@Emelbelle2 I can bet you are person that is unsuccessful just by your speech. People that aren't great at making or managing money all speak like you
Our entire economic system is set up so that the elite stay rich, the poor stay poor. The middle class is shrinking. Many systems we have in place, schools, prisons, social services depend on low income people. Those jobs created, support a middle class person. If we get rid of the poor, what will all those people, services and systems workers do? America is like a fish tank, there are the top feeders,middle feeders and bottom feeders. Each of them have a purpose in supporting the other.
@sc00b3rt I disagree, go live in a third world country for 6 months and come back and tell me what you Think of the USA. The middle class is shrinking because the only skill set they have is work a job. They don't know how to make more income outside of that. I do!!! I am having the best years economically now. What I am doing different? I know how to make income outside of a job. Do you?
Honestly, you should rename this video and say you "chose to be unsuccessfull" because being poor is completly different from being unsuccessfull. No one in this world enjoys being poor. People have different circumstances, how dare you categorize people and say that they chose to be poor. You should never speak in absolutes, I know a lady that brought her house cash, she lived comfortably but unfortunately her house recently got burnt down... she didn't choose to be poor. THINK b4 U SPEAK
No, you need a better book. Millionaire's guide? Come on, the secret is to be happy with less, to not want the stuff in the first place. I would LOVE if you read Chuck Yeagers books, he is the most famous American Cheapskate. I owe no one anything, I don't dress in designer clothes because I am insecure, I don't drive a fancy car to impress people.
People choose to be poor when they choose to try and keep up with the Jonses.
how to be poor: dont finish high school,dont get g.e.d. dont get extra training or schooling. have kids too early without a steady partner get and keep crummy job with bad hours, low pay, no benefits get sick and have no savings to fall back on losing everything sell drugs go to jail live day by day no future planning spend money like water on material things and good times without saving rely on government assistance and programs to earn your living i think that about covers it
i have a dear friend who is as poor as a church mouse. from 30 years ago i have watched her make bad choices, blaming others or circumstances , i think she likes to live lowbrow.after high school, no other training. daddy didnt pay. took up with guywith no job, had 2 kids, lived on welfare. went to nursing school, got better job. kids started having kids, chose to babysit them, no catch up with income. all her life, no advancement. all her choice. still my friend though
I believe that most people (90%) choose to be poor however, I believe the other 10%, who are poor, did not choose to be that way; that misfortune happened and the results of those circumstance is that the person(s) have little or no money. The question I have to ask these 10% people is wither they are going to sit there and do nothing about it or change their situation (Now they are choosing to be poor or not).
Brilliant, we do choose our lives by the actions we take. Thankyou for having the courage to say it in a world where so many seem to want to blame everyone else for their position in life.
You are speaking correct and I want to be successful. I am currently working in a job that I don't like but I do it for the money! I don't know what career I want to do in my life yet but I need to act quickly in order to be successful.
I have friends who are poor and I love and still keep them. I know they chose to be poor, you don't have to tell them off, if they don't belong, they will go by themselves without me saying nothing. I only call them when I wanna go clubbing or have a rili good laugh cos I've known them for so long. I keep them for fun times only.
This can apply to so many things. Just like when I hear women ( and men also) complain about how they only get jokers for boyfriends/girlfriends but yet they are constantly giving play to these type of people. I'm like , that's what you want because you see what they're about and you still go to it so why do you then complain? smh
I really believe this is so true. I've just recently come to this realization in my life too, so it's funny I came upon this channel. The great thing is no matter where you are if you decide to turn it around and think and move in a positive, constructive direction God can only bless it. He will definitely. So what is every one waiting for when we all want to be in a better place? Thank you for this. Bless.
Base on your opinion, AB, people do indeed choose to be poor to a certain point. You have people, that goes to school. college, trade school and they cant get a job in their field so they settle for a security or working at ups job. On the other hand, they're people who just settle for anything, welfare, asking people for money, low paying jobs, etc. These people got stuck in a habit of conflict. Everything have to be a conflict to them.
Well said bro. Some may not realize it. But they possess a poverty mentality. Which cause their choices to be poverty constructive and wealth destructive. It may be a underlining subconscious behaviour.
lol i like the way you put it .. and i agree with 99 percent of the things you have to say . i worked 92 hrs a week 7 days a week so i could get to where i am and im sick of people saying i just got lucky .
@AugiTheGreat1 Getting lucky is the only way that people with a poverty mind set know of to get out of poverty. They are utterly oblivious to the fact that it is their own mindset and (lack of) willpower that has put them there. So it is small wonder that they assume that your not being in poverty was simply luck. They cannot imagine that it could be anything else.
You're hitting all around the truth. It all depends on how you define "poor" or "successful". If you figure money is wealth, no, I don't think most of the planet chooses to be poor, they're just born into it. If you can smile and nobody's trying to take your life or otherwise jeopardize your peace of mind, you are wealthy and don't know it. Depends on what happiness is to the individual. If someone loves you, you are wealthy in my book.
@heartmindspace my friend of course that is wealth also, but you need money if you are playing the game of life. I fyou have to pay a medical bill, will you tell them you will pay them in love?
@mohammedabshaun Not to be argumentative, sir, but many in the civilized world and most of our fellow human beings simply suffer or don't "play the game of life" because money is absent from the equation or what there is never catches up to luxuries like medical bills or medicine, for that matter, and in many cases adequate food. I appreciate your point.
@mohammedabshaun Great video. Many people who claim they are poor due to factors other than their own decisions didn't do everything in their power to avoid poverty!
@heartmindspace There is a book by Robert Kiyasaki called Rich Brother Poor Sister. His sister chose to be a buddhist priest and find spiritual happiness in the world, But she forgot one thing, the world is not cheap. He had to pay for both her surgeries, because she never had any money, but she had spirituality. All I am saying is to be financing responsible. You deserve it and your family does also. That's what my channel is about.
@heartmindspace To the extent that you deny your responsibility for the situation you are in, to that exact extent you also deny your ability to do anything about it. In that respect, if no other, you are indeed personally responsible if not for your present condition, certainly for your potential future. Yes, you can be born into or otherwise be thrust into a bad situation. But what you make of that is entirely up to you.
@heartmindspace Maybe you should look up 'circular reasoning' again. Or perhaps be more precise in pointing out how I have made that error. I've gone over my statement several times now and even consulted texts on logical fallacies just to make sure. I see absolutely no evidence of circular reasoning in my comment.
the problem is that poverty is systematic, it's not as simple as changing your "choices" that's a very rudimentary way of looking at things. you made this video about material things it's not the system in place doesn't allow for growth, why are rents so high? why is food so expensive? the bottom line people are poor because they are born into poverty, and if you don't have the blueprint ie. your parents didn't leave you a trust fund, forget it buddy you are expendable like the 95% of us.
A better way of putting it would be "Do you choose to be undisciplined".
Money is simply a paper mortgage on physical goods that you can never cash in... and its value can be arbitrarily changed at any time by banks and governments. I own a hundred million dollars in Zimbabwe money. Does that make me rich?
