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Quote (Skinned @ Mar 29 2017 05:28pm)
This seems more like a realistic analysis of what barriers each respective socioeconomic class has to overcome to advance or remain competitive.

The poor people lack start up cash and connections, and if you don't know anybody or have any cash to do anything with, the ceiling is probably pretty low..... If you're born with that stuff, such as a good extended family and growing up on a house, you are just education and some luck away from achieving that next level. The biggest currency with the super successful are ideas and praxis, or how ideas are actualized, and also a noble spirit, as in somebody who creates and lives out his or her own values.

I think this data says a lot.


A lot of that assumes people actually know what they need to be successful
If the poor were right there would be a lot less poor people lol

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Of course it matters when it happens, that's just as important as the amount.

We don't live forever and ROI requires time.


All I mean is that if you consider winning the lottery the starting point, the initial startup sometimes doesn't change anything

This post was edited by FroggyG on Mar 29 2017 07:12pm
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A lot of that assumes people actually know what they need to be successful


In general they do, but I'd agree that they don't know the specifics. "Education" is pretty broad, I doubt most people don't know what they should be getting out of education that will make them successful.
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The majority of individuals generally know how to be what they perceive as successful. The problem is usually a degree of means as well as discipline.
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Quote (FroggyG @ Mar 29 2017 09:07pm)
All I mean is that if you consider winning the lottery the starting point, the initial startup sometimes doesn't change anything


I'm not sure what you mean.

If we are defining "success" as financial wealth, then the earlier you luck into initial capital the more money you will make assuming you invest it.
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