Heart felt post The richer people become the more they realise, that the material goods that they have collected, like badges, do not make them winners. My Grandfather who lived in a Village in South East Asia did not have a TV or a Car but he had fresh Fruit, Vegetables, Meat, freedom to live as he wanted. He was not shackled by debts as the majority of us are. Simpler times and one I for one long for 🎉
Really good perspective on how society blames others for their deficiencies, depression and anxiety. They don’t realize the problem lays with them and them alone. My resolution if you don’t have capacity to put the effort / motivation then withdraw and live in the country or village where you might be able to manage your anxiety and depression. Moving away like yourself is good way to step back and reassess.
This is the best RUclips channel period. I never saw you as successful until you moved into my dream home, country side, away from toxicity. I feel the same way as you, having everything to having a thirst to move away from the city and I mean like a different country where people are more important than materialistic things.
As a watcher of your channel, I see you as a successful person not because of what you have from material things but because of your success mentality you build and develobed through your life, thank you for sharing, have a nice day 🎉
Interesting points, I'd agree that if someone is asking for a scheme or pill they're asking the wrong questions and probably aren't ready for what they aspire to.
TY! Some eight years ago I realized that my financial life was not where I wanted it to be. I recall exactly where I was when I was driving to my job, when I made this decision. My first observation is a winner understands the power of a decision. On that day and for the next years I developed a process right for me to add and increase my savings and investment. Perseverance and a so-called feedback look to determine what is working, what needs to be re-considered. Be open and flexible. After eight years, and I'm entering my ninth year, I am trusting the process. I realize there are situations I have no control over. An example is the market vagaries, But, I can be resilient. Where am I now, in a completely different area than I was financially. The final trait, have a goal in mind. Am I winner, I don't know. But, this process is providing a reality of freedom. These were the steps I needed to take.
I personally believe that who you are doing things in your life for has a great contribution to your success or failure. If you are living your life to please or impress others you’ve failed before you’ve even started. As long as you are being true to yourself in whatever you are doing then this is a good springboard from which success can come. I remember in my younger years being guilty of not being true to myself in this way. As soon as I matured and shifted my thinking, wow, everything got a lot easier.
Hey! This is a great topic. As a American we are all caught up in consumerism and depends where you are it can make you feel inadequate. I like your statement about the people on the internet saying how much money they have ect. You know if you don't like your circumstances you can go and create new ones, you become what you think about, and if you think you are a victim guess what... I am 63 years old I am doing construction / remodeling and I am having the time of my life. I am very much in demand and getting better by the day at doing this. If you want to be a winner you must find something you are good at learn as much about it as you can and Excell at it, and the money/success will follow. The term winner is not really one I prefer, I am successful at my life because I walk talk and act in this mindset. You have been incredible to change your career because you were not diggin what your were doing. The last 5 years for me was stop drinking and go plant based. I lost alot of weight and going to live alot longer because of it, plus my beer money turned into paying for a BMW sportwagon. Thanks for your channel and for me to be allowed to comment on it!
Somehow some looking around on car stuff lead me to one of your Ferrari videos. I’m so glad it did. I’ve been taking in some of your content ever since. A lot of the non-car stuff. You come across as very straight-forward and genuine fella, and the content is very thoughtful and meaningful Ethan. I’m very sincere in saying that. It is very refreshing when I compare it to a lot of the run of the mill contrived content on here that I often stumble across. Perhaps your content is some of what you will leave behind to impact the lives of others, and it will be something that people will remember you by. All the best from Canada, and I look forward to following along a bit more as you move forward. Cheers
Some very good thoughts here. Good luck living abroad in the country side. Did the same, works for me. You were talking about material things, I think often you can only see the importance of things for you, if you've already owned them. Or at least something similar. For example I was always into cars, at one point in my life I was given a new not too bad car from my employer every six month (I was working for an OEM). After that I bought a five year old car, I still happily own. I don't need new cars all the time. But I only know it, because I had it. I think it's about being less easily manipulated by marketing, that is telling you that you're purchasing with a product some kind of identity. Coming to the point, for me being a winner is living free. Having the ability to decide what to do in life. Or in other words, living the life you're living by choice. But the crux is that freedom is also based on financial wealth, without, living free comes with a very high risk, which most people wouldn't feel comfortable taking it.
"Education is the great equalizer" - Horace Mann. It can change your life completely and unfortunately most people will never have it - and worse, not even know it.
There is a word which wraps up what you said and which I literary say to EVERYONE who tells me this and that and blablabla: "Excuses"..... Stop spending times excusing yourselves and JUST DO IT!
