It's OK To Follow The Jones's
In the personal finance space, virtually anyone in the field will tell you, don’t keep up with the Jones’s.
This idea is to not follow the trends or follow how people spend their money. The Jones’s are delusional, they’re heavily in debt and all they’re doing is trying to keep up with a facade of success. As if success had an image. Much off the financial burden on some of us, now or at a point in the past, can be attributed to following or keeping up with the Jones’s.
But, if you pick the right Jones’s, it might be a great thing. It’s no different than picking or having a mentor. Or a couple that can feed into your relationship since they have more time together. It could be another creative person, a writer or artist of some kind. Maybe it’s a person to work out with. The purpose is to find a positive role model, the right Jones to keep up with. Not for what they have, rather what they do. How they parent. Their ability to pursue self-improvement and grow. Their knack for business or making good financial decisions.
Your friend group should be filled with people that make you better in all the aspects you deem important. They should not hold you back, keep you stuck or wish you fail.
So keep up with the Jones’s. Just pick the right ones.
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Thought Provoking Questions : Where in your life could you use a few Jones’s?
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