Sometimes Your Success Depends on Where You Born

I have a friend who grow up and lives in a poor country. He is a brilliant person. Takes good care of the family, works hard to earn a living. However, the place that he lives has limited employment opportunities. Nevertheless, he still makes good money in his employment. I think that he could achieve far more if he is born in a first world country. Due to his age, migration is not an option. The next best hope are his children. The aim is to let his children step on his shoulder to find bigger success in life. Even though the world is "flat", but our success is still somewhat limited by our physical presence. Nevertheless, it is easy to blame the country, the political system, our skin colour for our lack of success. All these are real and true, many of us are being dealt with a bad hand. Just like my friend, he did his best to play his hand. You should do the same. You may not be the next Elon Musk, but you can be the best for your family and let the next generation built an even…