Topic: Rebuttal: Rich Mindset vs Poor Mindset (Read 917 times)

I agree, I believe no one start on the top.  These rich families somehow started at zero but their ancestors strive hard by working hard, thinking smart, consistently persevering to achieve their goal.  There are lots of stories of people from rugs to riches because they aim and persevere for it.  So I do not think that being poor is a hindrance to success, instead, it should be a fuel to work harder and smarter to achieve our goal.


I think I know the reason why her business starts to bring less profit when she starts having sex with different men. Religiously speaking, what she's doing is a sin and sin block blessings.

These are interesting factors that we have all seen at some point reading business books, however they are only relevant to communities or countries that provide favourable conditions to succeed. In response to a question about why Elon Musk could be the richest man in the world, Warren Buffet said America was a free country where everyone has a chance to succeed. There is no doubt in my mind about that. An exploitation opportunity comes from a citizen's purchase capacity, not from his or her poverty.

Yesterday I had sex with a girl who has a successful business and a lot of real estate. 

She told me that she noticed that when she starts dating men and having sex with them, her business starts to bring less profit.  From this we can conclude that business is a focus on the process of generating profits. 

Rich people are good at focusing on maximizing income and profit, while poor people are bad at focusing on these things.  That's the difference between rich and poor!

Sure my parents would teach me all about my family business but that does not guarantee that I will be able to maintain and grow my parents' business if I am not dedicated or it is not my passion. As I said, mindse determines everything, poor people can also learn how to do business anywhere. For example, if you apply for a job at any store or company, you can ask them from what you see, the people who went before...Mindset and efforts are most important, wealth will not exist if you depend on your parents.

Definitely.

Change is constant and can happen anytime we want to do it. But it's not just all about desiring to change and those that have been looking up to the rich people, it's okay that you're looking up on them right now.

But soon with all of the combination of working hard, smartly and consistency, you'll also be the one that shall be looked up to because you'll inspire people with your achievements.

I understand the passion of making it right, to make a "level playing field," and whatever else. However, this is impossible in our society, so it's best to realize the pros and cons of the established system and keep a positive attitude. When it's pure competition, I don't think "rich or poor" will be the determining traits, but more of IQ, talents, and conscientiousness. Well, just like what psychology has tried to find links between these variables to success.

In reality, the mentioned "pure competition" is also a dream since the real world takes into account other uncontrollable things. I mean where you live, who's your daddy, and what kind of car you drive, can affect employment or business decisions. That's why I said the realization of the disadvantageous position and keep pushing the limit should be the mentality (mindset). I think the Japanese culture knows this best as their manga/anime often depicts this situation, to give inspiration to youngsters.

If you are from a business family then most probably your parents will teach you all about economy and how it works. Rich people do that because they care for their hard earned wealth and they wants to make sure their children will be able to increase it with their given knowledge. Sometimes we saw things didn't go as planned but i mostly saw rich kids have more knowledge about economy than poor one. Its because rich dads live with it when poor dad didn't so they can not provide knowledge to their kids equally.

Poor kid also can develop that mindset if he is smart enough and understand his surroundings. What rich kid got inheritably poor kid needs to invest time to get that.

and not only that, there are many other advantages that exist in children born to rich families, trust and also relationships from offspring which in my opinion are very important things for him to be able to move forward in the future.

about mindset and mental, of course, upbringing from childhood is very influential but that doesn't mean it's an absolute thing because not everyone will be like that and there are some who are able to change that mindset, and we have seen a lot of evidence around the world.
whatever it is, I think we can still change it as long as there is a qualified will and ability that we have instilled in ourselves.

Rich or poor is really the mindset that determines everything, we don't blame why our parents are poor but other people's parents are rich, or the poor always have difficulties in life and the rich always have luck...all those thoughts killed a future rich person.

If you are lucky to be born into a rich family, but if you do not have the habit of working hard, just having fun, sooner or later you will become poor. And if you were born into a poor family but you never give up and always find a way to rise, you will be a rich person in the future. The line between the rich and the poor is mindset.

Many rich people now didn't go through with what their kids gone through. And what I'm saying is all about, they've been born with golden spoon while many of the rich parents, got through with hardship, hardwork and working smartly.

I agree that it's on their mindsets and they don't wanna get stuck being poor and that's why they've been wise with all of their decisions. And instead of complaining like many poor mindsets do, they're doing something out of hard situation and create solutions for it.

Why the Richs are always in a favourable environment and the poor is not? It's all on their mindset. When poor people have extra money they save it in bank account for later use or they buy things that gives them pleasure. This mindset keeps poor remain poor for rest of their life. Born poor is not your fault but not using available resource to get rich is your fault.

The path the poor have to endure in this life is so harsh to the point that the rich might think otherwise if the tables turn against them. I like to face the reality as the privileges of the rich is the only reason why motivators would say they are better, whereas they only seem so because they have the resources under favourable environment.

This is a very thoughtful response and explanation. It shows you see it just the way it truly is.

Well said, and I tried my best to understand you fully. Yet, the subject matter is about generalizing our perception about who is better between the rich and the poor. While my point was borne from the fact that if the same conditions are metered to the two classes, the poor would thrive better than the rich in general. I have seen the poor beating the rich in quizzes and debates in schools, and even in the labour force, they are the epitome of the brain of companies despite the conditions they grew with. If the poor have more opportunities, they do better, not that they are not dullards, they are only disadvantaged. What annoys me is how people online make it look the other way round.

