Neither wishing (wanting) nor hard work stops someone from being poor. Neither does intelligence. Neither does wanting and hard work and intelligence together.
This is a myth that sells books and people with money tell other people with money about poor people.
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What stops someone from being poor is opportunities that they can afford to take that don’t take away from having to survive poverty.
In poverty, you have more questions to ask yourself than people with money.
Someone with money never has to ask: “Do I need underwear for my kids or do I need to take a bus to work?”
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