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Originally Posted by arock10
Not to knock your story, but any idea how many people get rich like this versus the amount of people that are simply born into wealth?
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I looked it up. 80% are first generation millionaires:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pf_article_110333.html
Of the other 20%, most LEARNED good habits from their parents, doing what their parents did, and earned their own wealth.
Just as some kids learn from their parents that spending $25 / week on lottery tickets is normal, others learn that saving $25 starting from their very first pay check is normal.
Very, very few, hundreds of people in the US, inheirit a bunch of wealth and never work.
Some, like myself, are "born into wealth" in that I was born into a family that taught me good habits and such.
Still, I decided I'd rather smoke pot and quit school. I ended up living in the woods, under a tarp. I had a dirt floor
just like my dad did when he was growing up. That was the result of my choices, of course, and the (lack of) effort I put in.
Later, I worked 60 hours a week while going to college. Then I worked 65 hours a week building a business.
At work, I'm now called "sir". That's also due to my decisions and the effort I put in.
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