What makes people so greedy/jealous/unthankful

by hoser 18 Replies latest jw friends

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  hoser

  the owner of the company that I work for was talking to me today about his brother who chose a different line of business and makes more money than him. he seems to be upset about his choice of work.

  but when when I look around this guys yard he has done very well for himself but apparantly not as well as his brother. im thinking he should be very thankful. I look around his place and see a motor home, boat, three nice newer vehicles 3 snowmobiles a very nice house. He was also telling me earlier they have a vacation property in Mexico.
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  jgnat

  It has to do with what people value, I guess.

  
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  new hope and happiness

  I think succesful people simply accept themselfs for who they are.

  I always felt sorry for a rich lady i new. Why? Because she lived alone in a big house . Now i envy her. Why? Well its not the house....it's because she is able to live by herself in contentment.
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  James Brown

  My guess it has to do with ambition.

  I'm not sure where ambition comes from.

  Maybe circumstance.

  Someone who grew up with nothing might be ambitious to accumulate a lot of things.

  While someone who grew up with a lot might just be happy to maintain.

  I think it might be easier to describe how to become successful than to determine why some people try and some don't.

  Probably the people that succeed and accumulate a lot have a written plan.

  And those that dont, dont have a written plan.

  But the question is why do some have a written plan

  and some do not?

  I guess some just don't care.

  Some are content with less.

  Some are secure with less.

  And some are insecure so they need a lot.

  Also before they had all the designer diagnosises back in the 60's and 70's

  if a person was greedy, jealous and unthankful, people would just say, "He is an axxhole".
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  prologos

  hoser, only you know the TONE of the conversation, but

  perhaps your boss was bragging by playing the 'humble card' for himself , but really showing that you- not only could not better him, but certainly not the combined prowess of his even better FAMILY.

  be your own man. -&-

  Snow mobiles are the original outdoor sin.
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  Vidiot

  Whoever has the most toys when he dies wins.
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  hoser

  Prologos

  i never looked at it that way. Maybe he was bragging. I'm not jealous in any way. we're doing ok even though we wasted the first 15-20 years of our working lives brainwashed . We're in catchup mode right now.

  Vidiot : the one with the most toys when he dies wins but he still dies.
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  Vidiot

  hoser - "...he still dies."

  But he WINS!!!
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  James Brown

  I have a lot of toys.

  I stopped early to play with them.

  I wont have the most toys when I die.

  But I will have spent a lot of time playing with the toys that I have.

  And If I see a toy I like I buy it.

  But I ask myself, will I have time to play with it.

  And when will I have time to play with it.

  I have been retired now for 2 years.

  And there are not enougb hours in a day.

  I can not play with evrything I got in a way I want and as much as I want in any given day.

  I doubt I will have time to do and play with all the things I have in the rest of my lifetime.
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  William Penwell

  My experience when it comes to $$$$ all these pious hierocrats would do anything for it.