Also, material wealth can be taken away at gunpoint by governments. And a government can shut down your business.
These are all outside of your control. Discipline + luck = wealth.
law of attraction, law of vibration, power of acceptance etc. Maybe you should focus of educating your audience on the universal laws. I totally understand what you are saying as well as agree, however your method of doing this is coming off quite negative. IMO.
@TheZarosOne thank you well if I am a idiot and I am in the financial situation I am in now that means there is a lot of room for me to grow. Thank you man you are the greatest lol.
rich people have playboy parties, not jersey shore parties. ^_^
you have the right idea but you say the wrong thing. you can be broke and rich at the same time. if you're broke and rich, you won't be broke for long. the steps are 'be-do-have'. first you have to become the rich person. how do you do it? think like a rich person. then you can get your rich friends who will help you DO the things rich people do. then, when you do those things, you will have things. but i know what you are saying.
Yup owning a business is a lonely road but I am proud that I do own one now. I lost a lot of friends and family because I thought differently than them, and as soon as I became independent and successful everyone knows me and wants handouts. I love getting up in the morning watching the miserable people going to work. I love knowing that at the end of the day im taking care of myself instead of relying on a bi weekly worthless piece of shit paycheck, 40 hour a week nothing to show for it job.
People have a comfort level and they never get above it. You can be wealthy IF you truly want it. Most people say they want to be millionaires but refuse to try to obtain that goal. People come to America, not knowing the language and little money, yet within five years, they are wealthy. Anyone can do it.
I agree 100%.... I believe if you want success you have to be willing to suffer and reframe from the things that look good right now.... and focus on the future outcome of decisions you make... hustle... grind... network... invest... save... expand your range of motion... great video...
There's nothing wrong with working 9 to 5 under a boss...as long as you're aiming for a higher goal.... entrepreneurship, small business owner, etc... When you choose to be poor, you choose to be in the current state your in knowing that you could be doing something better.
hi im am a college student studying finance in my junior year my question what is considered poor how much money are we talking. i ask this because i have many friends from different backgrounds i would consider myself poor some people would say 50k others 100K+ i have friends that would say 100k a year is not much
filthy rich or dirt poor, your choice. i watch the poor fight for food and clothing and the rich fight for power and status. i choose to stay clean...the happy medium, the straight and narrow.
I agree, but remeber, all good things come from the Lord, Jesus said, you either with or against me, there is no middle. I hav no learned that my blessings are at my call, but up till now, i hav decided to be poor, but now threw Jesus i amd succesfull, he has made me rich, now i watch and wait
If you wanted to start your own biz like a trucking company or a restaurant and the only way to do it was get a loan at a bank and the bank says NO Who is to blame the bank for stopping my dream or me? Now a days it is the system that is stopping people from success. Some people don't want to be poor but have no choice.
@MrSlyRedFox Its called the trucking company is out of your reach right now, open a $500 dollar e-bay business. Buy a riding lawn mower start a service. Buy equipment for a mobile car washing business. Think of a product for a lot less and move on. It's called Baby Steps.
@MrSlyRedFox why in the world would you want to start a resturant or a trucking company, the economy will crash to nothing. This is the information age not the 1970's. People sell digital products are the new millions. With the internet you reach millions of people and you want to drive a truck??
@TheNewMusicNetwork I like the message..But I think in a perfect world it would make sense..Because there are people and have been people that chose to be successful but had powers that be, intercept their goals..I once read that George Washington Carver died poor...and the whole world is benefiting from his discoveries 100,000,000,etc X over..I believe in order to really be rich you have to build with a group of People. Chinese buy from Chinese,Jews do biz with eachother..etc..blacks ?
@KROGERSGROUP buying things you don't need and spending money you don't have. Not living off the earth, which all wealth comes from the ground (water, oil, gold, wood, cotton).
It's not so much about choice in my opinion, a lot has to do with awareness and especially knowledge.
The schoolsystem is made in a way that you learn to be a good worker, not a good entepreneur that does critical thinking, you're not supposed to be able to think critical, you might find out things are not what they seem to be.
What about those who are born in poverty?kids which doesn't have :not a pc to see you there,but TV,or house,or...born homeless? did they choose that? it's a spicy problem in my opinion and it depends on the case....
Anyway, people do choose thier course to some point. However, that is not the whole story. I think most people can get a roof over their head and food on the table if they put thier mind too it like you explain, BUT, as far as being poor thats a whole nother story.
You are so WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some people don't have opportunity to do what they chose. LIFE keeps holding them down. Things comes up. Like some people wanted to become doctors, but got their dreams cut short because of some jerk driving while drunk plowed into their car and caused the future doctor to become paralyzed. How about that kid that has to go to work in the fields to help his family with bills. How is he supposed to have time to go better himself.
I got a loan when I was a kid for a lawn mower it is how my mother got her credit established she signed for the loan from the tiny S&L then I got out there cut yards I knocked on doors I got my customers and I earned money I was 12 earned the money to pay the rent and the carnote and probably did because I earned all I could and momma took the money gave me $5 -$20 I usually gave her $20-$80 a day. I took string and a net to the river caught fresh shrimp with a bush in the water sell as bait.
I ruined my life I had a job corps education opportunity I chose to drink and skip school I ran away I quit. I did not choose to get ripped off by the people that stole my tools I choose my wife but never knew she could steal all my stuff and the police would turn me out on the street no reason other than she said he is OUTTA here. I have to tell the truth I chose to be a trucker I did not choose to have my back broken by tornado but I got it. AIG chose to rip me off that I didn't choose.
Many people do choose to be poor. If you need a washing machine rather than go buy a brand new one you can get a broken one FREE try repair it or pay for repair for a fraction of the cost. Or you can wash your clothes by hand in a tub. I use to bathe in a tub that usually hung on the wall got a bath in the middle of the kitchen when grandma took it off the wall. We had how cold water out house we did well hunt fish grow vegetables we lived off the land more then never needed for anything.
You are right when you said people become poor due to their environment and other circumstances in life that some people have no control of. Your over-analyzing. Your opinion is neither enlightening or intelligent, as a matter fact your opinion makes you sound like an asshole. There are many factors to why people become poor, to say people become poor because they chose to is simply false. Everyone wants to be successful and make a living for themselves.
@Imyirtseshem when you have a govt that seeks only to enrich their own and a group of elitists at the expense of the middle class and the poor, your assesment is dead on...you're absolutely right that we are not playing on a level playing field....you did everything right at wrong time and have to work much, much harder than before to get suited in this jobless market...if you're lucky and in the right industry, you might survive through this depression.
@chingon711 If you are in a jobless market there is scrap metal you can use a bicycle/trailer and hump the scrap copper you get out of motors you might be able to repair a washing machine use it to wash clothes for people if you don't have a place to do that sell the washer. I was a hustler when I was a kid if you have your health you have a job might not pay near min wage but I have pulled up from ZERO more than once hated to do it but I did it when females ripped me off with their lies.
being poor isnt necessarily a bad thing because money doesnt gaurantee happiness...i think someone who continually seeks to educate his mind and lives according to the law of the land but is relatively financially poor is happy and successful.
