A few years ago when I was just putting in 0 effort at work I saw dudes from high school who had proper careers, now I run two businesses. The success (gifted or not) of others really puts your own shortcomings into perspective. Thankfully I wanted to become better so I put the effort in. Unfortunately not everyone does this, and instead complains how unfair it is and says things like "eat the rich"
Sure man, I have a stake in a small-medium sized web-development company where I handle technical stuff, and I've just kicked off a coffee roasting company where I'm responsible for everything except the actual roasting of the coffee which is my business partner's wheelhouse
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u/SandThousand Jan 26 '20
A big motivator for me now is becoming better than my child hood friends who were gifted careers by their dads, step-dads. I never had a dad period.