[Seeker]

Hmmm... interesting thread.

money blogger -- I am not convinced that all of this statement is true.

I think we've determined the poor get poorer due to their choices and the Rich get richer due to their choices.

You assume that all the poor wish to not be poor. And that's just not entirely fact, at least not by action. People are conflicted in themselves; often they will say one thing and do another.

While many people will insist that they do not wish to be poor, they by their actions, do not wish to change. Example: The many who take lesser paying jobs to spend more hours or time with family. It's a personal choice for what they consider more important in life. Having money does not define "rich" or "poor" at least not in my opinion.

Someday everything we have in life, all our possessions, will be gone (to us at least). So what in the end, does gathering money mean? Especially if we deny ourselves and our loved ones absolutely everything to accumulate that money?

There are also many "poor" whom have made all the right choices, but due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time, will never get out from medical tradegy or debts, or acts of nature that have demolished everything they own, or whatever. Life does not play by rules.

Alone, most people cannot do anything to better themselves or any other person. Almost always it takes more than one person in order for any person to make a change in their own life.

You all are acting as if we as individuals have 100% choice... that nobody or nothing outside of ourselves can affect us. I'm sorry, but nobody is an island.

Every person has a choice yes, but no single person is ever 100% certain of that outcome of that choice. Nothing in life, even richness or poorness, can be so certain.

Some of the rich, obtained their richness by taking on a very big risk. Had it not worked out, in the end, they would have been poor. There's a certain amount of external influence that has a part in every choice. Call it "luck" for lack of a better word.

Opportunity knocks for each and every one of us. Whether or not we answer.... that's another matter. Richness has more meaning than solely dollars.

Some of the financially rich are so because they have "passive" income, they let their money work to make more money.

Some of the financially rich are so because they've neglected every other aspect of their lives.

Most of the "poor" are so because they "earn" their living by working for someone else.

What is the easiest way for the the average person to start making better choices to not only move towards the Rich category, but to start attracting more and more money?

There's no one single answer to this question. I think the easiest way for the "average" person to get financially rich quickly, is to think externally.... not for yourself but for everyone.