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To hear a story someone that conscious about life and cannot do anything endear power to rise out of it because there's no support all day life experiences is just pain 😢 suffering nowhere to live no food to eat no one to love no one to share no one to appreciate everyone is just judging condemning want to sacrifice the only thing you have and that is your soul evil is mankind the only thing in this world Is also the last thing to create
Yes. As long as they are armed with the knowledge about handling their finances. When I was younger I made money mistakes. Of course I decided to learn more about finances and made a decision to open a business. So once a person has knowledge then they can make better choices.
Tell you what...this video actually touched me. I was homeless for many years. And yes. Your consumed with simply surviving. Its a hard pit to get out of. I got tired of perpetual edge of starvation. So the hardest years were, going to college while homeless. God what a rough time. But I graduated, top of my class, and national honor society. Got a good job, and as soon as I could I told the food stamp office to take them away I didn't need them. They almost didn't believe me because no one gets off food stamps. Now I've bought....actually bought and paid off my first ever car. And now I'm growing my youtube channel.
You've achieved remarkable progress, which is truly commendable! It seems you've also had access to opportunities that many others may not have had, partly due to your determination and mindset to give things a try. It's important to recognize that not everyone facing poverty has the same abilities or chances. Often, we overlook how much intelligence and dedication it takes to overcome such challenges.
@@MrChibson literally anyone can get cancer? yes some things make it more likely but theres no guarantee that you wont get cancer even if you live the most perfect ideal healthy life..
@@MrChibson Do you really believe all illnesses are caused by personal choices? You need to touch some grass. Hereditary illnesses are a thing, genetics is a thing, shit going wrong at birth is also a thing. Please do tell me, what wrong personal choices have people with severe forms of autism make?
This advice does not stop tragedies happening. I knew a person who suffered and died of cancer, but even in the end he still counted the blessings, didnt complain, the doctors were amazed that he didnt get loud or abusive and complain like others, and offered inspiration to other sufferers in his ward at hospital. His courage and indifference to the situation made other sufferers feel a bit more positive, rather than the "misery loves company". The definition of "success" can change depending on the situation. Even somebody stuck in the hell of North Korea has different levels of success they can achieve relative to their situation, although in that case there is almost nothing good at all in that country. All one can do is find the positive in whatever options they have left, and make the most of them. Many people have health, and options, but still complain, and blame, for the person with cancer, they may look at others healthy who complain of their situation in disbelief. So if you are healthy right now, and aren't successful, then what the hell is going on ?
I wanted to give a friend a video similar to this one. She told me she'll watch it tomorrow, as if she doesn't have the time for it. Minutes later, she tells me she's watching Saturday Night Live and Dave Chapelle is back. during the pandemic/shutdown, so many of us had 6 months of freedom, to learn from videos like the one above, but blew it on the tiger King and other shows they binge watched. I realize people don't want to learn how to fish, they just want the fish. Give two working people $1000 each. Person A buys the latest phone and person B invests it. Person A complains about being broke again while B Makes a $5000 gain. Person A looks at Person B as if he/she is greedy and should be taxed more, taking away some from what B earned, so that A can blow money again.
OK, how about this scenario; 2 different people, C and D get the 5k. C is broke, and therefore uses the 5k to pay off looming college debts, or rising bills, or replace chappy versions of things like shoes or appliance with slightly more expensive versions for longevity, make up the gaps that minimum wage jobs don't fill. Person D already has excess income, so while some of that 5000 does go to other things, much of it is unnecessary to their daily lives so they invest it or save it, and thus grow interest. So by the end of the month, person D has say.....an extra 2000$ on top of the 5k because they didn't need the money, and thus used it to grow the money they had because there was no immediate emergency that needed funds, however person C is back to square one because they couldn't afford to invest/save the money because they needed it for any number of things. Tell me; in this scenario, how is I a choice that person C is still poor and yet person D got richer?
If a man is walking down the street and gets shot in 3 times, you stumble into him bleeding on the ground. Are you going to let him die because his situation is his responsibility? It may not have been his fualt that he got shot, but that lazy fuck should really learn to pull himself up by his bootstraps and mend his own bullet holes, huh?
Rich people just got lucky, poor people just get exploited by the rich while still working so much more than the rich but still get trapped in poverty. In this system, unless it's studies or sports, hard work doesn't get you anywhere; it's luck. And if you think about it, that's a sad reflection of society.
Whoever reading this comment, i pray you become successful in life💞 Due to my back disability i cant work anymore so i decided to start a nice channel to keep be able to pay for my surgery and livelihood, hope it does well❤️🙏🏻 Nice video alux!!
Getting rich is not a goal; Doing what makes you happy is. Not everyone sees profit in work. Choice of staying financially poor but content is better than being rich and dead inside. What is projected to us is the grand goal of getting rich ! which is a total marketing lie. Don't make money selling others your ideas of success . Better guide them to do things they love anyways. What are you trying to say is accumulate wealth and you'll be successful. Maybe you are that poor person making poor choices and blindly running after money until you collapse. We should accept our unique desires and interests ; not a common goal of "getting rich"! Staying poor is a choice, but what if i dont care, I don't want that fast car or the new iphone or new house or trending clothes; I just wanna enjoy my life with whatever i have and will work to get what i NEED not what the world expects me to have... let's not talk about making money Let's talk about making happiness. We don't need more billionares We need more happy and caring people, that's what makes world a better place. 🙂
Yeah, I don't think we need billionaires. We need people who can pay for themselves without asking the govt to force others to pay for them. 😊 that'd be nice. Or ya know, people who can pay for their own kids food, school and needs and not have those kids themselves work. Or people who can support themselves in times of illmess and avoid leaving their families in debt. And being able to protect your family in times of crisis or when you lose your job. Yep.
@@gabrielar9611 DL L isn’t wrong though. Being content with life regardless of one’s economic status is wonderful and should be taught to many, but legislating higher taxes to the well-off and the aspiring well-off is only going to be counterproductive in the long run. People must be guided into selflessness not enforced into it.
Alux: Being happy is silly! Be like us, depressed! Poor people don't deserve happiness! Also, that UBI experiment is considered a universal success, so I don't know what y'all are smoking.
Logic is not welcome here. Poor people don't need to eat, afterall, so investing what little money you have is a fantastic idea. You can earn so much when you're dead.
@@obyone878 suppose a poor person in USA earns 2000$ a month and even after that,He/she can save at least 200/100/50$ every month and invest it.But if they don't do it and spend all of it saying that they are poor because of luck and can't become rich by trying then it is their fault
@@krishanmani1796 You're using fantasy to prove a point that's categorically wrong. The few people who do that are often suffering from a mental illness, and so them being poor isn't their fault, it's the fault of the handicap and poor mental health programs. The idea you're peddling is the same one that the rich have been peddling for hundreds, thousands of years so they can keep grinding people into a paste without being questioned.
I keep applying to jobs that prefer experience I don’t have yet. Sometimes It feels like there is a penalty for being young. One day somebody will give me the chance to gain that experience. The first person who gives me that chance won’t regret it.
Try finding a way to get practical training. Take specific useful classes at a nearby college or community college. Search online for private training in your work field. Don't get talked into taking classes not useful to do your job. Let me depress you more. Over 20 years experience in engineering, but I didn't have experience using a new analysis software. "I can easily learn it", I told them. "Yeah, we've heard that before.", they responded, "it didn't work out well." In a bad economy employers become very picky and will wait for the "perfect" employee. I responded to a posting, but was rejected because they used different design software. That posting remained online for another four months. I could have been trained in three weeks. They were willing to forgo three months of productivity.
Do not wait. You can offer your services for free in exchange for experience. Once you have experience and established your rep, then you can charge or move on to better clients.
Then maybe you need to go back to school apply for financial aid and get a post education, that way you can haggle your salary based off of your degree. You can’t be 19 years old thinking you can apply for a job that’s $24 an hour when there are people out here who have been doing that job longer than you.
Yeah, having a rich mindset can mean chillin' at yo basement and not fucking around with all them rich people working their bones off for scratch while you harvest your own fruits. It's all perspective and this video is.. I don't know, haven't seen such a crap in a while
A lot of people can stop being poor by stop having kids you can’t afford. The next level is saving you money instead of “treating” yourself to a fast food meal here and there. Live below your means for a few years to become stable or live outside of your mean and stay poor. There are opportunities out there. Just got to grab them.
