Today I was watching this ESPN documentary that revolved around how rich athletes became broke. For the most part it revolved around people spending beyond their means where once the income stopped coming in they just collapsed. There was one factor though that is not usually highlighted as much where in this case it was friends and family members that were a large part of draining their funds.<\/p>\n
An interesting scenario I saw was how apparently there were family members making the athletes feel guilty if they did not give them tens or thousands of dollars by implying constantly that if it weren’t for them they wouldn’t be where they are at. What a tough situation that must be I thought as while you want to try and help people at the same time you don’t want to be used just for your money. I did find it a little over the top that even parents would pressure their kids into something like this.<\/p>\n
I guess as mentioned in the documentary you just at times have to learn to say no. While it is a bad feeling to say no to people, if you think about it in this case people pressuring you to give them money using guilt trips aren’t exactly being supportive. I would be inclined to say it is more like sales pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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