Oops I was born in a small poor suburb outside of Pittsburgh and barely make enough each week to feed myself and pay rent, where am I getting money to move?
> Befriend those who are already wealthy. Emulate them.
> Befriend people who are on the fast track and believe in loyalty. Be very useful to them. Help them rise.
This entirely depends on living in an area "wealthy" people would live. In my hypothetical poor suburb the richest guy is the guy who owns the only bar within a drive.
> Invest at least 25% of your income.
I make $1200 a month post-tax. In any given month:
- $500 rent
- $50 car insurance
- $200 food
- $80 enjoyment ($20/week)
- $75 utilities
That leaves me with $295 for everything that's a non-essential in my life. This is a flat tire. This is a doctor's appointment. This is medication. This is Christmas gifts. This is a leaking roof. This is a broken stove. This is money that I need to be liquid every month, you suggest I invest all of it? I probably wind up spending this money just to get by, it's less than $75/wk for expenses outside of a pretty barren lifestyle.
> Get out more. Talk to more people. Increase your opportunities to get lucky.
Again, this is entirely dependent on there being people of value in my immediate vicinity.
> Eliminate toxic people in your life (you can help them later if you want).
> And, don't burn bridges.
Believe it or not, these are the only valid points you've made to apply to my hypothetical life... And this is for a single person who makes 15000
Hypothetical lives often are for very conservative people who make up reasons why nothing will help. Moving for a poor single person can be as simple as hitchhiking or, for $90 more, taking a Greyhound somewhere.
And 'wealthy' is relative. There's always somebody better off. And you can contact people all over the world these days, with something called the Interweb.
I'm really not trying to say people below the poverty line can't function or move cities, what I'm saying is a lot of people can't do a lot for financial reasons and it's unhelpful advice to suggest things like the parent. A lot of people in this country are in financial situations they didn't put themselves in that keep them there implicitly.
Befriend those who are already wealthy. Emulate them.
Befriend people who are on the fast track and believe in loyalty. Be very useful to them. Help them rise.
Invest at least 25% of your income.
Get out more. Talk to more people. Increase your opportunities to get lucky.
Eliminate toxic people in your life (you can help them later if you want).
And, don't burn bridges.
Edit: forgot one - dump bad investments (and places, people, etc.) quickly