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Why Most People Will Remain in Mediocrity (medium.com)
2 points by mrkuchbhi 3027 days ago
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Wow, straight out of Motivational Blogger 101. Lots of quotes, pictures of people doing things, a couple keywords. The actual content of this post? One sentence: Work hard, fail, learn, fake it till you make it. Never read that before...

He’s basically saying that being in the 99% of people (in his world) means that you suck, and you haven’t amounted to anything. Being in his 99% can be both very comfortable and challenging though. And you don’t have to be your own boss to be financially independent and travel the world. I’d even say that’s more likely if you aren’t your own boss.