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Originally Posted by epitome
Edit: shit on my phone. Quoted wrong post? Supposed to be OP. Sorry Bob.
The father (now deceased) and son I know who started a construction company in their garage in the 70s and now have 10k employees and $2 billion a year in revenue would disagree.
They were just two hardworking guys who started small and focused on getting large.
Took 35 years but it's still a private company and the family still controls 60%.
Just two blue collar guys (now white) that did what they had to do.
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their success can probably be traced back to get a number of key jobs that really moved them forward. without those specific jobs they might still be a father and son construction company. in my opinion life in general works like this. you are only one step away from success or total failure at any given time. even a small what seems like meaningless decision could make or break it down the road but you can't see it at the time.
and like robbie says, there are worker bees who generally just accept the position in which they were born into. ever hear people say, we aren't 'those' kind of people (ie rich). these people just accept that a decent paying job is the most they'll achieve because its the most their parents and grandparents ever achieved. others, like myself and many here refuse to accept that and no matter if we succeed or fail, we continue to try. not everyone who works hard towards a goal will succeed, no matter how many times they try and some will succeed on the first go, some on the 50th and some will just give up but its not cut and dry as to, if you have drive you will succeed. its not as simple as that.