I’m not rich, but even I view a food service job at a fast food business (besides owning the business) as transitional. In other words, I would have no intentio

I’m not rich, but even I view a food service job at a fast food business (besides owning the business) as transitional. In other words, I would have no intention to stay there longer than absolutely necessary. I would forego many comforts to save what I need to make my move and get out. There’s a saying that if you took away all of a rich person’s financial assets (anything owned) they would be rich again within a few years. That may be a bit of a stretch (it might take more like 10 or even 20 years), but the point is, there is a required mindset that it takes to get out of poverty, and that is a firm determination to not accept the status quo. Don’t get me wrong: having that determination doesn’t guarantee anything (plenty of people work hard and don’t break out of it after 20 years because of hard luck or inescapable obligations), but those who do make it out always have that mindset. And those who don’t have that mindset never make it out, even if they win the lottery.