I really appreciate your outlook and thus the content you put out. We have very different goals it seems but share a similar philosophy. You are correct about the skewed perspective Americans have toward success. How the majority of sheepish Americans view success solely based on the trope of driving a Ferrari and owning a mansion with women everywhere. Success in reality, means having a positive outlook generally, having manners around others, being a gentleman, smiling in otherwise stressful situations, not burdening people with personal problems. Most of all success just means reaching and/or striving for a life that honors yourself and doesn’t pollute, destroy and dirty the world. For me success is owning a country home with animals and a quiet non audacious lifestyle. I want no adulation from vacuous people praising what car I’m driving. Etc.
Really good views Ethan, I totally agree with you. I firmly believe in embarrassing change in ones life. As I say the only constant in life is change. Enjoy the journey😊
A good video. Since you brought it up in your video on how to get rich, I want to say that some things in our life is not our fault. Some of us are born in different circumstances and some people did really bad things to us, that's usually not your fault. However, and I think this more accurately reflect the bottom line of your videos, while not everything that happens in your life is your fault, everything that happens is your responsibility. You may be in bad circumstances that aren't your fault, but it is your responsibility to get yourself out of it and improve your conditions using whatever tools you have at your disposal.
Hi Ethan. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Please make more videos like this. I believe the majority of your subscribers, including me, see you as a winner. If I had your money I would move to a warmer country and spend the whole day surfing. I would have a beautiful wife and 3 kids and loads of free time to spend with them. But like you said, we are all different with different tastes and different ideas of success and happiness.
From the comparison standpoint, although it's a toxic thing by itself, you can't compare someone's situation to yours without taking into account all the circumstances. That hypothetical "winner" person might break down in the situation you're in, because some of the things you're dealing with might be unbearable to a different person. So does the position of specific hypothehical "winner" might not meet your criteria at all, although it might look like it does. As it said in the video, the keypoint, the main criteria is meeting your own specific goals, otherwise you're just fulfilling the urge to meet some social criteria of a "winner", to fulfill some narratives you've been given since you were a toddler. I want a good car. I want a big house. Many other things. But i, personally want them because i romanticize certain aspects of it. And without romanticizing it the most luxurious car becones just a sophisticated pile of metal. And even cheap used hatchback will give you the vibe and the emotions while driving in a specific mood with a specific music and a weather, for example. And when i see people with pretty expensive stuff, meeting classic social "winner" criterias, but i see them own things without actually feeling things, i feel sorry for them, since it looks like you're having a delicious dinner, but you don't feel any taste. On the other hand i see a friend of mine, she lives a true minimalist lifestyle, having like one set of clothes, a laptop and a bass guitar and she's perfectly happy about it, since she generally don't care about social approval and does what she likes. And her approach clearly won't work for me, since i need a huge amount of instruments to make my music and minimalism wouldn't work at all. Another thing i agree on this video is that you need to put on maximum amount of effort on being better. Not neccessarily mean work harder. It means being more efficient. Find new ways, new solutions. Similar to physics - when you can spend times less force to move the object, applying that force in the right spot. And when you feel you're pushing so hard and there's no result, maybe just try pushing to some different spot on a different angle.
I agree with what you say in all your videos. But just because I also understand this ... Conscious effort is not easy for some Mr EthanFromLondon. Do you also realise this?
The true winners in the game of life are the happy players. If the thing that makes you truly happy and fulfilled is money, nice cars and clothes or luxury watches ... then so be it. However, if you find that you're getting those things because someone else is telling you that they'll make you happy then that's going to be an issue. If I bought a cartier watch right now, I'd be a sad little man with a really nice watch.
Love this!
Heart felt post
The richer people become the more they realise, that the material goods that they have collected, like badges, do not make them winners.
My Grandfather who lived in a Village in South East Asia did not have a TV or a Car but he had fresh Fruit, Vegetables, Meat, freedom to live as he wanted.
He was not shackled by debts as the majority of us are.
Simpler times and one I for one long for 🎉
Really good perspective on how society blames others for their deficiencies, depression and anxiety. They don’t realize the problem lays with them and them alone. My resolution if you don’t have capacity to put the effort / motivation then withdraw and live in the country or village where you might be able to manage your anxiety and depression. Moving away like yourself is good way to step back and reassess.
This is the best RUclips channel period. I never saw you as successful until you moved into my dream home, country side, away from toxicity. I feel the same way as you, having everything to having a thirst to move away from the city and I mean like a different country where people are more important than materialistic things.
