A self-made millionaire whose parents worked as a Domino's driver and maid argues that honoring your parents doesn't mean following their advice if they're trapped in poverty. He tells people stuck in their expectations to become serious students and break the cycle of scarcity.
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Do my parents have the life that I want? Of course not. You know, my life started changing once I started questioning these things. You know, I was born in a poor third world country to poor parents. My dad was a Domino's Pizza delivery boy, my mom was a maid, and I was able to become a self-made millionaire in my 20s. When I was in that situation, I used to think, you know, do my parents have the life that I want? And the answer was, of course not. And so if not, why in the hell should I listen to them? You must honor your parents according to the Bible, but Honoring your parents means accepting them for who they are and loving them for who they are. It doesn't mean listening to their advice and blindly following their advice. When I was in that situation, all I wanted was to get rich. I wanted to leave that situation of scarcity. And the reason I wanted to leave that scarcity is I didn't want to live that anymore. I didn't want to follow my parents' path. And maybe you're in that situation. What you need to do in order to not follow your parents' path is become a serious student.