I've never understood why some people have no motivation to be successful.

[agentbad]

what about physical ailments some are born with. one person might have bad asthma and the next cancer. not very big motivators for success if you can't breathe.

 

[OfficeLinebacker]

Originally posted by: agentbad

Originally posted by: daveymark
A lot of it has to do with change. How many of us work with someone that complains about their job, yet they still punch in, day in and day out? Some people, they arent' comfortable with change. It means they have to move out of their comfort zone. It might mean going without health insurance for a while, or living on ramen noodles. Some people just aren't willing to do that.

thank god for ramen noodles.


until ghost in the shell becomes a reality and people will be able to dive into others minds to know exactly how people feel than there will always be people asking these questions. i like to think of people as closer to being full animal than human. lets take a dog for instance, abuse a dog and it will cowar in your presence. abuse it further and it will either attack you or avoid your presense all together. show it affection and it will come to you and maybe even forgive you. people follow this pattern much like dogs do. the big problem is you can't immediately tell which person is damaged and which isn't. it's hard to function in society if you can't get your mind to cope with it. the mind can be emotionally or physically damaged to the point of no return. its estimate that 35% of troops that come back to iraq need some kind mental health help before returning to normal life. there are a lot of homeless vets out there because they have seen what the world can really be like.

that's a great point. Kind of ironic that the gov't takes these kids, uses and abuses them during their most productive years, and leaves them as damaged goods.

like you said, it's impossible to tell beforehand which will be stronger for the experience, which will be largely unaffected (just with some wild stories to tell), and which third or so are broken

out of those 35%, which are "broken" forever and which can be rehabilitated?

of the middle group, which were messed up to begin with (thus the "largely unaffected") and which are just good at not letting stuff get to them?

The military is ripe for a very deep study on psychology and markers for predicting who is better equipped to bounce back from severe psychological trauma.

 

[Lizardman]

what do you do qosis?

 

[TheAdvocate]

I'm not going to read 7 pages of the same opinions and partial excuses...

Anywhere in all those replies did ANYONE bother asking where this $8/hour employe is going to get startup capital? Let alone, enough money to float the business for the cycles that it will take to become profitable. No bank will ever give that person a line of credit, or if they did, the hourly employee would have to put up his/her equity in their home, or whatever other meager valuables they have, all in exchange for bare minimum or insufficient funds, at a very high cost of funds (interest rate).

It's just not financially possible. That person *could* find a money investor/silent partner, but those folks are loathe to turn over control to a non-stakeholder.

Sorry folks, but there really is something to the old adage that it takes money to make money. It also takes a decent education, both in school and in business, to achieve success.

The simple, definite answer to the OP's question is that they do not because:

1) They cannot (lack of opportunity).
2) They're afraid of change
3) They are unaware of opportunities
4) They're dumb or otherwise handicapped (from a success standpoint)

Ever seen a street kid who hustles (drugs, fenced goods, etc)? It most CERTAINLY IS NOT a question of motivation. There are kids out there who bust their rears selling things we wish they wouldn't sell simply because that's the main and easiest (though riskiest, which brings in to question the fear angle) opportunity available to them.

My $.02.

 

[phantom309]

Van Halen recorded "Flirting With the Devil" and became Famous Rock Stars!
Look at all those stupid losers playing in bar bands. Why don't they just record "Flirting With the Devil" and be Famous Rock Stars too?

 

[bluemax]

It's been said in the thread, but wrongly.

"The LOVE of money is the root of all evil."

You need money to survive, but being obsessed with getting as much as possible is super unhealthy..... I had bosses like that. The corporations loved him because he was greedy for profits. He refused to allow his employees time off for important family events... "Your job comes first so you can support your family!" ...and he wonders why he's on his third marriage. 😉

 

[bluemax]

Originally posted by: OfficeLinebacker
without the less successful people the successful people clould never succeed.

A perspecive employer asked an applicant, "Were you in the top half of your class?"
He replied, "No, sir. I was in the portion that made the other half possible."

😉

 

[zanieladie]

I wanted to respond with something clever...but I'm just not motivated to read this entire thread. Sorry...

 

[LumbergTech]

people are under the impression that they arent in charge of their own destiny...its a difficult lesson to truly grasp and learn in life, we have limitations in life but we cant use them for excuses because life is too short for that ******..i had to learn it the hard way..im starting out late in life but im trying my damndest to make it to where i want to be in life (started college at 23 instead of when i should have at 16 when i dropped out of high school)

 

[The Batt?sai]

Originally posted by: MazerRackham
He beats them with a stick!

winnner :thumbsup:

 

[The Batt?sai]

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: Nik
Maybe they're happy with their life? Maybe they hold a higher value on things other than the size of their wallet? Maybe they measure success differently than you do. Maybe they don't have to be the world's richest man in order to consider themselves successful. Maybe they're happy with a simple life? Maybe they value their $8 per hour more because they work harder for it.

I never thought I'd say this, but thank you, Nik.

hear hear

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Qosis
What stops those people working minimum wage from seeing the opportunity right in front of them? They know the business inside out from working on it... Why would they settle for such a meager wage?

Chronic, deep depression, which prevents a person from seeing opportunity or hope for anything better. Low pay prevents them from having the time or money to get professional help.

 

[Beev]

I'm in college to become a teacher. A multilanguage teacher to be exact. I will not be considered successful as I will not make a lot of money, but I will enjoy what I do and that's all I care about.

 

[sandorski]

So when everyone gets "motivated"(ignoring other necessary factors)and opens a 7/11, McDonalds, Auto-Dealership, Furniture Store, or whatever type of business they toil in now, who are they gonna hire to work there? How are all the businesses going to compete when there are way too many for the Market? How are all the "successful" people going to lounge around when they have no employees to do the work and they can't Sell enough product to pay the Bills?

Truth is, it's a damn good thing most people are not "motivated" to be "successful". Everyone simply can not be Wealthy to the point of not doing anything, as there's always something needing to be done.