We work to earn, not to struggle in life.

[Questat]

In our country, this is the most common tradition or belief. While we're young, we were taught to study hard and finish schooling, and get a stable job. Because once we have already acquired a stable job, we will start earning and improve our lives. And create consistent progress, until we end up getting rich and enjoy the best things in life.

But I don't think we are getting align with it. Instead of working to earn and get rich, why are majority now end up struggling in life? Honestly, what I'm seeing right now is that we work to survive, not to make money and get rich in the process. Could this be the real possibility of life? Or we are just blinded by fantasies in life? Or is it because working alone is never sufficient enough to make riches in life, but we need various investments to achieve success and get wealthy in the long run?

I know different opinions and ideas may arise, but I'll be more willing to read and reflect each of it.

[DiMarxist]

This a very vital concern in this education system today, after sch you will be successful, we don't even believe this again, education is the key omor, education is very important but making it look as if without education one can't be successful isn't a good way to look at it. We were told while growing up that going to school, getting the best certificate, getting a good job and working hard automatically leads up to success, but not for our today lives, after graduating to get jobs  is a thing of struggle, and if we eventually get the job doesn't mean all problems are solved, the truth is just that times have changed.
Cost of living is increasing everyday, Job's are now difficult, and salaries are not even enough to meet up with our needs. So yes many work, to survive and take care of their families.

[asriloni]

Not all of people are struggling with their life my friend. It's just people who life in the official poverty line who struggled with their life as they have very less income than the standard. If you don't wanna keep struggle in your life, take the risk and any opportunity to level up social status. We are all here to survive, yet i admit some might not lucky enough with their life as they lack of education, financial, etc.

[Helena Yu]

we will start earning and improve our lives

This one was one of the reason why people not able to get rich, they choose to improve their lives.

If a person earn $500, he able to save $50 and rest of them for monthly needs.
Now what if the person earn $5,000, how much should he save? it's $500 because he earn ten times? nope, he should save $4,550!

Don't improve your life just because you earn high than before, but it's about how much you can save and focus to reach specific amount that the interest of your investment can cover your monthly needs.

[Ishicryptic]

Most of us were handed the script that if we go to school and be serious with our studies we will graduate with flying colors and get good jobs that will make us to be comfortable and rich. This strategy or mindset used to work in former generations but now it is not working anymore, many qualified graduates are roaming the streets with their certificates looking for jobs. From my research I found out that there are more qualified graduates than available jobs and more graduates are coming into the labor market to compete with the available applicants. The way forward is for people to learn skills that are in demand, you don't necessarily need to study it in a school, make research and know how to go about it. Many young people are now earning from their skills instead of waiting for white collar jobs.

[Ultegra134]

You won't become rich just by working at someone else's company. The reason the majority of us still struggle after what we call "working hard" is because we're stuck making money for someone else. Both being an employee and being an entrepreneur have benefits and drawbacks, but being the average salaryman won't lead you to financial success. At best, you'll manage to be comfortable with money and not have to worry too much; for me, this is mostly enough. I don't have the need to become rich, but I'd like to live an enjoyable life, without having to stress about doing things I like, such as travelling, or buying stuff that I want or need.

My motto is to work for a better life, not to live to work.

[r_victory]

In the past, this was the rule, and it worked for most people: go to college, get a job, get married, and have "stability." Things are very different now; what was valid 20 or 30 years ago no longer applies to today's society. Today, the trend is entrepreneurship, and it's not for everyone. Investing is also an option, and even the ways of investing have changed. Getting rich isn't easy, it never was, but it is possible. You just have to find your way! I keep trying, but giving up is not an option.

[ejikeme24]

But I don't think we are getting align with it. Instead of working to earn and get rich, why are majority now end up struggling in life?

The truth is getting a decent job is now becoming too expensive in the country that is why alot of people have chosen to go for the one that is cheaper to get regardless the amount they are paying them, so long as the amount is enough to take care of thier basic necessity and also have some leftover of course that's what matters the most. I'm sure that if you're able to provide all your basic necessity you won't be considered being poor.

Or is it because working alone is never sufficient enough to make riches in life, but we need various investments to achieve success and get wealthy in the long run?

It all depends on the kind of work you're doing, there are some work that you can't make enough savings at the end of the month once you get paid your money goes direct to your bills even if there will be some leftover after sorting your bills it won't be enough for you to use it for other things, this way how did you expect this set of people to make riches in life? And yeah making Investment would help Alot but we need to look for a more decent job that pay a good amount of money so that it will be enough for us to sort out our basic necessity and also have enough Leftover that we can use to invest into other business/ Investment.

[Jewan420]

The idea that education will make you money is wrong. Education is not a means to earn money, rather we earn money in exchange for our work. The main purpose of education should be to gain knowledge and learn something new. Or to become a social being and also to acquire the knowledge of how to survive and struggle in society.

But day by day we are becoming job dependent and are becoming afraid of taking risks. If you keep chasing a job depending on education, then you may be able to fulfill only the basic needs. But to own a lot of money, you have to enter into business or invest. It is not that earning money is not possible without educational qualifications, knowledge is needed to earn money, which does not come from education but is given by the Creator.

[Egii Nna]

The idea of schooling to become a graduate is just for you to start a new slavery journey. But in the old days, those that graduated benefited from many things which the poor are not benefiting from. That is why our poor parents thought the best way to make it is by studying and getting a well-paying job. They didn’t know that those who work and dress good every day to work are already in debt, because people judge based on what they see, so they just look at them as the successful people.

Meanwhile, those that are already rich always go to school to get knowledge that will help them maintain their wealth and also improve their family wealth. Most of them enroll in school to learn how to read and write, not for them to work for someone.

