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How to become successful in life (lemmy.world)
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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Its not wrong, but its not only a rich people thing.

  • Spending time getting education, whether college or trade school, is a gamble. You're putting precious time and money into a body of knowledge/skill that you're betting will not only break even, but profit.
  • Specializing in THING X vs. THING Y is a gamble. You may have chose the new hotness skill and be very much in demand, or you may have chosen the dead end skill or a skill that there is a glut in the number of people that can do it meaning low demand for you.
  • Taking on a difficult job or employer, but getting to work on things that improve you with your skill is a gamble. The boss could suck enough that even though the possible outcome is great, the boss sabotages it.
  • Choosing to pivot once you have one set of skills to gain an additional set is a gamble. You may have been better off staying on one course and keep progressing higher vs becoming someone with multiple sets of intersecting skills.
[–] Lemmygizer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The analogy I always liked was:

Success is like a carnival dart game.

If you're poor you probably don't even get a chance to play. Maybe once with some help from friends and family. But even then, the odds are still not good.

If you're middle class you can afford a throw or two, significantly increasing the odds of success.

If you're rich you can afford to throw as many darts as you want until you succeed.

[–] BeardedSingleMalt@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

If you're attractive and flirt with the carny, they'll probably give you a prize without playing, or at least upgrade you to a better prize for barely hitting the wall. Then you can brag to other people how easy it is to win and they just need to try harder.

[–] Lemmygizer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Step 1) Be Attractive.

Step 2) Don't be Unattractive.

(Attractiveness is subjective)

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Step 3) Have money.

Step 4) Don't not have money.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

LOL, just commented much the same but your post is far better. Well said.