The theory of the Leisure Class

Originally posted by no1marauder
I have nothing against a strong work ethic. I merely point out that it alone is unlikely to make you wealthy.

Wealth is relative, you might not be able to make a million (although there are many buisnessmen who have), but a strong work ethic can elevate you above your lazy co-worker in time.

Originally posted by huckleberryhound
Wealth is relative, you might not be able to make a million (although there are many buisnessmen who have), but a strong work ethic can elevate you above your lazy co-worker in time.

That's mere equivocation. I use wealthy in the normal sense i.e. has having a large amount of wealth. That is not relative, but objective.

Everybody thinks they work harder than their co-workers. It can't be true.

Originally posted by no1marauder
That's mere equivocation. I use wealthy in the normal sense i.e. has having a large amount of wealth. That is not relative, but objective.

Everybody thinks they work harder than their co-workers. It can't be true.

Everybody doesn't think that, and thought doesn't equate to actuality.

As for wealth, there are many in the buisness world who can tell stories of starting with nothing and ending up with a lot. If your argument is that a porter who works 100 hours a week is not guaranteed to get on the Phorbes rich list, then there is no argument, if however you are not trying to base your argument on rediculous extremes, there many examples of rags to riches stories out there.

Originally posted by no1marauder
It's called a "rhetorical question".

A bartender I knew worked six nights a week. He didn't get wealthy on his salary and tips. His grandmother died, a trust ended because of her death and he got $2 million.

Assuming there had been no family trust, do you think if he had only worked that 7th day weekly, he would have eventually got wealthy?

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Originally posted by huckleberryhound
Everybody doesn't think that, and thought doesn't equate to actuality.

As for wealth, there are many in the buisness world who can tell stories of starting with nothing and ending up with a lot. If your argument is that a porter who works 100 hours a week is not guaranteed to get on the Phorbes rich list, then there is no argument, if however you ...[text shortened]... argument on rediculous extremes, then there many examples of rags to riches stories out there.

Buy a lottery ticket; that gives the average worker a better chance of getting wealthy than working their a** off.

Originally posted by no1marauder
I have nothing against a strong work ethic. I merely point out that it alone is unlikely to make you wealthy.

I agree.

You need to have a dream to succeed in life .. goals, short, medium and long term goals. You have to have a strong drive to succeed.
Medium IQ will succeed with hard work IMO

Most people "settle" for a job and get locked in young, wake up at 40 and find themselves still standing in front of the machine as they have for the past 20 yrs.

... and they like to blame the wealthy for there plight in life.

Not a lot of personal responsibilty goin' 'round these days.

Originally posted by no1marauder
Buy a lottery ticket; that gives the average worker a better chance of getting wealthy than working their a** off.

That may be true where you live, but not in America.

You start out with nothing, but you're young, strong and have a strong desire to acquire wealth .. you can do it here.

You'll need to start young though IMO. Most semi-wealthy kids now select the easy path .. straight from HS to College for 4-10 yrs of partying with little learned about the "real world" along the way. They learn how to take/fake a test and it's all good. When they finally graduate (if they do) they're little prepared to compete with the big dogs. They're basicly 25-30 yr old teenagers