▲ 704 ▼ The seven secrets of highly successful people (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by ReadyUser31@lemmy.world [M] to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (1 child) And having just one doesn't help. I went to a private elementary school (I can tell so many stories about how awful that was) and I'm still a loser. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
