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op forgot the "have rich parents","go to an elite school", "be born in a rich country" and some others similar to these.

jstanley 8y ago
This article was "how to get rich without getting lucky", of course those things weren't in it.
- HugoDaniel 8y ago
  That is the premise behind those points and the ones raised by the op: Luck is never part of the equation, just ask your average rich guy from rich families.
  - jstanley 8y ago
    If you're asking how to get rich without luck, then of course luck is not part of the equation. If you're asking how to get rich at all, then getting lucky is a valid strategy. This article is about the former.
    - HugoDaniel 8y ago
      That is not how luck works. How do you "strategize" luck ?
      - jstanley 8y ago
        Replace "strategy" with "explanation" if you prefer. If you're starting from a position where you're rich, and you're trying to explain why, luck is a valid explanation. If you're starting from a position where you're not rich, and you want to get rich, you're best concentrating on the things you can control rather than complaining about things you can't control.
  - ryanwaggoner 8y ago
    What’s your definition of rich here? Because earlier you said “born in a rich country”, so I guess about a billion of us qualify? Assuming you meant something else, most rich people in America are first generation rich. Of course, growing up here in a middle class or upper middle class household didn’t hurt, but they’re not rich because someone dumped $5mm in their bank account when they turned 18.
    - HugoDaniel 8y ago
      Any "rich" definition eventually works. OP could have started by defining it instead of doing spaghetti moves with a bunch of confused definitions. I am assuming he meant "wealth" for "rich" (as he ended the article with a joyful play on that). If you are trying to "get rich" in comparison to your local community as in "Wealth is having assets that earn while you sleep", then being born in a rich country will give a huge leverage to acquiring those assets in poorer countries or any other acquisition/opportunistic startegy that eventually increases your passive income. If you are trying to "get rich" in comparison to the whole world, as in comparison to the 7.6 billion of us you could just get any job because living in a "rich" country automatically makes you an outlier and monetizing your time is enough to make you "rich" by any other poorer country standards. If you are trying to "get rich" in comparison to the richest persons on the whole world. Well, good luck with that in a poor country ;)

jstanley 8y ago

This article was "how to get rich without getting lucky", of course those things weren't in it.

HugoDaniel 8y ago
That is the premise behind those points and the ones raised by the op: Luck is never part of the equation, just ask your average rich guy from rich families.
- jstanley 8y ago
  If you're asking how to get rich without luck, then of course luck is not part of the equation. If you're asking how to get rich at all, then getting lucky is a valid strategy. This article is about the former.
  - HugoDaniel 8y ago
    That is not how luck works. How do you "strategize" luck ?
    - jstanley 8y ago
      Replace "strategy" with "explanation" if you prefer. If you're starting from a position where you're rich, and you're trying to explain why, luck is a valid explanation. If you're starting from a position where you're not rich, and you want to get rich, you're best concentrating on the things you can control rather than complaining about things you can't control.
- ryanwaggoner 8y ago
  What’s your definition of rich here? Because earlier you said “born in a rich country”, so I guess about a billion of us qualify? Assuming you meant something else, most rich people in America are first generation rich. Of course, growing up here in a middle class or upper middle class household didn’t hurt, but they’re not rich because someone dumped $5mm in their bank account when they turned 18.
  - HugoDaniel 8y ago
    Any "rich" definition eventually works. OP could have started by defining it instead of doing spaghetti moves with a bunch of confused definitions. I am assuming he meant "wealth" for "rich" (as he ended the article with a joyful play on that). If you are trying to "get rich" in comparison to your local community as in "Wealth is having assets that earn while you sleep", then being born in a rich country will give a huge leverage to acquiring those assets in poorer countries or any other acquisition/opportunistic startegy that eventually increases your passive income. If you are trying to "get rich" in comparison to the whole world, as in comparison to the 7.6 billion of us you could just get any job because living in a "rich" country automatically makes you an outlier and monetizing your time is enough to make you "rich" by any other poorer country standards. If you are trying to "get rich" in comparison to the richest persons on the whole world. Well, good luck with that in a poor country ;)