When we succeed progress happens, when we fail, we're laid back and saddened, but this emotional state still doesn't make us stop, this is a natural phenomenon.
People get back into the thick of things after they've failed, this isn't because they're superhumans, but because they're conditioned to do so. However, this might take a lot of time.
Some people even failed in important life ventures, but they healed and came back again because time coupled with our natural integration is why we can never be stagnant. Stagnancy to me, is killing the limited time we have
we rather prefer to keep moving or create the illusion of progress
Most times people create the illusion of progress, to assure themselves that they're moving
Why?
the reason why they do this is that people need faith to embark on a stride of consistency. Continuity is embedded in our core, this is because we're naturally meant to grow unless we become catalysts of redundancy to ourselves.
Another thing is that the reality of failure is scary, this is why failure inasmuch as it's a negative impact, creates a positive reason as to why people choose to succeed. So when people hit a streak of consistency in their journey, success might happen.
The Mind Is conditioned To Be Borderless
So when people are continuously successful in the things they do, this is when they begin to seek stability, to maintain that position, and never have to lose again. This is normal.
There's no limit to how much a person can own. The moment we hit milestones, we're bound to set another. Milestones are seen as separate stages of success.
This is why billionaires will never stop chasing. The mind is conditioned to be borderless, so even when we reach a peak where we're comfortable and satisfied, the fear of being poor again is what makes us continue the grind.
Milestones Creates Endless Continuity
Another reason for this apart from fear is that we need to keep going, irrespective of the ground we've covered
The more quests we complete in life, the more we get to undertake because there's a place we want to get to; 100% stability.
For example, when people buy their first cars, they're likely to go on to buy the second, third, and fourth and this is how they'll likely continue until they get a garbage full of cars, this accomplishment makes them feel secure.
While owning cars is more like owning liabilities, there are people who get this bizarre satisfaction that seeing numbers, brings safety.
What We Think About Assets & Liabilities
However, no matter what economics says about assets and liabilities, we're wired to believe that we achieve solidity by being consistent. Having a string or fleet of cars might not be the right investment.
But having them alone might prove that the stability we seek becomes insatiability at its peak. When people become outrageously rich, some part of their reasoning is deadened to logic
Their sense of management becomes a bit lighter and this is because they know that life has allowed them to be personally wasteful. From acquiring real properties to buying luxury as well as junk.
The Mirage Of Owning Things
However, one of the reasons why wealthy people believe in buying everything they deem as an investment is because they want to secure stability. The evolution of man has shown that we've gone from being nomadic to being territorially definitive.
People want to be able to place a number on their achievements and have a certain figure in their bank accounts before they can be certain that they're actually wealthy.
This means that we're more focused on stability, ownership, continuity, and consistency. The success of the human race establishes different needs, the more we go, the more we become intentional about being established.
People no longer want to be uncertain.
They want to build wealth that even their third generation can keep enjoying, that is, transferring stability through the process of inheritance.
In reality, we mostly understand that complete stability is an illusion, but it's embedded in the core of our identity to still chase it with reckless abandon.
We keep ticking all the boxes and keep making the right moves, toward building, this is why we extol the virtue of diversification.
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The idea that we are pursuing an illusion, a false sense of security, is powerfully expressed here. It reminded me of the teacher's words in Ecclesiastes: "Meaningless! Meaningless!" The Teacher exclaims. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is without purpose. What benefits do people derive from their labor, toiling under the sun?"
You're right. We're mostly pursing an Illusion, giving off some of the most precious things that should be dear to us just to attain this. But, it's that false sense of security that people hold onto, even if it feels like a charade. It's how our universe functions.
A milestone after another gives us the illusion of meaningfulness in our lives. That's why we keep on setting them one after the other.
How much is too much?
There is not an specific answer to it. With time I have come to realize that whatever you have already acquired start appearing less. There comes a fear what would happen if you loose it and you have no other opportunity to earn it again after the loss. It derives us to acquire more and more
We absolutely need this sense of purpose because if not, what would be the meaning of our lives? We need a sense of purpose and achieving milestones, creates that idea that we have a sense of direction in life. Thank you for taking cognizance of this.
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This sounds like it can pass for a universal truth in so many other areas besides finance. A saying came to mind as I was reading, "the reward for good work is more work".
Contentment I think, can go hand in hand with stability, thereby eliminating the element of insatiablility. Hopefully, this is the reality for a good chunk of the populace.
It's more than finance like you've pointed it. I mostly write finance psychology. Stability in real sense is impossible, because our universe itself is a bumpy place. Most times the things we require to hit even 50% of stability already makes us greedy.
Yeah, quite obvious. I just thought it was such a brilliant take it applied elsewhere.
Unfortunately. I've never really considered it so but if that's true, then it's unfortunate. Unless such a person gives back to the society then I guess it's not such a bad thing. And would pass for insatiable rather than greedy.
It seems like we have to go through the process of achieving financial stability for a long time before we understand that it is an illusion. I think the sooner we realise the illusion of financial stability, the better we're able to navigate through the flow of life. Wealthy people keep chasing the bag or spending frivolously in the name of achieving stability. The good aspect is that it can be a good motivator to keep moving forward with life.
When you see some wealthy people or read about them on the internet, you'll be surprised on the things these people spend on, but I think this is majorly because it gets to a point, one's endless pursuit of stability begins to seem sily and uncalled for.
Exactly! It gets out of proportion because they're overdoing it. Our minds can be limitless as you pointed out on the post. We have to learn to put boundaries on our activities at some point and not fall for the seemingly rationality of the mind.
Stagnancy is the killer to almost every good thing in life because nobody can actually achieve a lot with that, there will no changes, no improvements and development. It is always better to move at our own pace and no matter how many times we fail we should always get back on our feet
This is true. But, we're naturally not meant to be stagnant by nature. Sometimes we become catalysts to the reasons why we remain stagnant. It's a huge syndrome we often encounter in life.
You have tapped into a key inherent human trait and behavioral pattern of the human psyche. There is an inbuilt trigger that re-ignites one after failure or disappointment. However, there are extreme cases where this trigger actually breaks and return is no longer an option. Keep rising... is the way to go!
You're right. There's an inbuilt trigger, but then, we can build or kill it. It depends on us. There are people who do not come out or rise from a position of failure, sometimes the catastrophe occurrence that caused it, might have been too much to handle
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Unless you have a ton of money, I just think that stability is nowhere close. Things can change quickly and unexpected things can always happen. It always makes me wonder about how companies tend to avoid change unless they are forced to. Things are always changing.
The world's definition of stability is constantly changing and man must always find ways to adapt. "People no longer want to be uncertain", true because in today's world not every patient dog eats the fattest bone. Thanks for sharing
God bless you man..... @josediccus ,This is deep for those who understand business trends cause running a business without focusing on stability of finance and others, it's just like running a car that's out of gas.like you rightly said life is full of ups and down,same as we have it in business.successful entrepreneur and investors also face all of those things but what keep them standing is that they keep pushing, they keep high energy, consistency and persistency.
A good approach to the topic @josediccus .