Where Do You Stand On The Global Income Scale?
Ange Recchia is continuing her series on success in life and makes some great points about positive action and affirmations.
I find that the problem with a lot of people is that they don’t realize just how well off they are.
Yes, I know that home buyers in a number of countries are experiencing problems with home loans and foreclosures.
Yes, it hurts, it’s embarrassing and it can lead to a lot of trauma.
The stress that debt and finance problems cause in our society can be debilitating, and I am not denying that fact!
But have you ever stopped to think about people in other parts of the world, and how well off you are in comparison?
Did You Know That:
Three billion people live on less than $2 per day while 1.3 billion get by on less than $1 per day?
And did you know that 70% of those living on less than $1 per day are women?
Also, did you know that if you were on a pension here in Australia, even though you may struggle in comparison to many of your countrymen, you would still be in the top 20% income bracket globally?
In fact, if you check here, you may find that you would be in the top 14%!!!
Positive affirmations are great, and mixed with faith can achieve a great deal.
Combine them with an attitude of gratitude though, and you may just become a world beater….
I saw a quote recently that went something like: “Most people miss opportunities because they can look like hard work”.
Affirmations without effort are just words, and ties in with an earlier text that says ‘faith without works is dead’.
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Hey Allan, thanks for the link! That globalrichlist.com site is hilarious. I typed in 45,000,000 just for fun and it asked me to enter my income… lol… it couldn’t configure the eight figure income!
Using affirmations and feeling gratitude followed by action is my formula and I tell you what… it does work for me
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I just did it with a conservative 1,000,000 and it told me that I was in the top 0.001%
I don’t know exactly how accurate it is, but still, it gives good food for thought!
Hi Allan,
Reading your article, “My mid life crisis made me do it.” I was amused to read, “My wife and I sat down and discussed the people we knew who had broken relationships, and then taken up with someone else.” It’s easy to make judgement (form opinions) from afar, eh mate? Must have been a bad TV night.
Cherio.
Hello “Annie”,
Yes, it is easy to make judgments from afar, especially when you take things out of context.
If you check, you will see that what I wrote was in relation to the excuses given by people for this behavior, and the people that they went into relationship with after the split.
Hi Allan,
Yes, I realize your article made reference to the reasons people gave for certain behavior. My reference was to the personal conversation you said you had with your wife about the people you knew who had had been divorced and chose similar partners to the first.
I recall my young niece once telling me that her father had used me as an example of what not to do when choosing a boyfriend/life partner. My marriage had ended in divorce! I didn’t have the heart to tell my niece of the exploits of her father - my brother.
There are many factors which play a part in the break down of relationships. Some people who remain in a long term relationship quite often fail to see their own dysfunctional state of affairs, and their way of coping, is to ignore their own problems. Choosing instead to focus on the flaws and mishaps in the personal relationships of others.
By the way, about choosing a new partner with similar bad traits as a former partner. Repeated poor choice, quite often has to do with an individual who has been the child of an abusive parent(s) which result in low self esteem. The resultant low self esteem, stemming from a dysfunctional childhood (often in a two parent family) can go unrecognized during a persons life time.
Kind regards.
I’m sorry about your marriage ending in divorce, it would be a hard thing to have to endure.
It’s only natural that I would share with my wife about this as she knows my past, is part of my present, as well as my future.
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