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3 Key Money Principles Successful People Fail At
The real measure of your character is in how you treat people
I was at dinner with my closest friends — the kind of people who never settle, who are always talking about the next big move, the next challenge, the next way to push past their limits.
Conversations like these always feel electric, but that night, something was different.
Between bites of steak and sips of wine, I started noticing a shift in the way we spoke about success.
It wasn’t just about money or status anymore.
The words that kept coming up were freedom, family, and time. We all wanted more of it. We weren’t just chasing wealth — we were chasing a better life, one that felt rich in every sense of the word.
But then, someone brought up an uncomfortable truth. “Have you ever noticed,” my friend Alex said, swirling her drink, “that the higher people climb, the less they seem to care about anyone beneath them?”
Everyone was silent.
We all knew what he meant. We had seen it happen. People who once fought for their dreams with humility became different once they arrived.
Their ambition hardened into entitlement, their confidence turned into…
