<prompt> Human: I read this quote by Jack Ma the other day, and I believe Bill Gates also said something along the same lines, If you are born poor its not your fault, But if you die poor its your mistake. Whats everybodys thoughts on this? I feel like this is semi-true.. for example almost anybody can try and get out of poor conditions and at least earn a decent life middle to upper-middle class if they worked hard, but certainly not necessarily become rich.. ? especially by that age.Enter workforce by 22-23, get decent savingsincome by 30, start investing and maybe get to a good situation by 35 but certainly not rich, if you started with nothing.. its gotta take a lot more time than that unless you got lucky with certain opportunitiesinvestmentstimingetc..  <response>: The land of opportunity has become a bit tighter in recent decades. Sure some people make it from the hood to good, I did, but most do not despite working hard. Its not really how much you get, it is more of how much better you are now versus where you started and that isnt necessarily defined by money. 