Topic: Idleness the greatest problem to economic prosperity (Read 190 times)

You are right. There are many factors through which we are going towards economic failure. There are thousands of people who are not hard worker and they are the reason that their economy is going down and down. There are many people who are investing in good investments and they are getting good from their investments and that is best for their country. I think most of the persons should do business in the country and it could make economy strong of the country because every country need to be economic power and it is possible by only business and trading and import and export.Because when there will be more money in the country in the form of dollars then there will be prosperity and country will grow more . That is time to change your thoughts.

You can be up and doing or active and still not get any results, there are people who work hard and twice as those that earn more than them. That's because they are probably focused on the wrong thing or maybe hustling backwards. Someone told me about a man that runs about 5 businesses but still doesn't make up to what traders make in a day. Some people misjudge those who work from the comfort of their homes probably into crypto, forex , affiliate marketing and so on, they say these set of people are idle. Idleness in my definition is sitting back and doing nothing even when you know the way out of your situation. You can work smart or hard the choice is yours just don't be idle.

In order to make an activity productive, we must be able to see every opportunity that exists and of course the activity must be able to provide benefits to anyone so that anyone can involve themselves in the activity.
If you just wait for the government and don't do anything that can be done, it will still make someone lazy and have no income and this will certainly make them have problems in meeting their needs, so we must be able to motivate ourselves to be able to continue to change to be better.
If someone expects a high salary, of course they must have skills that have good quality to be able to get a salary that matches the work they do and regarding low morale, of course this will depend a lot on their relationships and also their surroundings.

Idleness is indeed big problem, but first someone to do something productive he needs clear vision in what needs to be done.

Also there to scale up prosperity there should be global vision that all people that are part of the team must have to avoid "pulling in different directions".

We should avoid sitting idle, because Sitting idle can be harmful to you and to your society at large. It important to involve yourself in anything that will bring growth and development to your country. There is a saying "an idle man is in devil's workshop" which means that when someone is sitting idle  without engaging him or herself in any legal activities will be thinking negatively, and the devil will be poisoning the person by giving the person negative advices which may go against the rules and regulations of the country, state, or community. We should prevent or avoid idleness because it will have negative impact on our Society. Hard work pays and laziness lead to poverty and poverty can lead to anxiety, which may affect the health of the person. The future of our  Society lies in our hand, we have to improve ourselves before we could improved our communities and bring growth and development to our countries or societies.

Actually there is a great save of strength and energy if your idea is implemented, but when a person finds out the right channel to hitting their goals, the actions or activities are needed to expand product sales and productions. What you said is only applicable to people who are not too sure of the route which they're into and it's quite reasonable for the person to think before heading to execute any task.

exactly what you said, regarding people to always be productive in working and living their days in the activities they do, of course this government support is very much needed, to motivate them with several programs to run the existing economic wheels, of course by fixing the existing weaknesses it is very helpful so that the order of economic progress is achieved.

Instead of just promoting being active, the right thing to promote is being productive. That is what will get the economy going. If all citizens are engaged in activities that actively contributes to the country, that is where real productivity comes from.

I think the government should also make sure that there are available jobs or activities that could keep their citizens engaged and motivated. Because a lot of people do not end up being productive due to low salaries and low morale.

Doing nothing can be better than doing the wrong thing. This is another way to interpret the sentence. 

I can stay resting while I wait for something better rather than doing the wrong thing because I do not want to be said to be idle. Idleness can lead to dangerous engagement in activities that can hinder the economic prosperity of a country. Idle people can be deceived to fight against their country, join a riot, a protest, destroy public properties economic costs runs into billions.

A cause of idleness is lack of employment. If the government don't want the people to be idle, they should create jobs for the unemployed to become employed. It is the government that can save itself. Create job and idleness will go away and the country will prosper economically.

There are compromises as we speak. But if you want to survive in this life, you need to take care of your own business and find ways how to overcome the challenges of life. There are many ways how to find alternative or side jobs, and not rely only on one source of income.

You're right  being engaged with one activity or the other is not actually a problem but the question is that, the activity you're engaged to is it something that can add a value to your life? or probably you just want to feel among  so that you won't be considered as someone who always like staying idle?  Moreover, with the way the country is going now if you don't work hard their will be no food for you.

sometimes I keep wondering why most people always choose to stay idle when their hands and legs is still functioning properly, as long as this parts of the body is still functioning very well of course they're alot of jobs out there that can pay you on a daily basis instead of staying idle. you know if you keep staying idle maybe for some couple of days and it happens to be that this past few days you have been starving, you know at this point you will start having negative thoughts sometimes this can even lead you into stealing what doesn't belongs to you.