@mohammedabshaun To a certain degree I do agree with you, people could make better choices. But why do they keep making bad ones? Because they are not self-aware, they don't see their patterns of behavior from the perspective of an objective observer, that lead them to make these bad choices. Therefore I'd say "they" are not making the choices, they are just REACTING to their environment, thoughts and emotions. But nobody taught them to be self-aware, so it's not their choice, really.
hmmm...you're talking to someone who came to the US from a third world country with barely any money, didn't speak a word of English and now my parent own a business, sister has an MBA, and i am an enterprenuer. Called you out on your BULLSHIT.
You aren't paying attention. There are cases where people in third world countries absolutely cannot get out of the situation they are in. There are also some cases like yours where your parents saw a point where they can get out and took that chance. Therefore they chose to get out of their situation. That opened the door for them and their families. I'm not spitting any bullshit, this is fact. No one born in poor country chose to be poor, that's insane.
@HookemHorns972 we escaped, we didnt just leave. Man, we are talking about the people in the US. As for people oversea, I was in a 3rd country, there was no public transportation, no government cheese, no welfare, and no homeless shelters. If you didn't work you DIE. We grew food and never did we go without a meal because we lived off the ground which is FREEEEE.
you missed my comment to mohammed earlier where i said if you are talking about americans then most of them chose to be poor. I took the wrong way at first because i thought he was talking about everyone in the world chooses to be poor.
One of my covenant partners ask me to watch this video and he was right. Its a powerful video on choice. its a critical teaching concept that strengthens those that hold themselves accountable for there lives and this type of video makes people mad, who are always looking for someone else to hold accountable for there actions..
@VISION3000LIFECOACH its something that needed to be said. I can tell it ruffled the feathers of some, but the truth always has a way of doing that. Thanks for the comment.
I agree that MOST people who are poor made conscious decisions that result in them being poor. The culture of entitlement, victimization and irresponsible behavior all lead to poverty. Poverty is a mental state, nearly anyone can develop marketable job skills and earn a good living. Before I get bashed know I grew up in an abusive home and was homeless from 16 to 18.
Success equals a person's economic status??? Really?? I beleive a person's character and morals speaks more to an individuals' "success" than a healthy bank statement. I work hard to gain financial success but I value the former much more.
Do you think people chose to become ill with cancer? Do you think people chose to have their children with catastrophic illnesses which will drive them into bankruptcy? Do you honestly think you are wealthy? Looks to me like you chose to make a video about something that you do not have a clue about. I know what you mean by some people making bad decisions, but do some homework and use just a little bit of you brain next time.
great video. The amount of people who disagree on these comment are real life examples of the poor mind set. And why so few of us are truly living in abundance.People feel victimized by their situation when to be unsuccessful and in poverty or successful and living in abunance, I believe, is sincerely a minute by minute, day by day choice. Few get it. Few are successful.
Yes, some people make decisions that keep them from advancing in life but have you ever studied places like Ethiopia and many of the African countries?..the system is set up such that they remain poor. Kids coming up in the ghetto don't choose to poor. I was one of those kids. Money does not make you rich. Being rich in the mind and the soul makes you rich. Being rich is being content with your life. Some ppl use money to cover up their problems. You can't spend life chasing paper all day.
Brother Abdul: Great Video.Interesting comments from some.I guess most sheeple think there is nothing wrong with being poor because of poor choices. I guess mankind will always rationalize & defend the choices made whether they are good or bad that lead to the condition they find themselves in.
Lots of interesting comments here. I think some people are really thinking inside the box, they really believe this is a zero sum game. That there will always be a winner and a loser. As much as I like reading Lester Thurow, I just don't agree with that, and if I am not mistaken, he himself has revised his theory on zero sum. Some here comment on the poor in the world -- with such an American point of view! Flat. Narrow. Really judgmental. In the matrix!
@ForceOfWizardry you know its funny you said that because I have many African friends who had maids and drivers when they were young. They always wonder where these people are taking these pictures. If you go to white trash towns and ghettos you could take pictures like this also. World vision and other organizations are crooks. Africa is not as bad as people make it seem.
"If you're poor right now watching this video, you chose that." What a crock. We're so spoiled. If you're watching this video you are definitely NOT poor. There are people living in huts made from elephant dung and contracting river blindness in the third world due to lack of access to clean water. They're poor. Owning even a shitty puts you near the top of the economic ladder when viewed in global terms.
in the united states maybe what you say is true to an extent, but it assumes that a person has access to the resources needed to make the right choices, something many people in the world (america included) dont have.
@PositiveAussie All I am saying is what you have is from the choices you have made. If you are happy with that, then you have done well. Will it be enough to sustain you in your future?
@mohammedabshaun Not all of it. Some people are born with handicaps, genetic inferiority, bad circumstances, born into an inferior group, etc. Not all of it boils down to hard work, sad to say.
@mohammedabshaun Good response! In my early 20s, I changed my attitude about money and quit assuming I'd never have much or that it would be very hard to get. Kept my frugal ways but somehow I had power over money and no longer had power over ME. Make sense?
@mohammedabshaun If for capitalism to prosper someone has to suffer,then capitalism's not good enough,communism's not good enough,we're all in big trouble. If there is something wrong with capitalism then we need to invent something better.
But that's not what my view of capitalism is. One thing I do agree with is we could all ''have our own'' capitalism. We can all have our own ideas of what it is.
@TheFlexEffect Exactly! It's pure math! Money doesn't just emerge magically from nowhere. It's all someone's debt. Why people don't get/know such basic things?
@TheFlexEffect Nonsense! Capitalism is not a zero sum game, like Poker. The Baker needs to make a living. I want a tasty loaf of bread. I trade my money for his bread. Neither of us suffers. Both of us get what we want.
@scruffymeigs EXACTLY, people don't want to take responsiblity. I'm talking about the WESTERN WORLD where there are a lot of opportunities. Even in the ghetto there is bound to be a library near you where you can access free books on business knowledge. So sad that people just bitch about; oh the CRISIS, the GOVERNMENT, the JOBS, get out of here with that crap.
Start a business, NOBODY will suffer, RICH and POOR people will buy from you. Entrepreneurs buy from Entrepreneurs, believe it or not!
@TheFlexEffect - You're so indoctrinated you're BEYOND stupid. You're a brain dead zombie. A stupid person can understand that during a voluntary economic transaction in a free and open market is not zero sum but YOU CAN'T! You're BEYOND stupid. You're so fucking brain dead you think that when you pay for a loaf of bread you LOSE money and don't GAIN a loaf of bread. You're beyond stupid. A stupid person could understand they have a loaf of bread but you can't. You're a Useful Idiot!
@TheFlexEffect we don't really have true free markets. This soft socialism we are under doesn't work, the dollar loses it's value when the fed prints up too much money.
@TheFlexEffect no it's a free for all. It's the poor who never invest in themselves that suffer. The poor are the ones who never took the time to acquire a skill that other people value. Your wealth is proportionate to the value you give other people.
