A poverty mindset, characterized by a scarcity-driven belief system, can prevent people from achieving financial prosperity, even if their actual financial situation is not dire.  Evidence and Analysis. A story is narrated of a gentleman who once received an unexpected sum of money from a project that he had worked on a few years back. With excitement he went on a shopping spree, took the family out to a fancy restaurant and even bought a new fancy phone - (this was a want no