Quite often, people strive to find the culprit of their financial problems. And it is very convenient to take and throw all the responsibility on the environment, on society, on the state, on parents. But what if instead of looking for the guilty in the outside world, we tried to look inside ourselves? This article is an attempt to look at the lack of money from a different angle, where the key is understanding yourself, your beliefs and decisions. Using the example of various life situations, we will explore why sometimes the lack of money is more a matter of responsibility and worldview than external circumstances, informs Ukr.Media.
Parents are to blame for the lack of money
They raised you, from them you adopted the first attitudes about money. Poverty was passed on to you through your genes. And there's nothing you can do to change it.
“We didn't live well – there's nothing to start.”
If you were born into a rich family, things would be different, wouldn't they? Many successful entrepreneurs, millionaires, and billionaires are the first rich people not only in their families, but in generations. Many of them didn't just start from scratch like some of us. They rose from the dirt, from poverty. Some lived on the streets, washed in fountains, ate from garbage cans.
All the circumstances were against them, but they achieved their goal. Because one day they made a decision: no matter how terrible the circumstances seemed, I can always do something and move forward. I will go slowly, I will crawl, but I will never stop. Simply because I decided.
A poor family is one of the most precious gifts a person can receive. People from poor families have the strongest drive. They know what it's like to be at the bottom. And they will do anything to get out of it.
Thank your parents. Call or meet them. Say “thank you” in your mind if they are no longer with you. They raised you as best they could. It's time to grow up and stop blaming them for what you don't have.
The state is to blame for the lack of money
It raises prices, suffocates with taxes and does everything possible to prevent people from living well. This is a beautiful lie that is fashionable to believe. The only function of the state is to regulate various processes only at the level of a large number of people (residents of a particular country). You attribute attempts to profit from you to it yourself. And since a lot of people believe this, you are convinced of the truth of your belief.
Why do entrepreneurs and businessmen in many countries receive tax breaks? Because they invest money in the development of the state and give people jobs. They give the country assets, things that are constantly growing in price (even taking into account your favorite inflation). They themselves — their brains, their ability to generate ideas — are an asset.
Someone is a parasite and constantly demands more delicious juices from their victim (read here – more money), while someone initiates, implements ideas, creates and generates money. Do you feel the difference?
The boss is to blame for the lack of money
He doesn't pay you enough, he doesn't respect you. He doesn't see how hard you work. He works three times less, but gets five times more. Although he could pay attention to how great you are and at least give you a bonus, not to mention a raise or a few days of vacation at the company's expense.
Whatever you think of your boss, he sits in his chair wrong. He is superior to you in some way. He is smarter than you. More educated than you. He knows how to take responsibility, solve complex problems at a high level. You don't know what is going on in his life. He can be in the office for three hours, then go home and work until midnight. Come to work on weekends.
You don't know what issues he decides behind the closed doors of his office. But if you haven't been in his shoes yet, you are not capable of solving such issues. And that's why you don't get paid as much as your boss. If you want to increase your income, ask him directly what needs to be done to do this. Hating and discussing this or that instruction of your boss in the smoking room won't change the situation. Have you tried to talk, but to no avail? You are not a tree and can change your place of work at any moment. Why don't you change? So, everything suits you, and you are ready to endure further.
Alcohol and tobacco producers are to blame for the lack of money
“I smoked for so many years, and then I quit – and nothing changed, I only gained weight. People, don't believe those who say that after giving up cigarettes, something changes.” You may not smoke or drink, but these paragraphs will be the most important in this article.
Poverty goes hand in hand with irresponsibility. Poor people don't give a damn about themselves, about their own health, about their own comfort. “Oh, you can't get rich in our country anyway” – and they waved their hand at everything. Poor people don't give a damn about how they look in the eyes of their family, and what example they set for their children: a father with a cigarette, who constantly coughs and coughs up phlegm, a mother with a glass of wine and bruises under her eyes. Poor people don't give a damn about the fact that they may die before their parents or their children.
Poor people don't give a damn about teenagers who become nicotine addicts. About fifteen-year-old girls who, at best, get pregnant under the influence of alcohol, at worst, experience brutal violence. Poor people don't give a damn about expectant mothers who torture the baby in their womb with nicotine or alcohol. They don't give a damn about other people, including small children, whom they smoke in public places.
Your son or daughter doesn't care how much your tobacco costs. They see you smoking, and sooner or later they'll start following your example. And their children will do the same. That's how the nicotine and alcohol trap works. You'll do anything to justify your addiction. It's so convenient to blame it on them. But your problems aren't caused by nicotine or alcohol. Your problems are caused by the decisions you've made. And the decisions you've refused to make.
The first step to improving your financial situation is not putting money away, finding additional sources of income, or investing. The first step to improving your financial situation is taking responsibility for your life and realizing what you are broadcasting to the world. Until you drive the thought “someone else is to blame for my problems” out of your head, you will continue to be a beggar. Being a beggar is not a lack of money. It is a worldview of limitation and scarcity. The story of “all resources are limited” also applies here. And now we are already blaming the whole world for not giving us money. But for some reason, we don’t have more money. Although, apparently, it should?