It's so easy to say isn't it? Yeah, of course just save up the few pennies left after paying your taxes, maybe one day you'll become a billionaire 😂😂😂. And are we not supposed to eat? Keep in mind It's not just fast food, everything is expensive as hell! And keeps getting worse! Listen, the American dream is a lie, it has aways been. The gap between rich and poor is still there...
Ive been living below my means since I was boorn and Im still poor. I have one kid that my ex kidnapped from me so my money isnt going there. Tell me, by your logic, why am I poor? I have military experience, Ive worked almost 20 different jobs, been to college and certificate school... by your logic I should be doing pretty well right now and yet even starving my self and only eating 4 out of 7 days a week I can barely make ends meet. So seriously im begging you to tell me how any of this is a choice and me not working hard enough.
Why Are People Homeless?They have jobs but can't make enough to pay rent or buy home. Most homeless people have jobs. They beg because living outside is more expensive than living indoors. Food=No fridge so instant food only or canned. Water=Water Bottles For Easy Transport (Hot sun on you all day makes you drink more than a person with air conditioning.) Shelter=Paying Fines For Vagrantcy Or Getting Hotels Weekly To Avoid Street Or Sleeping In Car Wasting Heat/Gas During Night. Health=Prone To More Sickness Than Person With Home. Less Food Money. Not Enough Money For Pads If Woman,No Money For Diaper,No Medicine Money,etc)
My father had a mindset of poverty, and he was poor his entire life. My mother divorced him after 20 years, and got out of poverty. My father never knew what to do with money to keep it and grow it, and my mother learned how to do that. Being poor IS a mindset. ETA: and it wasn’t easy for her. She worked damned hard, and educated herself about money and investing. My father didn’t. It is a choice.
Alux: "its your Choice to stay poor" Me: I Make the CHOICE to Invest in my dreams. Grind now. Shine later I love this community and it has inspired me to to start my own channel. Check it out and all the best :)
Staying poor is a man made virus in Nigeria, and it is a law to be poor. If you escape poverty everything will be done to bring you back to poverty. I hope my divine helper is reading this. Please pray for me.
Does anyone else feel the NEW wave of Alux Videos lately? It feels like the growth mindset is coming across the videos more and more. ALUX is simply getting better and better
Not everyone can be rich. In one simple sentence your entire thesis is gone. Class hierarchy is simply a given in a capitalist society and so someone always as to be at the bottom.
Many of the poor People I've talked to feel like they shouldn't have to make sacrifices to build wealth notwithstanding most millionaires and billionaires having done so
You can use money to make in stocks if you know how to make a good portfolio, the stock market can help the economy to stabilize and improve if you put with least a minimal wage in the marketing network business....
I think this video has show people the importance of multiple streams of income unfortunately having a job doesn't mean security.so I really appreciate your transparency and giving people a fighting chance during these troubing time
@@danielj6899 That's really true. Definitely a whole lot is gonna change after this pandemic, you don't really need someone to tell you that but sometimes you don't know what you're capable of until you step out of your comfort zone either by choice or by force
I think with this pandemic it's unlike a receison, you know where you stand, no business is full of proof at the moment because it's all down to spending and how much money a person has available to them at this current time moving forward I feel online business is the way forward and that's where you find most local businesses from now on.
@@danielledaniel1734 This is 100% true self made millionaire like Warren buffet and bill gates, never made it depending on paycheck neither were they salary owner . I think investment should be on every wise one's list and currently all of it is online. In a month or two you'd be ecstatic about the decision you've made
I agree with most of the points except for a few of them: As Robert Greene says in his book 48 laws of power, acts of kindness are things that allow us to have influence over people. Not expecting gratitude is a total loss on our books. One should expect a bit more than just gratitude actually. We should think of it as a soccer match. once you score the opposite party should feel that inherent need to score an equalizer.. and it is our duty to make it clear and jog their memory from time to time. The longer the wait, the better the reward.. the bigger the favor, the higher the stakes (more power, more influence). Reminds me of a scene from the popular TV series "Suits"...where Harvey Specter explains why he didn't give away the sports car to his powerful "Friend". He says because he wanted to make him wait for it & make his friend realize that he owes him BIG!! The balance sheet always has a debit & a credit.. and a non performing asset is of no use. People will forget favors at the drop of a hat.. so we must ensure that from time to time we remind our friends...how friendly we've been. Now all this may not apply to family, however a family member should act like one. It's important to know the difference between friends & family...before we label people either of those. When you make progress your friends may not even benefit from your success, and where there's no benefit there's very little friendship..it takes a long time to go from "friends" to "family". Give 'em time, their true colors will come out... people unfollowing you when things get rough is fine because that's how people are (opportunistic, and that's what we should be too, but people following you just when slowly you're getting back on on your feet.. now that's fishy!! It almost makes you smile when you can cut through the BS and notice that sneaky move. Poor people blame others? perhaps some people do... There's just one difference between voicing out grievances & complaining : Actions However, just because an optimistic attitude & actions can get us out of a mess doesn't mean we should forget about our unfair society. Discrimination happens in many forms, and ignoring all grievances by calling them the cry of the weak & the pathetic isn't right. You can teach a man to fish at your leisure but at a moment of hunger he doesn't need that lesson. Sure he won't have a choice and might just pick up the fishing rod if he's really that hungry. However, once his stomach is full, sooner or later, he'll stop eating and start thinking ..while everyone else had chicken in their buckets, he was asked to learn fishing.. a lesson at a time of vulnerability?? ...that sounds more like a cover up for something devious (like sabotage) rather than an actual lesson. If that's the case, which it is.. well doesn't matter what the animal is ..either way he'll probably PATIENTLY learn to scale. ;) An enemy's enemy is a friend :P
Poverty is a choice an entire country makes not an individual. Some people are born into bad circumstances and once you’re in deep poverty it’s hell trying to dig your way out. Homelessness and deep poverty are social issues that can be fixed collectively.
but you also can make it out of it yourself. staying poor is a choice, if you earn money and keep buying new phones or cars for debt and get bankrupt it's your choice that you are poor, while at other window guy uses the same money to do business or get promoted. you could do that as well but you did your choice and choose to be poor
I never thought of poverty that way, but there's some truth to this statement. I work at a welfare office - the population we serve are the poor and the homeless. And I always say, poor people are not poor because they are broke, they are poor because they think poorly.
I agree with a few of these but some are just weird. Like #15 is a character flaw. You don't have to be poor to be jealous of someone else's success. As someone who would be considered as poor (financially) I'm always happy for my friends and family that are doing well.
Haha! Yes! I’m early 😁 🍿 Also, this is scary, I was strongly considering getting second job because I’m not thinking long term. I’m going to continue investing in the stock market and continue to gain experience at my job until I find a better paying one. Thanks Alux 😁
I sort of disagree with that bit of Alux's advice. Often the one resource you have in abundance when you're poor is time. A day's overtime at my job is $270, and when I started investing in stocks OT was a readily accessible source of extra money. After about 4 years, my portfolio was making ~$250/month in dividends so I stopped working as much, and currently it's worth six figures thanks to re-investing the dividends. But it started with doing more hours.
Great video but I don't agree with 14 cause I think everyone expects something in return for whatever they did for you. It might not be money but something. I've never met anyone who just does something for nothing.
Everything is a choice in this life,, whether to make money or no whether to be humble or no whether respect others or no ,, everything... Iam a tourister on this planet not to love or hate anybody not to respect or to disrespect anybody... But to live my own life in my own ways just like every human being does..... Iam into money which I believe to ne the biggest business in this world.. World runs on money.. Everything is a business and runs for there own personal benefits.. I accept what this video says .. As iam regular viewer of this alux.com keep rocking in this way... And let me know more interesting knowledge's .... Enjoy all have fun
i have A LOT of experience with people from all countries, cultures, salaries / income. and the main reason why poor people are poor is because they are lazy. they often wanna make it look like they work hard without actually working hard. they wanna be seen working hard but as soon as nobody sees them they no longer work hard. they care way more about the image if "i am a hard working person" instead of just BEING USEFUL and earning a lot of money.
