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I agree, but I’d add that hard working talented people can still do great things without money and despite difficulties. It’s just that the reach or scale is am
by randomsearch 6y ago
I agree, but I’d add that hard working talented people can still do great things without money and despite difficulties. It’s just that the reach or scale is amplified by the money. Money and opportunity are amplifiers.
You can be the “Elon musk” of your world, that is you can hit the ceiling of what you were offered. Don’t compare yourself to Elon musk, compare yourself to what was possible for you.
Maybe that’s depressing for some people but I see it as liberating.
- ddelt 6y agoIt might be more liberating if the success narrative in the US focused on relative success instead of “absolute” success. But afaik and have seen in my life thus far, the people everyone knows, worships, or revered for their <INSERT_ACCOMPLISHMENT> are 95% of the time the absolute best (sports star, movie star, fortune 50 CEO, bigwig politician, superstar dev, most well known doctor, most fancy medical practice in the US/world, etc)