Although I won’t say our parents made a mistake by encouraging us to study in order to get a job, because that was the best way to make it then. But now, the best way to make it in life is either in business or by having a skill that will be of useful to the masses and will fetch you a lot of money. If not, depending on a job will only make you a slave to others, although not everyone is destined to be an entrepreneur or become rich in life.

[Solodoski]

Education is very good, but we should not mistake it that once you are educated,  you will automatically become rich. Education prepares you to fit into the society and does not make you rich.
It's true that we were told when we were younger to just go to school and get a job and we get rich. I think this is a fallacy. I think for you to get rich you really need to be innovative. You don't have to depend on your job alone, but also try to invest in whatever business you think is good. I have heard stories and seen people with good jobs that earn good salary.  They live a good life when they were working and once the job ends, they begin to struggle to make ends meets. I think that's  because they don't have any investment when they were working, rather they just depend on their salary and were comfortable with it. So I think to be rich you really need investments.

[Findingnemo]

We will never get rich from earning a salary, but our teachers, parents, and everyone else lied to us because they had heard the same lie, and it just kept passing on to every new generation.

With a stable job you can get a decent life style and even a home with 20-30 years mortgage and by the time of your retirement you will have a pience of land that you can consider as yours and that's what the maximum you can achieve if you work for someone and who want to change this and rich sooner need to take risky decisions either they make it or will fail hard.

[Joy_learns_crypto]

In our country, this is the most common tradition or belief. While we're young, we were taught to study hard and finish schooling, and get a stable job. Because once we have already acquired a stable job, we will start earning and improve our lives. And create consistent progress, until we end up getting rich and enjoy the best things in life.

Maybe the tradition and believe that when we go to school we would find a stable job and live happy ever after was because that was worked then that created that tradition. Then not everyone wanted to or had the opportunity to study and finish school, there were available jobs for graduates, inflation now was high and worse than then and the dream we are chasing now is to show off but what a dream life was then was self satisfaction.

[Oshio-man]

Those that work to earn funds, find it easy to become successful man or woman in the community people will grow up to wish to become in the future because they saw something good that will make them to become successful too in life, but don't forget that some people use to be struggle from their starting before their investment will begin to grow to encourage the investors some income that will make them to improve financially and materially in the investment, once the person investment is improving he or she will begin to make what will make other investors to testify that the person is  making it from the investment, which is the reason investors are going into investment.

[SUPERSAIAN]

Human life is incompatible with this. It's already become clear that this system is no longer sustainable. Even the education system has deteriorated to such an extent that it's similar in most countries. I'm thinking about it, in my country, the annual university fees are very high. At private schools, you pay that amount for four years, then graduate. You find a job, and it takes years just to recoup your tuition. This is starting to make less sense.

[Churchillvv]

On the contrary we work to stay in the same social class while hoping to climb the next social strata whereas it’s most likely we fail of the ladder or level which we are in already. The society today doesn’t seem to be encouraging the upward movement of people from one class to another instead we seem to be working in the same vain as our parents and most likely end up like them but in a different generation where currency value differs hence no matter how much work we do or how much money we make in this current world economy we seem to be in the same place. The value of currency at our parents day is not longer same and people now work double job to acquire what they acquired with smaller jobs. Everything is the same but time evolving, and this point has validated my opinion that riches or big money never comes clear.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Could this be the real possibility of life? Or we are just blinded by fantasies in life? Or is it because working alone is never sufficient enough to make riches in life, but we need various investments to achieve success and get wealthy in the long run?

Life isn't what it used to be when the little you do can be rewarded because the industry wasn't as saturated as it is currently. Right now, you can be the best worker and still not receive the best pay because the world has evolved from what we used to know to being more complex. To become wealthy, you don't need only income, you need other sources of getting money like from things as passive income to Investments income (capital gains) and other ways of earning money. Working hard isn't going to take you out of your misery as it used to do before. You need to combine multiple sources of making money if you want to become real wealthy.

[Japinat]

I have to say, this is the reality of life. We need to work in order to survive, get feed, and have a shelter to live, otherwise if you just sit all day long, you will never be able to earn an income and survive in life. However, getting rich? No one’s get rich just by mere working, especially if you are just a minimum wage earner. But if you are a government official and mix up job with some illegal activities, surely getting rich will be easier to reach, lol.

[WillyAp]

Astonishing is the amount of leftist thoughts here in Bitcointalk.
Life is a struggle for all animals, even plants. Eat or be eaten.
Life has never been as easier than the 21 century, just look at the life of your fore fathers.

[batang_bitcoin]

In our country, this is the most common tradition or belief. While we're young, we were taught to study hard and finish schooling, and get a stable job. Because once we have already acquired a stable job, we will start earning and improve our lives. And create consistent progress, until we end up getting rich and enjoy the best things in life.

But I don't think we are getting align with it. Instead of working to earn and get rich, why are majority now end up struggling in life? Honestly, what I'm seeing right now is that we work to survive, not to make money and get rich in the process. Could this be the real possibility of life? Or we are just blinded by fantasies in life? Or is it because working alone is never sufficient enough to make riches in life, but we need various investments to achieve success and get wealthy in the long run?

I know different opinions and ideas may arise, but I'll be more willing to read and reflect each of it.

Because the system is broken and it's made for us to believe that we'll have a good life after we finish schooling and started to work. This is designed for the rich to get richer and the commoners to struggle even if we've gone through the process. So, there are jobs that workers are fortunate in getting paid rightly. But those that aren't, needs to work harder and look for more side hustles just to survive. The job market is tough and not only the wages are the problem but also the prices of the commodities and goods that we consume are dealt to inflate.