Society teaches poverty -- relentlessly
Society is ruled by, and actually IS, a group of mass institutions such as the news media, the government, the educational system, the advertising machinery, etc.
Mass institutions, by definition, manage masses of people. They are programmed to treat and "process" people efficiently, and this therefore requires that they quickly put people into categories for swift bureaucratic processing.
In short, society treats people like numbers. As a citizen and consumer, you are not special. You are just like everybody else. This is the message that society sends to all citizen and consumers on a daily basis.
Because people actually believe this -- that they are NOT special and are more or less like everybody else -- they begin to think like everybody else. Worse yet, they stop thinking and just follow the herd.
This is why it's not very difficult to surpass most people. To the extent that you realize how society is manipulating your mind to think like the masses, you can detach yourself from the herd and begin an exceptional life.
Indeed, it is easy to create wealth and become rich once you start thinking originally. Edward de Bono has been teaching systematic creativity for the last 3 decades. All you have to do is read his books, in particular the Six Thinking Hats and Lateral Thinking.
It is not possible to create wealth without thinking. Since the majority of people do not really think, it is fairly easy for you to surpass them and create value that they never thought of creating.
My assertion that most people are not thinking, might sound insulting to some. Yet it is true and I can prove it. Just review mentally the last few conversations you've had with people, and try to come up with an idea that someone uttered that was original. Or try to remember a conclusion that somebody shared with you that you thought was insightful.
You'll soon realize that most people are not thinking. They are merely repeating someone else's opinion. Or they are merely expressing how they feel in a particular moment. Or they are just expressing an arbitrary point of view or a comment on an item recently in the news.
This is not because people are stupid. It's simply because society creates a dumb environment. There's nothing really new in the news. Magazines and newspapers also do not offer any real knowledge. It's just spin upon spin, clever PR and endless self-congratulatory corporate rants.
Indeed, society teaches poverty. The more you watch the news, the more you consume popular media, the more you surf the Internet -- the poorer you become intellectually. Eventually, you become INCAPABLE of uttering an original thought. This, in turn, severely cripples your ability to voice new ideas, create new value and build new wealth.
The success secret is to stop watching TV and to stop blindly consuming any media that does not offer any valuable knowledge. Without knowledge, you cannot think productively. Without thinking productively, you cannot create wealth. As a result, you will be forced to work like a slave for someone else for the rest of your life.
Since society (advertising, educational system, cultural and news media, etc.) only teaches poverty, it is up to every individual to teach himself / herself how to create wealth.
The first step toward wealth is to stop reading fiction, and start reading non-fiction.
Only by reading non-fiction can you begin to empower your mind.
As Brian Tracy wrote, "Pour knowlede into your mind, and your mind will pour gold into your purse."
Mass institutions, by definition, manage masses of people. They are programmed to treat and "process" people efficiently, and this therefore requires that they quickly put people into categories for swift bureaucratic processing.
In short, society treats people like numbers. As a citizen and consumer, you are not special. You are just like everybody else. This is the message that society sends to all citizen and consumers on a daily basis.
Because people actually believe this -- that they are NOT special and are more or less like everybody else -- they begin to think like everybody else. Worse yet, they stop thinking and just follow the herd.
This is why it's not very difficult to surpass most people. To the extent that you realize how society is manipulating your mind to think like the masses, you can detach yourself from the herd and begin an exceptional life.
Indeed, it is easy to create wealth and become rich once you start thinking originally. Edward de Bono has been teaching systematic creativity for the last 3 decades. All you have to do is read his books, in particular the Six Thinking Hats and Lateral Thinking.
It is not possible to create wealth without thinking. Since the majority of people do not really think, it is fairly easy for you to surpass them and create value that they never thought of creating.
My assertion that most people are not thinking, might sound insulting to some. Yet it is true and I can prove it. Just review mentally the last few conversations you've had with people, and try to come up with an idea that someone uttered that was original. Or try to remember a conclusion that somebody shared with you that you thought was insightful.
You'll soon realize that most people are not thinking. They are merely repeating someone else's opinion. Or they are merely expressing how they feel in a particular moment. Or they are just expressing an arbitrary point of view or a comment on an item recently in the news.
This is not because people are stupid. It's simply because society creates a dumb environment. There's nothing really new in the news. Magazines and newspapers also do not offer any real knowledge. It's just spin upon spin, clever PR and endless self-congratulatory corporate rants.
Indeed, society teaches poverty. The more you watch the news, the more you consume popular media, the more you surf the Internet -- the poorer you become intellectually. Eventually, you become INCAPABLE of uttering an original thought. This, in turn, severely cripples your ability to voice new ideas, create new value and build new wealth.
The success secret is to stop watching TV and to stop blindly consuming any media that does not offer any valuable knowledge. Without knowledge, you cannot think productively. Without thinking productively, you cannot create wealth. As a result, you will be forced to work like a slave for someone else for the rest of your life.
Since society (advertising, educational system, cultural and news media, etc.) only teaches poverty, it is up to every individual to teach himself / herself how to create wealth.
The first step toward wealth is to stop reading fiction, and start reading non-fiction.
Only by reading non-fiction can you begin to empower your mind.
As Brian Tracy wrote, "Pour knowlede into your mind, and your mind will pour gold into your purse."
posted by Super Peter at 11:55 AM
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