So true but that's why I watched it and now I'm making a choice of not being poor and it's really great, it took 1 and half year to get my business to where it is now, ppl come in and throwing money at me it's so amazing what strategy and hard work and planning can do and has done for my life completely changed around. I was homeless a few times, other family issues and now I'm on my way to becoming a billionaire.
Poor people in LatinAmerica exploited by the big companies of the US looking at this video: 👁👄👁 This video is okay BUT not the name. Being poor is not a choice, is a systemic problem. (I’m an economist).
I'm from Latin America and here "we" are exploited by the government, not big us companies. In fact, i don't know NOBODY that says that kind of bullshit down here. This kind of though is a classic line throw by socialists/democratics, but guess what, you're wrong and your ad verecundiam argument of "hey, i'm a economist" it's only a fallacy. Here's the facts: The only institution capable of exploitation is the state, which is an organized mafia capable of regulations, interventions, taxation (which is theft) and (guess what) lobby with companies. Therefore, the state in association with some corporations (or not):exploits the latins, not the "evil us companies."
Staying poor is NOT necessarily a choice . It may be a return to life. If one grows up into a poor society or with a severe disability and is poor to begin with and cannot earn an income to sustain himself be it passive or not he may may have to take a fractional wage from the government to sustain life with medical benefits as well. Try it sometime. And God Bless You
This is dangerously venturing into victim blaming territory. Tell that to starving and poor people in North Korea who live in the world's most oppressive regime.
@@jnels2007 chill dude, I am aware of that. It was just an example of a country and many others that oppress the majority of it's population. If poverty was a like a closed door many would simply walk out but it isn't. it's a max security prison that you have to escape from. You escape from poverty, if you can.
Being poor is a choice, it's all about your spending habits, Ex: if you grow up into adulthood and your still poor don't bring a child into the world that will complicate your already poor existence. It's called being responsible
@@monie3558 exactly,why did people keep stigmatize everyone who tell people the truth,isnt it awkward if someone says to you face to face "dude,you have to work,you cant just sitting around for hours telling people you have mental problem and have no father,but only a mother,you are still able to do this and its still your choice even if its a hard choice for you",and then you just reply them "nah,i have this mental problem,and this,and that" like you cant change anything at all and self-trap yourself into that beLIEf even though you are still able to speak like that,vast majority of poor people is able to work,they just dont want it,even if there is no motivation,the will is still yours,its still your choice,im myself is about to be poor (i hope i CAN stop it),i can tell you its a choice,because poverty by definition is *state* of being poor, poverty is not about having non-sufficient and non-sustainable amount of money in itself,its about the *state* of it,which is the situation of it,in order to choose this situation it can be done through two ways,by choosing not to work (lazy),or choosing to throw away all your money as a person who have sufficient amount of money,and about inability, thats not a "way",indeed if you are inable,then your poverty is NOT a choice,i am not talking about these kinds of people
I have to admit that the graphics on all alux videos i have seen are very catchy, colors are well matched, and even the font style fits perfectly well. Whoever edited these videos have put up real creativity
Hello friends, For simple reference: Here are the pieces of advice in this video: 1: When poor, you choose a little money right away rather than a lot of money later 2: When poor, you take on a 2nd job to cover the bills 3: Poor people don’t understand the value of time and opportunity cost 4: Poor people work themselves to death 5: Poor people choose the allure of get-rich-quick schemes 6: Poor people look for a way out, rather than away in 7: Poor people choose their rhetoric 8: Poor people choose the company they’re in 9: Choices are made in the context 10: Poor people choose to see obstacles instead of opportunity 11: If being poor was not a choice, you would have zero control over your entire life 12: Poor people play the blame game 13: Poor people choose to believe they know everything 14: Poor people choose to do something expecting something in return 15: Poor people choose jealousy over friends’ successes
I hope we understand the difference between being poor in Africa and being poor in America I live in the poverty capital of the world ( Nigeria) and it's not funny People with Hope's and dreams of escaping it get crushed by the Existing lack of infrastructure bad government and bad circumstances I know it's not what stops some from escaping poverty but trust me the torture is real also add things like illiteracy and crime and a way out of poverty becomes 99% impossible in a it seems like we keep saying it's not everything let's not downplay the effect it has on the really poor people. and children who die of malaria at age 5 they died poor too soo let's get context straight
I feel you, buddy, brazil here, I'm from the poorest state, I also live in a town which makes it worse, bad infrastructure, I hope I can move to the capital of my state and go to college, otherwise I'll be done with life, stay strong buddy .
@@misterauctor7353 then you understand no one controls their destiny, it is predetermined by their genetics and environment, there is no such thing as free will
A poor person do not have qualification to get a high-paying job at some cannot even read and write Plus racism because of the color of our skin so there is a lot of elements against us poor people especially black people we know the way to success but many of us needed help to get deer
I am black too and i can tell you one thing. If you wait for someone to help you, you will always wait. Start moving and let your motion lead you to someone who is able to assist you. Be your own hero and don't wait for anything from anybody because nobody owes you anything
@@armstrongkimathi you are right not completely though because we all needed APUSH that's why we have a Creator no man is an island and the Bible told you
@@tamotamoj2197 why doesn't the push come from within? There are literally close to 8 billion people in this world and you expect someone to select you out of all of those so that you they can help you begin your journey? I am sorry to say this but no one is that special. If you don't save your self no one will. I have had a tough life that taught me from a very young age that there is no one who is going to take their time to assist you if you don't show that you you can help yourself first
People tend to ignore resumes with non-white sounding names and they over value the resumes with male sounding names. The world is absolutely fucked. All you can do is fight and prove them wrong... still considering changing my name legally to Sam though 🙃
@@KaylaNoelle1 yeah you are right this world is like crab in Barrel the ones that control our way of life they get their power from the very poor people just like our self each time we rise there is someone the slow us down or stop us and the only thing we can do is not to give up
@KLJFcallme No need for talent and hard work to be rich I'm not talented or hard working, that's why I made sure to be rich so I didn't need to work. Capitalism is great and the only way that has shown to work. It breeds competition and therefore excellence. If people choose to stay poor even when I hand them the answer in a 4 page book that's their problem.
@KLJFcallme Oh no I got it, if everyone was a millionaire they would just make it so only billionaires are rich and keep rising forever. This is dumb so I didn't acknowledge it. I come from nothing, self raised and educated and I managed to retire at 30 with no effort and you say I'm unintelligent. Kid you need to grow up and buy my book. Poor piece of shit lol.
Working less hours can't cover food n water n electricity expenses n these expenses don't wait on us to explore other potential opportunities that will bring money in the long run. It is easy to get up n say someone chooses to be poor when you're from a country where endless opportunities lays.
Yes staying poor is defo how people think. I have been working smarter and thinking of many side hustles in my spare time. I dont waste my time talking to people who dont see what can be. Anything is possible in this world.
staying poor as a student is not a choice, but to wait until graduation. it's not like you give time to other things rather than study. you have to study
Picking on poor people is not motivating. Many poor people don’t know that they don’t have to be poor. Some people believe poor people lack motivation or are lazy, but poverty is a culture.
What are all these generalizations about "poor people?" You are assuming that all people who make less money than you have the same mindset and aren't trying hard enough. Thought this was satire until I found the website lol. Not everyone can spend 2 hours on a top 15 list and call it a day, turning thousands of dollars of profit off of Ad Sense.
@@samanthamosley141 my question is how they can recognize the fact that poverty is a cycle that is nearly inescapable yet still say that being poor is a choice
@@Paul_The_Drummer that's the point, if you think poverty is inescapable, you are poor, or stay poor, if you think it's escapade and you can become rich, you can become it
@@chingis1154so what exactly do you suggest that people working 3 full time jobs do to escape poverty? My point is that people are poor due to our institutions failure to provide people with tools to escape bad situation that the were born into, simply telling the poor to believe in themselves isn’t exactly a good solution to poverty. You are trying to apply an INDIVIDUALISTIC solution to the issue SYSTEMIC poverty.
