@maxleibman Every. "Success". Story. Ever.
Either you are so lucky or you have a great background support. Without both it is very very very difficult. :(
@maxleibman man, I feel this down to my bones. At 18 nobody told me that screwing up the bureaucracy of everyday things would effect the rest of my life.
I’m extremely happy with the response to this post, but I also predict I’m no more than ten boosts away from a reply saying, “You’re just jealous,” or “If you don’t want to work, you shouldn’t expect to succeed” or some such.
Have some friends with filthy rich parents, you are probably better off as you are. Probably better than having poor parents, but being really rich does not seem like that much fun.
Similarly, had some genius friends. You would think that being smart would help them avoid doing stupid things.
Still like them, friends and all, would not change places with them.
Actually, some of my poor and stupid friends are in a better place.
Yeah, I remember how some of my college not-quite-friends seemed so miserable deciding whose family yacht they'd spend the vacation on. As in, "who is in Sorrento or Cyprus this month?". It seemed to sincerely trouble them. Of the ones I've seen mention of since, they all seem to live a fairly carefree life, to be honest. Their idea of "work" is often placing a call to their personal financial manager to arrange outside financing of a new fun, catch-the-trend project. And the best part is, these projects can all fail so long as investors including themselves make a profit. That's still very much considered a "success". So they know they are successful, and that feels good.
@Frances_Larina@rrb@RickiTarr Yeah, that last bit about “projects” is key. The premise that investors, owners, and executives deserve the rewards because they’re the ones taking the risks is horseshit. They’ll be fine. The staff who get underpaid when the company is in startup mode and laid off when it goes down in flames are the real risk-takers (and often with fewer alternatives). The founder class will be (or at least has the option of being) fine.
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