@TheFlexEffect Capitalism only works if all parties are better off after the transaction. You are talking about socialism, corporatism, fascism, something like that, not true capitalism.
At one point the idea of being successful was scary to me. No one in my family was and who was I to think I could do something everyone around cannot. I think to some degree these ideas still float around but you have to shrug them off and keep moving forward.
Go get some education besides your financial books buddy... As much as many idiots do choose the way they live and end up as losers, most people do not "choose" to be poor, especially not in so-called under-developed and developing countries. But whatever the reason, education from parents, the environment, friends, economic conditions, etc, all contribute to the fact that many people will just never get rich. You can't expect everyone to be like you...
@wakold Well my friend I have been in third world countries before, I don't know about you and there are many successful people. Opportunity exist everywhere.
@wakold It is the truth, opportunity is everywhere, you just have to look for it. But in a way you are correct, some are definitely less fortunate than we are, nonetheless you have to make the best out of a bad situation, plan correctly, and find a solution to all of your problems. Within any problem lies a solution.
@wakold education is nothing BUT mind control to keep you stay where you are. it is noting but repeating the same information for years and years, when your read books you will get a new information and when you think about it you will get your OWN information which will set your mind FREE.
@myselfenergy haha education is nothing but mind control? You're a very funny person my friend. I'm sure you'll become a very great person and you'll do great in life
@wakold it is not bad to be funny ..fun is what we all love and looking for. " do great in life" ! that is the mind control I'm taking about. you born , go to school , repeat some info sorry i mean "get educated" , marry ,bring children to the world and make them do what you did, then die!! is this the " great life you talking about !! will it is NOT for me. set your mind free to have a real life my friend.
Abdul my friend this time I have to disagree! enviorment affects you! Yes there is people that think different and see the world different so it motivates them to get out of that enviorment. But no one chooses to be poor Y
only america this can be said go to india and we'll see how much this philosophy comes to play
Emelbelle2 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
@Emelbelle2 I can bet you are person that is unsuccessful just by your speech. People that aren't great at making or managing money all speak like you
mohammedabshaun 6 days ago
@Emelbelle2 they are two Indians on the Top 10 richest people in the world list. Have you been to India?
mohammedabshaun 6 days ago
you should rename this to you chose to be unfortunate
Emelbelle2 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
Our entire economic system is set up so that the elite stay rich, the poor stay poor. The middle class is shrinking. Many systems we have in place, schools, prisons, social services depend on low income people. Those jobs created, support a middle class person. If we get rid of the poor, what will all those people, services and systems workers do? America is like a fish tank, there are the top feeders,middle feeders and bottom feeders. Each of them have a purpose in supporting the other.
sc00b3rt 1 week ago
@sc00b3rt I disagree, go live in a third world country for 6 months and come back and tell me what you Think of the USA. The middle class is shrinking because the only skill set they have is work a job. They don't know how to make more income outside of that. I do!!! I am having the best years economically now. What I am doing different? I know how to make income outside of a job. Do you?
mohammedabshaun 1 week ago
Honestly, you should rename this video and say you "chose to be unsuccessfull" because being poor is completly different from being unsuccessfull. No one in this world enjoys being poor. People have different circumstances, how dare you categorize people and say that they chose to be poor. You should never speak in absolutes, I know a lady that brought her house cash, she lived comfortably but unfortunately her house recently got burnt down... she didn't choose to be poor. THINK b4 U SPEAK
Diva2ThaBone 3 weeks ago
No, you need a better book. Millionaire's guide? Come on, the secret is to be happy with less, to not want the stuff in the first place. I would LOVE if you read Chuck Yeagers books, he is the most famous American Cheapskate. I owe no one anything, I don't dress in designer clothes because I am insecure, I don't drive a fancy car to impress people.
People choose to be poor when they choose to try and keep up with the Jonses.
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lkcheat 2 months ago
i have a dear friend who is as poor as a church mouse. from 30 years ago i have watched her make bad choices, blaming others or circumstances , i think she likes to live lowbrow.after high school, no other training. daddy didnt pay. took up with guywith no job, had 2 kids, lived on welfare. went to nursing school, got better job. kids started having kids, chose to babysit them, no catch up with income. all her life, no advancement. all her choice. still my friend though
lkcheat 2 months ago
I believe that most people (90%) choose to be poor however, I believe the other 10%, who are poor, did not choose to be that way; that misfortune happened and the results of those circumstance is that the person(s) have little or no money. The question I have to ask these 10% people is wither they are going to sit there and do nothing about it or change their situation (Now they are choosing to be poor or not).
KuroiTenshi18 2 months ago
Brilliant, we do choose our lives by the actions we take. Thankyou for having the courage to say it in a world where so many seem to want to blame everyone else for their position in life.
kilnntime1 3 months ago
you are so right and its the truth put for most people truth is hard to swallow
boy577 3 months ago
You sir are officially a "Dick Head"
thabigmann22 3 months ago
@thabigmann22 thank you it lets me know you are watching. I would love to hear more of your feedback.
mohammedabshaun 3 months ago
You are speaking correct and I want to be successful. I am currently working in a job that I don't like but I do it for the money! I don't know what career I want to do in my life yet but I need to act quickly in order to be successful.
limbocrimpo 4 months ago
I have friends who are poor and I love and still keep them. I know they chose to be poor, you don't have to tell them off, if they don't belong, they will go by themselves without me saying nothing. I only call them when I wanna go clubbing or have a rili good laugh cos I've known them for so long. I keep them for fun times only.
Poleeze1 5 months ago
I wrote a detailed article response to your video. You can find it in my profile.
MegaAvalonn 5 months ago
YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
magikbroom71 5 months ago
EXCELLENT!!! about time we say it and awaken!!
TheMarilynLife 5 months ago
This can apply to so many things. Just like when I hear women ( and men also) complain about how they only get jokers for boyfriends/girlfriends but yet they are constantly giving play to these type of people. I'm like , that's what you want because you see what they're about and you still go to it so why do you then complain? smh
gma904 5 months ago
I really believe this is so true. I've just recently come to this realization in my life too, so it's funny I came upon this channel. The great thing is no matter where you are if you decide to turn it around and think and move in a positive, constructive direction God can only bless it. He will definitely. So what is every one waiting for when we all want to be in a better place? Thank you for this. Bless.
gma904 5 months ago
independence day is a joke.
hotties3v3n 5 months ago
GREAT VIDEO!!!
williep2445 5 months ago
Agreed!
IgNefer 6 months ago
Base on your opinion, AB, people do indeed choose to be poor to a certain point. You have people, that goes to school. college, trade school and they cant get a job in their field so they settle for a security or working at ups job. On the other hand, they're people who just settle for anything, welfare, asking people for money, low paying jobs, etc. These people got stuck in a habit of conflict. Everything have to be a conflict to them.
