I live in a country where the tendency to show that you have arrive financially is the trend. People live fake lives to impress people on social medias. Some people go as far borrowing cars and clothes to show off.
Everyone want to be rich or appear rich. But why would a person want to appear rich if the person is not up to that level?. Maybe because appearing rich lift one to a pedestal of respect in the society.
People borrow cars to go look for a contract. Some borrow expensive clothes to snap pictures , some even go as far snapping at people's houses pausing like its there's.
The problem is that, the fake life you have portray to the Society must be sustained by all cost. And it's very expensive to maintain.
The money that should have been channeled to bettering yourself is spent on maintaining a fake life. There's this slogan that says, fake it till you make it. In the process of faking it, you are closing the doors that should been open for you to make it.
In the desire to appear rich, the money that was supposed to be invested is used to buy a car for show off. you are renting an apartment that is above your six month salary. These behaviors will perpetual keep you a broke person because you choose to live a fake life.
How can one have a sustainable growth?
A sustainable growth especially a financial one is a product of attaching value to yourself. As you gain more value to yourself, so does your money increases. When I was an apprentice learning to fabricate aluminum windows and doors. I was entitled to #100 Naira as my feeding money. As I began to know the work better so also was my money for feeding was increasing. What increases the money that I was given was the value I was able to add as regard to the work. So also its application to every area of life. The value could be more studies, more dedication and maybe more quality post could increase the pay out. This is the way to have a sustainable growth.
Any growth without adding value to ones self cannot be sustained. Because nature will have to drag you back to your original position that befit the value you can offer. For example, you are having #1,000,000(one million naira )and you used the whole money to buy a car for show off. It won't be long that you will sell off the car because you can't meet up the expenses of maintenance and fuelling it. That money could be used to do a business or invest it, till it get to a stage where from the business or investment, you will be a able to buy a car from the profit of the business or investment. The original money have generated value to it that can sustain the growth it has attained