> set aside the next 82 years of your life to do nothing but work on that, and you should have a pretty high rate of success. Not if you don't have a decent am

> set aside the next 82 years of your life to do nothing but work on that, and you should have a pretty high rate of success. Not if you don't have a decent amount of capital to start with. Don't forget that many people, the majority of people, despite their best effort, can't really raise themselves above a certain basic wage and salary, and therefore can't accumulate anything. Without capital, there's no compounding effect of capital, and you're not going to be rich.