Poverty

What is Poverty?

Poverty is….

1. Poverty is thinking your children are your retirement plans.
2. Poverty is thinking the only way to train is adult is deprive him of financial assistance.
3. Poverty is thinking buying a car/house for your child is spoiling them.
4. Poverty is having faith without any work.
5. Poverty is saving money to spend time, when you can save time and spend money.
6. Poverty is thinking your wife shouldn’t earn money than you.
7. Poverty is thinking more than one body piercing symbolises promiscuity.
8. Poverty is saying I made it during harsh condition, everyone else should be able to.
9. Poverty is thinking money solves all life problems.
10. Poverty is refusing to do bank transfers outside your bank, because of bank charges.
11. Poverty is being a YES man.
12. Poverty is worshipping money.
13. Poverty is arguing who is the head of the house.
14. Poverty is thinking a man should be responsible for your bills.
15. Poverty is not being able to stand for what you value.
16. Poverty is why ponzi schemes thrives.
17. Poverty is why you listen to politician unrealistic campaigns, and buy them.
18. Poverty is being rigid.
19. Poverty is sychopancy.
20. Poverty is “he/she too young to drive a nice car”
21. Poverty is why spend X amount on a phone when you can buy a land at XXX.
22. Poverty is doing manual labour when we have machines for that.
23. Poverty is if i spend X amount on her, it must lead to sex.
24. Poverty is the Trader Moni Initiative.
25. Poverty is holding on to power for long.
26. Poverty is hard work always equals to success.
27. Poverty is why you won’t employ a cook but you want you wife to cook.
28. Poverty is lack of exposure.
29. Poverty is I’m covered wit the blood of Jesus, I don’t need insurance.
30. Poverty is not knowing the different between needs, and wants.
31. Poverty is quantity over quality.
32. Poverty is using N1500 to cook soup.
33. Poverty is boiling borehole water to drink, but pure water is bad.
34. Poverty is being materialistic.
35. Poverty is being financially irresponsible.
36. Poverty is submitting to DV because of monetary gains.
37. Poverty is collecting, and not giving.
38. Poverty is entitlement to other people’s money.
39. Poverty is always asking for fish, and not learning how to fish.
40. Poverty is thinking having your kids outside is bad investment.
41. Poverty is why go out, when there is rice at home.
42. Poverty is my father’s property is mine
43. Poverty is not leaving your comfort zone.
44. Poverty is saving money to be rich.
45. Poverty is thinking fraud is the only way out.
46. Poverty is insecurity.
47. Poverty is a mentality.
48. Poverty is not lack of money.
49. Poverty is thinking being rich excuses bad behavior.
50. Poverty is a disease.

Yes privileges exist, some are born into rich homes, and some are not, but the truth is whether we like it or not, it’s never about the physical cash, but the mind. A man with a rich mindset will never be poor irrespective of his finances.

Like Jordan Belfort (Wolf of Wall Street) said, “There is no nobility in poverty”