Bloodsport1 6 months ago
its good to see a black person actually talk about something that will help somebody
defenderme1 6 months ago
@defenderme1 it has nothing to do with his race or color...idiot.
buzzy0016 5 months ago
Thank you just what I needed to hear...both you and laoshu505000
EHYEHasherEHYEH1 6 months ago
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EHYEHasherEHYEH1 6 months ago
Well said bro. Some may not realize it. But they possess a poverty mentality. Which cause their choices to be poverty constructive and wealth destructive. It may be a underlining subconscious behaviour.
eljahsiemallah 7 months ago
Quantum physics baby
twreck45 7 months ago
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I chose to hate blacks
InspectorSnatch 7 months ago
@InspectorSnatch well I choose to say your ignorant.
mohammedabshaun 7 months ago 13
@InspectorSnatch and that is why you will always be on welfare.
elliethousand 5 months ago
lol i like the way you put it .. and i agree with 99 percent of the things you have to say . i worked 92 hrs a week 7 days a week so i could get to where i am and im sick of people saying i just got lucky .
AugiTheGreat1 7 months ago 4
@AugiTheGreat1 lol
mohammedabshaun 7 months ago
@AugiTheGreat1 Getting lucky is the only way that people with a poverty mind set know of to get out of poverty. They are utterly oblivious to the fact that it is their own mindset and (lack of) willpower that has put them there. So it is small wonder that they assume that your not being in poverty was simply luck. They cannot imagine that it could be anything else.
Panpiper 7 months ago
You're hitting all around the truth. It all depends on how you define "poor" or "successful". If you figure money is wealth, no, I don't think most of the planet chooses to be poor, they're just born into it. If you can smile and nobody's trying to take your life or otherwise jeopardize your peace of mind, you are wealthy and don't know it. Depends on what happiness is to the individual. If someone loves you, you are wealthy in my book.
heartmindspace 7 months ago
@heartmindspace my friend of course that is wealth also, but you need money if you are playing the game of life. I fyou have to pay a medical bill, will you tell them you will pay them in love?
mohammedabshaun 7 months ago
@mohammedabshaun Not to be argumentative, sir, but many in the civilized world and most of our fellow human beings simply suffer or don't "play the game of life" because money is absent from the equation or what there is never catches up to luxuries like medical bills or medicine, for that matter, and in many cases adequate food. I appreciate your point.
heartmindspace 7 months ago
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@mohammedabshaun Great video. Many people who claim they are poor due to factors other than their own decisions didn't do everything in their power to avoid poverty!
andrewh817 7 months ago
@heartmindspace There is a book by Robert Kiyasaki called Rich Brother Poor Sister. His sister chose to be a buddhist priest and find spiritual happiness in the world, But she forgot one thing, the world is not cheap. He had to pay for both her surgeries, because she never had any money, but she had spirituality. All I am saying is to be financing responsible. You deserve it and your family does also. That's what my channel is about.
mohammedabshaun 7 months ago 4
@mohammedabshaun - rich dad poor dad was also a great book, check out 4-hour work week as well.
itstastybacon 7 months ago
@heartmindspace To the extent that you deny your responsibility for the situation you are in, to that exact extent you also deny your ability to do anything about it. In that respect, if no other, you are indeed personally responsible if not for your present condition, certainly for your potential future. Yes, you can be born into or otherwise be thrust into a bad situation. But what you make of that is entirely up to you.
Panpiper 7 months ago
@Panpiper This is circular rhetoric.
heartmindspace 7 months ago
@heartmindspace Maybe you should look up 'circular reasoning' again. Or perhaps be more precise in pointing out how I have made that error. I've gone over my statement several times now and even consulted texts on logical fallacies just to make sure. I see absolutely no evidence of circular reasoning in my comment.
Panpiper 7 months ago
This guy is full of shit.
jdickerson23 5 months ago
the problem is that poverty is systematic, it's not as simple as changing your "choices" that's a very rudimentary way of looking at things. you made this video about material things it's not the system in place doesn't allow for growth, why are rents so high? why is food so expensive? the bottom line people are poor because they are born into poverty, and if you don't have the blueprint ie. your parents didn't leave you a trust fund, forget it buddy you are expendable like the 95% of us.
rksevenup 7 months ago
A better way of putting it would be "Do you choose to be undisciplined".
Money is simply a paper mortgage on physical goods that you can never cash in... and its value can be arbitrarily changed at any time by banks and governments. I own a hundred million dollars in Zimbabwe money. Does that make me rich?
Also, material wealth can be taken away at gunpoint by governments. And a government can shut down your business.
These are all outside of your control. Discipline + luck = wealth.
enterpriseinterviews 7 months ago
@enterpriseinterviews I like this statement better, the harder you work the luckier you become.
mohammedabshaun 7 months ago
If they are poor, they have choices that they have in their lives to change that. I agree with you.
ziki1234 7 months ago
law of attraction, law of vibration, power of acceptance etc. Maybe you should focus of educating your audience on the universal laws. I totally understand what you are saying as well as agree, however your method of doing this is coming off quite negative. IMO.
03Shawnie 7 months ago
I do not even want to waste my time arguing against this video, as I have always spent more than enough time watching it. You are a fucking idiot.
TheZarosOne 7 months ago
@TheZarosOne thank you well if I am a idiot and I am in the financial situation I am in now that means there is a lot of room for me to grow. Thank you man you are the greatest lol.
mohammedabshaun 7 months ago 2
rich people have playboy parties, not jersey shore parties. ^_^
you have the right idea but you say the wrong thing. you can be broke and rich at the same time. if you're broke and rich, you won't be broke for long. the steps are 'be-do-have'. first you have to become the rich person. how do you do it? think like a rich person. then you can get your rich friends who will help you DO the things rich people do. then, when you do those things, you will have things. but i know what you are saying.
emperorsenshi 8 months ago
@emperorsenshi
Hahaha humorous fella.
SeventhSun 7 months ago
In my opinion, the low moral behavior of residents of a community are pretty much why alot of them are poor.
32937isready 8 months ago
Yup owning a business is a lonely road but I am proud that I do own one now. I lost a lot of friends and family because I thought differently than them, and as soon as I became independent and successful everyone knows me and wants handouts. I love getting up in the morning watching the miserable people going to work. I love knowing that at the end of the day im taking care of myself instead of relying on a bi weekly worthless piece of shit paycheck, 40 hour a week nothing to show for it job.
esya1987 8 months ago
Addul!!!
Another good one...u were my neck of the woods uh...
TTaco4321 8 months ago
People have a comfort level and they never get above it. You can be wealthy IF you truly want it. Most people say they want to be millionaires but refuse to try to obtain that goal. People come to America, not knowing the language and little money, yet within five years, they are wealthy. Anyone can do it.
nhralph 8 months ago
Nice Topic...Mohammedabshaun
KROGERSGROUP 8 months ago
I agree 100%.... I believe if you want success you have to be willing to suffer and reframe from the things that look good right now.... and focus on the future outcome of decisions you make... hustle... grind... network... invest... save... expand your range of motion... great video...
thisispoloa 8 months ago
you are a smart man
payaprice3 8 months ago
There's nothing wrong with working 9 to 5 under a boss...as long as you're aiming for a higher goal.... entrepreneurship, small business owner, etc... When you choose to be poor, you choose to be in the current state your in knowing that you could be doing something better.
