I'm my richest friend lol had to cut people off when i noticed they were content with there low end jobs and blaming the 'big man' for holding them down. I do business to business sales and have my own business. I noticed some comments that sound hateful of other peoples situations... lol now i know this extends pass the scope of the question but for people to say some of their friends are lucky and have rich families is not fair. My dad has a few million in net worth but he came here 20 years ago barely speaking any English. We grew up pretty good. No designer clothes and hand me downs but my dad tried to never say no to us and he always gave to the people when they asked for his help. My mom would get mad when he bought us a play station 1 and his response always stayed with me: "money comes, money goes. My boys happiness means more than anything to me". When I was around 13, my dad left his job and started street vending. My friends made fun of me and i asked him why is he doing this and why cant he just get a regular job, and he told me i'd understand when i have a boss. Couple of years later he opened a wholesale business and sold to all goods to all his street vendor friends and many years later sold the business and focused on his health and family. When i was 19 i got my girlfriend pregnant and got kicked up and started from nothing. No cliche bullshit sob story. After many small jobs, i went to my father and told him i cant do this and i will apply for assistance and he looked at me so angry and sad and said "i didnt almost kill myself in this country so my son could beg" and i didnt do it. I started reading self help books and googled high paying jobs without college degree and soon started networking and building myself up. within in a year i built myself up from 30k to 95k and now sit around multiple six figures from my salary and my business at 25. Soooooooooooo, i know the questions was something else but stop judging other people and focus on yourself. Im not "lucky". I am determined and this year i will do better than last year and next year i will be launching another company. Good luck