Re: Non-AMC content : How NOT to get rich, ever...by Jerry in VA ( please add mo

["Kevin" <grinding_gremlin@xxxx>]

Hey Jerry, You have to start a get rich quick plan advertise it in a 
an infomercial on Saterday after noons and then you will get rich. 
:)
I gave up Tring to get rich. I'm happy doing my art and trying my 
creative ideas. I get a lot of attention for the stuff I do but no one 
wants to pay for it. That's ok, I do most the stuff I do for me. Being 
happy with what you have is more important than having a lot of 
excess. Although I do dream of actually coming up with 
something that creates large amounts of money, but, if it doesn't 
happen that's ok too. :) As long as I can have my Gremlins, old 
houses, and do my art, I'm a happy camper.
Kevin




--- In gremlintime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Gremlingts@xxxx wrote:
> I've been thinking alot lately on this subject, and reading quite 
a few 
> self-made success stories lately in the news, in that , like most 
people, the 
> majority of American workers ( myself included ) aren't going to 
"get rich 
> quick" unless we change our ways, and that there are several 
reasons for this. 
> Here's a list of ways you WON'T ever be able to afford that 
Gremlin XR 401 car ( 
> ok, minor AMC content, LOL ) if you continue to think in patterns 
that are 
> non-profitable. 
> 
> Here's my list, feel free to add to it, as I may have missed 
quite a 
> few ways! LOL
> 
> HOW TO STAY POOR OR MIDDLE-CLASS
> 
> (1 Work for someone else. You'll only be paid what the 
JOB is worth, 
> not what you are worth. 
> (2 Never accept a higher-responsiblility job. If you only 
want to 
> show up, work 8 hours, and get paid, that's all you'll ever get. 
Pushing and 
> accepting more demanding work raises your NET worth.
> (3 Never look beyond your current "job" or work situation. If 
you 
> never look beyond the present, and search for opportunities to 
expand your 
> income, you'll never get beyond a paycheck. Paychecks come 
from your workload 
> determined by someone else, and will only pay what that 
"someone else " determines 
> the limit of your income will be for that amount of work. 
> (4 Stay in the same job forever. This is hard to do today, 
but even 
> so, one of the best ways to get underpaid is to stay long-term, 
and watch as 
> new people get hired making MORE than you do! I've seen this 
time and again ( 
> and yes, I'm a long-term job thinker, also ), seems after 6-7 
years, the job 
> market forces the worth of a job higher, yet companies won't 
raise YOUR salary, 
> they'll have those "don't ask, don't tell" policies amongst 
employees so you 
> won't find out easily that a new employee is making 3 grand 
more than you, and 
> you're training THEM to do the work you have the experience 
on! Sure, you'll 
> lose long-term benefits, extended vacations, etc, but then 
again, these " other 
> people" get their salaries jacked up by moving around, them 
maybe settling 
> down in 10-15 years once they're at a comfortably high salary 
level. Union jobs 
> may be the exception, but even those get locked out and 
downsized today. 
> (5 Expect your employer to "look after you" for the future". 
Right. 
> The ONLY thing an employer looks out for generally is the 
"bottom line", so 
> you can BET that your retiring early with a 6 or 7-figure income 
ISN'T on their 
> minds! YOU are the only one looking after your best interests, 
and only you 
> can make the determinations that will either let you reach a 
high-income goal, 
> or make you work long into retirement age while others ply the 
golf courses or 
> take trips abroad.
> (6 Play the Lottery. yeah, I do this myself. Hey, 
SOMEONE hits 
> it big once in awhile, right??? But, it's a gamble, and gamblers 
in the end 
> are usually losers. I play for fun, in small amounts, and not 
expecting to win. 
> If I do, then it's cool. If not, I still didn't spend myself poor trying 
to 
> prove I'm stupid. 
> (7 Become a rock star or Professional athelete. Well, 
how 
> many times have we ALL had this fantasy? Give it up, those 
people are at a WHOLE 
> different level than we mere mortals, and we will never be the 
one on the 
> front page of Sports Illustrated or Rollling Stone magazine. So , 
ok, we can sing 
> in the church choir, or have a 190+ bowling average in the 
Thursday night 
> Beer N' Bowl league. That won't do much for the bank account. 
> 
> Very few people get rich working for another individual, or 
even 
> themselves as sefl-employed, if the rewards and returns aren't 
high enough to justify 
> the investment, and they rarely are. That's why the world isn't 
full of 
> millionares. Very few opportunities present themselves freely 
to make a huge sum of 
> money with little effort. Almost ALL self-made success stories 
come from HARD 
> work, a LONG-TERM investment of resources ( sweat, work, 
etc. ), being in the 
> right place at the RIGHT time, a product or service that isn't 
being provided 
> by someone else but that is deemed highly desireable, etc. 
You can't always 
> MAKE an opportunity arise, but you CAN be aware of what is 
desired, wanted, not 
> being done, etc, and maybe try to act on that in the future. 
Using your own job 
> or hobby skills outside of the 9-to-5 job to increase your 
income is the best 
> way to supplement your income, and maybe start your own 
successful career 
> outside a "job". JOB, by the way, thinking outside the box, is an 
acronym for 
> Just Over Broke, which most of us are. I have no clue how to 
get rich, only that 
> I want to, like most folks, or just to live extremely comfortable. 
Getting 
> their is what will take hard work and dedication. I'm open to 
suggestions, LOL. 
> 
> Jerry in Virginia
> 
> 
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