@@Paul_The_Drummer point is that if you work 3 jobs full time and spent money on wrong things you won't escape poverty. And I'm not trying to solve any social problem here like reduce poverty or something. If every person who is poor had right thinking, they could lift themselves out of poverty without much help from government. Like alcoholics and insanely poor people, they can get a job(or get welfare), find place to live, and use that money, or you can ask for good will of others and use that money to buy alcohol (I've seen many people do that) You can have 300 usd per month, and spend it on stuff like food or housing or stuff like phones, or you can take these money and buy 🐑 if in village or countryside, and after time sell it for higher, or you can go and start other business like buy sell of 🚗, or land, or anything, or start company for doing logistics or other stuff, and do it all, or invest, or start coffee or burger or shawarma shop or sell hotdogs on your own. You can live in country with really good education and infrastructure and law and welfare, but still be poor because of inadequate use of money, like many people in 🇺🇸 do, or you can live in second world country and despite not developed infrastructure and education still become rich (I've seen many people do that)
@@MsMaxinejoy Disagree life isn’t black and white like that. Marriage itself is also an expensive cost and If both are struggling and poor and don’t have/find resources to prevail that that’s not true. Especially when you have inflation and an ongoing recession…
The rich stay rich by spending like the poor and investing without stopping then the poor stay poor by spending like the rich yet not investing like the rich
I resonated with the second point as I should have been at a better paid role doing something I absolutely love right now but unfortunately Covid has pushed that back at least a year. I work temporarily as a security guard which I don't see as a bad job. But its a job that will teach me to be assertive, to give people orders when needed, enhances my interpersonal skills etc. I have been worried about being able to afford my rent and tuition for my masters course that I am currently on instead of the grad scheme, but thanks to some money management and a few earlier payments of rent (where most of my money goes) I don't feel I need to get a second job even though I was seriously considering it, I don't have many expenses as a student living wise as the rent covers all bills I feel I will be okay as I found myself panicking about being able to afford it but when I calmed myself down and looked at my income and expenses I realised I am way ahead in rent payments for my accommodation and if I reduce my food bills by just a little I will be okay. I have no succumb to the trap of working two jobs alongside my masters and I intend to stay in the position I am in. Hopefully next year (Covid dependant) I will be able to go onto the grad scheme that is better paid and is doing something I absolutely love! All of that was my choice to make and I am so glad I have decided not to take on a second job!
Hello Alux! I just noticed something regarding your videos. You guys don't have subtitles. Please note my message as a suggestion and maybe consider uploading the videos with subtitles. I would really love to share the knowledge with my parents but unfortunately, they don't handle english very well yet. Thank you for your great activity!
Staying poor is not a choice, you could bust your ass work a million jobs while everybody else had babies and govt programs. If you are in the wrong environment wrong friends and not given an opportunity to be exposed to better friends and better environment you can end up poor with all talent and all the skills. I am prime example of that. You think going to cheaper housing would allow you to save money to move up. But you end up not being to save money to move out much less move up because you can't have a job longer than 6 months. And you cant accumulate any money!!! Forget up it have have beg,cried, sued, worked, came up with a million ralph amd norton schemes, and nothing. I am just moving out regardless of where i end up.
Staying poor is not only a choice but also inherited in a way of manipulating their childrend to stay poor together other people who belong on the same area of life
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Yes it is a choice, too many people live life on cheap thrills.
Please add English subtitles. I m not good in English, and i want my siblings to watch too
To hear a story someone that conscious about life and cannot do anything endear power to rise out of it because there's no support all day life experiences is just pain 😢 suffering nowhere to live no food to eat no one to love no one to share no one to appreciate everyone is just judging condemning want to sacrifice the only thing you have and that is your soul evil is mankind the only thing in this world Is also the last thing to create
Yes. As long as they are armed with the knowledge about handling their finances. When I was younger I made money mistakes. Of course I decided to learn more about finances and made a decision to open a business. So once a person has knowledge then they can make better choices.
Staying poor is not a choice. For one thing, there is no such thing as free will. We merely operate in a series of actions.
If you think becoming rich is hard then try to stay broke. Rich is hard, poor is hard. Choose your hard!
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If it's about getting to somewhere it ain't hard to get poor but it's hard to get rich so there's not that much of a reason to say both is hard.
Getting. Poor is not hard but staying poor is hard, but getting rich is hard while staying rich is not hard.
@@goodlifetv8567 thank you for puking my words out again
if poor people didn't exist then no one would have been rich
Never clicked so fast. This is spicy as hell and right up my alley.
Felt the same way. I was like oooooooh
**_Hell isn't spicy, just HOT!_*👍😎*
Lol I feel you😂
Hey there you go again see ur everywhere man
I see you on ALL the business videos! Lol anything concerning a bag 💰 , you are right there! 😂
Every thing we do in life is a choice whether we believe it or not.
A choice means that you should be able to choose what you want. Which you don't get automatically
@@jonathanv5171 shut up yr poor
I’m gonna do what everyone else says that I can’t do....
Good luck
Same here. Trying to get my project off the ground.
Huh, You can't backflip while doing 69 position.
@@Hritik9000 oh I think I can and do the wheel barrow with her
@@Manuel-gu9ls he is not wrong it takes luck not hard work down waste time in useless hopes beware of crazy plans of god
Tell you what...this video actually touched me. I was homeless for many years. And yes. Your consumed with simply surviving. Its a hard pit to get out of. I got tired of perpetual edge of starvation. So the hardest years were, going to college while homeless. God what a rough time. But I graduated, top of my class, and national honor society. Got a good job, and as soon as I could I told the food stamp office to take them away I didn't need them. They almost didn't believe me because no one gets off food stamps. Now I've bought....actually bought and paid off my first ever car. And now I'm growing my youtube channel.
you could come up with a better advice. This was empty air with stuff we’ve heard before.
@@eduardochavacano What a rude and unnecesary comment
Since when have you given a better stuff to all
@@eduardochavacano you wish you could do better
You've achieved remarkable progress, which is truly commendable! It seems you've also had access to opportunities that many others may not have had, partly due to your determination and mindset to give things a try. It's important to recognize that not everyone facing poverty has the same abilities or chances. Often, we overlook how much intelligence and dedication it takes to overcome such challenges.
If you are reading this, I just wanna wish you improved finances and a good health.
Thank you
Ah yes, people who got cancer and become poor because of medical bills totally chose that life
This would be the exception though. I think they mean barring extreme circumstances
@gogogadget and what caused the cancer in the first place? His Choice of lifestyle or Not?
@@MrChibson literally anyone can get cancer? yes some things make it more likely but theres no guarantee that you wont get cancer even if you live the most perfect ideal healthy life..
@@MrChibson Do you really believe all illnesses are caused by personal choices? You need to touch some grass. Hereditary illnesses are a thing, genetics is a thing, shit going wrong at birth is also a thing.
Please do tell me, what wrong personal choices have people with severe forms of autism make?
This advice does not stop tragedies happening. I knew a person who suffered and died of cancer, but even in the end he still counted the blessings, didnt complain, the doctors were amazed that he didnt get loud or abusive and complain like others, and offered inspiration to other sufferers in his ward at hospital. His courage and indifference to the situation made other sufferers feel a bit more positive, rather than the "misery loves company". The definition of "success" can change depending on the situation. Even somebody stuck in the hell of North Korea has different levels of success they can achieve relative to their situation, although in that case there is almost nothing good at all in that country. All one can do is find the positive in whatever options they have left, and make the most of them. Many people have health, and options, but still complain, and blame, for the person with cancer, they may look at others healthy who complain of their situation in disbelief. So if you are healthy right now, and aren't successful, then what the hell is going on ?
I wanted to give a friend a video similar to this one. She told me she'll watch it tomorrow, as if she doesn't have the time for it. Minutes later, she tells me she's watching Saturday Night Live and Dave Chapelle is back. during the pandemic/shutdown, so many of us had 6 months of freedom, to learn from videos like the one above, but blew it on the tiger King and other shows they binge watched. I realize people don't want to learn how to fish, they just want the fish.
Give two working people $1000 each. Person A buys the latest phone and person B invests it. Person A complains about being broke again while B Makes a $5000 gain. Person A looks at Person B as if he/she is greedy and should be taxed more, taking away some from what B earned, so that A can blow money again.
I could not agree with you more.