Apexed818 8 months ago
I look around my room and wonder how I got all this shit.
thepostfk 8 months ago
hi im am a college student studying finance in my junior year my question what is considered poor how much money are we talking. i ask this because i have many friends from different backgrounds i would consider myself poor some people would say 50k others 100K+ i have friends that would say 100k a year is not much
locknes2008 8 months ago
filthy rich or dirt poor, your choice. i watch the poor fight for food and clothing and the rich fight for power and status. i choose to stay clean...the happy medium, the straight and narrow.
lucifuehrer 8 months ago
The truth hurts.
johnmuckleroy 8 months ago
I agree, but remeber, all good things come from the Lord, Jesus said, you either with or against me, there is no middle. I hav no learned that my blessings are at my call, but up till now, i hav decided to be poor, but now threw Jesus i amd succesfull, he has made me rich, now i watch and wait
Mastirshake 8 months ago
@Mastirshake that opportunity is given to ANYONE. You can be a rich atheist like Bil Gates or Warren Buffet.
stillonparolee 8 months ago
If you wanted to start your own biz like a trucking company or a restaurant and the only way to do it was get a loan at a bank and the bank says NO Who is to blame the bank for stopping my dream or me? Now a days it is the system that is stopping people from success. Some people don't want to be poor but have no choice.
MrSlyRedFox 8 months ago
@MrSlyRedFox Its called the trucking company is out of your reach right now, open a $500 dollar e-bay business. Buy a riding lawn mower start a service. Buy equipment for a mobile car washing business. Think of a product for a lot less and move on. It's called Baby Steps.
mohammedabshaun 8 months ago 5
@mohammedabshaun I love your message, thanks for the motivation!! I have subed you and you are my new friend!!
watertonrivers 7 months ago
@MrSlyRedFox why in the world would you want to start a resturant or a trucking company, the economy will crash to nothing. This is the information age not the 1970's. People sell digital products are the new millions. With the internet you reach millions of people and you want to drive a truck??
stillonparolee 8 months ago
@MrSlyRedFox check out my last video of why Americans can't succeed in business, it was dedicated to you.
mohammedabshaun 8 months ago
This is an excellent video. People need to take responsibility and make an effort. It doesn't hurt and it might help.
TheNewMusicNetwork 8 months ago
How would you explain poor Nations in Debt with Rich Resources?
KROGERSGROUP 8 months ago
@KROGERSGROUP suckered into the imf
TheNewMusicNetwork 8 months ago
@TheNewMusicNetwork I like the message..But I think in a perfect world it would make sense..Because there are people and have been people that chose to be successful but had powers that be, intercept their goals..I once read that George Washington Carver died poor...and the whole world is benefiting from his discoveries 100,000,000,etc X over..I believe in order to really be rich you have to build with a group of People. Chinese buy from Chinese,Jews do biz with eachother..etc..blacks ?
KROGERSGROUP 8 months ago
@KROGERSGROUP group think = fail
TheNewMusicNetwork 8 months ago
@KROGERSGROUP buying things you don't need and spending money you don't have. Not living off the earth, which all wealth comes from the ground (water, oil, gold, wood, cotton).
stillonparolee 8 months ago
It's not so much about choice in my opinion, a lot has to do with awareness and especially knowledge.
The schoolsystem is made in a way that you learn to be a good worker, not a good entepreneur that does critical thinking, you're not supposed to be able to think critical, you might find out things are not what they seem to be.
T4L0NNL 8 months ago
@T4L0NNL
I agree..I don't think that everyone is choosing to be poor..I really believe many are trained to think poor..
KROGERSGROUP 8 months ago
What about those who are born in poverty?kids which doesn't have :not a pc to see you there,but TV,or house,or...born homeless? did they choose that? it's a spicy problem in my opinion and it depends on the case....
Capucacuru 8 months ago
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Great words. People don't want to hear the truth, but you are speaking the truth my friend.
webozzy21 8 months ago
great advice. thanks
caganb 8 months ago
Shaq, this angle is too close up.
Anyway, people do choose thier course to some point. However, that is not the whole story. I think most people can get a roof over their head and food on the table if they put thier mind too it like you explain, BUT, as far as being poor thats a whole nother story.
TheLeaderNOW 8 months ago
You are so WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some people don't have opportunity to do what they chose. LIFE keeps holding them down. Things comes up. Like some people wanted to become doctors, but got their dreams cut short because of some jerk driving while drunk plowed into their car and caused the future doctor to become paralyzed. How about that kid that has to go to work in the fields to help his family with bills. How is he supposed to have time to go better himself.
sammyRN1 8 months ago
theres not enough money in the world for everybody to be rich- unless you believe in hyperinflation
1x93cm 8 months ago
yup...just like ppl in third world countries choose to live in slums and get AIDS-
1x93cm 8 months ago
or they are too fcking stupid to get any where in life, and I choose to pick this video because how retarded the topic was.
jasonouarda29 8 months ago
I got a loan when I was a kid for a lawn mower it is how my mother got her credit established she signed for the loan from the tiny S&L then I got out there cut yards I knocked on doors I got my customers and I earned money I was 12 earned the money to pay the rent and the carnote and probably did because I earned all I could and momma took the money gave me $5 -$20 I usually gave her $20-$80 a day. I took string and a net to the river caught fresh shrimp with a bush in the water sell as bait.
cdltpx 8 months ago
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We are only Poor by Grand Design..............
stuzapusa 8 months ago
I ruined my life I had a job corps education opportunity I chose to drink and skip school I ran away I quit. I did not choose to get ripped off by the people that stole my tools I choose my wife but never knew she could steal all my stuff and the police would turn me out on the street no reason other than she said he is OUTTA here. I have to tell the truth I chose to be a trucker I did not choose to have my back broken by tornado but I got it. AIG chose to rip me off that I didn't choose.
cdltpx 8 months ago
Many people do choose to be poor. If you need a washing machine rather than go buy a brand new one you can get a broken one FREE try repair it or pay for repair for a fraction of the cost. Or you can wash your clothes by hand in a tub. I use to bathe in a tub that usually hung on the wall got a bath in the middle of the kitchen when grandma took it off the wall. We had how cold water out house we did well hunt fish grow vegetables we lived off the land more then never needed for anything.
cdltpx 8 months ago
You are right when you said people become poor due to their environment and other circumstances in life that some people have no control of. Your over-analyzing. Your opinion is neither enlightening or intelligent, as a matter fact your opinion makes you sound like an asshole. There are many factors to why people become poor, to say people become poor because they chose to is simply false. Everyone wants to be successful and make a living for themselves.
FireGuyX 8 months ago
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im going to watch this video everyday.
