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Celebrity Mediocrity..what our youth see as attainable, what W.A. is NOT!
Amy Farr
Published on June 26, 2012
Published on Wealthy Affiliate — a platform for building real online businesses with modern training and AI.
The Kardashians. Snooki and "The Situation". 16 and Pregnant. The list goes on and on...
Medicocrity celebrated and pushed to the front of our children's faces via media.
Their accomplishments?
Inheriting money. Getting drunk. "Gym, Tan, Laundry (GTL)". Having pre-marital sex then having a film crew follow you around as you scream at your mother about what a bad parent she is (and yes, in most instances, she IS).
No hard work involved in this fame. Just who you know and "who you ..."
Work ethic and the fact that it takes time to achieve anything worth having isn't promoted. Be promiscuous, a sell-out, you may have a chance...
Short term glitz and glam for being a sleeze.
That's what 99% of the internet is these days too, when it comes to learning how to make money with websites, etc... get rich quick is the rage because that's what people are spoon fed on the popular tv shows!
That's NOT Wealthy Affiliate.
W.A. promotes actual effort. It has no guarantees except the great reward you will receive when you put forth the effort and see that using your brain and going out of your comfort zone gives you benefits bigger than an instant buck or two!!
Self esteem and character are not earned on your back in the "smoosh room" (on MTV's Jersy Shore). It's earned when you fall down and keep getting up.
I'm learning that too...
(BTW I have absorbed the Jersy Shore garbage through osmosis when my 16 year old asked to watch it once. One episode and I couldn't tolerate it again!!!)
Medicocrity celebrated and pushed to the front of our children's faces via media.
Their accomplishments?
Inheriting money. Getting drunk. "Gym, Tan, Laundry (GTL)". Having pre-marital sex then having a film crew follow you around as you scream at your mother about what a bad parent she is (and yes, in most instances, she IS).
No hard work involved in this fame. Just who you know and "who you ..."
Work ethic and the fact that it takes time to achieve anything worth having isn't promoted. Be promiscuous, a sell-out, you may have a chance...
Short term glitz and glam for being a sleeze.
That's what 99% of the internet is these days too, when it comes to learning how to make money with websites, etc... get rich quick is the rage because that's what people are spoon fed on the popular tv shows!
That's NOT Wealthy Affiliate.
W.A. promotes actual effort. It has no guarantees except the great reward you will receive when you put forth the effort and see that using your brain and going out of your comfort zone gives you benefits bigger than an instant buck or two!!
Self esteem and character are not earned on your back in the "smoosh room" (on MTV's Jersy Shore). It's earned when you fall down and keep getting up.
I'm learning that too...
(BTW I have absorbed the Jersy Shore garbage through osmosis when my 16 year old asked to watch it once. One episode and I couldn't tolerate it again!!!)
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