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Originally Posted by Missie
Very true, and I know people like that who constantly tell me they couldn't do what I do for various reasons. Some also like the fact that they have a start time and a finish time.
Add to that the fact that for many there is no one to push them to work and you have a big failure in the making. Many can't make money from home because they simply don't have the self discipline and determination to succeed. In the summer it's easy to say it's a beautiful day, I'm going to the beach; or go skiing in the winter; play with the kids, become soap or talk show addicts, or find 100 excuses NOT to work. Some people need to be pushed to work, they need directions of a supervisor because they couldn't do it on their own, they can't see the big picture. They're programmed to do what they're told to do, nothing more nothing less, and they have the "employee" mentality that they have to work to make money, period. They look at what's involved and think it's too complicated, too much learning, too much work, too much of everything and they have NO goals. Nothing wrong with that, it's just the way they are. They will work for someone else until they retire.
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I think it is obvious we share the same exact views on this.
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Originally Posted by Missie
They're programmed to do what they're told to do, nothing more nothing less, and they have the "employee" mentality that they have to work to make money, period.
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That's a damn shame but it is 100% true. Colleges have the same mentality. They try to shape and train student to be good skilled workers for someone else and they gear their education towards helping them land a good job. I don't remember seeing even 1 entreprenuer type class in college. The teachers were straight up every day in their lectures, " if you want to get a good job, you need to know this" etc... No one wanted to teach you how to run your own business or how to train yourself to be self employeed.
For that matter why don't high schools have a class on " the real world" instead of teaching kids biology and calculus, why not teach them how to balance a check book and the importance of keeping good credit. They through students 17-18 to the wolves (literally - credot card companies) by giving them no education on spending, credit, etc. These kids go to college, credit card companies flock to them, hook them and then pretty much own them for the rest of their lives. Person destroys their credit, which is just one more obsticle to getting the loans you may need to start your own business one day, or buying your own house.