RE: Mindshift: How Being A Steemian Is Helping Me Build An Abundance Mindset
You had me at the words "abundance mindset." I was raised with a poverty mindset. My parents were wonderful and did the best they could, but they didn't see that they'd been infected with the poverty virus.
It's too bad that so much of mainstream-media, the education system and politicians have reinforced the poverty mindset millions already have. It would be great if they stopped worrying about who gets a slice of the "pie" and just focused on encouraging people to make MORE pies!
The mindset that one person has to lose in order for another to win has so many of us frantically racing to "get their piece" when all they'd have to do to "get a piece" is to learn to bake pies. That analogy works in almost any endeavor. Unfortunately, a lot of "rich vs poor" debates (including the #basicincome position) has far more to do with jealousy, poverty and scarcity mindsets than with the actual quantity of the resources in question.
I completely agree with you. The #basicincome movement in a way help reinforce the mindset of feeling privileged even when you don't know how to bake pies.