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That's not the only thing. The other thing that can cause it is a job/career that you hate and feel trapped in. If you have your own sense-of-self then you'll be fine.

@Darth__KEK: let’s be honest the only reason one would be stuck in such a position is because one they are saddled with huge debt due to foolish choices, or two being saddled with wife and kids. Although option two falls under option one I guess....

One should always strive towards financial independence.... A man wishing to thrive and improve himself should focus on obtaining a 400k to a million dollars. I think that is the minimum requirement to become self sufficient. Since having that amount allocated across stocks, bonds and high interest saving accounts plus use of CD accounts allows a man to not have to work for money but instead start working to obtain more opportunities in live. And with the rise of wealth one can focus on creating these companies and solutions that we hear everyone speak about in the manosphere. Such work will obviously take a lot of time and effort but if done right and wisely then anything can be achieved with sufficient time. The most important quality to strive for is to not be controlled by ones emotions. From what I’ve read fear and desire are the greatest emotions that the majority of people suffer from and as such they have a difficult time dealing with. To be precise the ability to control one’s fear of money and desire for more, more and more. Fir uncontrollably spending is the antithesis of wealth generation. One should instead be wise and selective in how end when they spend these resources since they are an extension of one’s free will and character as a person. One’s “stuff” is an extension of who they are and how they present themselves. And through a combination of saving, CD accounts with the highest interest rate you can find, same with online saving accounts one can build up their wealth given enough time. Especially if one invests in stocks and is wise about it—not putting in more than what is chump change fir that person. Therefore, like I mentioned before investing one’s time, energy, and resources in worthless pursuits can leave one penny less. Be it finesse or any other area, as such one should try to be wise when spending their time, energy and resources for these things will be an extension of oneself and who they are.

@eldrazi317: what I mean by that is if you have qualified for an office job (e.g. programmer) and you get paid a lot of money, but find after years you hate cublicle life, it can be hard to lose that high income and move to a blue collar job let alone get skilled and recognised in a blue collar job. I agree about financial independence, should you get to a good level of resource you can quite the cubicle.

@Darth__KEK: I can definitely see the cubicle as a short term solution to get lots of cash flowing, but it’s require one to mainly focus on creating their own passive streams of income plus maybe a small online business to get started. Everything is slowly but surely moving online. Just look at Amazon—they now sell food of all things!

And are a competitor of Walmart.