God if only a $5k gain was that easy to come by. I've put money into the stock market before and it's definitely not a get rich quick scheme
I’ve experienced this with friends when I try to talk about topics like this video. I am no longer friends with them.
@@simply4022 You're probably much better off without those friends.
OK, how about this scenario; 2 different people, C and D get the 5k. C is broke, and therefore uses the 5k to pay off looming college debts, or rising bills, or replace chappy versions of things like shoes or appliance with slightly more expensive versions for longevity, make up the gaps that minimum wage jobs don't fill. Person D already has excess income, so while some of that 5000 does go to other things, much of it is unnecessary to their daily lives so they invest it or save it, and thus grow interest. So by the end of the month, person D has say.....an extra 2000$ on top of the 5k because they didn't need the money, and thus used it to grow the money they had because there was no immediate emergency that needed funds, however person C is back to square one because they couldn't afford to invest/save the money because they needed it for any number of things. Tell me; in this scenario, how is I a choice that person C is still poor and yet person D got richer?
I've always said "Your situation in life is not always your fault, but it is always your responsibility"
If a man is walking down the street and gets shot in 3 times, you stumble into him bleeding on the ground. Are you going to let him die because his situation is his responsibility? It may not have been his fualt that he got shot, but that lazy fuck should really learn to pull himself up by his bootstraps and mend his own bullet holes, huh?
The fact that something is one's fault does not mean that one chose it either
Rich people just got lucky, poor people just get exploited by the rich while still working so much more than the rich but still get trapped in poverty. In this system, unless it's studies or sports, hard work doesn't get you anywhere; it's luck. And if you think about it, that's a sad reflection of society.
Luck? Man do you even work hard enough?
Whoever reading this comment, i pray you become successful in life💞
Due to my back disability i cant work anymore so i decided to start a nice channel to keep be able to pay for my surgery and livelihood, hope it does well❤️🙏🏻
Nice video alux!!
This is America
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
-Shazistic
Getting rich is not a goal; Doing what makes you happy is. Not everyone sees profit in work.
Choice of staying financially poor but content is better than being rich and dead inside.
What is projected to us is the grand goal of getting rich ! which is a total marketing lie.
Don't make money selling others your ideas of success .
Better guide them to do things they love anyways.
What are you trying to say is accumulate wealth and you'll be successful.
Maybe you are that poor person making poor choices and blindly running after money until you collapse.
We should accept our unique desires and interests ; not a common goal of "getting rich"!
Staying poor is a choice, but what if i dont care,
I don't want that fast car or the new iphone or new house or trending clothes;
I just wanna enjoy my life with whatever i have and will work to get what i NEED not what the world expects me to have...
let's not talk about making money
Let's talk about making happiness.
We don't need more billionares
We need more happy and caring people, that's what makes world a better place.
🙂
Yeah, I don't think we need billionaires. We need people who can pay for themselves without asking the govt to force others to pay for them. 😊 that'd be nice. Or ya know, people who can pay for their own kids food, school and needs and not have those kids themselves work. Or people who can support themselves in times of illmess and avoid leaving their families in debt. And being able to protect your family in times of crisis or when you lose your job. Yep.
Well said bro 😊👍
DL L 🧐 🤔 hmm.. nope, didn’t sense sarcasm in that statement... at all
@@gabrielar9611 DL L isn’t wrong though. Being content with life regardless of one’s economic status is wonderful and should be taught to many, but legislating higher taxes to the well-off and the aspiring well-off is only going to be counterproductive in the long run. People must be guided into selflessness not enforced into it.
@The Chosen One No, try again
Alux: Being happy is silly! Be like us, depressed! Poor people don't deserve happiness!
Also, that UBI experiment is considered a universal success, so I don't know what y'all are smoking.
Logic is not welcome here. Poor people don't need to eat, afterall, so investing what little money you have is a fantastic idea. You can earn so much when you're dead.
@@obyone878 suppose a poor person in USA earns 2000$ a month and even after that,He/she can save at least 200/100/50$ every month and invest it.But if they don't do it and spend all of it saying that they are poor because of luck and can't become rich by trying then it is their fault
@@krishanmani1796 You're using fantasy to prove a point that's categorically wrong. The few people who do that are often suffering from a mental illness, and so them being poor isn't their fault, it's the fault of the handicap and poor mental health programs. The idea you're peddling is the same one that the rich have been peddling for hundreds, thousands of years so they can keep grinding people into a paste without being questioned.
@@krishanmani1796this is hypothetical and therefore isn’t real lmao
@@krishanmani1796 60% of all americans live paycheck on paycheck. medit on that.
I keep applying to jobs that prefer experience I don’t have yet. Sometimes It feels like there is a penalty for being young. One day somebody will give me the chance to gain that experience. The first person who gives me that chance won’t regret it.
Wait until you are old. At one time I was too young and then I was too old. When as I the right age.
Try finding a way to get practical training. Take specific useful classes at a nearby college or community college. Search online for private training in your work field. Don't get talked into taking classes not useful to do your job.
Let me depress you more. Over 20 years experience in engineering, but I didn't have experience using a new analysis software. "I can easily learn it", I told them. "Yeah, we've heard that before.", they responded, "it didn't work out well."
In a bad economy employers become very picky and will wait for the "perfect" employee. I responded to a posting, but was rejected because they used different design software. That posting remained online for another four months. I could have been trained in three weeks. They were willing to forgo three months of productivity.
Do not wait. You can offer your services for free in exchange for experience. Once you have experience and established your rep, then you can charge or move on to better clients.
@@courtjester1135 You could've shown them the cost of inaction OR you could've worked on their competitor(s) and beat them.
Then maybe you need to go back to school apply for financial aid and get a post education, that way you can haggle your salary based off of your degree. You can’t be 19 years old thinking you can apply for a job that’s $24 an hour when there are people out here who have been doing that job longer than you.
I've seen some bullshit in my life, but this channel is one of the worst offenders.
This is just "hating the poor 101". Pure conservative propaganda.
and yours are socialist propaganda, poverty IS a choice, its so obvious that it is a choice,you have opportunity but you did not do it
except you are born poor,or having lack of well being,etc,but even if you are still poor after you grow up,then being poor is a choice for you
If you have a richer mindset, you will be blessed with multiple opportunities that is coming your way.
😀👌
Yeah, having a rich mindset can mean chillin' at yo basement and not fucking around with all them rich people working their bones off for scratch while you harvest your own fruits.
It's all perspective and this video is.. I don't know, haven't seen such a crap in a while
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing
@@hamsandwichindahouse ye this makes more sense
"The more you learn, the more you earn" -Warren Buffet
According to his book he was born rich
And got loans and had daddy buy first stock when he was kid
Time is your number one asset it cannot be replaced at any cost. This is why rich people work on their business. And not in their business
A lot of people can stop being poor by stop having kids you can’t afford. The next level is saving you money instead of “treating” yourself to a fast food meal here and there. Live below your means for a few years to become stable or live outside of your mean and stay poor. There are opportunities out there. Just got to grab them.
It's so easy to say isn't it? Yeah, of course just save up the few pennies left after paying your taxes, maybe one day you'll become a billionaire 😂😂😂. And are we not supposed to eat? Keep in mind It's not just fast food, everything is expensive as hell! And keeps getting worse! Listen, the American dream is a lie, it has aways been. The gap between rich and poor is still there...
Ive been living below my means since I was boorn and Im still poor. I have one kid that my ex kidnapped from me so my money isnt going there. Tell me, by your logic, why am I poor? I have military experience, Ive worked almost 20 different jobs, been to college and certificate school... by your logic I should be doing pretty well right now and yet even starving my self and only eating 4 out of 7 days a week I can barely make ends meet. So seriously im begging you to tell me how any of this is a choice and me not working hard enough.
Why Are People Homeless?They have jobs but can't make enough to pay rent or buy home.
Most homeless people have jobs. They beg because living outside is more expensive than living indoors.
Food=No fridge so instant food only or canned.
Water=Water Bottles For Easy Transport (Hot sun on you all day makes you drink more than a person with air conditioning.)
Shelter=Paying Fines For Vagrantcy Or Getting Hotels Weekly To Avoid Street Or Sleeping In Car Wasting Heat/Gas During Night.
