Comments on: Are You Taking Responsibility for Your Personal Financial Situation?

By: I’m Okay, You’re Crazy | The Nervous Breakdown

I’m Okay, You’re Crazy | The Nervous Breakdown — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:44:25 +0000

[...] whenever someone mentions the words “personal responsibility,” rest assured they take none and neglect to blame their parents only because their parents [...]

By: miranda

miranda — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:55:31 +0000

So true. :0) I thought that maybe everyone else was wrong about this guy “but me.”

By: Miki

Miki — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:05:11 +0000

I think at least part of your getting burned was the normal human “but me” attitude.

“But me” is
* the mindset that yields the greatest inventions, as when two brothers thought, “everybody thinks that man can’t fly, but us,” and fosters innovation at any level;
* what lets each of us continue functioning in our crazy world, knowing that the bad and scary stuff we hear about in the news can happen to anybody, but us.

Of course, you need to remember that “but me” also has a dark side—as we learn from every crook who believes that the cops will catch everyone “but me.”

Knowing this, it’s up to you to choose the side on which you want to play.