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Here Is Why Your Life Still Sucks

Your past doesn't dictate your future; your mindset does.

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Aug 23, 2024
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It all starts with you.

Don’t be a victim. Don’t make excuses. People don’t care about your problems.

A three-time millionaire who came up from nothing, dropped out of college with average IQ, said:

“The real inequality is the level of personal drive and intelligence.”

I framed the quote and have it on my desk to remind myself everyday.

You are poor. You are an immigrant. You live in a small town. You didn’t have rich parents. You are Asian. You are Black. You are a woman. You are homeless. You don’t have a college degree.

So did these billionaires:

  • Amazon's Jeff Bezos was born to a teenage mother and his adoptive father was a Cuban immigrant. He worked at McDonald's as a short-order line cook during high school and founded Amazon in his garage in 1994. — Net worth: 114 billion USD (2023)

  • Starbucks' Howard Schultz grew up in a housing complex for the poor. — Net worth: 3.3 billion USD (2023)

  • John Paul DeJoria, the man behind a hair-care empire and Patron Tequila, once lived in a foster home an…

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