Health=Prone To More Sickness Than Person With Home. Less Food Money. Not Enough Money For Pads If Woman,No Money For Diaper,No Medicine Money,etc)
Being poor is a choice only when referring to people that can generate income, but being born poor is not a choice
Or course not! These guys are stupid only rich people says that
@@hamsandwichindahouse work and earn money keeps you poor in the same way. Poor people works but their salaries are below poverty line
@@sparcx86channel42 it's you don't want to believe that's fine. Everyone has haters right😆
No shit.
So what are you doing about it?
70 million people file for unemployment
Alux: it's a choice to be poor
lol
Exactly, not everyone can be rich bit they don't get that
Being poor isn't about your circumstances. It's about how you react to them.
70 million people file for unemployment because they are to lazy to look for a job
internet-poor-people after being rejected by one opportunity even though there are more opportunity
internet-poor-people:its not a choice to be poor
To overcome poverty, you have to change your mindset. It's not easy but it can be done one step at a time.
Mindset my ass
@@sparcx86channel42 this is why you will always be poor
@@sparcx86channel42 It's not easy
My father had a mindset of poverty, and he was poor his entire life. My mother divorced him after 20 years, and got out of poverty. My father never knew what to do with money to keep it and grow it, and my mother learned how to do that. Being poor IS a mindset. ETA: and it wasn’t easy for her. She worked damned hard, and educated herself about money and investing. My father didn’t. It is a choice.
@@sparcx86channel42 thinking that most poverty is not a mindset problem will make you always poor
Alux: "its your Choice to stay poor"
Me: I Make the CHOICE to Invest in my dreams. Grind now. Shine later
I love this community and it has inspired me to to start my own channel. Check it out and all the best :)
I don't understand everything. But poverty is also a state of mind I learned from this.
Staying poor is a man made virus in Nigeria, and it is a law to be poor. If you escape poverty everything will be done to bring you back to poverty. I hope my divine helper is reading this. Please pray for me.
Even with the odds against them, Nigerians are the most resilient people I know. Big up to you guys! #endsars#
Haha 😂 😂 lol
I'm also from Nigeria
beautifully phrased.
You are right brother, keep pushing
Make the CHOICE to Invest in your dreams. Grind now. Shine later
Does anyone else feel the NEW wave of Alux Videos lately? It feels like the growth mindset is coming across the videos more and more. ALUX is simply getting better and better
Not everyone can be rich. In one simple sentence your entire thesis is gone. Class hierarchy is simply a given in a capitalist society and so someone always as to be at the bottom.
Yes. Africa is poor, some parts of China are poor, etc. If you live in the US or EU you have no excuse to be poor.
*You might not decide where you start in life*
But if you're in the west you DEFINITELY decide where you end up ✅✅💯
Agreed
Many of the poor People I've talked to feel like they shouldn't have to make sacrifices to build wealth notwithstanding most millionaires and billionaires having done so
You can use money to make in stocks if you know how to make a good portfolio, the stock market can help the economy to stabilize and improve if you put with least a minimal wage in the marketing network business....
Mots millionaires and billionaires are propped up by their already rich parents meaning they can do whatever they want with 0 risk
Definitely best video I have ever watch I just know being poor is a choice
I think this video has show people the importance of multiple streams of income unfortunately having a job doesn't mean security.so I really appreciate your transparency and giving people a fighting chance during these troubing time
@@danielj6899 That's really true. Definitely a whole lot is gonna change after this pandemic, you don't really need someone to tell you that but sometimes you don't know what you're capable of until you step out of your comfort zone either by choice or by force
I think with this pandemic it's unlike a receison, you know where you stand, no business is full of proof at the moment because it's all down to spending and how much money a person has available to them at this current time moving forward I feel online business is the way forward and that's where you find most local businesses from now on.
@@danielledaniel1734 This is 100% true self made millionaire like Warren buffet and bill gates, never made it depending on paycheck neither were they salary owner . I think investment should be on every wise one's list and currently all of it is online. In a month or two you'd be ecstatic about the decision you've made
@Jaime Jaime profitable investment is the only light to success and out of poverty
Quote from me: "there are 2 types of poor people, the ones that admit that they are lazy and the ones that are liars"
Hey A Lux!take it easy on us hard workers earning minimum wages .
I agree with most of the points except for a few of them:
As Robert Greene says in his book 48 laws of power, acts of kindness are things that allow us to have influence over people. Not expecting gratitude is a total loss on our books. One should expect a bit more than just gratitude actually. We should think of it as a soccer match. once you score the opposite party should feel that inherent need to score an equalizer.. and it is our duty to make it clear and jog their memory from time to time. The longer the wait, the better the reward.. the bigger the favor, the higher the stakes (more power, more influence).
Reminds me of a scene from the popular TV series "Suits"...where Harvey Specter explains why he didn't give away the sports car to his powerful "Friend". He says because he wanted to make him wait for it & make his friend realize that he owes him BIG!! The balance sheet always has a debit & a credit.. and a non performing asset is of no use. People will forget favors at the drop of a hat.. so we must ensure that from time to time we remind our friends...how friendly we've been.
Now all this may not apply to family, however a family member should act like one. It's important to know the difference between friends & family...before we label people either of those. When you make progress your friends may not even benefit from your success, and where there's no benefit there's very little friendship..it takes a long time to go from "friends" to "family". Give 'em time, their true colors will come out... people unfollowing you when things get rough is fine because that's how people are (opportunistic, and that's what we should be too, but people following you just when slowly you're getting back on on your feet.. now that's fishy!! It almost makes you smile when you can cut through the BS and notice that sneaky move.
Poor people blame others? perhaps some people do... There's just one difference between voicing out grievances & complaining : Actions
However, just because an optimistic attitude & actions can get us out of a mess doesn't mean we should forget about our unfair society. Discrimination happens in many forms, and ignoring all grievances by calling them the cry of the weak & the pathetic isn't right.
You can teach a man to fish at your leisure but at a moment of hunger he doesn't need that lesson. Sure he won't have a choice and might just pick up the fishing rod if he's really that hungry. However, once his stomach is full, sooner or later, he'll stop eating and start thinking ..while everyone else had chicken in their buckets, he was asked to learn fishing.. a lesson at a time of vulnerability?? ...that sounds more like a cover up for something devious (like sabotage) rather than an actual lesson. If that's the case, which it is.. well doesn't matter what the animal is ..either way he'll probably PATIENTLY learn to scale. ;)
An enemy's enemy is a friend :P
Poverty is a choice an entire country makes not an individual. Some people are born into bad circumstances and once you’re in deep poverty it’s hell trying to dig your way out. Homelessness and deep poverty are social issues that can be fixed collectively.
but you also can make it out of it yourself. staying poor is a choice, if you earn money and keep buying new phones or cars for debt and get bankrupt it's your choice that you are poor, while at other window guy uses the same money to do business or get promoted. you could do that as well but you did your choice and choose to be poor
Alux you stay dropping the Gems and I'm picking them up and growing every day!! Shout out to you @Alux!!
More like dropping polished shit
I never thought of poverty that way, but there's some truth to this statement. I work at a welfare office - the population we serve are the poor and the homeless. And I always say, poor people are not poor because they are broke, they are poor because they think poorly.
If you cared at all, you'd clean out these "get rich quick" scams flooding your comment section.
I agree with a few of these but some are just weird. Like #15 is a character flaw. You don't have to be poor to be jealous of someone else's success. As someone who would be considered as poor (financially) I'm always happy for my friends and family that are doing well.
Have you guys seen my dad?
Much love, your friends at Business Explained!!
"Poverty is attracted to the mind that is favorable to it.” ~ Dan Pena
Haha! Yes! I’m early 😁 🍿
Also, this is scary, I was strongly considering getting second job because I’m not thinking long term. I’m going to continue investing in the stock market and continue to gain experience at my job until I find a better paying one.
Thanks Alux 😁
I sort of disagree with that bit of Alux's advice. Often the one resource you have in abundance when you're poor is time. A day's overtime at my job is $270, and when I started investing in stocks OT was a readily accessible source of extra money. After about 4 years, my portfolio was making ~$250/month in dividends so I stopped working as much, and currently it's worth six figures thanks to re-investing the dividends. But it started with doing more hours.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 ur hot ul be rich in no time just use ur hottness 👍😎
It's a matter of becoming happy 😁, caring and loving ❤️💯😍 period.
