Hey now. That "emerald mine in apartheid South Africa" but is not true at all. He benefited from being the son of a rich white guy in apartheid South Africa. The emerald mine was in Zambia. He materially benefited from colonial rule in TWO countries.
touché
The only self-made man I acknowledge is Philip J. Fry.
Bet he didn't animate himself smh he owed his success to the story board artists
um ackshually Musk's dad was only part-owner of that mine, so we give this two pinocchios
I'm too tired to look it up, but I remember someone saying that resilience or grit was one of the best indicators of success. Someone replied that actually the best indicator of success is if you came from wealth.
I'm sure grit + wealth is far better than either alone. It's really probably grit + wealth + connections + luck.
Grift + wealth works even better.
Lol sure, resilience and grit are great markers of success!...Provided you can afford enough resilience and grit until you succeed! Lol
Also grit is an over hyped and under delivered construct of human cognition that really is only spoken of seriously nowadays by people trying to sell you something
grit makes me think of Bukowski novels like Post Office. Just a bunch of dudes laboring to look like they're working hard to please the boss, rather than to do the labor.
Personally grit makes me think of literal sand. Or dirt in general. It's something you wash off the first chance you get. Not exactly something to be celebrated.
As Ann Richards so succinctly put it: born on 3rd base, thought he hit a triple.
That's how generational wealth works
The whole concept of the self‑made man or woman is a myth
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
what do you mean by that?
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