I was just doing the rounds on Myspace and I saw a new ad. The ad said something like “An entrepreneur makes $3,000 a month” or something to that affect. Being the jerk that I am, I clicked on the ad to see their landing page (I’m a jerk because this click probably charged the marketer at least $0.30). The ad took me to some crappy landing page, then I clicked on the actual offer that was being advertised. Low and behold it took me to a page trying to tell me that I could make $3,000 on Google fast, free, fun and easy. Lets stop right there.
Nothing in this life that is worth doing is fast, free, fun and easy. Anything of value takes some time, effort, determination and a variety of other words in that genre. I think I threw up in my mouth a little bit when the interactive man on the screen told me this:
“It’s simply not fair. The rich are born lucky and get all sorts of tax advantages from the government, money from their parents, and a social circle which opens up all sorts of opportunities from corporate america. The rest of us working class folks aren’t so lucky. We’ve got to put up with the discomfort of dead-end cubicle jobs. Living from paycheck to paycheck at the mercy of the U.S. government. Talk about life not being fair. After being the victim of so many rip offs and scams over the years, it takes a lot for me to get excited about a business opportunity. But this is a very big deal. Now, for the first time in history the unlucky ones can become lucky. The playing field has been leveled. And I’ve set aside a package for you which reveals the inside secrets on how you could fire your boss and earn 3000 a month using google. And I insist on revealing it to you risk free. So fill out the form below and get started today as I cannot guarantee that I will keep the light on this offer much longer.”
This is the biggest bunch of garbage I have ever heard. While it is true that the rich are typically born into special circumstances and have quite a few advantages, it’s simply not true that everyone making a decent salary was given a golden jet pack. Most of the rich people today went through many of the same things that the “normal” people are currently going through, they just found a way to overcome. I’m not rich right now, but I plan on being wealthy in a few years and I definitely don’t want to be looked upon as “born lucky”, or “given everything from my parents.”
Give rich people a break. Stop complaining and do what they did – work! They’re wealthy because they put in the effort to become wealthy.
Most importantly, don’t fall into these ridiculous marketing schemes. You’re not going to be able to make $3,000 a month fast, free, and easily. At the very least, you’re going to have to put some money down yourself to get started. These marketing schemes make you feel like you are poor because rich people are jerks and made you that way. Lets get something straight: You don’t deserve more than you have. Now get to work and start making your dreams a reality.
