John Carver Show - The Scarcity Trap

People are highly motivated by the thought that they might lose out on something.  When humans don't have enough of something, that fact dominates our consciousness….or the perceived lack of something.

Greed shows up when there’s an assumption of lack…or scarcity. Eldar Shafir writes, “it appears that poverty (or poverty of mind) itself reduces cognitive capacity. We suggest that this is because poverty-related concerns consume mental resources, leaving less for other tasks.  Shafir calls this problem bandwidth poverty. When you're bandwidth poor, you're thinking about how to pay for food and make rent today — and it's almost impossible to think about the future.”

Michael Neill - The scarcer the resource, the more we are willing to give up in order to get it; the more common the resource, the less we are willing to give up in order to get it.

The FEAR of not having enough is a critical form of leverage to settle for less than God’s best.

Maggie Haydock shares a familiar story with a twist:

Once upon a time there were three little pigs. When they turned 18, the little pigs left home to seek their fortune.

Their first priority was finding shelter. The first pig built a house out of straw that he found scattered on the ground. The second pig built a house out of sticks that he scavenged from the woods....

John 6:1-14Living Bible