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RE: Hand me Down and Lift me Up

in LeoFinance2 years ago

Let me give an example. I'm a teacher and I work in one of the most expensive schools in Nigeria where they pay over $1000 as tuition fee. I was asking one of my students one day what he wants to be in life and he said he just wants to inherit his father's property and it is not the same case for me.

My parents are not that rich so I just have to work extremely hard for whatever I want. You said you only took a box of cloth to Finland and some money. That's how some other people started their lives and they are in good positions today. That's just like you too. I'm sure you have gotten to that stage in life where you should be proud of yourself. You deserve your flowers. It is not easy to come from nothing to something and you are even able to give your child the basic things that a child should afford.

Kudos!

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I also wonder if having too much money is a hinderance to motivation. A lot of the billionaires for example aren't passing all of their fortunes to their kids, because they don't want them to be able to have whatever they want without having to do any work for it.

One thing, even if poor, working hard has its own satisfaction that comes with it.