(05-13-2010, 02:59 PM)K-Train Wrote: Honestly, one of the reasons why some people don't wanna be rich is because they don't want to become one of "them". It's like that where I live too. People have this view of rich people as "snobbish, stuck-up, uncaring, not down-to-earth". So obviously, when you hear so much negativity about being rich your mind is going to subtley make sure you DO NOT get rich. I'm still amazed how powerful the mind can be.
I realized some time in my mid to late teens, that the people who made their money ethically were usually the nicest, most down-to-earth people around. In fact, I've never known anyone who holds the beliefs that I mentioned above to be happy with their money--if they ever managed to make a lot. In fact, I consider the beliefs I mentioned above to be middle-class and poor class beliefs, as those are the people I see holding them...and acting on them to make their money.
Of course, I'm not saying that all poor and middle-class people hold those beliefs. But I think everyone figured that out. But those who hold the beliefs that rich people are "snobbish, stuck-up, uncaring, not down-to-earth"; then guess how they are going to act in order to make money!
I want to get rich in order to hang with cool, worldly people who are interesting. Not needy, self-serving weirdos that are dehumanizing.
