Living Life as If It Were a Game of Chess...

Failure is usually the result of uninformed guesses and bad choices, and while this may not be entirely true for some people, it is true for most, depending on your circumstances. For years now, people have been making horrible mistakes that could be entirely avoided by analyzing the consequences of their decisions before they make them. Life is basically a complex strategy game, and simply requires you to think before you move. If more people lived this by this rule, the world would become an epic Utopia.

Finding Faults Within Yourself... And Mending Them.

Let's face it, nobody's perfect. We all have flaws, though some may not be as apparent as others. But we have the power to mend those flaws. It's almost like detective work: Your job is to look for clues of unwanted traits and habits within your person. Now mind you, this is no simple task. It requires open-mindedness and good character to find places where you can improve in everyday life. Using constructive criticism as a tool, you can start picking away at your faults almost instantly.

Now I'll say this again, all faults aren't as blatantly obvious as others, so you'll need to search for them. For instance, without realizing it, you may have a bad habit that drives other people absolutely crazy. This is usually the case for most people. Subconsciously, people do things that even they don't notice. Ask others what they find annoying about you (in a subtle way, of course) and try to get to the root of your problems.

Searching for faults in others is great too. You can learn a lot about what's considered acceptable just by analyzing others around you. Reviewing other people's faults and making sure not to have them is the best strategy for molding your very existence into a piece of art. 

Are The Wealthy Really The Cause Of Lower-Class Suffering?

There have been rumors pertaining to whether wealthy people are the root cause of economic decline within the lower-class, and this article is meant to shed light on the topic.

In today's populist, socialistic environment, people are refraining from becoming "too" successful financially, for fear of somehow taking part in the willful theft of income that is somehow meant for the lower-class. In the minds of some, there seems to be a direct relationship between some people gaining wealth, while others don't. There is simply no correlation.

I have personally read articles that try to justify high taxation of the wealthy, simply because they make more than the average John Doe. I have read articles claiming that raising minimum wage to groundbreaking heights will help everyone, including the employers. The deeper I dig, the worse it gets. Some people are of the opinion that evil corporations are keeping the cost of goods high, while keeping the cost of labor at an extreme and unjust minimal. Are these theories based on sound knowledge of economics and reason? Absolutely not. If you notice, the only people who support these theories are either poor, or have something to gain. Go figure.

Rich people are not the lower-class's enemy, but society is. Because in a free market, the only affect wealthy people have on the economy is a positive one. The earnings of the rich usually go right back into the economy. Whether dealing with companies, corporations, or individuals, you can almost always see a correlation between them and job creation, and/or accumulation of wealth elsewhere. Again, go figure.