How the rich get richer and the poor get poorer

I'm sure you've heard the saying "the rich get richer while the poor get poorer." Sitting down and thinking about it, I figure a way of reasoning behind it. Say your at a arcade and there are 2 kids, a rich kid and a poor kid. Each kid wants to beat the latest game that is out in the arcade. Now the poor kid has only 50 cents while the rich kid has 100 dollars worth of quarters. Now since the poor kid only has 50 cents, he has to make his money last. So the poor kid is cautious with his moves and sometimes acting conservative. Knowing that his next move might be his last, he feels pressured and a little nervous that the game might end. Soon the pressure gets to him so much that me makes the wrong move and BOOM, its game over for the poor kid. The poor kid walks away from the game thinking about what he should've done to save himself instead of what he actually did.

Now as for the rich kid, he doesn't care, he has 400 quarters at his disposal so he plays the game knowing he can always continue if he dies. With the mentality knowing that the game is not going to end so abruptly for him, he doesn't have that much pressure on his back. So he plays the game worry free, concentrating more on the game than the fact that he might lose. After wasting maybe 10 bucks worth of quarters, he beats the game with 90 dollars left. With the remaining money he thinks about what game he can beat next while the poor kid is still thinking about if he can beat his first game.

See with rich people, they know they have more money where that came from. One decision won't fuck up everything for them. While poor people, everything is riding on that one decision. And that one decision can be the difference between eating good and having no dinner at all.

This same form of reasoning can be seen through gambling. If your rich, you gamble for leisure. And if your poor, you gamble as if your life depended on it. Now there are many times I've seen people in the casino, cash their paychecks, go to a table and hope to make it big, lose all their money, and go home hungry. I've also seen rich people come in with 500 dollars and leave with 5 grand. Rich people don't care if they lose that 500, its just chump change to them. They know if they lose that money, theirs enough money if their accounts to cover them. So their willing to take that risk and put their money on the line. Their not thinking conservatively, thats for sure. They have the power to actually concentrate on the game. I can't tell you countless times while playing craps where people want to place their cash on a certain bet because they might lose it all. After the fact, they just leave with regrets thinking "man, I should've made that bet." But their were too many factors that were messing up their decision making. Factors like can I eat after this, am I really gambling my rent money, hey I might get lucky, shoot I can't believe I'm losing.

So rich people got a different train of thought when it comes to money. They have a level of confidence which helps them make wise decisions. While poor people don't really have time to make wise decisions. They more have a "I gotta survive" mentality. Just barely making it, swimming in debt, living from paycheck to paycheck.

The reason I'm writing about this is because there are times when poor people try their hardest to become rich through hard work but never get the opportunity. I feel bad to hear that someone couldn't make it to a job interview because he doesn't have a car. Or how one person has to work three jobs just to survive, it kills me to hear that.

For those people who are on the grind and trying to make it. My hat goes off to you, I know the road is not a easy one. It never is, but its up to you to see if you going to make it to your destination or if your just going to settle for a pit stop.

I once felt like a broken man

A good friend of mine moved last year to concentrate on his studies. While studying for his exams, he didn't have a job so he was just getting by with what he had. With what he had, he still lived life to the fullest. He traveled multiple times, maintained a relationship, going out countless times. Having a conversation with him one time he told me "just because I'm unemployed, doesn't mean I'm not going to enjoy life."

It wasn't until now that the words really hit me. My mentality before was to get a new job and then start on all these goals I set for myself. The goals included working out, enhancing my photoshop skills, hardcore studying Japanese. The reason behind this is because I really felt that if I didn't get a decent job, I wouldn't be at a respectable level and I would be ashamed of that. To this day I really feel like I'm not at a good point yet. All my peers that I grew up with are continuing to grow to a higher level.

After a enjoyable weekend with my friends, I realized that I was playing myself. I shouldn't be pushing off other goals because I can't achieve one. I should be working on all my goals at the same time. So today, I told myself that its time for a change. I'm going to be more productive with my time and I'm happy to say that I'm staying good to my word. I know that its only day one, but I'm going to be happy when I report that I'm still good to my word at day 200, 250, 300 and so on. It's all about self improvement, and it doesn't help if your too busy trippin about getting a new position.

Take a deep breath, re-examine what will benefit yourself. Take the actions to make it happen. If you have to fight the fight, then do it!

Hot Track: Flashing Lights Remix

I'm sure you guys heard of the song Flashing Lights by Kanye West. That song alone is a hot track. Well a artist by the name of Colin Monroe made a song called "I want those flashing lights." He uses a sample of the Kanyes's song. I heard the song on Power106 and thought it was a hot track. Check it out.

the "Never let you down" playlist

Isashiburi (long time no see)

So I sort of made this vow, I told myself not to get deep into the blogging world until everything that I have planned actually happens. And so far, everything is not going according to plan. So here's a playlist for the time being.

There are times in your life when you feel like the world is against you. There's no one you can really trust. And when you try to explain to someone how you feel, you have this feeling like they don't get what your saying. The only thing you can rely on is the music you listen to. Your playlist will have the words that your feeling at the moment. Those words will never change and you can put that playlist on repeat. Basically the music will never let you down. Here's an example

30 Seconds to Mars- A beautiful lie
Flyleaf- Fully Alive
Boxcar Racer- I feel so
Linkin Park- Numb
Outkast- In due time
Elfen Lied- Lilium
Linkin Park- Crawling
Linkin Park- Valentine's Day
Linkin Park- From the Inside
Nas- One Mic
Linkin Park- Leave out all the rest
Atmosphere- Somewhere I belong
Blink 182- Stay together for the kids
Blink 182- Adam's Song
DMX- Slippin
The brilliant green- Ash like Snow
Seether- Broken