24 Daily Actions or Things Most People Do That Make and Keep Them Poor: Part 2

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24 Daily Actions or Things Most People Do That Make and Keep Them Poor: Part 2

Recollect: Most people remain poor because of what they doing on daily occasions. Success is the sum of daily actions done well. Success or failure is the compound result of the outcome of one’s daily actions indulged in. The things which make and keep people poor is tied to their daily actions. The actions or inactions of people often determine their progress. What are the daily actions of people that make and keep them poor? Here, are some of the daily actions of people that make and keep them poor:

13.  Faking their lifestyles: Fake lifestyle is the in-thing now. Many people cannot do without faking, their lifestyles. This days, many people take pleasure in faking their lifestyle either to boost their self-esteem or to create false impression or to just impress some persons. People spend money carelessly to meet up with their fake lifestyles. 

When you faked your lifestyle, you tend to spend more to cover up or meet up with that lifestyle. Most people spend more than their income when they indulge in faking their lifestyles. So, fake lifestyle is one thing that makes and keeps many people poor.

14. They love copying others lifestyles stupidly: Some people just like or love copying or imitating what some other people are doing. The imitation of other people style of living is also making many people to be poor. They love doing what other people are doing. They do not even care about the implications of their actions. 

They just love what they do. Sometimes, loving what you do can be self-harming like copying or imitating other people lifestyle stupidly. Just because you love it, is not enough for you to be doing what they are doing. It is this wrong imitations of other peoples’ actions or behavior that is making and keeping some people poor.

15. They do not like putting happiness or pleasure into their works: Putting pleasure or happiness or joy into once work is another area most people are failing. When you cannot put joy into your work or what you should love doing, you may end up most times not wanting to do the work with all your strength. You may also find yourself not going through or doing your work properly. 

It is this attitude of not putting happiness into one work that is also making many people to ignore some of their responsibilities.  The inability to put joy into one’s work also contribute in distracting many people from what they should be doing. Sometime, people do not give full or proper and concentrated attention to their works due to the inability of them, not putting happiness or joy into their works.

People tend to lose focus on what they are supposed to do into doing some else of less importance which they will not benefit much from. The inability to put joy or happiness into one’s works to get pleasure from doing such works is one of the actions or things that make and keep people poor.

16. They love taking pleasure in great luxury: Living in great luxury is living expensive lifestyle. You spend your money in an extravagant way or manner. You will often to so just to be pleasing people or your corrupt passions. 

Sometimes, the people you see taking pleasure in great luxury may have worked hard for it why you have not. Some people may be doing so on a short-term because they are faking their lifestyle or they are pretending to be rich but you do not know.  This habit does not allow money to stay in your hands. Anytime, you have money, you like spending it on great luxury. Your money would not last in your hands because, you lack the ability to manage it.

Taking pleasure in great luxury will not allow you to save and to invest your money. Money is not just meant to be spent carelessly, it is also meant for saving and investing. Without saving and an investment, taking pleasure in great luxury can cause you your poverty. One reason some people never really achieve their dreams is that they love taking pleasure in great luxury.

So, many people cannot control this habit, once there is money in their hands, they love spending it in great luxury. Even when, many are yet to arrive or have not yet arrive. This habit of taking pleasure in great luxury is one of the thing that is making and keeping so many people poor.   

17. They feast on credit or debt: Feasting is eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment). Credit is an arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services. This means the money involved is not paid immediately as at the time the goods and services was bought. Debt is the state of owing something (especially money). It is money or goods or services owed by one person to another. 

Feasting on debt is another action or thing that make and keep most people poor. Feast is meant for anyone who has money at his disposal. He or she has the money on hand. But when you do not have the money on hand and you want to indulge in feasting, is really a foolish thing to do. It is not advisable to borrow money for feasting either. If you must indulge in feasting, at least have the money at hand.

But there are situations where some foolish persons will be feasting on debt. And their debt keep piling or increasing without care. When money eventually come to their hands, the first thing they will be doing is to be struggling to pay their debt.

Feasting on debt discourages saving and investment. Feasting on credit or debt, when the money is not yet on hand, is one of the foolish things, people do daily which make and keep them poor.

18. They do every other things but the main thing: So many people love doing every other things but the main thing. This means that, what they are supposed to do and be doing they are not doing it. This happen when there is failure in getting ones priorities right. 