Thanks for sharing 🙏.
Great video but I don't agree with 14 cause I think everyone expects something in return for whatever they did for you. It might not be money but something. I've never met anyone who just does something for nothing.
Exactly, there’s no such thing as a free lunch.
It is not a choice. Sometimes people are just given their terrible circumstances.
And they choose to stay in their circumstance long term
@@monie3558
No
@@monie3558it’s not choose it’s be forced
@@monie3558There are individual reasons why someone is still living in poverty
Yes Staying poor is a choice it's all negative thoughts telling yourself all this will make you be this
If getting rich is our choice,
So being poor is our choice.
Everything is a choice in this life,, whether to make money or no whether to be humble or no whether respect others or no ,, everything... Iam a tourister on this planet not to love or hate anybody not to respect or to disrespect anybody... But to live my own life in my own ways just like every human being does..... Iam into money which I believe to ne the biggest business in this world.. World runs on money.. Everything is a business and runs for there own personal benefits.. I accept what this video says .. As iam regular viewer of this alux.com keep rocking in this way... And let me know more interesting knowledge's .... Enjoy all have fun
dont be egoistic and selfish,God will be the Judge
You also have to develop mental toughness if you wish to escape poverty. Embrace diversity don't feel "poor me"
i have A LOT of experience with people from all countries, cultures, salaries / income. and the main reason why poor people are poor is because they are lazy. they often wanna make it look like they work hard without actually working hard. they wanna be seen working hard but as soon as nobody sees them they no longer work hard. they care way more about the image if "i am a hard working person" instead of just BEING USEFUL and earning a lot of money.
This video is gonna get Alux in trouble with the PC police 😅
How so?
@@Manuel-gu9ls Staying poor is a choice, that is bound to trigger somebody.
So true but that's why I watched it and now I'm making a choice of not being poor and it's really great, it took 1 and half year to get my business to where it is now, ppl come in and throwing money at me it's so amazing what strategy and hard work and planning can do and has done for my life completely changed around. I was homeless a few times, other family issues and now I'm on my way to becoming a billionaire.
@@iramakhtar4070 How did you do that?
Poor people in LatinAmerica exploited by the big companies of the US looking at this video: 👁👄👁
This video is okay BUT not the name. Being poor is not a choice, is a systemic problem. (I’m an economist).
True
I'm from Latin America and here "we" are exploited by the government, not big us companies.
In fact, i don't know NOBODY that says that kind of bullshit down here. This kind of though is a classic line throw by socialists/democratics, but guess what, you're wrong and your ad verecundiam argument of "hey, i'm a economist" it's only a fallacy.
Here's the facts: The only institution capable of exploitation is the state, which is an organized mafia capable of regulations, interventions, taxation (which is theft) and (guess what) lobby with companies. Therefore, the state in association with some corporations (or not):exploits the latins, not the "evil us companies."
Maybe that's in a harsh tone, but what you are learning is just flat out lie.
What about systemic obstacles, those are real as revealed by the pandemic.
They are obstacles, not death blows. And we all have them. Some more than others.
Partners and Children can make you poor.
Relationships can be a reason of being poor.'
Staying poor is NOT necessarily a choice . It may be a return to life.
If one grows up into a poor society or with a severe disability and is poor to begin with and cannot earn an income to sustain himself be it passive or not he may may have to take a fractional wage from the government to sustain life with medical benefits as well.
Try it sometime.
And God Bless You
This is dangerously venturing into victim blaming territory. Tell that to starving and poor people in North Korea who live in the world's most oppressive regime.
They don’t have TH-cam in North Korea...
@@jnels2007 chill dude, I am aware of that. It was just an example of a country and many others that oppress the majority of it's population. If poverty was a like a closed door many would simply walk out but it isn't. it's a max security prison that you have to escape from. You escape from poverty, if you can.
Any success in N Korea can be taken away by the government. it's hard to get rich in a country where the government keeps your customers poor.
@@courtjester1135 true
I've never seen a channel with this much malignance toward poor people
If someone is telling you how you can change what you do to improve your life, you see this as malignancy?
Being poor is a choice, it's all about your spending habits, Ex: if you grow up into adulthood and your still poor don't bring a child into the world that will complicate your already poor existence. It's called being responsible
@@monie3558 exactly,why did people keep stigmatize everyone who tell people the truth,isnt it awkward if someone says to you face to face "dude,you have to work,you cant just sitting around for hours telling people you have mental problem and have no father,but only a mother,you are still able to do this and its still your choice even if its a hard choice for you",and then you just reply them "nah,i have this mental problem,and this,and that" like you cant change anything at all and self-trap yourself into that beLIEf even though you are still able to speak like that,vast majority of poor people is able to work,they just dont want it,even if there is no motivation,the will is still yours,its still your choice,im myself is about to be poor (i hope i CAN stop it),i can tell you its a choice,because poverty by definition is *state* of being poor, poverty is not about having non-sufficient and non-sustainable amount of money in itself,its about the *state* of it,which is the situation of it,in order to choose this situation it can be done through two ways,by choosing not to work (lazy),or choosing to throw away all your money as a person who have sufficient amount of money,and about inability, thats not a "way",indeed if you are inable,then your poverty is NOT a choice,i am not talking about these kinds of people
It's awesome huh lol
I have to admit that the graphics on all alux videos i have seen are very catchy, colors are well matched, and even the font style fits perfectly well. Whoever edited these videos have put up real creativity
They are investing really in these educational videos. And in return, they are profiting. Smart though.
Hello friends,
For simple reference:
Here are the pieces of advice in this video:
1: When poor, you choose a little money right away rather than a lot of money later
2: When poor, you take on a 2nd job to cover the bills
3: Poor people don’t understand the value of time and opportunity cost
4: Poor people work themselves to death
5: Poor people choose the allure of get-rich-quick schemes
6: Poor people look for a way out, rather than away in
7: Poor people choose their rhetoric
8: Poor people choose the company they’re in
9: Choices are made in the context
10: Poor people choose to see obstacles instead of opportunity
11: If being poor was not a choice, you would have zero control over your entire life
12: Poor people play the blame game
13: Poor people choose to believe they know everything
14: Poor people choose to do something expecting something in return
15: Poor people choose jealousy over friends’ successes
holy shit listing it out really does sort of reveal just how actually evil it is
I hope we understand the difference between being poor in Africa and being poor in America
I live in the poverty capital of the world ( Nigeria) and it's not funny
People with Hope's and dreams of escaping it get crushed by the Existing lack of infrastructure bad government and bad circumstances I know it's not what stops some from escaping poverty but trust me the torture is real also add things like illiteracy and crime and a way out of poverty becomes 99% impossible in a it seems like we keep saying it's not everything let's not downplay the effect it has on the really poor people. and children who die of malaria at age 5 they died poor too soo let's get context straight
I feel you, buddy, brazil here, I'm from the poorest state, I also live in a town which makes it worse, bad infrastructure, I hope I can move to the capital of my state and go to college, otherwise I'll be done with life, stay strong buddy .
This is like saying " Having a low IQ is a choice"... poor people have a low IQ which is not their fault, they can't choose their genetics
It kinda is.
@@misterauctor7353 do you understand how intelligence works?
@@Ljosi Yes.
@@misterauctor7353 then you understand no one controls their destiny, it is predetermined by their genetics and environment, there is no such thing as free will
@@Ljosi Ok, black piller.
Sure, just ask the starving people around the world, very good choice taken.
Their logic sometimes is so dumb. You can be poor and hang around rich people and still be poor
Everybody is born poor and Everybody dies poor.
