There’s a trick to becoming rich and successful in America, and it’s one they don’t mention in most self-help books or motivational classes: come from a rich and successful family. It’s without a doubt the quickest and easiest way to become wealthy in the United States—or anywhere else in the world.
Maybe that’s why, when a self-proclaimed “crypto capitalist hell-bent on tokenizing the world” posted another cookie-cutter list of motivational advice, people were more annoyed than inspired.
The man, who goes by “Pomp” on Twitter, posted a list of the habits of the most successful people he’s met. He offered up such rare gems as “Have laser focus” and “Constantly work to improve.”
The most successful people I’ve met:
— Anthony Pompliano 🌪 (@APompliano) June 10, 2018
1. Read constantly
2. Workout daily
3. Are innately curious
4. Have laser focus
5. Believe in themselves
6. Build incredible teams
7. Admit they know very little
8. Constantly work to improve
9. Demand excellence in everything they do
The post has been retweeted over 5,000 times now, mostly by people mocking it.
https://twitter.com/watermelon5ugar/status/1007283628022423552
The most “successful” people were born into lucky situations with shitloads of money https://t.co/Nt2692Novq
— Conor Duffy (@CDuff3346) June 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/sonyaellenmann/status/1006827911104684032
The most successful people I’ve met understand that success is not an objective measurement and that conclusions drawn from small sample sizes are inherently flawed. https://t.co/FSZ5d2bheC
— pbglaser (@pbglaser) June 14, 2018
The most successful people I’ve met (Malaysian ver):
— Kenn Leandre, Malevelon Creek Veteran (@kennleandre) June 14, 2018
1. Was born rich
2. Have almost zero integrity
3. Related to royalty/ politician (or two)
4. Sold their soul
5. Quite stupid than the ave person
6. But knows which butts to kiss
7. Zero personality
8. Rarely hardworking https://t.co/bylbSLonCC
The most successful people I’ve ever met:
— Dr. David Shiffman 🦈 (@WhySharksMatter) June 14, 2018
1. Did not make major life choices based on viral fluff tweets written by randos
The most successful people I’ve met:
— Andrew Althouse (@ADAlthousePhD) June 13, 2018
1) are jerks.
2) have sacrificed family for success
3) do whatever benefits them
The people I want to be like:
1) are nice
2) have sacrificed a small part of career for family
3) do the right thing, not the thing that benefits them the most https://t.co/EgY0HhIUAW
While many people chose to concentrate on the logical fallacies of the tweet or point out that the most successful they know don’t tend to be the nicest people they know, others chose to just use the format to be as ridiculous as possible.
https://twitter.com/SaltyAlf/status/1007301413620285440
https://twitter.com/SuperMickyChow/status/1007305758445395969
The most successful people I know:
— Shmendrick Lamar (@AaronUrist) June 14, 2018
1. Read constantly
2. Exercise daily
3. Heed wise advice
4. Have laser focus
5. Have laser vision
6. Are skilled in the ways of sorcery
7. Ride a giant turtle
8. Have retrieved the last shard of the lost amulet of Zan Haddar
https://twitter.com/stephenlovely/status/1007301688703799297
The most successful people I’ve met:
— Nicolas Colin (@Nicolas_Colin) June 14, 2018
1. Are up all night to the sun
2. Are up all night to get some
3. Are up all night for good fun
4. Are up all night to get lucky
5. Are up all night to get lucky
6. Are up all night to get lucky
7. Are up all night to get lucky
https://twitter.com/cybiksana/status/1007304789825392640
The most successful people I’ve met:
— Patricia Wallinga (@pwallinga) June 14, 2018
1. Are the very model of a modern major general
2. Have information vegetable, animal, and mineral
3. Know the kings of England
4. Quote the fights historical, from Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical https://t.co/hpFAskRpnr
The most successful people I’ve met:
— Bob Kilker (@bobkilker) June 14, 2018
1) Dance like Beyoncé is watching
2) Eat their weight in sorghum fortnightly
3) Make regular sacrifices to Ba’al
4) Read TV Guide to see when Suze Orman is on
5) Vape like Gary Busey is watching
6) Inherit all the money. https://t.co/fGJ8vqrjrq
The most successful people I’ve met:
— Jon Ole Segerfeldt🏳️🌈 (@jonole) June 14, 2018
1. Are covered in bees!
None of this means you can’t work hard and be successful, but it’s also important to acknowledge that the main way people acquire wealth is by coming from wealth.
Of course, if that option isn’t open to you, could always try covering yourself in bees and hoping for the best.
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