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If someone can get rich on sheer determination and hard work then good for them. Masters degree / strong work ethic has gotten me to a level that I am comfortable but hardly wealthy. I will be able to retire, enjoy my golden years, and leave my family something when I'm gone. Want to make it to the top of the business ladder these days? All the hard work doesn't make much difference. Instead it is more likely who you know, or what your bloodlines are. Guys work their butts off to be promoted only to see the son of the boss, family friends, or golf buddies, get those chances. This notion that hard work and education alone will get you there is a fraud. The only way hard work and smarts actually "guarantes" wealth or success is in entrepenural settings. Anyone who has worked in a corporate setting will be able to recite stories of who got ahead and how they got there. In a lot of cases those people are qualified and even go on to do a good job but this notion that not becoming wealthy is from lack of effort or education is bogus. There are plenty of us who paid our way through school, worked our tails off to get ahead, raised a family on a manager or directors salary who were NEVER going to be in the inner circle of executive management because the old boys network is alive and well. I am not envious of anyones money. I hope to make it myself. What Neal fails to see though is the opportunity to make that money quite often is not decided by effort or qualification but rather the same way it has been for a thousand years. I was naive when I was younger but I will never forget what an older employee told me. I was 5 years into my career when I told a guy who was 15 years in how I thought the CEO of our companies son wasn't the brightest bulb. He told me "Careful what you say...he will be the boss one day". I asked what he was talking baout. This isnt a small family firm. This is a mid sized corporation with a board and responsibilities. He set me straight and said it didn't matter. Sure enough, that guy never got any sharper but yet managed to get himself all the way to a plum VP job. His best friend growing up managed to get a sweet little setup himself over a guy who had dedicated years to the company. It came down to who knew who, and who was friends with whom. Sad, but a very common story. Too bad Neal thinks it's wealth envy.
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