The object of the game is to live within your means, save and invest. More than half the population does not do that. When you’re 18 the treadmill starts turning if you don’t use your time wisely, you’re going to be in trouble at the end of life. When you are young, simple compounding is your friend because you have time.
People have won the lottery and blown it all, some people who have extremely high paying professions in their youth, have over the course of time have also blown it all.
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People have won the lottery and blown it all, some people who have extremely high paying professions in their youth, have over the course of time have also blown it all.