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Sidewalkers in my life are getting on my nerves, so here's my rant of the day:
A friend of mine is a high-income sidewalker. He is behind on his bills. So he did the smart thing, and went out and bought a $1,500 pure breed Great Dane puppy. Can’t flaunt his mad cash with a $120 low-mileage pup from the humane society afterall…
I asked him why he didn’t invest his money or start his own business. His response: “That’s too hard!”
Translation?: “I don’t value my freedom”
The sidewalk is alive and well in the U.S. of A!
Incomes:
Median Household Income: $49,445 (1)
People in Poverty: 46,180,000 or 15.1% (1)
Average with HS degree: $38,102 (3)
Associates degree: $43,377 (3)
Bachelor’s degree: $64,074 (3)
Master’s degree: $77,285 (3)
Doctorate degree: $101,307 (3)
Net Worth (all excluding home equity):
Median Household Net Worth: $16,942 (2)
Under age 35: $4,151 (2)
Aged 35 to 44: $14,226 (2)
Aged 65+: $27,322 (2)
Average Household Debt:
Credit Cards: $16,061 (4)
Auto Loans: $28,535 (4)
Student Loans: $49,042 (4)
Mortgage: $172,806 (4)
Health:
Men considered to be overweight or obese: 74% (5)
Women: 64% (5)
Children: 31.8% (5)
Male Life Expectancy: 76.3 years (6)
Female Life Expectancy: 81.2 years (6)
Hours of indentured servitude (average hours worked):
All US workers: 34.4 hours per week. (7)
Full-time worker: 47 hours per week. (7)
So what about you? Do you see yourself in the stats above? Did some of that hit just a little bit too close to home?
Do you value your freedom, or is it “just too hard”?
Do your daily thoughts, actions, and choices reflect how much you value your freedom?
Do you still play mindless video games for hours on end?
Do you still waste time on social media and finding hilarious memes?
Do you read and educate yourself endlessly and never take action?
Do you buy stuff you really don't need and can't afford?
Do you still dream about winning the lottery or having that one epic idea that suddenly makes you wealthy?
Well…do you?
Here’s a hint: Your daily thoughts, actions, and choices ALWAYS reflects EXACTLY how much you ACTUALLY value your freedom.
So let me ask a better question: Does your daily process PROVE that you value your freedom? Which road does your daily process put you on? If it’s not the Fastlane, how much could you really value your freedom?
Or maybe, like my buddy said...it’s just too hard.
(1) Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010 - Income & Wealth - Newsroom - U.S. Census Bureau
(2) Wealth and Asset Ownership - People and Households - U.S. Census Bureau
(3) Personal Income: PINC-01
(4) NerdWallet's 2016 Household Debt Study
(5) Overweight and Obesity Statistics
(6) U.S. life expectancy declines for the first time since 1993
(7) Turns out Americans work really hard...but some want to work harder
A friend of mine is a high-income sidewalker. He is behind on his bills. So he did the smart thing, and went out and bought a $1,500 pure breed Great Dane puppy. Can’t flaunt his mad cash with a $120 low-mileage pup from the humane society afterall…
I asked him why he didn’t invest his money or start his own business. His response: “That’s too hard!”
Translation?: “I don’t value my freedom”
The sidewalk is alive and well in the U.S. of A!
Incomes:
Median Household Income: $49,445 (1)
People in Poverty: 46,180,000 or 15.1% (1)
Average with HS degree: $38,102 (3)
Associates degree: $43,377 (3)
Bachelor’s degree: $64,074 (3)
Master’s degree: $77,285 (3)
Doctorate degree: $101,307 (3)
Net Worth (all excluding home equity):
Median Household Net Worth: $16,942 (2)
Under age 35: $4,151 (2)
Aged 35 to 44: $14,226 (2)
Aged 65+: $27,322 (2)
Average Household Debt:
Credit Cards: $16,061 (4)
Auto Loans: $28,535 (4)
Student Loans: $49,042 (4)
Mortgage: $172,806 (4)
Health:
Men considered to be overweight or obese: 74% (5)
Women: 64% (5)
Children: 31.8% (5)
Male Life Expectancy: 76.3 years (6)
Female Life Expectancy: 81.2 years (6)
Hours of indentured servitude (average hours worked):
All US workers: 34.4 hours per week. (7)
Full-time worker: 47 hours per week. (7)
So what about you? Do you see yourself in the stats above? Did some of that hit just a little bit too close to home?
Do you value your freedom, or is it “just too hard”?
Do your daily thoughts, actions, and choices reflect how much you value your freedom?
Do you still play mindless video games for hours on end?
Do you still waste time on social media and finding hilarious memes?
Do you read and educate yourself endlessly and never take action?
Do you buy stuff you really don't need and can't afford?
Do you still dream about winning the lottery or having that one epic idea that suddenly makes you wealthy?
Well…do you?
Here’s a hint: Your daily thoughts, actions, and choices ALWAYS reflects EXACTLY how much you ACTUALLY value your freedom.
So let me ask a better question: Does your daily process PROVE that you value your freedom? Which road does your daily process put you on? If it’s not the Fastlane, how much could you really value your freedom?
Or maybe, like my buddy said...it’s just too hard.
(1) Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010 - Income & Wealth - Newsroom - U.S. Census Bureau
(2) Wealth and Asset Ownership - People and Households - U.S. Census Bureau
(3) Personal Income: PINC-01
(4) NerdWallet's 2016 Household Debt Study
(5) Overweight and Obesity Statistics
(6) U.S. life expectancy declines for the first time since 1993
(7) Turns out Americans work really hard...but some want to work harder
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