I saw an interesting documentary named Surfwise the other day about the life which can result from a poverty mentality. It's all about a Jewish doctor named Doctor Paskowitz who threw away his lucrative medical practice, rejected money, and spent his life travelling and surfing the sea. He raised 8 children in a camper van. Despite becoming well known among the surfing community and becoming world class surfers by practising every day, the family had no money because Dr Paskowitz would not allow it.
Doctor Paskowitz bought his children up with no money. He taught them that if they had money, they would be taking away from somebody else. As soon as his children came of age they saw all the good things that money could bring them, and began to rebel. The family then opened a surfing camp and due to arguements about money, the family became estranged.
Dr Paskowitz talked a good talk in the documentary, but all I saw was his poverty mentality and the destruction it brought to his family. He had many opportunities throughout his life to have money, family, and surfing, but instead he was so narrow minded he could only see one way. He was very selfish by not allowing his children to experience financial security in their younger years. The book "The Richest Man in Babylon" says the man without silver in his pocket is unkind to his family. I absolutely agree.
In the documentary towards the end, one of his grown up sons says retrospectively: "does it all depend on money? Hell yeah it depends on money, because without money you can't buy the bread. If you don't have money you don't have a lifestyle, you have a constant worry about money. Dad may have accepted life without money, but all the rest of us suffered by worrying about not having enough money".
Another of his sons, hates his father and believes things won't get better until Dr Paskowitz is dead. He wrote a song with the lyrics "Soon I'll live, and you'll be dust. You must go down". A father hated by his children for not attempting to protect them financially, that is who Dr Paskowitz became.
Dr Paskowitz lived his life in his own way by his own standards. He has managed to spend 86 years fortifying his poverty mentality. I look forward to doing the opposite with my life, every day, in every way I will ensure I leave the doors of my mind wide open, to accept as much wealth into my life as possible.
Doctor Paskowitz bought his children up with no money. He taught them that if they had money, they would be taking away from somebody else. As soon as his children came of age they saw all the good things that money could bring them, and began to rebel. The family then opened a surfing camp and due to arguements about money, the family became estranged.
Dr Paskowitz talked a good talk in the documentary, but all I saw was his poverty mentality and the destruction it brought to his family. He had many opportunities throughout his life to have money, family, and surfing, but instead he was so narrow minded he could only see one way. He was very selfish by not allowing his children to experience financial security in their younger years. The book "The Richest Man in Babylon" says the man without silver in his pocket is unkind to his family. I absolutely agree.
In the documentary towards the end, one of his grown up sons says retrospectively: "does it all depend on money? Hell yeah it depends on money, because without money you can't buy the bread. If you don't have money you don't have a lifestyle, you have a constant worry about money. Dad may have accepted life without money, but all the rest of us suffered by worrying about not having enough money".
Another of his sons, hates his father and believes things won't get better until Dr Paskowitz is dead. He wrote a song with the lyrics "Soon I'll live, and you'll be dust. You must go down". A father hated by his children for not attempting to protect them financially, that is who Dr Paskowitz became.
Dr Paskowitz lived his life in his own way by his own standards. He has managed to spend 86 years fortifying his poverty mentality. I look forward to doing the opposite with my life, every day, in every way I will ensure I leave the doors of my mind wide open, to accept as much wealth into my life as possible.
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