
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Iggy is wrong. Real life gets in the way of this so called perseverance. If I have a child and family whose immediate needs I need to focus on, one aint thinking about self sacrifice for a greater goal anymore....theyre trying to feed their family.

Honestly, yall niqqas need to stop taking this how to make it out of poverty advice from athletes who won the genetic lottery
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So unless you were raped, choices that THE INDIVIDUAL made play a part in their inability to achieve a desired level of success. There's a risk every time sex happens, USUALLY nothing happens but when it does that's the risk you should've known going in. Sex isn't a requirement to live, or even to live happily. Too often people refuse to understand any level of personal accountability. There's a reason the wealthy often seem mysteriously able to wait and have kids when they're prepared to.

But if we're really gonna play the family blame game; needing to provide for a family should actually provide increased motivation to go HARDER to ensure success since there are people now depending on you. Yes it might be harder to juggle career/family but harder isn't impossible. If you've already decided it's not possible then how can you expect any other outcome?
 
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