What Are You Thinking?

A gent by the name of Steve Siebold authored a book entitled, "How Rich People Think." His motivation and materials were results from three decades of interviewing the very wealthy. Far be it from me to refute his insight as he uncovered and dissected the pondering thoughts of the likes of Donald Trump or Mitt Romney. However, I would disappoint myself accepting all premises.

Feelings of  doubt and mild indignation arise within me concerning Mr. Siebold's format presentation if the Business Insider article written by Mandi Woodruff was using the same 'term' identification for middle and low income people as did Mr. Siebold. The Business Insider article lists all 21 of Siebold's ways that rich folks think about money. Each of the 21 reasons advanced begins with the same first two words; "Average people ...," followed by a differing 'rich' person thought or opinion. Naturally, the two views were widely different. Here is my problem with the presentation: The word 'average' is defined as ordinary or usual and the antonym would be extraordinary or exceptional.
This reporting jargon suggests that people who lack a certain level of wealth or drop below some magical bank account balance cannot achieve any higher life-status or self-worth beyond average.

There were also a few debatable theories advanced from the mouths of 'them that got;'  I would challenge #2, "Average people think selfishness is a vice whereas rich people think selfishness is a virtue." I read in another book that people who follow Christ believe selflessness is the Christian's virtue. Accepting both views, I can then conclude that rich people are NOT Christians. #7 stated, "Average people earn money doing things they DO NOT love and rich people follow their passion earning money. Begging to differ, I observed over forty-years, special education teachers working with their students and I dare say that the job REQUIRES the greatest amount of passion imaginable and if that teacher is lucky, perhaps they will attain a top salary of about seventy thousand dollars a year after thirty years working. I will acknowledge that it seems that most rich people do have a passion for money.