Because of stupidity?

I saw a sentence today that deeply touched me:

Poor people can't turn over because they are stupid and don't work hard enough?

Many times it is because they are caught in the trap of scarcity.

Many ordinary people are deeply affected by this scarcity trap, and even after they are rich, they can't escape the shackles. This is the status quo that most ordinary people can't escape: lack of money, resources, background, time and so on.

Because of your absence, you will have to give up more opportunities to turn over. Lao Li has worked in the workplace for more than 10 years, and his current situation and income are not much different from those of new employees. Now 40 years old, he wants to change his job, but he still owes a lot of mortgages and his life is still tight. Others advised him to find another profitable job.

He said, at my age, I dare not take the risk. What if I can't find a better job? This is my life. Every company has people like Lao Li. At the age of daring to fight, they are bound by the so-called "scarcity". When they want to exert their fists and feet, they find that things have changed.

Especially the poor (including material poverty and spiritual poverty) are easily bound by the so-called scarcity and fall into the cage of a vicious circle.

Xiao Wang is also an employee of a company. He has worked in the company for more than three years, but his salary still hasn't been raised. Every day, he has to worry about his financial situation. Tomorrow, he will pay the mortgage, and the children's tuition is due again. The bill of "Double Eleven" came, which reminded him of his promise to his girlfriend's birthday present. It seems that Apple's mobile phone will be IOUs again.

What makes him more headache is that by next month, a lot of bills will come to urge him. Where can he get the money? I believe many people are moonlight clan like Xiao Wang.

Not meeting the needs is the current situation of many office workers. If the company can't pay wages for a month, it may be a problem to eat. His mind is full of money, and poverty occupies his brain. This makes him listless at work every day. In order to save money, he decided to move to a farther suburb, but at the cost of having to spend more time on the road every day.

I am very busy every day and get home at 8 pm. After dinner, I lay on the sofa and played with my mobile phone for a while. Suddenly, I felt sleepy and fell asleep. I was going to study at night, but I was so tired that I forgot it long ago.

Over and over again, unconsciously, he fell into a cycle. Due to long-term neglect, the leaders have great opinions on him and lost many opportunities for promotion and salary increase. However, in order to make a living, he had to submit to humiliation, live on a wall and work without passion.

Moreover, I usually have less time for promotion and it is not easy to change jobs, so I have to stay in this company that I don't like very much.

In fact, many people, like Kevin, fall into this scarcity trap not because they don't work hard.

This scarcity is not only a lack of money, but also a lack of time, resources, contacts and so on ~

When you are in this state of scarcity for a long time, people will gradually be changed by the environment and gradually form a scarcity mentality.

This scarce mentality will seize our attention and affect our decision-making. In the long run, it will even affect our way of thinking and hinder us from getting rich.

For example, when eating with friends and colleagues, friends and colleagues always pay the bill. Imagine, who would be happy to have dinner with you? In the end, it will only alienate you slowly.

More seriously, you will gradually ignore the importance of long-term investment (education, health, financial management), because income is scarce, and you will become short-sighted. Everything is only for "money", and even encourage children to drop out of school early to work, because the return of education is long-term and the benefits of working are immediate. When choosing a job, it is easier to ignore some long-term better opportunities, but for 20% salary.

I began to overdraw my future, and finally I had to be tied up and become another "Lao Li"

How to avoid scarcity trap?

1. Save bandwidth

What is bandwidth? If we understand the human brain as a computer, bandwidth refers to its ability to handle many things at the same time.

Imagine that all you can think about is how to charge tuition for tomorrow's children. Why wait for next month's mortgage? The available bandwidth in the brain will definitely be less, and the brain will definitely not be able to put down its usual work.

Just like a hungry person, he can't concentrate. All you can think about is where to find something to eat. This is human instinct.

Therefore, a good manager will pay attention to the needs of his employees and help him reduce bandwidth consumption.

Scarcity is like a flawed program. It is not difficult to save bandwidth and reduce capacity consumption by constantly running in our brains. We just need to reduce the trivial things that need you to make decisions in life, clean up the memory regularly and leave the bandwidth for more valuable things!

This is why entrepreneurs and leaders who are busy with everything strictly follow their own schedules and do the same thing at a fixed time every day.

Why do they only wear those suits? Like Zuckerberg, Jobs Luo Yonghao, etc. They just wear those clothes all year round because they have arranged these trivial things artificially in advance, and they don't need to make their own choices at that moment, which can reduce the burden of bandwidth.

Many people have to think about which clothes to wear for half a day before going to work in the morning, which undoubtedly increases the consumption of their brain capacity. Before they get to the point, they have already consumed a lot of bandwidth by trivial matters, and they are more likely to be exhausted. So, don't worry about time, worry about energy.

2. Don't overdraw

No matter what your income is, you should set aside a part to save. "If you have food in your hand, don't panic in your heart" for a rainy day.

The money saved may not make you rich, but it will not make you scarce at a critical moment.

Don't overdraw your future and try to avoid borrowing money to buy things (except necessary financial investment). Too many bills due soon will increase your bandwidth burden.

Individuals are different from enterprises. Enterprises borrow money to invest, improve efficiency, earn more money, and individuals borrow money, most of which are squandered.

So is time. Do not overdraw your time. There is a famous saying "hate less when using books". You should spend your time on more important things that can bring you progress and promotion.

When your ability is strong enough, you won't feel why you are not talented, why no unit wants you, why no leader appreciates you, and why you haven't been promoted and raised after working for many years.

Don't make your time scarce. The roof must be repaired when the weather is fine.

3. Do something more important but not urgent

Many people don't really know their priorities. If you find yourself doing something important but not urgent every day, congratulations, you are moving in the right direction.

For example, writing and doing self-media are not urgent but important. The biggest difference between people is bandwidth. You should learn to improve your "bandwidth".

Writing is the best way to increase your bandwidth, which can continuously produce compound interest effect. Don't be too hasty, accumulate bit by bit, and after a long time, there will be a qualitative leap.

On the contrary, if you just do something urgent every day like a fireman, then you have fallen into the trap of scarcity.

It seems busy every day, but it's actually busy. Many people are poor not because they don't work hard, but because you are too busy ~