The Day I Realized I Was Programmed to Stay Poor
Growing up, nobody ever taught me about money. Not my parents, not my teachers, not the people around me. Money was just something that existed—or didn't—and you either had it or you didn't. There was no in-between conversation. No "here's how to build wealth" talk. No dreams about creating multiple income streams. It just... wasn't a thing. My childhood was simple. Really simple. The kind of simple where the kitchen and bathroom were the same room. Where the toilet was outside the house. Where luxuries weren't even concepts—they were things other people had in movies. I thought that was just... normal life. Everyone around me lived the same way. Same small space. Same tight budget. Same acceptance that this was just how things were. When you're surrounded by people in the same situation, you don't question it. You don't even know there's another option. You think the whole world lives like this. Then came the big change: an opportunity...