Tbh, my family is lower-middle class, and that makes me feel depressed sometimes as everything in life seems harder for me than for anyone else who has a better family background.
I always try to work hard academically and nurture a mindset of starting a business as a way to escape poverty, since it seems like the easiest path to wealth in my country.
If anyone has achieved financial success despite starting with zero net worth and network, I'd love to hear ur stories. Thanks in advance!
Seeking advice from people who've gone from poor to rich
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I came from a family where some nights there wasn’t food in and we for a “treat” had rice for desert. I live in a western country too so that isn’t normal.
I’m not rich, but I have freedom and a life I didn’t think I’d ever have.
What helped:
Picking up the ability to have a conversation with someone poor, rich, skilled or skills less.
Identifying what job had an impact on a business.
Get good at that job
Use that job to power my own business
Failure
Understanding that you need to “do it” not just “think about it”
I come from a very poor family. I did all the things the middle class tells you to do. Degree, Masters, great jobs.
I threw it all out and started my own business 4 years ago. Last FY I grossed $1.2M, and about the same the year before.
There is no ‘easiest path to success’. All the paths are hard. But the hardest one you chose will probably be the one that pays off the most.
Jim Rohn said ‘Success is not something you chase – it’s something you attract by the person you become’.
My advice – don’t chase money; get good at doing hard stuff.
When was the last time you ran 5KM? Start there.
Find a market and speak to the customers, then pick a market where the customers love you.
I was lower-middle class but went to a high school where everyone was rich. It taught me how rich people think. Opportunity was everywhere and no victimhood existed.
My advice: stop comparing what you have vs what others have. You have what you have. Most people don’t have the chip on their shoulder to outwork others. You do. If you do that, with a good attitude, remove any traces of being a victim, the path is hard but clear. And it’s very rewarding bc you appreciate money in a way people born with it just can’t.