Page 145 - Morgan Housel - The Psychology of Money_ Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness-Harriman House Limited (2020)
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Igrew up with a friend who came from neither privilege nor natural
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intellect, but was the hardest-working guy I knew. These people have a lot
to teach because they have an unfiltered understanding of every inch of the
road to success.
His life’s mission and dream as a teenager was to be a doctor. To say the
odds were stacked against him is being charitable. No reasonable person at
the time would consider it a possibility.
But he pushed. And—a decade older than his classmates—he eventually
became a doctor.
How much fulfillment comes from starting from nothing, bulldozing your
way to the top of medical school, and achieving one of the most noble
professions against all odds?
I spoke to him a few years ago. The conversation went like this:
Me: “Long time no talk! How you doi—”
Him: “Awful career.”
Me: “Haha, well—”
Him: “Awful career, man.”
This went on for 10 minutes. The stress and hours had worn him into the
ground. He seemed as disappointed in where he is today as he was driven
toward where he wanted to be 15 years ago.