As a watcher of your channel, I see you as a successful person not because of what you have from material things but because of your success mentality you build and develobed through your life, thank you for sharing, have a nice day 🎉
Unfortunately most people are sheep. This is why we have the society we do.
Very inspiring, thanks for sharing this
Interesting points, I'd agree that if someone is asking for a scheme or pill they're asking the wrong questions and probably aren't ready for what they aspire to.
TY!
Some eight years ago I realized that my financial life was not where I wanted it to be. I recall exactly where I was when I was driving to my job, when I made this decision.
My first observation is a winner understands the power of a decision.
On that day and for the next years I developed a process right for me to add and increase my savings and investment. Perseverance and a so-called feedback look to determine what is working, what needs to be re-considered. Be open and flexible.
After eight years, and I'm entering my ninth year, I am trusting the process. I realize there are situations I have no control over. An example is the market vagaries, But, I can be resilient.
Where am I now, in a completely different area than I was financially.
The final trait, have a goal in mind.
Am I winner, I don't know. But, this process is providing a reality of freedom. These were the steps I needed to take.
Well spoken, Ethan! Fully agree. Tough but true.
I was apprehensive when I started watching the video. The topic can be controversial. But in the end I couldn't agree with you more.
Bro speaks perfect King’s English🗣️🔥
I personally believe that who you are doing things in your life for has a great contribution to your success or failure. If you are living your life to please or impress others you’ve failed before you’ve even started. As long as you are being true to yourself in whatever you are doing then this is a good springboard from which success can come.
I remember in my younger years being guilty of not being true to myself in this way. As soon as I matured and shifted my thinking, wow, everything got a lot easier.
Love that I have come across your channel. Great content
Couldn’t agree more Ethan.
It’s a perspective of self’s view. Happiness is the real win for me.
Hey! This is a great topic. As a American we are all caught up in consumerism and depends where you are it can make you feel inadequate. I like your statement about the people on the internet saying how much money they have ect. You know if you don't like your circumstances you can go and create new ones, you become what you think about, and if you think you are a victim guess what... I am 63 years old I am doing construction / remodeling and I am having the time of my life. I am very much in demand and getting better by the day at doing this. If you want to be a winner you must find something you are good at learn as much about it as you can and Excell at it, and the money/success will follow. The term winner is not really one I prefer, I am successful at my life because I walk talk and act in this mindset. You have been incredible to change your career because you were not diggin what your were doing. The last 5 years for me was stop drinking and go plant based. I lost alot of weight and going to live alot longer because of it, plus my beer money turned into paying for a BMW sportwagon. Thanks for your channel and for me to be allowed to comment on it!
Somehow some looking around on car stuff lead me to one of your Ferrari videos. I’m so glad it did. I’ve been taking in some of your content ever since. A lot of the non-car stuff.
You come across as very straight-forward and genuine fella, and the content is very thoughtful and meaningful Ethan. I’m very sincere in saying that. It is very refreshing when I compare it to a lot of the run of the mill contrived content on here that I often stumble across.
Perhaps your content is some of what you will leave behind to impact the lives of others, and it will be something that people will remember you by.
All the best from Canada, and I look forward to following along a bit more as you move forward.
Cheers
Thank you for the kind words
A honest and brutal truth about life.....😊
Some very good thoughts here.
Good luck living abroad in the country side. Did the same, works for me.
You were talking about material things, I think often you can only see the importance of things for you, if you've already owned them.
Or at least something similar. For example I was always into cars, at one point in my life I was given a new not too bad car from my employer every six month (I was working for an OEM). After that I bought a five year old car, I still happily own. I don't need new cars all the time. But I only know it, because I had it.
I think it's about being less easily manipulated by marketing, that is telling you that you're purchasing with a product some kind of identity.
Coming to the point, for me being a winner is living free. Having the ability to decide what to do in life.
Or in other words, living the life you're living by choice.
But the crux is that freedom is also based on financial wealth, without, living free comes with a very high risk, which most people wouldn't feel comfortable taking it.
Point 1A for success: Get rid of, or overrule, laziness.
Also: Set a goal. Make a plan. Follow the plan.
"Education is the great equalizer" - Horace Mann. It can change your life completely and unfortunately most people will never have it - and worse, not even know it.
Good video! Thank you for the effort you put in to share 🙏🏼
Lesson of a Lifetime! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!
Hi my friend. Always a pleasure hearing your opinions on life.
Heartfelt video Ethan, thank you for taking the time, and I wish you all the best on your new adventure. Best wishes Edward
There is a word which wraps up what you said and which I literary say to EVERYONE who tells me this and that and blablabla: "Excuses".....
