How To Succeed in 2013 (In America)

[PlayHer Man]

How do you become successful in America? It's not very hard. All you have to do is avoid the following chump moves (in no special order):

Credit Card Offers

Frequent Flyer Miles

Prosperity Theology

Believing in Magic, Fairies, Witchcraft, Fundamentalist Religions, etc.

Day-Trading Stocks

Leasing Cars

Anything heavily advertised

Anything heavily promoted in the Media

Something for Nothing

Obsessing about Politics

Get-Rich-Quick Schemes

MLM Marketing Schemes

Pyramid Schemes

Buying gold as an investment

Taking your job for granted

Not getting a good education


Sounds like a pretty obvious list, right? I mean, what idiot in their right mind would do ANY of the things listed here? No one, right?

And if you look at the economy over the last two decades, and see how things have panned out, in most cases, people who have "fallen on hard times" have fallen victim to one or more of the items listed above. In other words, there are no innocent bystanders here.

It's ridiculously simple to get ahead in America. You just have to NOT be an idiot.

Avoid doing the things on the list above and you will be successful. Guaranteed.

 

[Who Dares Win]

Regarding "not getting a good education" I may add that culture doesnt pay as people imagine.

If I were to bet between an electrician and a teacher I would bet that its gonna be the electrician to own a house first.
Cables are still used and gets broken wheter the government gives funds to them or not, a real job is the real deal.

To be useful > to be educated

 

[twentee]

not a damned thing is guaranteed you in life, and it never was or will be. inept, lazy people fail all the time, even tho they don't do any of those things. Also, bad luck happens, dude. you can get ruined by a car wreck, and scores of those happen EVERY DAY. Anyone can get sick, etc, etc. Entire industries fade away, too. Many skilled workers in coal and auto industries found out that much, the hard way. Construction workers and truck drivers have to work for half of what they should be making, because of the illegal alien influx.

 

[PlayHer Man]

Regarding "not getting a good education" I may add that culture doesnt pay as people imagine.

If I were to bet between an electrician and a teacher I would bet that its gonna be the electrician to own a house first.
Cables are still used and gets broken wheter the government gives funds to them or not, a real job is the real deal.

To be useful > to be educated

I'm not talking about "College degree" educated. I'm talking real world educated.

Knowing how the world works and how people work is probably the most important education you can have. There are loads of college educated MORONS and a good number of high school drop out successes.

 

[seagull]

What's wrong with Frequent Flyer miles?

 

[Fatal Jay]

millions of America have been brainwashed into thinking being in debt is normal

oweing people in buying car notes, loans, rent etc. they think this stuff is normal.

 

[PlayHer Man]

What's wrong with Frequent Flyer miles?

In almost all cases, it is a really sh!tty deal.

"Frequent flyer miles" credit cards usually promise to give you one frequent flyer mile for every dollar you spend on the credit card. Sometimes they double this, as a promotion, and sometimes they try to lure you with 5,000 free miles if you sign up.

To get a free flight, you generally need about 25,000 miles. Those miles usually "expire" in one or two years, if not used. So you'll need to charge $25,000 a YEAR on your credit card, just to get one free flight. That means, using that credit card for EVERYTHING you buy, and spending a lot of money. You'll also pay HIGH interest if you don't make a full payment every billing cycle. :rock:

 

[Upside]

Gotta admit, I must be a partial contributor to the decline then. My current full time job involves allocating resources in order to heavily advertise brands and products all over the country.

