People Who Warn You About “Hustle Culture” Should Warn You More About Poverty

There’s a rebellion taking place in society.

Masses of people are clamoring and picketing for a four-day workweek. Working four days a week isn’t necessarily the problem. It’s the motivation behind why these people want to work fewer days.

It’s because they hate to work hard.

How, why, and when did this happen?

America was founded on the principles of hard work from the prospect of achieving the “American Dream.” If you worked hard enough for long enough, you could get the life you wanted. It was a way out for the “regular people” that separated us from the rest of the world.

Sure, people want to be paid more and should be in many positions. However, even if they were paid more, it doesn’t mean they’d enjoy working hard and would work harder. Success makes people lazy, so they would essentially work less.

Where did this hatred of hard work come from? And why is it a bad thing? Let’s explore.

Bashing Hustle Keeps You Poor

“Relax.”

“You’re working too hard.”

“Take a break.”

While that may be true at times and rest is, indeed, necessary, rebelling against working hard and “hustling” doesn’t solve your money problems. It makes them worse.

When people listen to these “Anti-Work Gurus,” they waste time and lose even more money by skipping work. Even worse, they lose time, which can be used to better themselves, increasing their value in the marketplace.

Whether you like it or not, agree with it or not, it doesn’t matter. Hard work is the formula for success. It’s the blueprint.

Regardless of how you feel about it, nothing good happens without hard work.

This tweet from Dr. Julie Gurner says it all:

“People who warn you about "hustle culture," should warn you more about poverty. 

Sometimes the only way out, is through.”

She’s right. The dialogue and warnings spouted by these “Anti-Work Gurus” surrounding hustle culture are buzzwords designed to get people riled up to start wars online and picket for a four-day workweek.

This behavior solves nothing, though–especially the money problems of these individuals. And those who don’t solve problems end up in a world of financial pain and heartache. People should warn them about that.

You might feel money is terrible. Capitalism is for crooks and rich people suck.

But is that true?

Is Money the Root of All Evil?

No. Money is a tool.

Money is like a knife. You can use a knife to stab someone or to spread butter on bread.

I’m not saying bad people haven’t done terrible things with money. They have. But most rich people were once broke. And I mean homeless-level broke.

John Paul DeJoria went from a homeless guy living in his car to becoming a billionaire with a net worth of $3 billion.

He also has a foundation named “JP’S PEACE, LOVE & HAPPINESS FOUNDATION,” which is committed to contributing to a sustainable planet through investing in people, protecting animals, and conserving the environment.

Yeah. He sounds like a real supervillain.

Poverty is the root of all evil. It’s the real devil.

It puts us in a state of complete panic and desperation. We stress, freak out, and lose our minds.

Poverty is what inspires the poor to rob, steal, and hold people up at gunpoint. It’s a poisonous mindset that cripples individuals with negativity and bitterness.

That’s a mindset that leads to being permanently broke. And, unfortunately, that’s what rebelling against hustle culture leads the masses to, whether they realize it or not.

Often, when you research the wealthiest people, they’ve had times when they were flat broke and could’ve stayed there. However, they never succumbed to the poverty mindset.

The difference was they knew it was only temporary, and they didn’t bash money or the people working to solve the problem of poverty in their lives.

The rebelling hustle culture crowd does that, bitching with a sense of entitlement. That behavior will keep you broke forever.

The Harshest Money Advice You’ll Ever Read

Warning: This advice is not for the faint of heart:

“The first lesson to get out of poverty is just two words: ‘my fault’ — Alex Hormozi.

Talk about a bitter pill to swallow. Yet, it’s true. I can hear the rebellious hustle culture crowd now:

“How dare you! It’s not my fault! It’s the government’s fault!”

“Rich people are the culprit!”

“Capitalism is the enemy!”

“I didn’t have a choice with how I was born!”

You’re right. You don’t have a say in how you’re born, what color you are, where you were born, your sex, or what hand life has dealt you. 

However, you do have a say in how you choose to live your life and what actions you take.

What Alex is saying is wealth is your responsibility. And poverty is a lack of responsibility on your part. And it’s hard to argue with him.

Unless you’re battling cancer or clinically ill, there’s really no excuse not to change.

Yes, you could whine, cry, bitch, complain, picket, and moan with the rest of the rebellious hustle culture crowd, but how does that solve your money problems?

It doesn’t.

And it takes the same effort to choose to complain as it does to change.

As soon as you accept responsibility for your life, you take your power back. And that power is how you can change your situation.

The BMM Takeaway

It’s amazing how quickly these “Anti-Work Gurus” blame others for their lack of fortune.

I thought gurus were supposed to teach with the intent of bettering people. How does teaching a nation to hate working hard better their lives? Moreso, how does blaming accomplish anything?

It doesn’t.

Earl Nightingale famously said,

“We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it.”

And true gurus are the first to impart that advice to their students. 

Every choice that we all make is our responsibility. Wherever our lives are currently, it results from our previous choices. 

Take a look at your actions now.

Are you whining? Are you crying, complaining, moaning, picketing, and blaming the rich for your problems?

If so, what future do you think you’re building? Hint: it’s not a good one.

Take responsibility for your life now.

Then, take a look at the life you want to live. If you don’t know what that is, create a vision of your ideal life now. Once you have that vision, reverse engineer the actions and the process you’d have to take to get there.

Now, execute those actions daily. 

That’s how you separate yourself from society. That’s how the “evil rich people” did it. They chose differently. And you have access to that same choice.

If you like poverty, that’s cool. Keep picketing.

If not, make a different choice.