I would rather worry about keeping my money than worry about where I’m going find the cash to pay my mortgage or feed my children.
My parents “live for today” and always have. Nothing like a bankruptcy when you are in your late 40s…
I do think that some people are better able to aquire wealth than others, just by keeping your lifestyle within certain boundries. I don’t like going to expensive restaurants, I never buy a new car and I almost always buy used high tickets items.
Out of our close circle of friends, two of them are quite rich and made it on their own. One of them is smart and managed to get into the right industry at the right time but I am not convinced he would have done so well in another job. The other is the shrewdest person I have ever met. He was going to be rich, regardless. It won’t be long before his net worth is over 100 million.
Another friend’s husband has tried at least 5 businesses. He has failed miserably at them all. If he succeeds, it will be from luck and nothing else because he is one of the most incompetent people I have ever met.
There are two kinds of luck – blind luck and luck you make for yourself. There are actually studies that show that very lucky people make their own luck.
Napoleon listened while another recommended a third person. He finally said, “Fine he is brilliant, but is he lucky?”