RebelAllianceMedia 8 months ago
@Imyirtseshem when you have a govt that seeks only to enrich their own and a group of elitists at the expense of the middle class and the poor, your assesment is dead on...you're absolutely right that we are not playing on a level playing field....you did everything right at wrong time and have to work much, much harder than before to get suited in this jobless market...if you're lucky and in the right industry, you might survive through this depression.
chingon711 8 months ago
@chingon711 *situated in a jobless market.
chingon711 8 months ago
@chingon711 If you are in a jobless market there is scrap metal you can use a bicycle/trailer and hump the scrap copper you get out of motors you might be able to repair a washing machine use it to wash clothes for people if you don't have a place to do that sell the washer. I was a hustler when I was a kid if you have your health you have a job might not pay near min wage but I have pulled up from ZERO more than once hated to do it but I did it when females ripped me off with their lies.
cdltpx 8 months ago
being poor isnt necessarily a bad thing because money doesnt gaurantee happiness...i think someone who continually seeks to educate his mind and lives according to the law of the land but is relatively financially poor is happy and successful.
chingon711 8 months ago
Yes some people choose to be poor but most people do not. That just happens to be the situation they are in.
HookemHorns972 8 months ago
@HookemHorns972 I would disagree and say most people do.
mohammedabshaun 8 months ago
@mohammedabshaun
if you are speaking about only americans than i would say most choose to be poor.
HookemHorns972 8 months ago
@mohammedabshaun To a certain degree I do agree with you, people could make better choices. But why do they keep making bad ones? Because they are not self-aware, they don't see their patterns of behavior from the perspective of an objective observer, that lead them to make these bad choices. Therefore I'd say "they" are not making the choices, they are just REACTING to their environment, thoughts and emotions. But nobody taught them to be self-aware, so it's not their choice, really.
megatrollwarlock 8 months ago
@mohammedabshaun you sir, are a very smart man. anyone who doesnt take this video seriously, is in fact a idiot.
payaprice3 8 months ago
hmmm...you're talking to someone who came to the US from a third world country with barely any money, didn't speak a word of English and now my parent own a business, sister has an MBA, and i am an enterprenuer. Called you out on your BULLSHIT.
stillonparolee 8 months ago
@stillonparolee
You aren't paying attention. There are cases where people in third world countries absolutely cannot get out of the situation they are in. There are also some cases like yours where your parents saw a point where they can get out and took that chance. Therefore they chose to get out of their situation. That opened the door for them and their families. I'm not spitting any bullshit, this is fact. No one born in poor country chose to be poor, that's insane.
HookemHorns972 8 months ago
@HookemHorns972 we escaped, we didnt just leave. Man, we are talking about the people in the US. As for people oversea, I was in a 3rd country, there was no public transportation, no government cheese, no welfare, and no homeless shelters. If you didn't work you DIE. We grew food and never did we go without a meal because we lived off the ground which is FREEEEE.
stillonparolee 8 months ago
@stillonparolee
you missed my comment to mohammed earlier where i said if you are talking about americans then most of them chose to be poor. I took the wrong way at first because i thought he was talking about everyone in the world chooses to be poor.
HookemHorns972 8 months ago
One of my covenant partners ask me to watch this video and he was right. Its a powerful video on choice. its a critical teaching concept that strengthens those that hold themselves accountable for there lives and this type of video makes people mad, who are always looking for someone else to hold accountable for there actions..
VISION3000LIFECOACH 8 months ago 4
@VISION3000LIFECOACH its something that needed to be said. I can tell it ruffled the feathers of some, but the truth always has a way of doing that. Thanks for the comment.
mohammedabshaun 8 months ago 2
I agree that MOST people who are poor made conscious decisions that result in them being poor. The culture of entitlement, victimization and irresponsible behavior all lead to poverty. Poverty is a mental state, nearly anyone can develop marketable job skills and earn a good living. Before I get bashed know I grew up in an abusive home and was homeless from 16 to 18.
espada9 8 months ago
Success equals a person's economic status??? Really?? I beleive a person's character and morals speaks more to an individuals' "success" than a healthy bank statement. I work hard to gain financial success but I value the former much more.
DrinkWater6Family 8 months ago
I never even watched this to the end...
Shakoy1992 8 months ago
I think, especially in times like these, this generalization just simply cannot be universally applied.
hubomba 8 months ago
Do you think people chose to become ill with cancer? Do you think people chose to have their children with catastrophic illnesses which will drive them into bankruptcy? Do you honestly think you are wealthy? Looks to me like you chose to make a video about something that you do not have a clue about. I know what you mean by some people making bad decisions, but do some homework and use just a little bit of you brain next time.
DDuffeeInc 8 months ago
great video. The amount of people who disagree on these comment are real life examples of the poor mind set. And why so few of us are truly living in abundance.People feel victimized by their situation when to be unsuccessful and in poverty or successful and living in abunance, I believe, is sincerely a minute by minute, day by day choice. Few get it. Few are successful.
MsLi512 8 months ago
Of course everyone doesn't choose to be poor and it also depends on your definition of poor. How are you measuring this?
In some places if you own a few cow's you're rich LOL.
skeetmoses 8 months ago
Yes, some people make decisions that keep them from advancing in life but have you ever studied places like Ethiopia and many of the African countries?..the system is set up such that they remain poor. Kids coming up in the ghetto don't choose to poor. I was one of those kids. Money does not make you rich. Being rich in the mind and the soul makes you rich. Being rich is being content with your life. Some ppl use money to cover up their problems. You can't spend life chasing paper all day.
mindstate30 8 months ago
no one CHOSE an economic crisis, or to lose their job.
BaronVonKitarg 8 months ago 2
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Greatersend 8 months ago
The truth is You have to work Many hours to get ahead. If You stop working after paying the bills, Then You never will get rich. Great vid..
jimmiezigzag 8 months ago
Your actions dictate your results.
rolekul 8 months ago
Brother Abdul: Great Video.Interesting comments from some.I guess most sheeple think there is nothing wrong with being poor because of poor choices. I guess mankind will always rationalize & defend the choices made whether they are good or bad that lead to the condition they find themselves in.
prettysteeve47 8 months ago
This is 100% true.
"Those who are poor on the inside are also poor on the outside."
verapamil07 8 months ago
Lots of interesting comments here. I think some people are really thinking inside the box, they really believe this is a zero sum game. That there will always be a winner and a loser. As much as I like reading Lester Thurow, I just don't agree with that, and if I am not mistaken, he himself has revised his theory on zero sum. Some here comment on the poor in the world -- with such an American point of view! Flat. Narrow. Really judgmental. In the matrix!
slobomotion 8 months ago
You should send this video to Africa and tell those malnourished/starving people to get of there asses and choose to be filthy rich!!!
ForceOfWizardry 8 months ago 7
@ForceOfWizardry Quite.
tokutom 8 months ago
@ForceOfWizardry
um fact not all people in africa are poor. in fact nigeria has quite a few billionaires so don't get it twisted.
tanio12 8 months ago
@tanio12 Umm, where did i say that ALL people in Africa are poor? You must have gotten my reply twisted.
