Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "6 Secrets I Learned Working For Rich People" video.
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@Afrobriit
as a poor person with some rich family members-- op isnt wrong.
Take a look at any lottery winner story-- they don't know how to handle their money, so they spend it all on trivial things (cars: depreciating assets), or spend on family (which isn't bad, but) everyone and their dog comes out of the woodwork asking for money.
Before you know it, you can literally blow through millions spending on those close to you, and then you're left with less than you had before you won.
You, at some point, have to set a boundary and get your books in order, and continue to set those boundaries, unless you want to go back to being poor.
Rich people are assholes, but they have trust issues, for good reason: you can never be sure if a person likes you for you, or is hoping to experience some 1-on-1 trickle down economics. Sounds harsh, but we all know people who (like you said) are greedy, that isn't reserved to the rich. So you have to be callous, or you risk losing what you have to your own better nature.
In an ideal world, nobody would be filthy rich and everyone would have basics provided for. But, we live in this world, where people can and do absolutely fall through the cracks, and so you have to (again, within reason) hold onto what you make.
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