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Being Poor Makes You Appreciate Being Rich When You Get There

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Jeremy
on 12-17-2008 at 09:52 PM (523 Views)
So tonight I was watching the show, The Secret Millionaire, and got me thinking about a few things. Some of these multi-millionaires have no clue what life is like in the "real world". In fact, that's probably why the U.S. government is such a joke as well. All these people making laws and trying to fix the countries problems have no idea what it is like to live without money.

I don't by any means consider myself rich. I do however have a nice house, nice cars, a growing and profitable business, and most importantly a great family. I consider myself very fortunate to have the things I have in this world.

At the same time though, I know what it is like to be dirt poor and try to live on an $8.00 hour job. It's funny, throughout my life as a serial entrepreneur I have gone through a few different rich/poor phases. The rich phases where I could rip up $100 bills and have no worries about it have been great. The poor phases however where I have had to take big swings to the downside have sucked.

Regardless, through all of this I have realized to value what I have and truly appreciate it. I never had money or nice things growing up; nor has anything in business been handed to me.

Oddly enough, I think if I grew up with a silver spoon in my mouth and had all the money and resources to build any business I wanted; I'd probably be pretty unsuccessful. The fact that I have been poor and struggled to get by makes me appreciate the good life now, and realize that's a place I never want to go back to.

If you're a successful affiliate and have struggled to get by like I have in the past, then I'm sure you can appreciate where I am coming from with this post.

It just amazes me when I see people with millions of dollars that somehow have no appreciation of how the other 99% of the population live. I'd rather be a self made millionaire and know what the "real world" is like than have always been rich my whole life.

With all that said, just remember, money can't buy you happiness.............but neither can poverty.

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    Very nice post. Enjoying the blog.
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    This kind of reminds me of a story I was reading about Warren Buffet recently and his multi-billion dollar fortune.

    He wanted to instill in his family members (and extended family) that they needed to make something of themselves, he wasn't just going to throw money at them.

    I thought that was pretty cool of the guy. I believe he would cover their education costs and that was about it.

    I can't imagine having been born into money, because I would think you'd be prone to take things for granted and not have a true appreciation for your station in life.

    And I do agree that many of the rich are out-of-touch with the rest of society. Here in Massachusetts awhile back Mitt Romney was our Governer.

    He was on a radio show prior to being elected, and someone called in and asked him if he planned to balance the budget on the backs of the States poor.

    His response was something like this:

    "Well, that's a bit of a loaded question, but of course not. There are many revenue streams we can look at, Keno, lottery ticket sales..."

    I found it hilarious that he selected what is essentially a tax on the poor or middle class (i.e. preying upon their poverty with hopes of "hitting the big one") as a means to AVOID placing the burden of the States expenses on these very people. He must think that the rich people are buying up all the keno and scratch tickets? :P

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