"... I don't have the answers, and I don't have much confidence in anything, outside of myself. That said, if I know one fact about the world, it's that very few of the self-confident 22-year-olds that I meet are going to get rich from their big brains and hard work ..."
You will gain answers with time. Your confidence will grow. But chances are if your average "self-confident 22yo" lives in a first world country they are already rich surviving the ardor an diseases of childhood, being feed enough to grow. To have the opportunity to be educated enough to read and write. All that time living in a relatively stable environment.
"... In ten years, some of you will be rich, successful and powerful. Most of you -- despite all of your hard work and independence -- won't be ... the more things change, the more they stay the same. Youth and arrogance are eternal companions ..."
I'll take that back. Probably one of the most astute things I've read this week.
You will gain answers with time. Your confidence will grow. But chances are if your average "self-confident 22yo" lives in a first world country they are already rich surviving the ardor an diseases of childhood, being feed enough to grow. To have the opportunity to be educated enough to read and write. All that time living in a relatively stable environment.
"... In ten years, some of you will be rich, successful and powerful. Most of you -- despite all of your hard work and independence -- won't be ... the more things change, the more they stay the same. Youth and arrogance are eternal companions ..."
I'll take that back. Probably one of the most astute things I've read this week.