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Good advice is worthless if not heeded.

Good advice is worthless if not heeded.

How Bouncing Betty works

Practising Chapter 4 verse 18 of bhagawat gita will bring out this in an individual

Thanks for the post. This advice is so important to everyone who thinks their existence has no worth or value because they are not “wealthy or rich”. The definition of what being wealthy or rich is, based on a hollow assessment that seriously discounts the immeasurable value of a human life, has trapped many in a dehumanising downward state of being. There is no intrinsic virtue in material wealth and riches. These things do not define a good or bad character, or guarantee happiness, security or fulfilment. The wealth and riches generated through self discovery and identification, is what every human being is capable of achieving, through the authenticity of their own unique natural attributes and talents. This is everybody’s birthright which will deliver genuine happiness and contentment. It is within the reach of every person to enjoy, unconditionally.

"MY IMAGINARY FRIENDS WARREN BUFFETT & Co" In a NY Times article I read recently, the writer explained how social media has given the rich a platform to craft a narrative around their wealth, and the "opium" part of the formula is their followers feel they have a quite strong personal relationship with these people. In the case of the very rich, it's crafted so we don't envy, we don't question very much the wealth transfer into their hands, or its impact on us or society. We marvel, and we respect them immensely. We share in their success via carefully curated social media messaging, most of which is posted by others who also profit from the narrative. The tech-bros are the best at this by far, closely followed by Warren Buffett, who feels like that wise old grandfather I never had. Before social media you never heard of these guys unless you read Forbes or Fortune Magazine. Having read the NYT article it did help me understand my own feelings and why I have them. And how repetitive social media messaging has a lot to do with it. I quite often see posts from people who themselves live very ordinary lives, with debts, a mortgage and a 9-5 job. A common theme in their posts is one of strong approval, and a strong belief that the very rich deserve to be rich, an entitlement, the result of their hard work, sacrifice and intelligence. In marketing speak we'd call them Raving Fans. On the back of this there is an entire industry that has emerged on social media, the "side hustle", the "startup" crowd and the "exit" crowd, preferably with a side helping of podcast. The Ultimate - Exiting a startup that began as a side hustle ... sound exhausting? Much easier to just follow the rich on social media down load the podcast and live it all vicariously. For the very rich this is the perfect playbook in a way. Curate and promote a narrative so that ordinary people are in awe, feel they have a close personal relationship and celebrate your success with you. The Buffett social media playbook is simple - "I'm loving this guy, he's teaching me so much, such a nice old man. Meanwhile, oh sh*t my house insurance went up 50% this year and my credit card is killing me. And Buffett's core business - yep, insurance, credit cards and money lending. In the old days you had a job, worked hard, and you could live the American Dream, or have the 1/4 Acre Pavlova Paradise (if you were in New Zealand). Now you have a "side hustle". Yes, social media has romanticised the second job to make ends meet job. As Anthony Robbins put it in a post I saw this week, something hip sounding that is really just a part time job on top of your full time job, to pay the bills. Watch the video....tell me what you think. (p.s. in case you're wondering, I had a startup which I successfully exited, and now run a side-hustle importing electric fishing reels from Japan. It's exhausting! If you like this post please follow me and I'll be egged on to write more stuff.)

It's not “luck”.

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