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Why you shouldn't necessarily take life advice from rich people (a thread)👇 
Have you ever noticed how many rich people advocate for a balanced, healthy and happy lifestyle—after they’re rich?
You know, after they've spent 10 years grinding, failing, suffering and eating Big Macs for breakfast?
You know, after they've spent 10 years grinding, failing, suffering and eating Big Macs for breakfast?
Humans have a tendency to misplace cause and effect.
You'll see rich people notice improvement in their lives and their productivity when they start doing things like morning yoga and drinking chia seed smoothies for breakfast...
You'll see rich people notice improvement in their lives and their productivity when they start doing things like morning yoga and drinking chia seed smoothies for breakfast...
But then erroneously assume that those things are going to help others get to the same position of success.
They tend to forget the fact that they’ve just spent years in the trenches, surviving month-to-month on no sleep and Taco Bell’s dollar menu.
They tend to forget the fact that they’ve just spent years in the trenches, surviving month-to-month on no sleep and Taco Bell’s dollar menu.
I think rich people’s advice on work-life balance misses a certain step.
There seems to be an escape velocity phenomenon where you need an immense amount of force/pressure to get off the ground & into the success orbit. Then once you're in orbit, you can kinda ease off a bit.
There seems to be an escape velocity phenomenon where you need an immense amount of force/pressure to get off the ground & into the success orbit. Then once you're in orbit, you can kinda ease off a bit.
Here’s a short video where I discuss this point:
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