People take pleasure in doing only the things that gives them pleasure, that makes comfortable and happy. While any other thing that makes them uncomfortable and happy, even though, is what they should do, they will prefer to ignore or forget about it.

On daily occasions, people tend to neglect or ignore or forget their duties or responsibilities because of this kind of behavior. The habit of doing every other things but the main thing or what you are supposed to do is what is making and keeping people poor.

19.  They love comparing themselves with other people: Every now and then, many people love comparing themselves with other significant around them. To compare means to consider or describe as similar, equal or analogous. It vie; to assume a likeness or equality. It is to be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison. Comparing is the act of examining resemblances or differences. 

When you are comparing yourself to some persons as if you equal to them all round without taking into consideration certain factors, you will be assuming they are not better than you. Anything those other persons do, you assume or believe or accept you can equally do it also. 

Using one thing or the other to be comparing yourself to another person is not enough to make you to be doing what others are doing. The habit of comparing oneself to others around is one of the thing that is making and keeping many people poor.  

20.  Substances abuse/drug abuse: This days, many young people are taking pleasure in substance abuse or drug abuse. On a daily basis, young people are harming their future by making or taking substances or drug abuse as part of knowing how to do ‘guy’. The word guy, here, means knowing what’s up or the latest thing in terms of fashion style and the likes.

They spend more or even most of their times in the places that afford them the chances to indulge in substances abuse or drugs abuses. Substances or drug abuse is compounding peoples’ problems. 

And, it is contributing to why many people are poor and remain poor. The more people indulge in substances abuse or drug abuse, the more they end up doing the wrong things which in turn make and keep them poor.

21. They indulge or engage in idle talks: Idle talk means idle or foolish and irrelevant talk. As people indulge in idle talk, the idle talks tend to influences them negatively. Through idle talks, people make negative confessions about themselves. What supposed not come out of their mouth keep coming out as a result of idle talks? It is an irrelevant talk meaning, that the talk would not help you to grow. 

Irrelevant talks are talks which will not benefit you. You cannot perform above your confessions. The reason why some people are doing what they are doing is because of idle talks. Your words are powerful. Learn to use your words positively. When you indulge in negative or idle talks, you can only perform what is at the level of that idle talks. But your, positive talks or confessions help you to do better.

The truth is that, you cannot do better than your confessions. One daily action of people that make and keep them poor is their indulgent in idle talks or negative confessions.   

22. They do not like to complete their works: Some people take pleasure in not completing their works. Most often, they do not like to complete their works or tasks. They complain much about their works. They are interested in the benefits from the works but the pains of the works they do not like to get involved in. Because, of this disinclination to work, they tend not to always complete or finish their works or tasks at hand. 

And some other times, they complain about the distasteful or difficult nature of their works and thus, they do not want to even do the works. The result of this kind of attitude to work often make many people to do incomplete works. It is this attitude that is making people to go around their problems instead of going through.

The benefits of incomplete works is far less when compare with works that are completed of finished. Until you learn to always finish your works, you will not always get the prize. The habit of not wanting to complete their works daily, is what is making and keeping many people poor.   

23. Promiscuity: Promiscuity is indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations. The word promiscuous means casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior. On daily occasions, there are people that take pleasure in promiscuity. 

They have become addicted to it. They cannot do without being promiscuous. For instance, the prodigal son, once made promiscuity a habit and he paid dearly for it. What was the result of such habit or behavior? Promiscuity contributed greatly to his fall. Promiscuity make and keep the prodigal son poor because he was spending his money daily on it without investing a dime.     

24. They often try to impress other people: In most case, people prefer to show case their ideal self rather than displaying their actual self. Most of us take pleasure in trying to impress other people with what we have whether big or small. Because we want others to see us based on our ideal self-image we often like to display. 

As a result of trying or wanting to showcase our ideal self, we take pleasure in impressing others. The habit of impressing other people often comes with spending money carelessly or extravagantly.

This was what the prodigal son was doing, he was always pleasing and impressing the people around him with what he had. That habit caused his downfall. What makes and keeps most people poor is the issue of trying to impress others carelessly. 

To avoid making and keeping yourself poor, the above issue are worth noting. In order to prevent yourself from making the mistakes many other people have made that make and keep them poor, this article serves as a guide.