Stop spending times excusing yourselves and JUST DO IT!
Good Harrods reference, sounds familiar🤔
I really appreciate your outlook and thus the content you put out. We have very different goals it seems but share a similar philosophy. You are correct about the skewed perspective Americans have toward success. How the majority of sheepish Americans view success solely based on the trope of driving a Ferrari and owning a mansion with women everywhere.
Success in reality, means having a positive outlook generally, having manners around others, being a gentleman, smiling in otherwise stressful situations, not burdening people with personal problems. Most of all success just means reaching and/or striving for a life that honors yourself and doesn’t pollute, destroy and dirty the world. For me success is owning a country home with animals and a quiet non audacious lifestyle. I want no adulation from vacuous people praising what car I’m driving. Etc.
Really good views Ethan, I totally agree with you. I firmly believe in embarrassing change in ones life. As I say the only constant in life is change. Enjoy the journey😊
This is your best ever vid! Ultimately, success is subjective to the individual…..no one else!
Thanks for the valuable message. True happiness isn’t about getting what you want, it’s not wanting anything.
A good video.
Since you brought it up in your video on how to get rich, I want to say that some things in our life is not our fault. Some of us are born in different circumstances and some people did really bad things to us, that's usually not your fault.
However, and I think this more accurately reflect the bottom line of your videos, while not everything that happens in your life is your fault, everything that happens is your responsibility. You may be in bad circumstances that aren't your fault, but it is your responsibility to get yourself out of it and improve your conditions using whatever tools you have at your disposal.
Talking about "Sheep", example on "Path of least resistance"
Hi Ethan. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Please make more videos like this. I believe the majority of your subscribers, including me, see you as a winner.
If I had your money I would move to a warmer country and spend the whole day surfing. I would have a beautiful wife and 3 kids and loads of free time to spend with them. But like you said, we are all different with different tastes and different ideas of success and happiness.
Good for you Ethan , well said,
Seems that you are going through a John Lennon “watching the wheels” phase,
As you say,who knows for how long.
From the comparison standpoint, although it's a toxic thing by itself, you can't compare someone's situation to yours without taking into account all the circumstances.
That hypothetical "winner" person might break down in the situation you're in, because some of the things you're dealing with might be unbearable to a different person.
So does the position of specific hypothehical "winner" might not meet your criteria at all, although it might look like it does.
As it said in the video, the keypoint, the main criteria is meeting your own specific goals, otherwise you're just fulfilling the urge to meet some social criteria of a "winner", to fulfill some narratives you've been given since you were a toddler.
I want a good car. I want a big house. Many other things. But i, personally want them because i romanticize certain aspects of it. And without romanticizing it the most luxurious car becones just a sophisticated pile of metal. And even cheap used hatchback will give you the vibe and the emotions while driving in a specific mood with a specific music and a weather, for example.
And when i see people with pretty expensive stuff, meeting classic social "winner" criterias, but i see them own things without actually feeling things, i feel sorry for them, since it looks like you're having a delicious dinner, but you don't feel any taste.
On the other hand i see a friend of mine, she lives a true minimalist lifestyle, having like one set of clothes, a laptop and a bass guitar and she's perfectly happy about it, since she generally don't care about social approval and does what she likes. And her approach clearly won't work for me, since i need a huge amount of instruments to make my music and minimalism wouldn't work at all.
Another thing i agree on this video is that you need to put on maximum amount of effort on being better. Not neccessarily mean work harder. It means being more efficient. Find new ways, new solutions. Similar to physics - when you can spend times less force to move the object, applying that force in the right spot. And when you feel you're pushing so hard and there's no result, maybe just try pushing to some different spot on a different angle.
I remember a video you made long time ago about socialism vs capitalism, cant find that video? what was the video title for that one?
I agree with what you say in all your videos. But just because I also understand this ... Conscious effort is not easy for some Mr EthanFromLondon. Do you also realise this?
King🫅🫅🫅🫅🫅
You're generalizing Americans. We don't all think like that. A lot of us think like you.
True
British people don't flaunt their wealth but US people do very much. Cultural differences I guess
Money isn't happiness.....but I've never seen anyone sad on a Jet Ski.
Please aim higher 😂 Jet Ski - really?
Money is nothing beside health
@@EthanFromLondon It was a joke..... lighten up.
The true winners in the game of life are the happy players. If the thing that makes you truly happy and fulfilled is money, nice cars and clothes or luxury watches ... then so be it. However, if you find that you're getting those things because someone else is telling you that they'll make you happy then that's going to be an issue. If I bought a cartier watch right now, I'd be a sad little man with a really nice watch.