Steven
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I think the reality is for kids from poor backgrounds it is almost impossible to... to realistically get even financial security, never mind wealth.
I think the reality is for kids from poor backgrounds it is almost impossible to... to realistically get even financial security, never mind wealth.
Well, the first thing is I'm 38 now, so I'm not a kid nowadays. Listen, I won every maths competition I've ever been in, you know what I mean, since I was a little kid. I didn't even have a desk in my house, you know. I was one of the top students at LSE. And I still had to win my job by cheating in a card game. You know, that's the world that we live in.
Well, the first thing is I'm 38 now, so I'm not a kid nowadays. Listen, I won every maths competition I've ever been in, you know what I mean, since I was a little kid. I didn't even have a desk in my house, you know. I was one of the top students at LSE. And I still had to win my job by cheating in a card game. You know, that's the world that we live in.
I don't think that's a very replicable strategy. And it's very easy for people like us who've made money to say, oh, we did it, aren't we great? Go out and, you know, you've said that you think if young people go and work in tech business, they can get financial security. If it was that easy, they'd all be doing it. You know, they're not idiots. Our viewers are not idiots. They're trying.
I don't think that's a very replicable strategy. And it's very easy for people like us who've made money to say, oh, we did it, aren't we great? Go out and, you know, you've said that you think if young people go and work in tech business, they can get financial security. If it was that easy, they'd all be doing it. You know, they're not idiots. Our viewers are not idiots. They're trying.
They're trying. They want to find the good opportunities and they work... Listen, I speak... They're working so hard.
They're trying. They want to find the good opportunities and they work... Listen, I speak... They're working so hard.
Poor backgrounds. So then why are our viewers, you think all of our viewers, if it was that easy, why is everybody not doing it?
Poor backgrounds. So then why are our viewers, you think all of our viewers, if it was that easy, why is everybody not doing it?
So I guess we've sorted it then. All of our viewers need to do is go and buy Dan's book. become an entrepreneur and become a millionaire. It's that easy. Why weren't you guys doing it to begin with? They're idiots. The viewers are idiots. They should be just being more entrepreneurial. It's as simple as that. More entrepreneurial, start a business. Listen, I come from East London, okay?
So I guess we've sorted it then. All of our viewers need to do is go and buy Dan's book. become an entrepreneur and become a millionaire. It's that easy. Why weren't you guys doing it to begin with? They're idiots. The viewers are idiots. They should be just being more entrepreneurial. It's as simple as that. More entrepreneurial, start a business. Listen, I come from East London, okay?
My friends can't feed their kids, okay? And if it was as simple as going out and being an entrepreneur, I can bet you they would do it. I can bet you they would do it. I'm sick of multimillionaires telling kids who can't afford to turn the heating on, you just need to be more entrepreneurial. It's sick, Dan. It's sick. This gives people mental illness. It gives...
My friends can't feed their kids, okay? And if it was as simple as going out and being an entrepreneur, I can bet you they would do it. I can bet you they would do it. I'm sick of multimillionaires telling kids who can't afford to turn the heating on, you just need to be more entrepreneurial. It's sick, Dan. It's sick. This gives people mental illness. It gives...
people mental illness tell them the truth okay we your older generation we took the opportunities and now it's almost impossible to get out of poverty and don't just don't just stand up then wave you know your millions of pounds in front of them and say if you're entrepreneurial like me you could do it you could have it because it's sick because they can't they can't feed their kids then they can't turn the heating on don't tell them to be more entrepreneurial fix the system that drives more and more and more of them into poverty every generation
people mental illness tell them the truth okay we your older generation we took the opportunities and now it's almost impossible to get out of poverty and don't just don't just stand up then wave you know your millions of pounds in front of them and say if you're entrepreneurial like me you could do it you could have it because it's sick because they can't they can't feed their kids then they can't turn the heating on don't tell them to be more entrepreneurial fix the system that drives more and more and more of them into poverty every generation
I never told people don't work hard. I never once said that. Never once said that.
I never told people don't work hard. I never once said that. Never once said that.
Which is true in 99.9% of cases. I've never told people don't work hard.
Which is true in 99.9% of cases. I've never told people don't work hard.