No matter where you are in the world the financial system is not all that it’s cracked up to be. It’s an antiquated model we still have as a left over from the industrial revolution. The way to really get ahead in today’s world is to give yourself a financial education, because no one else is going to do it for you.

What I mean is this: unless you’re wealthy, chances are you have no idea how money works. The wealthy are taught from a very early age how finance works in the big wide world. The middle and working classes aren’t taught that. They’re taught to go to school and get a job - spend money to go to university and then get a job. Work that job until it’s time to retire and hope that you have enough put away to feed yourself.

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