ForceOfWizardry 8 months ago
@ForceOfWizardry you know its funny you said that because I have many African friends who had maids and drivers when they were young. They always wonder where these people are taking these pictures. If you go to white trash towns and ghettos you could take pictures like this also. World vision and other organizations are crooks. Africa is not as bad as people make it seem.
mohammedabshaun 8 months ago
"If you're poor right now watching this video, you chose that." What a crock. We're so spoiled. If you're watching this video you are definitely NOT poor. There are people living in huts made from elephant dung and contracting river blindness in the third world due to lack of access to clean water. They're poor. Owning even a shitty puts you near the top of the economic ladder when viewed in global terms.
AbelianGroup 8 months ago
in the united states maybe what you say is true to an extent, but it assumes that a person has access to the resources needed to make the right choices, something many people in the world (america included) dont have.
xnightxamex 8 months ago 2
@PositiveAussie All I am saying is what you have is from the choices you have made. If you are happy with that, then you have done well. Will it be enough to sustain you in your future?
mohammedabshaun 8 months ago
@mohammedabshaun Not all of it. Some people are born with handicaps, genetic inferiority, bad circumstances, born into an inferior group, etc. Not all of it boils down to hard work, sad to say.
GeorgeLRockwell87 8 months ago
@mohammedabshaun Good response! In my early 20s, I changed my attitude about money and quit assuming I'd never have much or that it would be very hard to get. Kept my frugal ways but somehow I had power over money and no longer had power over ME. Make sense?
slobomotion 8 months ago
@mohammedabshaun Hey Big boss man! first time wacthing the channel and yes I 100% agree with your video.
My question to you is what made you create this video? what did you see/hear to trigger you off?
MrBlAqwooD 8 months ago
exactly mohammedabshaun,
meyiyiyi55 8 months ago
Great vid!
carmelbrown 8 months ago
the truth is for capitalism to prosper, somebody has to suffer
TheFlexEffect 8 months ago 19
@TheFlexEffect Flex everyone can prosper in capitalism, you can choose to be an entrepreneur, what is stopping you?
mohammedabshaun 8 months ago
@mohammedabshaun If for capitalism to prosper someone has to suffer,then capitalism's not good enough,communism's not good enough,we're all in big trouble. If there is something wrong with capitalism then we need to invent something better.
But that's not what my view of capitalism is. One thing I do agree with is we could all ''have our own'' capitalism. We can all have our own ideas of what it is.
tokutom 8 months ago
@tokutom have you ever heard of the student and the teacher. If you choose to remain a student for all of your life, that's your fault.
mohammedabshaun 8 months ago
@TheFlexEffect Exactly! It's pure math! Money doesn't just emerge magically from nowhere. It's all someone's debt. Why people don't get/know such basic things?
mh89488 8 months ago
@TheFlexEffect Nonsense! Capitalism is not a zero sum game, like Poker. The Baker needs to make a living. I want a tasty loaf of bread. I trade my money for his bread. Neither of us suffers. Both of us get what we want.
scruffymeigs 8 months ago
@scruffymeigs EXACTLY, people don't want to take responsiblity. I'm talking about the WESTERN WORLD where there are a lot of opportunities. Even in the ghetto there is bound to be a library near you where you can access free books on business knowledge. So sad that people just bitch about; oh the CRISIS, the GOVERNMENT, the JOBS, get out of here with that crap.
Start a business, NOBODY will suffer, RICH and POOR people will buy from you. Entrepreneurs buy from Entrepreneurs, believe it or not!
chinaldo10 8 months ago
@TheFlexEffect - You're so indoctrinated you're BEYOND stupid. You're a brain dead zombie. A stupid person can understand that during a voluntary economic transaction in a free and open market is not zero sum but YOU CAN'T! You're BEYOND stupid. You're so fucking brain dead you think that when you pay for a loaf of bread you LOSE money and don't GAIN a loaf of bread. You're beyond stupid. A stupid person could understand they have a loaf of bread but you can't. You're a Useful Idiot!
thomaserossi 8 months ago
@TheFlexEffect we don't really have true free markets. This soft socialism we are under doesn't work, the dollar loses it's value when the fed prints up too much money.
TheNewMusicNetwork 8 months ago
@TheFlexEffect no it's a free for all. It's the poor who never invest in themselves that suffer. The poor are the ones who never took the time to acquire a skill that other people value. Your wealth is proportionate to the value you give other people.
stillonparolee 8 months ago
@TheFlexEffect Capitalism only works if all parties are better off after the transaction. You are talking about socialism, corporatism, fascism, something like that, not true capitalism.
whb99 8 months ago
@TheFlexEffect You are referring to Communism. I think you need to reeducate your self in capitalism.
mohammedabshaun 8 months ago
let me ask you guys and gals a question, have you ever heard of a motivated poor person?
mohammedabshaun 8 months ago
@mohammedabshaun poor but motivated to get rich, self made millionaire ;)
skeetmoses 8 months ago
At one point the idea of being successful was scary to me. No one in my family was and who was I to think I could do something everyone around cannot. I think to some degree these ideas still float around but you have to shrug them off and keep moving forward.
turboman8082 8 months ago
@turboman8082 I agree
mohammedabshaun 8 months ago
@Buddy3315 Stop watching tv, you want have a problem.
mohammedabshaun 8 months ago
Go get some education besides your financial books buddy... As much as many idiots do choose the way they live and end up as losers, most people do not "choose" to be poor, especially not in so-called under-developed and developing countries. But whatever the reason, education from parents, the environment, friends, economic conditions, etc, all contribute to the fact that many people will just never get rich. You can't expect everyone to be like you...
wakold 8 months ago 11
@wakold Well my friend I have been in third world countries before, I don't know about you and there are many successful people. Opportunity exist everywhere.
mohammedabshaun 8 months ago
@wakold also my friend I have been supporting myself with a business for 10 years and I am very successful, with that.
mohammedabshaun 8 months ago
@wakold It is the truth, opportunity is everywhere, you just have to look for it. But in a way you are correct, some are definitely less fortunate than we are, nonetheless you have to make the best out of a bad situation, plan correctly, and find a solution to all of your problems. Within any problem lies a solution.
stejeda1988 8 months ago
@wakold education is nothing BUT mind control to keep you stay where you are. it is noting but repeating the same information for years and years, when your read books you will get a new information and when you think about it you will get your OWN information which will set your mind FREE.
myselfenergy 8 months ago
@myselfenergy haha education is nothing but mind control? You're a very funny person my friend. I'm sure you'll become a very great person and you'll do great in life
wakold 8 months ago
@wakold it is not bad to be funny ..fun is what we all love and looking for. " do great in life" ! that is the mind control I'm taking about. you born , go to school , repeat some info sorry i mean "get educated" , marry ,bring children to the world and make them do what you did, then die!! is this the " great life you talking about !! will it is NOT for me. set your mind free to have a real life my friend.
myselfenergy 8 months ago
@wakold I think he's talking about a lot of the education we get by going to a school.
laoshu505000 8 months ago
Abdul my friend this time I have to disagree! enviorment affects you! Yes there is people that think different and see the world different so it motivates them to get out of that enviorment. But no one chooses to be poor Y