A poor person do not have qualification to get a high-paying job at some cannot even read and write Plus racism because of the color of our skin so there is a lot of elements against us poor people especially black people we know the way to success but many of us needed help to get deer
I am black too and i can tell you one thing. If you wait for someone to help you, you will always wait. Start moving and let your motion lead you to someone who is able to assist you. Be your own hero and don't wait for anything from anybody because nobody owes you anything
@@armstrongkimathi you are right not completely though because we all needed APUSH that's why we have a Creator no man is an island and the Bible told you
@@tamotamoj2197 why doesn't the push come from within? There are literally close to 8 billion people in this world and you expect someone to select you out of all of those so that you they can help you begin your journey? I am sorry to say this but no one is that special. If you don't save your self no one will. I have had a tough life that taught me from a very young age that there is no one who is going to take their time to assist you if you don't show that you you can help yourself first
People tend to ignore resumes with non-white sounding names and they over value the resumes with male sounding names. The world is absolutely fucked. All you can do is fight and prove them wrong... still considering changing my name legally to Sam though 🙃
@@KaylaNoelle1 yeah you are right this world is like crab in Barrel the ones that control our way of life they get their power from the very poor people just like our self each time we rise there is someone the slow us down or stop us and the only thing we can do is not to give up
Poor people are intellectually lazy because they don’t want to put the mental effort to learn new skills.
Recently wrote a book about gaining wealth in 3 easy steps, hope it helps people.
But yeah absolutely is a choice.
@KLJFcallme No need for talent and hard work to be rich I'm not talented or hard working, that's why I made sure to be rich so I didn't need to work.
Capitalism is great and the only way that has shown to work.
It breeds competition and therefore excellence.
If people choose to stay poor even when I hand them the answer in a 4 page book that's their problem.
@KLJFcallme Oh no I got it, if everyone was a millionaire they would just make it so only billionaires are rich and keep rising forever.
This is dumb so I didn't acknowledge it.
I come from nothing, self raised and educated and I managed to retire at 30 with no effort and you say I'm unintelligent.
Kid you need to grow up and buy my book.
Poor piece of shit lol.
@@dreghorn007 The dudes icon is literally the communist symbol, were you expecting anything else? lol
Working less hours can't cover food n water n electricity expenses n these expenses don't wait on us to explore other potential opportunities that will bring money in the long run. It is easy to get up n say someone chooses to be poor when you're from a country where endless opportunities lays.
So true I’m not dying poor. I want to be rich before I die!
Yes staying poor is defo how people think. I have been working smarter and thinking of many side hustles in my spare time. I dont waste my time talking to people who dont see what can be. Anything is possible in this world.
Always a pleasure to be here...
Some of the people begging are making 5 figures tax free
You say that like 5 figures is a lot..
staying poor as a student is not a choice, but to wait until graduation. it's not like you give time to other things rather than study. you have to study
What are the example of GET RICH QUICK SCHEME?
Amen especially in today society of entitlement and lack of character .👍👍feliz año 2021
Reading Rich Dad and Poor Dad change my life
Picking on poor people is not motivating. Many poor people don’t know that they don’t have to be poor. Some people believe poor people lack motivation or are lazy, but poverty is a culture.
What are all these generalizations about "poor people?" You are assuming that all people who make less money than you have the same mindset and aren't trying hard enough. Thought this was satire until I found the website lol. Not everyone can spend 2 hours on a top 15 list and call it a day, turning thousands of dollars of profit off of Ad Sense.
I guess you didn't get to number 9 then.
@@samanthamosley141 my question is how they can recognize the fact that poverty is a cycle that is nearly inescapable yet still say that being poor is a choice
@@Paul_The_Drummer that's the point, if you think poverty is inescapable, you are poor, or stay poor, if you think it's escapade and you can become rich, you can become it
@@chingis1154so what exactly do you suggest that people working 3 full time jobs do to escape poverty? My point is that people are poor due to our institutions failure to provide people with tools to escape bad situation that the were born into, simply telling the poor to believe in themselves isn’t exactly a good solution to poverty. You are trying to apply an INDIVIDUALISTIC solution to the issue SYSTEMIC poverty.
@@Paul_The_Drummer point is that if you work 3 jobs full time and spent money on wrong things you won't escape poverty. And I'm not trying to solve any social problem here like reduce poverty or something. If every person who is poor had right thinking, they could lift themselves out of poverty without much help from government. Like alcoholics and insanely poor people, they can get a job(or get welfare), find place to live, and use that money, or you can ask for good will of others and use that money to buy alcohol (I've seen many people do that) You can have 300 usd per month, and spend it on stuff like food or housing or stuff like phones, or you can take these money and buy 🐑 if in village or countryside, and after time sell it for higher, or you can go and start other business like buy sell of 🚗, or land, or anything, or start company for doing logistics or other stuff, and do it all, or invest, or start coffee or burger or shawarma shop or sell hotdogs on your own. You can live in country with really good education and infrastructure and law and welfare, but still be poor because of inadequate use of money, like many people in 🇺🇸 do, or you can live in second world country and despite not developed infrastructure and education still become rich (I've seen many people do that)
Too many chose to have children out of wedlock, which keeps them poor.
And marriage makes you rich? Can you read that out loud.
@@alexis4942 Yep. Facts. When you chose to have children within a marriage, usually, they have a better chance of not being poor. Facts.
@@MsMaxinejoy Disagree life isn’t black and white like that. Marriage itself is also an expensive cost and If both are struggling and poor and don’t have/find resources to prevail that that’s not true. Especially when you have inflation and an ongoing recession…
@@alexis4942 So you think having children alone is better??? Good night.
So true. We must get not stay unstuck, give it all we've got, like Elon Musk.
Didn't know that Mr. Burns had a YT channel.
It’s not a choice. People don’t want to be poor. It’s greed and the evil that keeps us poor.
Exactly! So let people make their OWN decisions and mind your own.
ATTENTION- If you fallow this page, We should be friends. Love this type of high level thinking
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I LOVE Learning. Time is Always Important
The rich stay rich by spending like the poor and investing without stopping then the poor stay poor by spending like the rich yet not investing like the rich
If only they can invest into something more profitable
@@angelajones8562 Investing into something profitable like crypto investment
@@sophiajames3867 indeed investing into crypto investment is very profitable
Investing in crypto has done a whole lot for me
I couldn't believe that crypto investment could help me get a house of my own
Thank you alux for my morning booster shake ...you guys make the sky so clear in a bad winter storm..
I resonated with the second point as I should have been at a better paid role doing something I absolutely love right now but unfortunately Covid has pushed that back at least a year. I work temporarily as a security guard which I don't see as a bad job. But its a job that will teach me to be assertive, to give people orders when needed, enhances my interpersonal skills etc.
I have been worried about being able to afford my rent and tuition for my masters course that I am currently on instead of the grad scheme, but thanks to some money management and a few earlier payments of rent (where most of my money goes) I don't feel I need to get a second job even though I was seriously considering it, I don't have many expenses as a student living wise as the rent covers all bills I feel I will be okay as I found myself panicking about being able to afford it but when I calmed myself down and looked at my income and expenses I realised I am way ahead in rent payments for my accommodation and if I reduce my food bills by just a little I will be okay.
I have no succumb to the trap of working two jobs alongside my masters and I intend to stay in the position I am in. Hopefully next year (Covid dependant) I will be able to go onto the grad scheme that is better paid and is doing something I absolutely love!
All of that was my choice to make and I am so glad I have decided not to take on a second job!
Not asking for those who knows the way to success
I think to stay poor or to become rich is a natural tendency found naturally in some people.
Hello Alux! I just noticed something regarding your videos. You guys don't have subtitles. Please note my message as a suggestion and maybe consider uploading the videos with subtitles. I would really love to share the knowledge with my parents but unfortunately, they don't handle english very well yet. Thank you for your great activity!
Poor middle class rich is a mindset
And it is not pinned to your back
Aluxer. This is another impactful message. Keep on motivating us.
Staying poor is not a choice, you could bust your ass work a million jobs while everybody else had babies and govt programs. If you are in the wrong environment wrong friends and not given an opportunity to be exposed to better friends and better environment you can end up poor with all talent and all the skills. I am prime example of that. You think going to cheaper housing would allow you to save money to move up. But you end up not being to save money to move out much less move up because you can't have a job longer than 6 months. And you cant accumulate any money!!! Forget up it have have beg,cried, sued, worked, came up with a million ralph amd norton schemes, and nothing. I am just moving out regardless of where i end up.
Staying poor is not only a choice but also inherited in a way of manipulating their childrend to stay poor together other people who belong on the same area of life