You're an Individual, Right?

You’re an individual, right? You do the things you like because you like them, nobody has influence over the things that make you feel happy, sad, successful or inferior? Right?

Sadly, probably wrong.

It takes much more conscious thought to remain true to your individuality and make your own well thought-out decisions than it does to be part of a herd.

Our entire capitalist free system has been based around people’s consuming habits being like that of a herd. Clothes, cars, music, pop-culture – all part of and contributing factors that go in to the herd known as western society.

Almost all inventions and innovations that have made people rich and famous, however, have come from a person separating themselves from the flock and thinking for themselves.

Successful investments and savings plans come from people that can predict that the herd is about to run off a cliff.

If you want to understand how to make money off of the herd, click the video HERE.

It’s not at all a bad thing to fit in, be part of groups, belief systems, whatever. It’d be mentally exhausting to always have to over think every single detail of your life. However, I can promise you there will be times when you need to really think for yourself in order to come out on top.  Sometimes things are morally wrong, sometimes they are financially ridiculous, sometimes they are just pointless – and we find ourselves doing them anyways because it’s the thing to do. If you do not conform to these things, I can guarantee more happiness, more money, and a better outlook to your sense of self.

Here’s some things that really took off with a herd mentality, see if you agree 

• ·         Uggs (2003-present)
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• ·         Nickelback epically sucking (2007-present)
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• ·         These Versace sunglasses (2008)
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• ·         Backwards Red Yankees hats like Fred Durst wore (1998-2001)
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• ·         Kony (2012)
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• ·         Livestrong bracelets/rubbery awareness bracelets (2004-2010)
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• ·         #throwbackthursday (2012-present)
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• ·         Gluten (2014)
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The above are the innocent ones, harmless really.

But here’s an example of how the same herd mentality has affected history:

• ·         The holocaust
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• ·         The Rwandan genocide
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• ·         Southern American racism AND the civil rights movement
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• ·         The cold war anti-communist/Russian mentality
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• ·         Radical Islam
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All because of this premise:

That’s all I’m going to write today. Happy Monday and remember to sometimes ask “why?”

-Jegger