Ryan Deiss flies first class while his kids sit in coach to teach them comfort must be earned. He contrasts this with wealthy peers whose children expect luxury as baseline, saying the gap between standards prevents entitlement and builds work ethic.
I get a lot of hate for this one. When we travel, my wife and I sit in first class and my kids sit in coach. Now they sit in premium economy. They're gonna live. They're just fine. They're also older, and I'm usually bringing my mom along with them. And so she's back, so there's an adult with them. I want them to know that the good life is available to them, but the good life needs to be earned. I've got a lot of friends who are very wealthy, who have kids who have grown up around a certain degree of wealth and opulence, and that now is their standard. The problem is they don't really have the ability, certainly not yet attain to that level of wealth and opulence, but they don't know how to live below it. And so the parents feel like they've got to always maintain and keep them at this level. And you wind up just kind of having an entitled, spoiled brat. I didn't want that. So I wanted my kids to experience when we travel. You're going to travel with the classes because that's the way that most people travel. But at the same time, I want you to know better. Is available to you if you work hard, if you do the things that you need to do. And so that's where your mom and I are going to go.