 

[goundra]

having a dozen or so (low or no annual fee) with very high limits is a GREAT way to have "get out of Dodge", or "cover me cheaply, medical-wise' sort of 'insurance". I'll pay 20 banks $100 each, per year, for each of those banks to let me have a 20k limit credit card, all DAY, dude. I'll use each one (if I must do so, only) a minimal amount, and pay the balance off each month, so I don't get ganked with those horrible interest rates. KNOWING that I can access (in 1/2 day) or give someone a "limited power-of-attorney" and ONE card at a time to access FOR me) 400k, is VERY good for my peace of mind. If you know jack squat about investing, you can live REALLY well on the interest from 400k, anywhere in the world You can live like a KING on the interest on such an amount, in the 3rd world. If you know what to do, you can have a "diplomatic immunity" sort of passport, skip customs, carry bags that do NOT get searched, etc. Such a passport from say, Bangladesh, is not that expensive and can be the key to making a TON of money each year, with a bit of travel.

 

[ThunderMaverick]

How do you become successful in America? It's not very hard. All you have to do is avoid the following chump moves (in no special order):

Credit Card Offers

Frequent Flyer Miles

Prosperity Theology

Believing in Magic, Fairies, Witchcraft, Fundamentalist Religions, etc.

Day-Trading Stocks

Leasing Cars

Anything heavily advertised

Anything heavily promoted in the Media

Something for Nothing

Obsessing about Politics

Get-Rich-Quick Schemes

MLM Marketing Schemes

Pyramid Schemes

Buying gold as an investment

Taking your job for granted

Not getting a good education


Sounds like a pretty obvious list, right? I mean, what idiot in their right mind would do ANY of the things listed here? No one, right?

And if you look at the economy over the last two decades, and see how things have panned out, in most cases, people who have "fallen on hard times" have fallen victim to one or more of the items listed above. In other words, there are no innocent bystanders here.

It's ridiculously simple to get ahead in America. You just have to NOT be an idiot.

Avoid doing the things on the list above and you will be successful. Guaranteed.

Damn, I wanted to lease a 2001 Ford Camaro thats 4000 at this dealership by my place. I'd be putting 400 down and paying 100 a month for monthly payments and insurance. I could get a 1300 dollar toyota tercell straight up and have less issues with it too...


....but I've always wanted a camaro

 

[backseatjuan]

How do you become successful in America? It's not very hard. All you have to do is avoid the following chump moves (in no special order):

Credit Card Offers

Frequent Flyer Miles

Prosperity Theology

Believing in Magic, Fairies, Witchcraft, Fundamentalist Religions, etc.

Day-Trading Stocks

Leasing Cars

Anything heavily advertised

Anything heavily promoted in the Media

Something for Nothing

Obsessing about Politics

Get-Rich-Quick Schemes

MLM Marketing Schemes

Pyramid Schemes

Buying gold as an investment

Taking your job for granted

Not getting a good education


Sounds like a pretty obvious list, right? I mean, what idiot in their right mind would do ANY of the things listed here? No one, right?

And if you look at the economy over the last two decades, and see how things have panned out, in most cases, people who have "fallen on hard times" have fallen victim to one or more of the items listed above. In other words, there are no innocent bystanders here.

It's ridiculously simple to get ahead in America. You just have to NOT be an idiot.

Avoid doing the things on the list above and you will be successful. Guaranteed.

There is a difference between Success and Status Quo. Title of your post should be how to keep status quo and don't fail in this economy. You can't succeed doing nothing.

I pretty much agree with your list, except two points:

Believing in Magic, Fairies, Witchcraft, Fundamentalist Religions, etc.

Buying gold as an investment


Yes, don't buy Gold as an investment. It's dumb in fact. A barrel of oil sold for the same amount of Gold in 1969 as it is selling for today. Gold is not an investment metal, it is rather protection metal. While there is a tax on your money, called inflation, Gold maintains it's value. You can buy same amount of stuff for same amount of Gold. Gold protects your money.

While I don't believe in Magic, Fairies, and Witchcraft, religion is essential part of our lives. It helps your soul. I don't know what's labeled fundamentalist religion though. I'm Russia Orthodox Christian. Catholic church is entirely secret society and perverted Lucifer worship. Perhaps they could label some branches of other Catholics as Fundamentalists.


