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What if you had super rich parents and you decided to become a school teacher (~$60k/yr in the US)?

Being raised rich taught you that wealth isn't everything, in fact it can be quite toxic and maddening.

So you end up owning a house and some retirement investments after 40 years, but most of all feel proud of the work you've done and the lives you've bettered.

To be called the biggest loser in the world seems like a stretch.

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If your goal is to educate people, a billion dollars educates more people than your tireless efforts ever could.

You could instead focus on some sort of personal goal, but if you are actually doing that you won't care how much money someone else has.

Your business mogul father had said the same thing to you. He seemed to believe money was the only thing that mattered.

Luckily you were not that shallow or self-deceived and realized that living a humble life and taking the time to work with your students one-on-one was true value you could provide.

Unlike your father, you will leave this world having given more than you took. You will have truly empowered the children to work for a better world than the one they were born into.

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