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EliRivers
on Feb 19, 2019
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Why the “Self-Made” Success Story Is a Myth
If I was born poor, and then someone gives me a bunch of money, by this argument I am self-made.
lwhalen
on Feb 19, 2019
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Yeah, that's what we call "a job". Make yourself useful to a rich enough person or group of people, they'll "give you a bunch of money" and call it a "salary".
refurb
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If someone gave you $1M and a decade later you had $1.5M, no you're not self made.
If someone gave you $1M and a decade later you had $100M, yes, you are self made.
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