Dean Graziosi grew up poor and says that scarcity built his work ethic in ways comfort never will. Without a clear vision of their future, kids drift through life unmotivated. Parents need to help them find a purpose they actually care about, whether that's teaching, building a business, or something else entirely.
When kids grow up living in abundance, how do they learn to fight like they're broke? I know what you went through as a kid and where you grew up. I didn't grow up too far from where you did. Similar type area, similar type town. I went to school without lunch money. I got made fun of because my mom's car was so beat up and used to break down on the way to school. And kids would pass on the bus. I have that still inside. That broke kid still lives inside of me. And I still work like I'm broke. But you have to find other ways to motivate a next generation. Your kids won't be motivated because they didn't have lunch money. They're never going to have that. They're never going to know a life without that. But they could be motivated not to live into their full potential. They could see people who've coasted their whole lives and they don't find happiness and joy. And I don't care if my daughter, my son wants to be the best teacher in an entire school, I will support them. They don't have to be crazy entrepreneurs, but they need a compelling future. If not, you just drift.
