I've been studying Vusi Thembekwayo for a while, I noticed that he grew up as a Model C kid but the difference is he took his hustle overseas & excelled. Now, there already is a running joke that Model C kids are arrogant & forward... when you take that & give it extra privilege, you likely could have a dangerously big-headed individual. Luckily, for us, our Thembekwayo hasn't become an egomaniac yet. But, watching his interview a few weeks or months back on TV taught me how rich people think.
Rich people have this "rich" laugh, excuse the pun. All of them. That haughty "You mean nothing" laugh.
Now, as a common individual, you start thinking "Which reality do these people live in?" And that's when it clicked for me. These people don't live in our reality. They can have anything they want, whenever they want. Nando's & Spur is not a treat for these people. They could have Nando's & Spur every single day, three times a day.
When you could have everything you want in the world, whenever you want it, your mind works differently. Your mindset is not "What am I going to eat?", it's "How do I want it prepared?" It's a different mentality. Your disappointments are not starving or having no shelter, they are not finalising a lucrative transaction & finding something in your newly bought R20 million (US$ 1 million) mansion that belongs to previous inhabitants. Nevermind if it's a toolbox or TV. What do you need a toolbox for? To you toolboxes are something peasants use. There is a mindset that comes when you have excessive wealth. It's an entitled mindset but when you can have anything that you want, it becomes a habit even in inappropriate places.
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