Larry Weidel argues salaried jobs don't breed obsession. A second speaker was told to slow down in college, then outearned his professors. The message: laser focus and relentless work separate winners from everyone else.
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The thing is, most people have, if they're in a salary job or they're in a thing, they're not really in a structure where they're gonna learn to go balls to the wall. You know what I'm saying? The idea of I'm a salary person and I work like a monomaniac on a mission, that's not gonna happen.
You might get chastised if you do. I worked at a publicly traded company and I was assigned a couple departments. I got in trouble for being industrious and like my professors told me, don't graduate a year early, take your time, Richard. And then the next month, I was making more money than my professors were who told me to take it easy and enjoy the frat life of Oregon State University. And it's like, see you later. Enjoy being a professor your whole life because there's nothing wrong with that. But a lot of people just have a sedentary, lazy attitude on life. And if you work your butt off and laser focus, you'll probably be very successful.