 Of course the bible made it very clear to us that an idle man is a devil workshop, However as a human being and you're making use of your two hands and as well your two legs of course is always advisable to engage yourself in one activity or the other when doing this you need to look for the one that can add a value to your life, because Is only those who are deformed that is meant to stay idle why most of them still struggle regardless to their health condition.

Honestly, idleness is hurting the economy only if others are not idle, and that's the problem, the competition. I know that we have evolved as species because we always wanted more, and that's true with almost everything related to life, and everything related to business as well.

However, we are beyond what is possible for all humans to be idle and chilling, we could have done that if we wanted to, but we decided not to. I am not sure exactly why, but we chose going forward with progress, and that's fine, obviously we want to progress and move further in life, of course we want to have flying cars and cities on mars, but right now we are not really looking at the downside, that means there will be people who starve to death and if not, just poor people all around, everywhere. So what we should be considering right now is that we could make this work one way or another if we want to, just balance it out, sure have progress but have a bit more.

Idleness looks like a problem, sure. Idleness looks like a barrier, sure. But why do people get into this? We never really ask though. Is it a difficult series of events or just plain laziness? Some deal with unfair economic systems, lack of direction, or mental tiredness. Productivity matters, but not everyone starts at the same line

Many nations labeled as "lazy" could be caught in debt, inadequate infrastructure, or unfair trade agreements. That is a way obstructed, not idleness. The drive to combat idleness has to be sympathetic and understanding. Human beings yearn for opportunity, hope, reason. If we merely yell "work harder," we ignore real constraints and lose any chance at collective progress

So sure, fight idleness. But also fight the systems that trap people in inactivity. True prosperity, true progress need more than hustle. Fair policies, excellent health, solid education, and mutual assistance are what it calls for. That's how we produce value

Financially, spiritually, and mentally, idleness can cause these three to suffer. We are built to work to make progress and to grow; once we stop our activity, the mind and the body suffer, so yes, its the greatest problem of the nation's economy and self-growth.
I was once idle for a whole year, and its hard to get back to productive lives. Your mind will be clouded with negativity because you think you are not that good because of your unproductiveness, so we have to protect ourselves by fighting idleness all throughout our lives.

If you aim for success, you must do something that is worth doing to. Don’t just work hard, but work smart and wise. Productivity can only be achieved if you do things that are of great value, not doing things that have no good returns. And most of all, in order to attract productivity and prosperity, one must learn to love his/her own work so that the result will be satisfying and fulfilling, and to avoid that idleness as well.

I was told this community had strong roots tied to economic freedom and independence. where are some examples of those people in this thread? Central Government Debt is the greatest problem to economic prosperity.

Yes, it is a problem. Nowadays, in many developed countries, there is a whole class of people who are not involved in the production process. They are rentiers.

They do not work for hire and do not engage in entrepreneurial activity. Their source of income is rent, interest on capital, rent and other types of passive income. There are more and more such people in the world, because financial concepts like "FIRE" are becoming very popular.

People are no longer inspired by the prospect of working all their lives, they strive to get rich and retire early. Many of them achieve success and pass on their capital to their children and grandchildren. As a result, there is a very large layer of people who do not know how and do not want to work.

In addition, many people in the modern world do not strive for status consumption. Many people are ready to minimize their expenses, which leads to the fact that domestic demand in the country's economy is shrinking.

Being idle, in terms of not doing anything to help your self grow in life or doing something that can contribute to your personal growth is bad. That's why they say, "an idle mind is a devil's work shop." Normally, if you want to grow, become great, archive success, you must learn to work hard or work smart because their reward in labour. When you don't sowed, you can't reap anything and therefore, you must be doing something to be able to get a reward. Money doesn't enter anyone's pocket magically when you don't work for it.

Unfortunately, people don't actually get to keep up to something for a while without rest. And picking up to the pace we were before an urgent stop is challenging for lots of people. It's recommendable to map out plans, but times change and atimes the results of the work if low or poor also enrich the reason behind the failure of a scheduled task.

An interesting question you asked there. Its not just about being productive enough because one can be busy while busy doing the wrong things. Every country has what they are being known for in the global market. That is their quality and that is what they should mostly focus on while diversifying into other things. The moment they start trying doing something else then they are deviating from what give them that quality.

Let me tell you something, i come to the realization that there is a level to which a countries resources can be of importance and valued in the global market. Like for countries that produces gold in large qualities they are mostly easy to go into building recreation places for tourist to come which obviously gives them much value. For most African countries that are limited to rubber, cocoa with little of crude oil they are less valued in the market because most of there resources can be produced in the farm with tampered soil to in any country. There what we call rare resources and those resources can be exchanged for weaponized shipments.