>>Whereas the 1% folks never said gimme gimme gimme. They either inherited or just took. Perhaps 1% of them got it the honest way, three or more generations ago.
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>>I think that Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth and Phil Mickelson would all qualify as 1%-ers. Please tell me what they inherited or just took.
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>These are excellent example of talented people who worked hard and achieved well deserved success.
>You can add Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and lots more to your list.

Steve Jobs, OK. Zuckerberg, dunno... perhaps. Bill Gates, definitely no. He's got background, he was not a poor kid with a talent. He bought and sold and wrote very little from scratch on his own. And he played dirty from day one. And never stopped.