hahaha the stats are there, like they were in the debate with Vegan Gainz? LOLOLOL

I had done a list with this three points before seeing this article, I saw many cases around me and noticed that most of them were going to stay poor and their children would be poor as well, only because they didn't want to make the effort of working hard and wait for the right moment.

another thing that Ive noticed among successful people is most of them decided early in life what they wanted to do career wise

A Scandinavian economist once said to Milton Friedman, ‘In Scandinavia, we have no poverty’. Milton Friedman replied, ‘That’s interesting, because in America, among Scandinavians, we have no poverty, either’

The Scandinavian economist was trying to point to Sweden's economic programs, modern day explanatory journalists would attribute it to Scandinavian's privilege, Friedman was attributing it to their work ethic and culture - such that it was. Their's still a lot of power to that insight.

@Meiosis - yes, absolutely every situation is different. But not necessarily the outcomes! if 98% of those that did just those three things were able to become 'middle-class' then despite the huge disparity of where they started, they can and will end up much better. That's the point of this.

Every situation is surely different

The only rule my parents gave me not listed . . .
. . . do not abuse alcohol and abstain from illicit drugs.

Though these rules will not be able to fix the problem, as each individual case is unique, they are good rules for young people to try to live by.

Loved the article!

Really interesting. There's no substitute for working hard, regardless of your socioeconomic background