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Which is why millions stay broke, have no direction in life and are waiting for their check in order to survive. I give credit to these folks who are trying to help though (yes I know much is profit driven, so what). <br />
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If even 1 person is doing better financially through proper planning, that helps dozens of others. Its the rising tide scenario.
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<b>Read between the bold if you just want the important part, without the shotgun of thoughts.</b><br />
I'd like to add that there's another way to look at it... 3,000 people got their curiosity satisfied, but 2,200 didn't think it was for them. Ok, great. Hopefully that's one less distraction towards something they do want.<br />
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The other 800 are people who do want to own their financial life, and these 800 individuals now have direction to match their desire.<br />
<b>Thank you.</b><br />
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Statistics are a funny thing. When a number is put next to another one, it significantly changes the value of the number. Even when these numbers are about very important things, it still works that way. Example? If I said "An earthquake rocked the foundations of Happy Jo's Funporium earlier this morning. There was 35,000 unexpecting attendants, out of which 6 drowned when the water slide collapsed." ... Despite how tragic that is, the mind very likely wants to look at that six and make your first reaction "Well that's not so bad then."<br />
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Comparatively speaking, if the report was "At 2PM, an earthquake hit Happy Jo's Funporium, collapsing the water slide and killing 6 attendants." the mins wants to compare the two numbers (even though they aren't really related) and go "Holy crap! Those poor people!" because 6 is much larger than 2.<br />
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... That is gotten from a corrolation of my own thinker, and an article that sites researchers discovering that we value an object based on the next closest number (it mentioned two TV's, one at 800 one at 500, even if they're basically the same thing we'll assume the 800 is better) and goes on to say that they had students look at the last few digits of their SSN before making a purchase. Whether they thought the purchase was big or small was hugely influenced by the other, unrelated number.<br />
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Geeze, this is turning into a lecture. Well, I only have two more thoughts, so bear with me if you like.<br />
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It's very easy to lose the humanity in a statistic. The mind seems to have trouble putting faces, needs, personality, achievements... All the things big and small, to a number. Yet if you were to look at an actual group, while 800 as a number is insignificant as a number, it can regain all those qualities that matter.<br />
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And finally... You can't really compare those two metrics in the first place. Learning of, and finding the celebrity that falls down for one is very easy. They likely already know about the celebrity, and need only to watch clips from movies/songs/whatever before they will stumble on that video.<br />
On the other hand, a millionaire mindset doesn't have the same kind of cultural exposure, media coverage, or entertainment value. In fact, many people who begin with the onset idea that they want to be rich lose their interest sooner than later, when they're hit with the sales, promised a strong downline, bombarded with ugly websites, scammed for thousands, told that 'the rich would never share their secrets, stupid! That's why they're rich!', fed trivial tips and, yes, even the 'hokey' self empowering stuff that we all love here is a major turn off for most people.<br />
I could get into a thousand reasons for that, but I'll spare your sanity by just offering one. "They don't know better." Yep. The reason they need it, is the reason they won't accept it.</div>
