On the way to work yesterday I saw a new billboard. I normally look at them and never give them a second thought. But this one bugged the crap out of me. It had a large eye catching phone number. Underneath was the catch line ‘dump your debt, keep your stuff’.
As a person trying their hardest to get out of debt this makes me mad. It makes it look like you can shed all responsible for getting in over your head. People continue to think there is an EASY button for everything. Here are some common examples.
- Take this pill and you will loose weight without changing your eating habits
- Follow this program and you will make a $100,000 from home while watching TV
- Use this shampoo and you’ll grow your hair back so you can get all the women you want
We’ve bought into this marketing for years. We are the ones that keep these companies in business. Our constant search for the easy way out is making other people rich, and not improving our lives. Besides, the products just don’t work.
Come on people wake up. Working hard and having a P-L-A-N is one way to get to your goals. I know some people have made millions the easy way, but I believe they are the extreme exception to the rule. Stop looking for a bailout, it will never come.
It is our behaviors that have created these problems. We’ve bought into the hype and tried to keep up with the Jones for too long. Time to wake up America. Put the TV remote down and start to make your plan. Yes your plan. You are the only one who can change your life. Calling the company mentioned above could solve your debt problem, but only if you are willing to have that bankruptcy on your record for life and only if you “qualify”. Filing bankruptcy doesn’t change the habits that got you to that point in the first place. Just like the magic diet pill that worked for 2 weeks, the weight and the debt will be right back where it was when you started. Unless of course you make the changes required to keep the weigh off and stay out of debt!
Is it just me? Or do you have similar thoughts?
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Dude – AWESOME post. One of my faves from you.
Thanks J. Money,
That means alot, guess I should continue to let my passion fly.
Jeff