Don't win millions, work for them
We've all heard the sob stories of average joes and jills who hit the lottery jackpot and took home tens of millions in cold hard cash, only to lose it because they were dumber than a bag of hammers or had leeches for in-laws. Don't blow your moolah on the lottery ... even if you win (you won't), it'll spoil your life worse than month-old milk, baby.
Winning money like that makes things go south in a jiffy because people don't know how to handle the dough. They didn't work for it and earn it, so they don't know how to keep it. If you wake up one day and find 50 bucks on your pillow, you'll spend it and not flinch. If you dig ditches the next day for another 50, you'll know what it took to get it, and you won't want to go through that again, so you'll mind your Ps and Qs.
That's what Dave Ramsey always says. Working to build wealth changes you. You gradually get used to having money, giving it and spending it.
Winning money like that makes things go south in a jiffy because people don't know how to handle the dough. They didn't work for it and earn it, so they don't know how to keep it. If you wake up one day and find 50 bucks on your pillow, you'll spend it and not flinch. If you dig ditches the next day for another 50, you'll know what it took to get it, and you won't want to go through that again, so you'll mind your Ps and Qs.
That's what Dave Ramsey always says. Working to build wealth changes you. You gradually get used to having money, giving it and spending it.
1 Comments:
I agree.
I like Dave's "Darryl and his otha brotha Darryl standing in line"...line.
I'll admit, though...I get testy when I'm getting fuel and a coffee, in a bit of a hurry...when there's someone in line in front of me that cant decide which ripoff lotto ticket card they want to scratch today. It seems like it happens all the time. These goobers spend all of their time and money scratching tickets, making me wait on them so I can get back to work.
A friend of mine was telling me about a co-worker this weekend, explaining this genius "played the same numbers every day...". So my buddy said "Greaty System! So how much have you won?".
...silence...
then..."I'm about even".
What's sad is that all of us working hard and saving now will be be forced to support these people when they decide to retire.
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