I'm going to add to your list as well:


Hope for the best, prepare for the worst! Don't ignore conspiracy theories, don't ignore the upcoming martial law, don't ignore the upcoming market collapse. Hope it won't happen, but prepare for it!

Don't keep money in offshore accounts. Keep in mind Cyprus.

Don't keep money in any currency in any bank. All currencies are based on dollar and dollar is going to crash.

Do invest in real estate. In 1993 Soviet Rubble defaulted and people over night became poor (it's gonna happen to America soon). Those who had money (don't know if with prior warning) bought real estate. That real estate eventually doubled, tripped, 10-pped, 20-pped, etc in value and those people become very rich. While currency may crash, real estate will always be a value.

Do have a back up plan. We've been saying martial law for a long long time. Have a back up plan in case of a martial law. Let's say America turns into National Socialist Germany year 1939 and you are a Jew, what you gonna do. Have a backup plan.

Don't buy a new cars. Looses value too quickly.

Don't buy an American car. Go for German or Japanese, keeps better value.

Explore other countries, go traveling. Screw hard times, go see the world as it was your last year living. Trust me, America is feminist and homosexual infested kindergarten, it's a police nanny state, you have no freedom. You don't have to supplicate and risk your children get A.D.D. or autism from vaccines.

 

[twentee]

MUCH real estate LOSES 50% of value, quite often, in most places. Single familiy homes are LOSER propositions. People do NOT have to have such housing, but they need SOME housing. When times get tough, most of them look for CHEAP housing. the best way to make money from real estate is low $, fix it up yourself, MANY people in a big old house. As in one with 12 or more rooms divided in half, $100 per week per room, depending upon the locale. $2400 a week, x 52 weeks a year, with a WAITING list of people, with cash in hand to pay 2week's rent up front. How much maintenance cost and utility bills do you THINK you COULD have, as vs 120k a year of income from such a place? If you go at it right, you can get into such a place with 50k or less of your own money. If you are smart, there are already 12 people living in it, paying $100 a week for the big rooms, but not having a frig, AC, TV, PC and Net, not a nice place. Add those things, know a trick or two, and yes, you CAN get 2x as much rent out of the place. If you live there and manage it yourself, you will CLEAR, after taxes and all expenses, 40k+ per year. If you hire a management couple (on ss or other pension) and pay a management company to manage the managers, figure on clearing "only' 30k a year. But that is a CLEAR 60% return on investment. You won't average 10%, at the very best, on a single family residence, averaged over the years.

 

[PlayHer Man]

Real Estate can be very lucrative because you can make money two ways:

1. Equity

2. Rental Income

But its not without risk and you need to know what you're doing plus have good timing. If you buy Real Estate in an area that becomes a ghetto years later.. you're basically f*cked.

One great example of the importance of good timing can be seen in the mining towns of the 1800's. Back then a lot of mining towns were founded out West, where gold was discovered and people moved in rapidly. Very quickly, stores, shops, and houses were built, often at highly inflated prices. Just as quickly, they were abandoned once the mines gave out. If you sold during the boom you made out. If to bought you got raped.

 

[White Boy]

Why do you include Frequent Flyer miles as something to avoid?

I love travel. And if you think America is trying to lock its citizens within the country, doesn't it make sense for you to suggest that people leave?

Yeah I love traveling

 

[Dedication]

PlayHer Man, you got me interested, i agreed with almost every point but i didn't understand "Day-Trading Stocks". Could you elaborate on this one?

 

[Deep Dish]

To get a free flight, you generally need about 25,000 miles. Those miles usually "expire" in one or two years, if not used. So you'll need to charge $25,000 a YEAR on your credit card, just to get one free flight. That means, using that credit card for EVERYTHING you buy, and spending a lot of money. You'll also pay HIGH interest if you don't make a full payment every billing cycle. :rock:

If you fly before the miles expire, the expiration date is extended for another period. So you can keep the miles forever as long as you fly at least once a year, or whatever.