The problem is, this is something taught from a very young age and so understood like math or English in some communities, whereas it comes across like “Quantum Mechanics” in others. We Americans, who understand the non-tangible benefits of financial well-being, as patriots, have a moral obligation to the future welfare of our nation to work towards an end to financial illiteracy!

Either way, I believe poverty is a mindset, but I am not convinced the only way out of it is a “rich” mind set. Thinking of wealth like health — something you address every day, work on a bit at a time, develop and monitor and even experience setbacks with, I believe is a good rule of thumb!

Wealth is not inherently evil, but neither does it solve all ones problems!

Also, you might want to choose to be wealthy for one day, and in an ideal world do enough work and become focused sufficiently to get that one day of wealthy paradise.

Unfortunately it doesn’t work like that!

Cheers!

Conrad

My friends and I feel the same way – we see it more as a game more so than a desire. Maybe that’s why others say their not interested, know they won’t be able to “win”?

True that there are a whole host of new issues with having money & it’s a lot of work to get there – but you sum it up best in that last line, “focus on short term gratification…”

“, I do recognize that at some point additional money is going to have slightly less utility”
- Do you have an idea where that point is?