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LDKCP t1_j0b3cck wrote

Without getting too political, being grateful for what you have got is great but not advocating for improvement just leaves you open to exploitation.

Too many people work hard all their lives with very little to show for it. I find telling people they have to be happy with what they have got only benefits the super wealthy.

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crm_expert OP t1_j0b5efi wrote

I interpret this message in a different way. I think the quote is saying that you should be confident in your abilities in such a way that you don't have to worry about tomorrow. What if I lose this job or my business? No worries, I can build myself up from scratch. What if I lose this potload of money I have saved? If I can do it before, I can do it again.

This, of course, doesn't mean that you stop working and start making bad financial decisions. It just means that you stop worrying about things going wrong and start thinking about things going right, and even if things go wrong, a strong belief in yourself that you can make it through.

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LDKCP t1_j0b9zsr wrote

That's sweet but it ignores the realities of life for the vast majority of people. For many, so little is certain and simply being grateful and optimistic will do very little when it really matters.

Be thankful for what you have, be optimistic, but never let anyone tell you that you shouldn't be pissed off at times, that you should ignore doubts and instincts on real possibilities that could have bad outcomes.

Realistically, people in power, employers and a good chunk of society care so little about your success or wellbeing. Pretending that you have "already won" and you will be fine in the future anyway is naive beyond comprehension.

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iminyourbase t1_j0bqtvr wrote

You can practice mindfulness and gratitude without being complacent when it comes to your position in life. It doesn't mean that you just sit there and accept what you have and be a slave, nor does it mean that you ignore reality or logical possibilities

Successful people didn't get that way with defeatist attitudes. Failure is just a speed bump on the road to success. How you view that failure, or the possibility of failure, determines how far you're willing to go in order to reach your goals.

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pemphigus69 t1_j0ciie3 wrote

The super wealthy had wealthy parents. Attitude had nothing to do with it.

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bewarethesloth t1_j0cw5u0 wrote

Interesting how you interpreted “successful people” as “super wealthy”

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duckmadfish t1_j0dd5tq wrote

Because the ones who hate wealthy people are also the ones who defines wealthiness as a success.

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Littleman88 t1_j0dbdz6 wrote

One usually leads to the other. Not always, but a lot of the time it does feel like someone is moving the goal posts to pretend they're happy and content where they are when they're very much not.

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Randomn355 t1_j0d12b8 wrote

The fact so many people talking about exploitation as if they're the victims of the system when they're the ones doing a lot of the exploiting is a testament to the entitlement many people gave.

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