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Lies You've Been Told About the World (sahilbloom.com)
8 points by memorable on July 8, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> You can only reach the top-1% by working hard AND smart.

Or by choosing your parents/grandparents carefully, aka inherit it. Paris Hilton was not working hard when she dropped out of high school yet she was easily in the top 1% of wealth in the country/world.




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