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But, look closer. Look at the biggest millionaires. Look at Bill Gates. The guy is the definition of geek. Look at Mark Zuckerberg. It’ s hard to think of a nerdier looking person than him, and yet he’ s the youngest billionaire in the history. The guy virtually controls everyone’ s life around the globe. Something to think about, isn’ t it?
BUT, CAN YOU REALLY TELL THAT BY THE WAY THESE PEOPLE LOOK?
Imagine someone coming from an alternate dimension, who knows nothing about the people on the earth. Do you think they could describe a person’ s personality – who they are – purely based on their looks? Chances are slim to none!
WE’ RE THE CREATURE OF THE EYES
We rely on our eyes to judge / analyze things. But, when we scratch the surface, things often turn out to be completely differently and not how they looked initially. That’ s the power of deception. The entire advertising industry has been long exploiting the power of deception to lure the customers in. You pass by a bakery shop and all the items are presented in an alluring way to catch the customer attention. But, we all know that most of the stuff that looks good on the surface, doesn’ t necessarily taste that good. The same way, just because someone appears to be rich looking outwardly, may actually be buried under a mountain of debt.
THE‘ MARK ZUCKERBERG’ STORY
Just the other day, Discovery was broadcasting a show about Mark. It talked about how his employees thought that Mark wears the same jacket again and again. It was not until later that the employees at Facebook found out that he actually has several jackets that look exactly the same. An average person will be thrown in for a loop hearing this. But, there’ s a reason why he wears similar looking jackets every day. It saves him the time and the energy that is otherwise wasted browsing through the wardrobe trying to figure out what to wear. Zucker knows that he only has one item to pick and so he can save more time and use it to actually become rich instead of looking rich.
If you were given a choice between looking rich and being rich, what would be your pick? Different people will have their own pick.
FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM – the game of deception based on looks
It’ s hard to imagine any other platform that could better describe the game of deception involving looks than these leading social media channels. Do you really think people actually look the way they try to portray themselves on Instagram and Facebook? We all know how sometimes people that we meet on everyday basis sometimes look like an entirely different person on Instagram – all thanks to the countless filters and effects available. Just because a person is relaxing near a swimming pool or near a beach doesn’ t mean that, that person is having the time of his life. People only show what they want to show, and not the truth. What we see on Instagram are only the highlights of people’ s lives. Try to catch them off guard someday relaxing in their PJs and you’ ll see what they actually look like. The same concept applies to looking rich and actually being rich.
It’ s not to say that the two are mutually exclusive. Meaning if you are rich then you would look ugly or that all broke people look good. It’ s just that the two don’ t necessarily define each other.
RICH PEOPLE DON’ T HAVE TIME TO LOOK RICH because they are busy making money.
By all means, go ahead and look great! Just don’ t always think that good looks are the definition of wealth and richness. Most rich people are busy making money and couldn’ t care less about what they look like, because they don’ t have anything to prove and hence don’ t feel the need to overcompensate for things by their looks.
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