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Originally Posted by Bladewire
It's not the money.
I went from Foster Care as a child to working 3 fast food jobs to support myself, to teaching myself HTML when it wasn't taught in the college courses I was taking.
It's about believing enough in yourself, and what you want to create, that you wont fail, and if you do, it's ok.  |
Telling personal anecdote after personal anecdote doesn't make the stats any less true. Did you know, an individual can be an exception to a general rule, or can fall outside of a norm? I couldn't find the Wikipedia for "Basic First Year Elementary 100a Introduction to Statistics for College Athletes" so you'll have to do your own search.
And 12 - I have never been out of the top 1% in 15 years bro. Fervently believing something that isn't true is what *really* keeps you down. What amazes me is the fact that many of you folks seem to have bucked the trend (as I did) but instead of recognizing it as an even more impressive accomplishment, you cling for some reason to the false narrative that success is readily available to anyone who will work. That is outright proven bullshit. In fact, the US right now is actually fairly class static. The Horatio Alger nonsense you are pushing here is just outdated and untrue. You individually may be very special - you may have accomplished a lot; no one is denying or contesting that. It doesn't change the facts.
Several people have fallen from planes without parachutes and survived. If they came in here and told you "I fell from a plane and survived so ANYONE can" would you go jump out of a plane?
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"Therefore, having lower levels of overall family wealth can serve as a crucial obstacle to the formation of many new businesses".