Well, in general, this is also said "- people who want to live better. + -- looking for ways and solutions to achieve the goal"
Although I still agree!
It is foolish to deny that starting a "project to improve your life" with absolutely empty pockets, zero knowledge, without understanding how and what to do is more difficult than, for example, having at least knowledge! Of course, for such people, the path to a better life will be more difficult, more thorny. But this gives an advantage later - they value knowledge, diligence, perseverance, purposefulness much more highly, they have a higher level of "survival among their own kind." And what is important - they deserve a lot. At least they did not end their lives "at the bottom of the glass" or in a drug haze, hiding from difficulties

I think these statements lack more information such as under "People who want to live better." there should be people who try their best to live better but lacks the resources and assistance to do so. There are people, especially in the low-class tier that would do anything and are the most hardworking people, but they lack the resources or assistance to be able to go up even at least middle class.

I will express a very simple thought - people are not divided into "poorly thinking" and "rich thinking".
There is :
- people who are satisfied with everything (poverty, average level, wealth in inheritance)
- people who want to live better. But these are divided into those who:
-- looking for ways and solutions to achieve the goal
-- looking for excuses why he is poor/unhappy/....

It is true that there are quite a lot of rich people in the world, who previously came from poor families. But thanks to the right mindset and coupled
with hard work can change a person's life. So if right now we are poor, the first thing we have to change is our mindset, because if our mindset is
right in the end we can become rich. The mindset is very influential on a person's life, so if we have had a hard time getting rich for a long time,
maybe the problem is our mindset is wrong. Because of the mindset of rich people, they can always take advantage of whatever is around them as
an opportunity to make money. That's why I really like films that are based on true stories about the struggles of poor people who have the mindset of
rich people, which with all its limitations in life, but with the right mindset can turn a poor person into a rich person. I agree to be a successful and
rich person is just a matter of our mindset.

agree with you. mindset is the difference in this matter. if people who are not rich but have a rich mindset then usually people like this can enjoy their lives well. they even tend to be wiser in managing their financial condition. no wonder that many rich people are born from among the poor. but they are able to change their standard of living armed with a mindset that is indeed wise or rich. although opportunities for the poor are always more difficult due to lack of connections and capital. but those with a rich mindset can always look for opportunities wisely. because new ideas always come to their mind. and they can always enjoy and be grateful for the life they live. So it's a matter of mindset.

Adding to all you've said, I also agree that the term "rich" and "poor" isn't just term to be discussed in shallow terms as there are other forms these terms can also be discribed and example is with regards to state of mind as one can be rich in his state of mind and still be physically and financially poor hence we can say they are ready with all a required skills and preparations but still waiting on the right Opportunity to meet preparation.

In some cases people who are poor and relaxed in that state are people who make excuses for every failure they encounter and are scared of trying new things for the fear of failure meanwhile great successes lies behind those doors of fear as it is said that risk takers are most successful people. I have been with people who barely get food to eat and most time I tend to initiate some conversations and discuss while they choose to comfortably stay idle when they could barely get something to eat and I also found out that most of them just sit with believes that things will get better even without doing anything and most just wait for company jobs

That money and privilege though can positively affect many things if it's used correctly. With money comes better education, better nutrition, better social life, connection, etc. I'm not saying the poor can't compete with the rich, but they are already in a disadvantageous position compared to the rich. Maybe these situations affect mindset, but mindset alone won't mean a damn thing in the real world. Success is a combination of many factors, including luck.

The more beneficial mindset for the poor is the realization of their disadvantageous position. Therefore, they must try to push their limit to be competitive: work more, study more, and win just like in the anime. But, I've seen enough poor people stop trying and only demand "equality" dragging rich people down, and destroying the economy.

I completely agree with the op. I hate this whole 'rich mindset, poor mindset' thing because it's extremely ignorant of the privileges that some people are just born into and very unfortunate circumstances that others have to deal with. To add a bit of nuanced view to the overall good points the op raised:
- of course, if you're born poor, it doesn't mean that you have a great active mindset, are eager to learn and the only thing stopping you is your unfortunate circumstances;
- if you're rich, it doesn't mean everything will be handed to you and the only thing stopping you is your mindset.
Nobody says that everyone is the same within a broad category of people or that everything is easy for someone. It's just that it's very important to take a moment to recognize that tons of things depend on the country, family, wealth you're being born into. It starts extremely early on and continues throughout your life (the preconditions plus sometimes some random fortunate or unfortunate events). And yes, there are inspiring stories of people that get out of terrible circumstances, beat the odds and become wealthy. But it's absolutely unfair to point at such cases and say that everyone has got a shot and that privileges aren't real. Life is very different for many people, and it's important to understand that equal amount of effort can lead to extremely different results because of the circumstances.
A very simple example from my life: I've seen kids in a village who are average and overall don't mind learning new things at school, but they are forced by their parents to look after their younger siblings as well as do things like grow vegetables and sell some stuff on the markets on the weekends when they are teenagers. It's really hard to follow through with learning when you are forced to do many other things which are time-consuming. Similarly, I taught at a fancy private school where kids were taught very well and where teachers always helped the kids to understand things, tried making it interesting to them, and where you could easily request a private lesson for a teacher to help you with your homework. So the same average kids (who are not very eager to learn but are generally okay with leaning new things and doing homework) of course didn't have to take care of their siblings (because there are expensive nannies for that) nor sell produce or grow veggies (because they live in a big city and their parents are very wealthy), and they also have very nice teachers sharing knowledge with them. Equal intellectual capabilities, eagerness to learn and effort would lead to one kid barely knowing anything and another learning quite a lot and then, most likely, go to a good uni because of both knowledge and ability of parents to pay for their education.