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[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I worked in a school with a pretty good amount of students whose families had probably not entered the country legally.

I had a student who would be out at the end of the day. Like, yeah, lots of kids are zonked out by the last hour, and the fake sleep to watch silent TikToks was ever popular.

But this girl was out. The bell would ring and I’d try to wake her up. Like starting with a “hey the bell just rang, time to go home.” Gently nudging her to get no response. This was routine.

She worked a full time job at night. She didn’t get to sleep. She worked at night, she went to high school during the day.

There have been times that I’ve had to work three jobs to survive as an adult, and I’ve worked my share of fifteen+ hour shifts with no OT because who needs labor laws?

But that girl had to work harder to survive than any billionaire I’ve met could even conceive of (and I fucked a billionaire for quite a while). She was a child. She should have been tired because she had stayed up all night playing video games or talking to her friends - she should not have been tired because she had to have a full time job to survive as a teenager in high school.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

and I fucked a billionaire for quite a while

Soooooooo

Are we just glossing over this or.....

Lmao

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, I married and was economically devastated by a billionaire. Turns out, if you can afford good lawyers, you can keep the house and ditch your spouse with a hopeless amount of CC debt. Long story.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Oh. Well I was totally thinking that was going to go in a "I was a secret billionaire's mistress" sort-a-way. Not, "I have a legit supervillain backstory because of a billionaire" kinda way, sorry lol

Superhero backstory. The billionaire is already the supervillain in this story.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The ups of my life are things like dinner for three at the top of Harrod’s that cost more than my current apartments rent (and steak. oh god actual fancy steak house steak. foie gras on a rare filet), the downs are analingus for grocery money (pan fried chicken hearts in butter with rice got me through college).

[–] Draupnir@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This assumes billionaires fell into money. Not true. The person with two jobs puts in more hours ongoing, but they either aren’t or don’t know how to actually work

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[–] Draupnir@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There’s many facets, but some core tenets are to be highly focused, highly committed, and increasingly efficient in efforts to make a goal (in the right direction) happen.

The idea I’m thinking of explicitly here though is scaling this definition to hold increasing amounts of leverage over time. To put it simply, your continued highly focused, efficient, and effective work leads to a system where more work gets accomplished overall, and the time that you put in accomplishes much, much more.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can you give a practical example of how someone can start with no money, and "work" their way up to $1B?

[–] Draupnir@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

John Paul DeJoria: Born to immigrant parents in Los Angeles, DeJoria faced early adversity when his parents divorced, leading him to live in a foster home at age two. By nine, he was selling newspapers and Christmas cards to help support his family. After periods of homelessness and working odd jobs like janitor and door-to-door shampoo salesman, he co-founded John Paul Mitchell Systems in 1980 with just $700. Later, he launched Patrón Tequila, revolutionizing the premium tequila market. His net worth stands at around $4 billion, per Forbes, a testament to his self-made journey.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Still waiting on that answer...