"Gain back your initial investment and more in just 7 days! No charts to read, no more research!" reads a leaflet someone stuffed in my mailbox (apparently, they really wanted me to attend this seminar, because there were five of them in there).
Clearly, in order for the people in so many industries to offer shortcuts and easy ways to a better life, there must be a demand for them.
It's true that as life gets busier, conveniences that get the job done quickly are welcome indeed to every weary soul who stumbles upon them.
I guess I don't have much of an issue with the easy way out; I'd just like to know why we're so addicted to it.
What's wrong with exercise and dieting (healthily)? If you truly want to make money through investment, isn't it wisest to put some sweat and grey cells into it rather than trusting a method that's helped someone else make his millions? How do you know you're not just another source of income for his well-lined pockets?
"But I have so little time to do all I want to do," says the beleaguered urbanite. That's true. Unfortunately, time is one thing we just can't get more of, regardless of our need. But why do we feel we have to do so much that even when we can't achieve it all the traditional, elbow-grease way, we have to find a shortcut? Why do people stretch themselves beyond capacity in order to do and achieve what they probably don't have to anyway? It's cliché but true: We're human beings, not doings. When was the last time you sat down idly without a book to read, exercises to do, or a TV/CD player bleating at you in the background, and just enjoyed being?
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Hi!
How are you? Wow, I guess the break has allowed you some time for several blog updates. Great! Take care..:)
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