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The seven secrets of highly successful people
(lemmy.world)
Sandra Newman @sannewman
THE SEVEN SECRETS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
- Private school
- Legacy lvy admission
- Nepotism hire
- Seed capital from family
- Club memberships
- Personal assistant, nanny, ghost writer answer
- Journalists who ask, "What's your secret?" and uncritically publish the
The worst thing in the world is being the only non-wealthy person in a fancy private school. I spent a year in one (grant, partly) and kept getting in trouble for hurting some bully's fist when he punched me.
When the guy who treats people like shit has his last name in brass on the Computer Lab wall, he gets away with everything.
We were not wealthy, but not poor. Basically, they could afford the school but not afford a lot of expensive clothes. And since the school didn't have uniforms, I never wore the designer clothes other kids wore, which really sucked when they bullied me for it.
Wow I can't imagine. I always thought that was made up, but I went to a poor person school, so everyone dressed like me more or less.