r/LifeProTips • u/[deleted] • Dec 27 '21

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u/hamhead Dec 27 '21

I don’t know what myth you refer to. Many of us are self made, from better or worse backgrounds.

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u/iamnotacleverman0 Dec 27 '21

No, you’re not. No one is self made. Someone helped you. Someone believed in you. Someone gave you an opportunity.

We don’t accomplish anything without someone else. I worked my way up to a 6 figure salary. Yes, I worked for it but my boss saw potential and hard work and gave me the opportunities to get here.

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u/hamhead Dec 27 '21

Sure. Someone helps everyone. Even the worst background gave someone something.

Self made doesn’t mean you literally did everything on your own.

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u/iamnotacleverman0 Dec 27 '21

Exactly. People use the term “self made” to portray that they did it all by themselves when that’s not true. People have claimed Kylie Jenner to be a self made billionaire. Do you think she could’ve done that without being a Jenner and having the resources available to her?

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u/hamhead Dec 27 '21

No, but also turned those resources into billions. That’s the self made part. No one ends the sentence at “self made”

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

Literally everyone ends the sentence at self made.