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"The Lottery of Wealth"
© 2003 Stuart Goldsmith
Most people believe that wealth is a lottery, that cards
were shuffled and then randomly dealt and some received an Ace, whilst others received a Two or a Three and some get the Joker.
They further believe that this is just luck - like the lottery, and so those lucky people with Aces should be
willing to hand over a portion of their wealth to those unlucky people with lower cards.
Closer examination reveals a different truth, and one which is unpalatable to the general public. It is not a truth they
wish to hear. The truth is that with a few exceptions, the wealth creators were not dealt Aces randomly by fate. They
worked at their success by making correct choices on a minute by minute, day by day basis.
Let me explain.
Everything you are and have today is the exact summation of
countless thousands of little choices and decisions you made
from the day you were first consciously able to make such
choices.
And stating it simply, those choices were mainly between
action and inaction. Or putting it another way, between
action and laziness. I'm not talking big, life-changing
decisions here. I'm talking about tens of thousands of day
by day, minute by minute choices like "shall I get up or lie
in bed for another half hour?" "Should I read another
chapter of that textbook or go for a beer instead?" "Should
I try a little harder to get this job right, or just turn it
out in a sloppy fashion?"
Thousands upon thousands of little things going right back
to school days when you decided between completing a home
work assignment or watching TV instead.
As Jim Rohn says, "Everything matters." It is the small
choices which matter. The little day by day disciplines
which build into an inexorable force propelling you towards
success and wealth.
After a lifetime of always choosing the easy option, the
lazy way out, the least amount of work, the mediocre will
have the temerity to call you 'lucky.' They will then demand
'their' share of your wealth - the wealth you built by
numerous small daily disciplines, each one requiring you to
forgo immediate gratification of your desires.
If anyone ever accuses you of being 'lucky' just reply: "You're right. And you know what? The harder I worked, the
luckier I got."
Whilst your friends are watching soap operas or down the
bar, you will be working late nights, forgoing instant
pleasure, striving to create new values, new products, new
ideas which will move mankind forward.
Your reward?
The masses will consume your products or services greedily then complain bitterly that they are substandard or a
'rip-off.' They will actively seek out minor flaws and then attempt to sue you. They will moan about how expensive your
products are, demand refunds, compensation, and justice. They will support punitive taxation measures designed to
extort from you the money they have paid for your products and redistribute it to the 'needy.' Blaring tabloid
headlines will expose you for 'exploiting' the masses. They will demand and support tough laws and sentencing to make
sure you are kept firmly in your place.
Worse...
They will say how lucky you are. How you got all the breaks
and they had none. How it isn't fair. How they had that idea
years ago and so the rewards really belong to them. How the
'rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.'
Whilst vilifying and despising the rich and successful, they
will be frantically completing a lottery ticket in an
attempt to join them.
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