Hasty Judgements


wealthymattersDo you find yourself mentally classifying people into: looks like a success ,doesn’t look like a success,seems successful,doesn’t seem successful,possibly a success,likely to be a success in future,unlikely to be successful in future etc. etc.?-PAUSE.Don’t be too judgmental and sabotage your own chances.

This is not to say you have to have to invest heavily on people seriously sabotaging their lives,but rather that you observe them for a while and judge by their accomplishments.Don’t let your own biases and expectations of what successful people look like make you overlook potential and the real successes,while you chase the imitations.

To drive this message home and remember it forever,look at the photo above. Really look.Do you recognize these people?This is a photo of the Clintons from the ’70s. Do they look like a power couple?Top notch successes?

We don’t know the future and what destiny has in store for quite ordinary looking people.

Life Of A Social-Media Influencer


wealthymatters9:49 a.m  Tweets “just woke up”. Googles a hangover cure.

10:05  a.m Checks Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Email. Reads  online newspapers and blogs to check last night party photos. Sends the editor an email request to removing a photo where “the influencer” looked too fat.

10:35 a.m Tweets about how beautiful “the influencer” is today.  Uploads a picture herself  on Instagram. Checks in “the influencer’s fabulous office”  on Foursquare…..[Incase anyone forgot how important she is].

10:45 a.m  Reads a frienemy’s blog and finds out ABC PR agency did not invite the influence to a party. Breaks a vase and tweets ” _____ party is just for influencer-wanna-be”

10:46 a.m Checks Twitter

10:47 a.m Checks Twitter

10:48 a.m Checks Twitter

10:50  a.m Writes a blog post about last night’s party. Read more of this post

Think About This…


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Life Skills Schools Don’t Teach


wealthymatters“There were no sex classes. No friendship classes. No classes on how to navigate a bureaucracy, build an organization, raise money, create a database, buy a house, love a child, spot a scam, talk someone out of suicide, or figure out what was important to me. Not knowing how to do these things is what messes people up in life, not whether they know algebra or can analyze literature.” ~ William Upski Wimsatt