10 habits of poor people - get rid of them urgently if you want to get rich

Psychologists and financiers have compiled a list of 10 habits of the poor - they prevent people from earning more, saving and feeling confident in the future. Here's what not to do if you want to improve your financial situation.

Test yourself! Put a like (if this behavior is typical for you) or a dislike (if this is not about you) after each sign.

1. Save on quality products and things

When people do not have enough money to meet their needs, they try to save. However, saving has nothing to do with buying cheap goods.

By spending a nominal 200 rubles on a good piece of meat, you can prepare a tasty and healthy dish - it will have a high protein content. A cheap cut, with little muscle tissue but a lot of fat, will cost 100 rubles, but a person will not enjoy the meal, and in the long term such meals will negatively affect his health.

Having bought a well-tailored coat made of high-quality wool for the same conventional 10,000 rubles, its owner will look respectable, and the item will retain its decent appearance for several years. Chinese consumer goods costing 1,500 rubles will wear out within a season, and its cheapness will be revealed by crooked seams, ugly buttons and a strange cut.

The same examples can be given about household appliances, accessories, furniture and other things.

2. Refuse to learn new skills

“Why do I need this”, “It’s too difficult, I’d rather ask someone to do it”, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” - such phrases are often uttered by people whose income is below average. By refusing to acquire new skills, they voluntarily deprive themselves of the chance to find a well-paid job. Instead, they sit for years in a nameless office in the outskirts - so what, the minimum wage, but the bosses don’t demand anything.

3. Talk a lot and do little

Poor people tend to talk about what they could achieve if the world were different. But when asked if they tried to do anything based on current realities, they answer negatively - “why, because I won’t succeed anyway.” They also talk a lot about their plans and ideas, but rarely put them into practice.

4. Spending money on unnecessary things

The real scourge of the poor is stocks. Seeing a yellow or red price tag, they grab everything from the shelves, consoling themselves that someday this thing will come in handy. This is how they appear:

• clothes that do not match other elements of the wardrobe;
• inappropriate color cosmetics;
• interior decorations that do not fit into the decor of the house;
• food stocks that later have to be thrown away due to spoilage.

Rich people, on the contrary, will prefer to overpay, but will buy exactly the thing that they will use often.

5. Act according to a pattern without analyzing the situation

Poor people follow patterns without thinking about the actual benefit. For example, it is generally accepted that growing vegetables and fruits in the country is cheaper than buying them in a store. In fact, the costs of seeds, fertilizers, equipment and constant trips by bus or train are not justified. The time spent fighting weeds and pests can be spent more efficiently and earn enough money not only for carrots and potatoes, but also for salmon or beef tenderloin.

6. Look for the culprits

Rich people, having failed in one of their endeavors, take it for granted and do not reject the real reasons for the failure. Poor people tend to shift the blame to parents, children, spouses, neighbors, the state - to anyone, just to “whitewash” themselves. This is one of the most harmful habits, because it does not allow a person to analyze his mistakes and move forward - every time he will step on the same rake.

7. Wasting time aimlessly

To succeed, you need to use every minute of your time with maximum efficiency. The hours allotted for work should be devoted to work and nothing else, and if a person is busy studying, he should not be distracted by crows flying outside the window. The same goes for housework - if you chop vegetables for borscht and chat at the same time, cooking will take half a day.

8.Overestimate yourself

Poor people may find it difficult to assess their capabilities, knowledge and abilities. They believe that they have not achieved anything in life precisely because of the lack of money, and not because they are lazy, afraid of change, or not ready to perceive new information.

9. Attach importance to the subjective opinions of others

Instead of listening to the voice of reason and acting rationally, poor people rely on the opinions of neighbors and acquaintances. The phrase “what will people say” becomes their life motto and prevents them from achieving success.

10. Follow the path of least resistance

Low-income people often choose a path in life that does not require investments - physical, moral, material and time. It seems to them that this way they will achieve their goal faster, but in the end they find themselves at a dead end. It is impossible to become successful and rich without doing anything.

The habits of the poor mentioned above are common to the majority. Often, this way of thinking is instilled in the family, and children, growing up, carry it into their adult lives. To break this “vicious circle”, you need to understand the mistakes in time, and then poverty will not be scary for you.